value system
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Talarico "was a public-school teacher in San Antonio before he was a politician. That's not a resume line. That's a value system," Cogdell said in a statement to AFP.
From Barron's ● Jun. 13, 2026
If you come to work high on your own value system, it is likely you will ignore the values of others and fail to “coexist in harmony.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 16, 2026
But the value system has gotten smaller almost, as though fame in and of itself is going to correct our attachment wounds.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 15, 2025
“This is not about enforcing standards,” she said, “it’s about inculcating a particular value system within the officer corps.”
From Salon ● Sep. 30, 2025
It wasn’t a question of estrangement—Jesse was quite close to members of his family, fractured though it was—but of a different value system.
From "Geeks: How Two Lost Boys Rode the Internet Out of Idaho" by Jon Katz
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