Important Things Quotes - Page 23

• The single most important thing you can do politically for gay rights is to come out. Not to write a letter to your congressman but to come out.

  Barney Frank

  Writing, Gay, Rights

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• We have everything we need, in fact, except the most important thing of all — time to think and the habit of thought.

  Norman Cousins

  Time, Thinking, America

  "Present Tense; an American Editor's Odyssey".

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• I wanted to be a singer, of course, but there was something about the songwriting, then and now, that is the most important thing. It's how I express myself, how I express how I see things. When I see people struggling with emotions and feelings and don't know how to put it down, I'm able to do that. It's really like a therapy, and it's like a buddy and a friend. It's a way out of a lot of things.

  Dolly Parton

  Struggle, Writing, People

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• If you like someone's work, the important thing is to be exposed to everything that person has been exposed to. Anyone who wants to be a songwriter should listen to as much folk music as they can, study the form and structure of stuff that has been around for 100 years.

  Bob Dylan

  Years, Important, Want

  Bob Dylan (2007). “Dylan on Dylan: The Essential Interviews”, Hodder & Stoughton

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• So if you want to get things done, you positively have to understand at any given point in time what is the most important thing to get done right now and if you're not doing it, you're not making progress at the fastest possible rate.

  Joel Spolsky

  Progress, Important, Done

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• One must console oneself with the thought that time has a sieve through which most of these important things run into the ocean of oblivion and what remains after this selection is often still trite and bad.

  Albert Einstein

  Running, Ocean, Important

  Albert Einstein (2013). “Albert Einstein, The Human Side: Glimpses from His Archives”, p.21, Princeton University Press

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• I smile and I think that one human being must always be discovering another - through love. And that this is the most important thing on earth, and the most lasting.

  Tadeusz Borowski

  Thinking, Important, Earth

  Tadeusz Borowski (1967). “This way for the gas, ladies and gentlemen: and other stories”

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• And the most important thing at the end of the day is that we stay together as one in relaying the information to the rest of the guys.

  Takeo Spikes

  Guy, Together, The End Of The Day

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• I think the way the greens are, you need to be very accurate with your irons. Whether there's wind or not, the most important thing out here is being able to control the distance of your irons and the direction. I've done that pretty well the last couple of days.

  Luke Donald

  Couple, Distance, Thinking

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• Love is the most important thing a person can knowIf you should win love once, you'll know it is harder than death to let go.

  Miyuki Miyabe

  Letting Go, Winning, Love Is

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• The most important thing in a man is not what he knows, but what he is.

  Narciso Yepes

  Men, Important, Knows

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• As a mom, I always feel I have to protect them. I talk about them because they are the most important things in my life but they are private people. I won't use them for my own press.

  Jami Gertz

  Mom, People, Important

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• The most important thing about my profession is finding the truth, finding the reality of these shows.

  Shuler Hensley

  Reality, Important, Finding Out The Truth

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• Being a star doesn't last. That's not what life should be about. It's a complete illusion that really has nothing to do with you. For me, finding out about life is the most important thing.

  Jake Gyllenhaal

  Stars, Important, Lasts

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

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• To me, the most important thing in life is to be a human being. Second is acting.

  Peter Stormare

  Things In Life, Important, Acting

  "Actors pay a big price" By Martine Costello, www.cnn.com. March 22, 2001.

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• I always felt that making a living wasn't the easiest thing in the world, and I decided I was going straight ahead and try to be as uncomplicated as possible. The important thing in life is just living and loving.

  Doris Day

  Things In Life, Important, Trying

  Doris Day (2013). “The Doris Day Songbook”, p.1929, Hal Leonard Corporation

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• They think I'm depressed because I look serious in photos. It's usually because I'm just nervous. But I've stopped dressing for other people. If I think I look good, that's the most important thing.

  Rose Byrne

  Thinking, People, Important

  "Glenn Close and Rose Byrne's Fashion Face-Off" by Laura Morgan, www.harpersbazaar.com. September 16, 2009.

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• The most important thing in the face is the eyes, and if you can make the eyes talk, you're halfway there.

  Ian Holm

  Eye, Halfway There, Important

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

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• I went on countless auditions. I begged my parents until I finally was allowed to be in a theatrical play when I was 13. It was the most important thing in my life

  Kate Hudson

  Play, Parent, Important

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• The most important thing in my life, and the thing I try to focus on, is to try not to live a life of cruelty. That means trying to make sure I look people in the eye when I meet them. Sometimes you jump in a taxi, or maybe you only have two minutes with someone, and you never see them again. I try to always look them in the eye and have a real experience of what it is to communicate with someone.

  Jessica Chastain

  Real, Grateful, Mean

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

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• Perspective is the most important thing to have in life.

  Lauren Graham

  Perspective, Important

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• The important thing is to realize that no matter what people's opinions may be, they're only just that - people's opinions. You have to believe in your heart what you know to be true about yourself. And let that be that.

  Mary J. Blige

  Believe, Heart, People

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• Bringing up a child in a loving relationship is the most important thing.

  Eric Stonestreet

  Children, Important, Loving Relationships

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

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• This great imperialistic world called the United States has made us believe that an Oscar is the most important thing in the world for an actor. But if you think about it for five minutes you realise it cant be.

  Javier Bardem

  Believe, Thinking, Important

  "'Why am I doing this absurd job?'" by Kristin Hohenadel, www.theguardian.com. March 21, 2001.

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• You have to be happy with yourself first of all - that's the most important thing.

  Aly Michalka

  Important, Firsts, Being Happy With Yourself

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