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• In the end, the humanities can only be defended by stressing how indispensable they are; and this means insisting on their vital role in the whole business of academic learning, rather than protesting that, like some poor relation, they don't cost much to be housed.

  Terry Eagleton

  Stress, Mean, Humanity

  "The death of universities" by Terry Eagleton, www.theguardian.com. December 17, 2010.

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• We belong to no cult. We are not Nature Lovers. We don't love nature any more than we love breathing. Nature is simply something indispensable, like air and light and water, that we accept as necessary to living, and the nearer we can get to it the happier we are.

  Louise Dickinson Rich

  Life, Nature, Garden

  Louise (Dickinson) Rich (1971). “The peninsula”

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• By the deficiency or absence of one necessary constituent, all the others being present, the soil is rendered barren for all those crops to the life of which that one constituent is indispensable.

  Justus von Liebig

  Life, Earth, Soil

  Justus von Liebig (1855). “Principles of agricultural chemistry with special reference to the late researches made in England: By Justus von Liebig. (Ed. by William Gregory)”, p.31

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• Secrecy is as indispensable to human beings as fire, and as greatly feared.

  Sissela Bok

  Fire, Secrecy, Humans

  Sissela Bok (2011). “Secrets: On the Ethics of Concealment and Revelation”, p.18, Vintage

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• The dictatorship of the proletariat and the leadership of the Marxist-Leninist party are indispensable conditions for the triumph of the Socialist revolution and the building of Socialism.

  Nikita Khrushchev

  Party, Communication, Triumph

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• A great library doesn't have to be big or beautiful. It doesn't have to have the best facilities or the most efficient staff or the most users. A great library provides. It is enmeshed in the life of a community in a way that makes it indispensable. A great library is one nobody notices because it is always there, and always has what people need.

  Vicki Myron

  Beautiful, People, Community

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• Imagination! Imagination! I put it first years ago, when I was asked what qualities I thought necessary for success upon the stage. And I am still of the same opinion. Imagination, industry [hard work], and intelligence-the three I's-are all indispensable to the actor, but of these three the greatest is, without any doubt, imagination.

  Ellen Terry

  Hard Work, Years, Imagination

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• Honesty, disinterestedness and good nature are indispensable to procure the esteem and confidence of those with whom we live, and on whose esteem our happiness depends.

  Thomas Jefferson

  Confidence, Honesty, Good Nature

  Thomas Jefferson (2004). “Light and Liberty: Reflections on the Pursuit of Happiness”, p.7, Modern Library

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• Community, then, is an indispensable term in any discussion of the connection between people and land. A healthy community is a form that includes all the local things that are connected by the larger, ultimately mysterious form of the Creation. In speaking of community, then, we are speaking of a complex connection not only among human beings or between humans and their homeland but also between human economy and nature, between forest or prairie and field or orchard, and between troublesome creatures and pleasant ones. All neighbors are included.

  Wendell Berry

  Land, People, Community

  Wendell Berry (1993). “Sex, Economy, Freedom & Community: Eight Essays”, Pantheon

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• Probably no branch of mathematics has experienced a more surprising growth than has... topology... Considered as a most specialized and abstract subject in the early 1920's, it is today [1938] an indispensable equipment for the investigation of modern mathematical theories.

  Raymond Louis Wilder

  Growth, Experience, Branches

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• Is there a spiritual element to creativity? Hell, yes. Our mightiest ally (our indispensable ally) is belief in something we cannot see, hear, touch, taste, or feel.

  Steven Pressfield

  Spiritual, Creativity, Ideas

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• Violence has been a necessary component of every serious liberation struggle...Violence is not the only path to liberation, but likely an indispensable one...the Press Office would like to be clear on this matter: we support all the liberationists ­ from the graffiti artists and ALF liberator to the Animal Rights Militia, Justice Department and Revolutionary Cells.

  Jerry Vlasak

  Struggle, Artist, Animal

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• The historian's first duties are sacrilege and the mocking of false gods. They are his indispensable instruments for establishing the truth.

  Jules Michelet

  Firsts, Instruments, Duty

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• Most problems are best solved privately, not through government. There's a problem of discourtesy in the world, which is best handled through social norms, which are indispensable. But you wouldn't want the government to be mandating courtesy.

  Cass Sunstein

  Government, World, Want

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• Historical knowledge is indispensable for those who want to build a better world

  Ludwig von Mises

  Historical Knowledge, World, Want

  Ludwig Von Mises (1985). “Omnipotent Government: The Rise of the Total State and Total War”, Libertarian Press

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• The only sustainable city - and this, to me, is the indispensable ideal and goal - is a city in balance with its countryside.

  Wendell Berry

  Cities, Goal, Balance

  Wendell Berry (1993). “Sex, Economy, Freedom & Community: Eight Essays”, Pantheon

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• A city's art must give the impression that art is as indispensable a thing as water, or food.

  Pier Giorgio Di Cicco

  Art, Cities, Giving

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• In the cabaret of globalization, the state shows itself as a table dancer that strips off everything until it is left with only the minimum indispensable garments: the repressive force.

  Subcomandante Marcos

  Dancer, Tables, Globalization

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• I am proud that my humble attempts to predict Tuesday's prices on Monday are an indispensable component of our society. By buying low and selling high, I create harmony and freedom.

  Victor Niederhoffer

  Monday, Humble, Tuesday

  "The Blow-Up Artist". Interview with John Cassidy, www.newyorker.com. October 15, 2007.

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• Indignation and compassion form a powerful combination. They are indispensable to vision, and therefore to leadership.

  John Stott

  Powerful, Compassion, Vision

  John R. W. Stott (1999). “Our Social and Sexual Revolution: Major Issues for a New Century”, Baker Publishing Group

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• Nothing about becoming indispensable is easy. If it's easy, it's already been done and it's no longer valuable.

  Seth Godin

  Done, Becoming, Easy

  Seth Godin (2010). “Linchpin: Are You Indispensable?”, p.158, Penguin

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• Food that is necessary for man’s existence is as sacred as life itself. Everything that is indispensable for its preservation is the common property of society as a whole. It is only the surplus that is private property and can be safely left to individual commercial enterprise.

  Maximilien Robespierre

  Men, Sacred, Common

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• For the preservation of chastity, an empty and rumbling stomach and fevered lungs are indispensable.

  St. Jerome

  Dignity, Empty, Stomach

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• The most indispensable qualification of a cook is punctuality. The same must be said of guests.

  Jean Anthelme Brillat-Savarin

  Guests, Punctuality, Said

  Jean Anthelme Brillat-Savarin, Leonard Francis Simpson (1859). “The handbook of dining, based chiefly upon the Physiologie du goût of Brillat-Savarin”, p.7

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• Man was so engineered by God that the presence of the Creator within the creature is indispensable to His humanity.

  W. Ian Thomas

  Men, Humanity, Spirit

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