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IT IS NICE TO BE IMPORTANT BUT IT IS MORE IMPORTANT TO BE NICE

Submitter comment: INFORMANT REPORTS THAT THIS PHRASE IS IN COMMON USE AMONG THE
EXECUTIVES OF THE S. S. KRESGE CO.

Where learned: MICHIGAN ; WARREN ; TOLD IN

James Callow Keyword(s): CHIASMUS

Subject headings: PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim

Date learned: 09-25-1972

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