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The society which scorns excellence in plumbing as a humble activity and tolerates shoddiness in philosophy because it is an exalted activity will have neither good plumbing nor good philosophy: neither its pipes nor its theories will hold water.
John W. Gardner
I have always loved this quote. Simple truth, simply stated. When will we learn to value all honest work and all excellent workers in those fields?