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• The most important thing for me is having a relationship with God. To know that the owner, the creator of the universe loves you, sent His Son to die for your sins; that's very empowering. Knowing Him and knowing that He loves me gives me encouragement and confidence to move forward.

  Benjamin Carson

  Encouragement, Moving, Love You

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• You don't have to be a brain surgeon to be a valuable person. You become valuable because of the knowledge that you have. And that doesn't mean you won't fail sometimes. The important thing is to keep trying.

  Benjamin Carson

  Mean, Brain, Important

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• Men always talk about the most important things to perfect strangers. In the perfect stranger we perceive man himself; the image of a God is not disguised by resemblances to an uncle or doubts of wisdom of a mustache.

  Gilbert K. Chesterton

  Uncles, Men, Perfect

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• I do think that maybe, even subconsciously, a lot of parents in the West are wondering, have we gone too far in the direction of coddling and protecting - you know, you see kids, sometimes that seem very rude and disrespectful. And the more important thing is they don't seem that happy.

  Amy Chua

  Kids, Thinking, Rude

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• The most important thing that parents can teach their children is how to get along without them.

  Frank A. Clark

  Children, Parenting, Important

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• I've always wanted male friends that I could be real intimate with and talk about important things with and be as affectionate with that person as I would be with a girl.

  Kurt Cobain

  Girl, Real, Important

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• Price is rarely the most important thing. A cheap product might sell some units. Somebody gets it home and they feel great when they pay the money, but then they get it home and use it and the joy is gone.

  Tim Cook

  Home, Joy, Important

  "5 Most Telling Takeaways From Tim Cook's Goldman Suchs Keynote" by Christina Bonnington Gear, www.wired.com. February 14, 2012.

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• The most important thing in the Olympic Games is not winning but taking part; the essential thing in life is not conquering but fighting well.

  Pierre de Coubertin

  Fighting, Winning, Aquariums

  1908 Speech to Olympic Games officials, London, 24 Jul.

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• The important thing in life is not victory but combat; it is not to have vanquished but to have fought well.

  Pierre de Coubertin

  Things In Life, Victory, Important

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• The key is taking responsibility and initiative, deciding what your life is about and prioritizing your life around the most important things.

  Stephen Covey

  Life, Change, Responsibility

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  I think that the most important thing a woman can have - next to talent, of course - is her hairdresser.

  Joan Crawford

  Beauty, Thinking, Hair

  Interview in "Hollywood Reporter", 1942.

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• The important thing to me is that I'm not driven by people's praise and I'm not slowed down by people's criticism. I'm just trying to work at the highest level I can.

  Russell Crowe

  Art, Motivation, People

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• If you have kids, it is the most important thing to create good times.

  Tom Cruise

  Kids, Important, Good Times

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• The most important thing about Spaceship Earth - an instruction book didn't come with it.

  R. Buckminster Fuller

  Book, Important, Earth

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• I travel light. I think the most important thing is to be in a good mood and enjoy life, wherever you are.

  Diane von Furstenberg

  Inspirational, Travel, Thinking

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• The important thing is to take your time and not get stressed.

  Diane von Furstenberg

  Stressed, Important, Take Your Time

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• The most important thing is to be healthy, to drink a lot of water, to fight gravity as much as possible. I am one of the few people who decided I wasn't going to do any invasion with my face.

  Diane von Furstenberg

  Fighting, People, Water

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• Families, particularly, tend to be the ones that you take the most for granted. They seem to slip under the radar, all those important things - it almost becomes second nature to do so.

  Adam Garcia

  Important, Granted, Radar

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• The most important thing for having a party is that the hostess is having fun. I'm very organized. I make a plan for absolutely everything. I never have anything that has to be cooked while the guests are there. The only thing I might have to do is take something out of the oven and carve it.

  Ina Garten

  Fun, Party, Important

  Interview with Lauren Salkeld, www.epicurious.com.

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• I rebel at the notion that I can't be part of other groups, that I can't construct identities through elective affinity, that race must be the most important thing about me. Is that what I want on my gravestone: Here lies an African American?

  Henry Louis Gates

  Lying, Race, African American

  "Colored People: A Memoir". Book by Henry Louis Gates, therumpus.net. 1994.

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• The most important thing about recovery is to pass the message on.

  Maurice Gibb

  Recovery, Important, Messages

  "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• I think the least important thing about science fiction for me is its predictive capacity.

  William Gibson

  Thinking, Important, Fiction

  "William Gibson on Why Sci-Fi Writers Are (Thankfully) Almost Always Wrong". Interview with Geeta Dayal, www.wired.com. September 13, 2012.

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• I think the least important thing about science fiction for me is its predictive capacity. Its record for being accurately predictive is really, really poor! If you look at the whole history of science fiction, what people have said is going to happen, what writers have said is going to happen, and what actually happened - it's terrible.

  William Gibson

  Thinking, People, Important

  "William Gibson on Why Sci-Fi Writers Are (Thankfully) Almost Always Wrong". Interview with Geeta Dayal, www.wired.com. September 13, 2012.

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• The most important things to say are those which often I did not think necessary for me to say - because they were too obvious.

  Andre Gide

  Broken Heart, Breakup, Thinking

  "The Journals of André Gide: 1914-1927". 1951.

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• The most important thing we can do is inspire young minds and to advance the kind of science, math and technology education that will help youngsters take us to the next phase of space travel.

  John Glenn

  Inspirational, Education, Travel

  "Space All systems go for National Space Day". CNN, May 4, 2000.

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