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A new and valid idea is worth more than a regiment and fewer men can furnish the former than command the latter. — Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr.
If merely 'feeling good' could decide, drunkenness would be the supremely valid human experience. — William James
Our current identification system is so disjointed that the World Trade Center terrorists had a total of 63 valid driver's licenses between them. — Jack Kingston
The American foreign policy trauma of the sixties and seventies was caused by applying valid principles to unsuitable conditions. — Henry A. Kissinger
Perhaps this is the most important thing for me to take back from beach-living: simply the memory that each cycle of the tide is valid;… — Anne Morrow Lindbergh
I think I have something valid to say. My words are my bullets. I like to brag that somehow I got it right. — John Lydon
Some song ideas absolutely require a kind of rigid discipline, and others require absolute chaotic abandon. The form is only valid if you know how… — John Lydon
When an employee asks why the company does things a certain way, and you can explain the logical reason, then the employee knows what she's… — Harvey Mackay
It is only the cynicism that is born of success that is penetrating and valid. — George Jean Nathan
The only people who steal are thieves, and that's a very small percentage of civilization. Most people want to have some way to make the… — Michael Nesmith
I have a theory that the best ads come from personal experience. Some of the good ones I have done have really come out of… — David Ogilvy
Let me explain something about guitar playing. Everyone's got their own character, and that's the thing that's amazed me about guitar playing since the day… — Jimmy Page
The valid research for the future is on the inner side, on the spiritual side. — Peace Pilgrim
In the spirit of science, there really is no such thing as a 'failed experiment.' Any test that yields valid data is a valid test. — Adam Savage
The only valid censorship of ideas is the right of people not to listen. — Tommy Smothers
Friends are very important to me, and I have always had many of them. There are probably many reasons why this is so, but two… — Georg Solti
Although none of the rules for becoming more alive is valid, it is healthy to keep on formulating them. — Susan Sontag
There are certainly valid reasons for taking a company private, and it's also possible that C.E.O.s perform better when monitored by a small number of… — James Surowiecki
It is nice to have valid competition; it pushes you to do better. — Gianni Versace
Well, in the first place, military service, they don't call it service for nothing. You are actually serving your country. And it is a worthy… — Rick Warren

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