Absolutely Essential Quotes

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It is always the task of the intellectual to "think otherwise." This is not just a perverse idiosyncrasy. It is an absolutely essential feature of… — Harvey Cox
I used to think that music was like lace upon a garment, nice to have but not necessary. I have come to believe that music… — George Eastman
We must live in groups; other people are like nutrients for us, and are absolutely essential for our survival. — Willard Gaylin
Well, there's no question that a good script is an absolutely essential, maybe the essential thing for a movie. — Sydney Pollack
To me, the psychology behind the character is critical. So I work very hard to get into the mind of the man that I'm going… — Andre Braugher
Of course, with well-masticated food playing the role of social glue, it's absolutely essential that everyone clear their plate. Sod the starving kiddies in Africa… — Will Self
Sight is not absolutely essential in this process, but we use sight because it is the dominant sense. It's easiest to interrupt the flow of… — Frederick Lenz
The path is focus. The power of focus is absolutely essential. To stop all thoughts, you have to have tremendous power of focus. — Frederick Lenz
Now, if the principle of toleration were once admitted into classical education - if it were admitted that the great object is to read and… — Harriet Beecher Stowe
I think it is absolutely essential in a democracy to have competition in the media, a lot of competition, and we seem to be moving… — Walter Cronkite
For men, it's absolutely essential to stop believing that they're superior to women because that very belief engenders ego, which sets them off-balance. Therefore, they… — Frederick Lenz
It is absolutely essential that the oppressed participate in the revolutionary process with an increasingly critical awareness of their role as subjects of the transformation. — Paulo Freire
Sequencing - the careful striptease by which you reveal information to the reader - matters in an article, but it is absolutely essential to a… — Joshua Foer
I should do something about the cigarettes; I quite accept that it's bad for your health, but you know a moderate tipple is positively beneficial… — Charles Kennedy
Listen, you know this: If there's not a rebellious youth culture, there's no culture at all. It's absolutely essential. It is the future. This is… — John Lydon
It's absolutely essential that we have the same safeguards that straight couples do. But I want more than a 50 percent chance of success. I… — George Michael
Honesty and integrity are absolutely essential for success in life - all areas of life. The really good news is that anyone can develop both… — Zig Ziglar
Religious institutions that use government power in support of themselves and force their views on persons of other faiths, or of no faith, undermine all… — Thomas Jefferson
For the canons of good society are, or should be, the same as the canons of art. Form is absolutely essential to it. — Oscar Wilde
He was resentful against all those in authority over him, and this, combined with a lazy indifference toward his work, exasperated every master in school.… — F. Scott Fitzgerald

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