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Character is better than ancestry, and personal conduct is of more importance than the highest. -- Thomas John Barnardo
Because power corrupts, society's demands for moral authority and character increase as the importance of the position increases. -- John Adams
The nucleic acids have considerable biological importance because of their role in cell growth and in the transmission of hereditary characters. -- Severo Ochoa
A toothache, or a violent passion, is not necessarily diminished by our knowledge of its causes, its character, its importance or insignificance. -- T. S. Eliot
My view of an excellent novel was probably set in the golden age of fiction in the 19th century: narrative, character and voice are of equal importance. -- Joanna Trollope
I think the success of 'Downton' is partly because there are effectively 18 leading characters, all given equal importance, so it's enormously involving on many levels. But also, it's a new story. It's not like Dickens or Austen, where everyone knows the denouement. -- Michelle Dockery
One of the things I noticed more in this draft than in any recent drafts was the importance of the character issue. Players who had baggage, like Justice, fell much farther than his talent dictated. But a lot of coaches didn't want to take the chance. -- Ron Jaworski
I always start with characters rather than with a plot, which many critics would say is very obvious from the lack of plot in my films - although I think they do have plots - but the plot is not of primary importance to me, the characters are. -- Jim Jarmusch
When I was in school, sport was given utmost importance. I think it's fantastic for character building, for team playing, and I think it's a great profile for a nation. One in every six people on Earth is an Indian, and I look forward to the day when we can compete with the heavyweights of the sporting world and do well in the medal tally. -- Abhishek Bachchan
Trifles discover a character, more than actions of importance. -- William Shenstone
I am far from underestimating the importance of dividends, but I rank dividends below human character. -- Theodore Roosevelt
I wish every American explored the importance of novel writing, identity, honesty, character and place in fresh-ass ways. -- Kiese Laymon
The character and mentality of the keepers may be of more importance in understanding prisons than the character and mentality of the kept. -- Jessica Mitford
When some English moralists write about the importance of having character, they appear to mean only the importance of having a dull character. -- Gilbert K. Chesterton
No true Dharma Master behaves with rage, hate, ranting, self- importance. These are signs of mental instability, a character flaw. Never follow such a one as that. -- Jetsunma Ahkon Lhamo
The school is a political prize of the highest importance. It cannot be deprived of its political character as long as it remains a public and compulsory institution. -- Ludwig von Mises
To exterminate our popular vices is a work of far more importance to the character and happiness of our citizens than any other improvements in our system of education. -- Noah Webster

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