"To ensure continuing prosperity in the global economy, nothing is more important than the development and application of knowledge and skills."

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Source : "The stimulus of science" by Martin Rees, www.theguardian.com. April 15, 2009.

Martin Rees

#Skills Quotes #Important Quotes #Development Quotes

“So acoustic, I don't even need a pick.”
“Nothing I have accomplished has given me more confidence than birthing my children at home naturally. I was so high after delivering my children-not just because I had a new baby, but because I was so proud of what my body (and mind) were able to do. I strongly encourage women not to give this power away.”
“Tried to put shame in my game to make a name, I'mma put it on a bullet...put it in your brain.”
“Philosophy should be an energy; it should find its aim and its effect in the amelioration of mankind.”
“To preserve the integrity of the tradition, we have to distinguish between what is central to that integrity and what is peripheral. We have to discern between what elements are vital for the survival of dharma practice and what are alien cultural artefacts that might obstruct that survival.”
“It is the winners who write history - their way.”

Source : Elaine Pagels (2004). “The Gnostic Gospels”, p.190, Random House
“It's the relationships between people that are more important than the sort of far away fantasies of what the good life is, the world of supermodels and Bud ads.”

Source : "'Beautiful Girls' a Valentine's Day film with a message". www.cnn.com. February 9, 1996.
“You never answer a question nobody does.”

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