Important Things Quotes - Page 35

• The essence of a general's job is to assist in developing a clear sense of purpose . to keep the junk from getting in the way of important things.

  Victor Borge

  Jobs, Military, Essence

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• To me, the most important thing is happiness.

  Sheryl Swoopes

  Important

  "WNBA star Sheryl Swoopes opens up about being a lesbian" by Gwen Knapp, www.sfgate.com. October 26, 2005.

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• The most important thing that everyone should bring to the dining experience is a certain generosity of spirit. Just remember that there are two kinds of people: lovers and others. And you know what you can do with the others.

  John Olsen

  Two, People, Generosity

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• Popularity doesn't bother me. It attests to the affection and comprehension of the public. The important thing is to retain the pioneer spirit. I profoundly love the profession, and I work on each film as if it were the first - and the last. Giving the best of myself. Many of the 'greats' ask their arranger to write their scores for them. Me, I write all alone, from the first note to the last. All.

  Ennio Morricone

  Writing, Giving, Important

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• What is the importance of human lives? Is it their continuing alive for so many years like animals in a menagerie? The value of a man cannot be judged by the number of diseases from which he escapes. The value of a man is in his human qualities: in his character, in his conscience, in the nobility and magnanimity, of his soul. Torturing animals to prolong human life has separated science from the most important thing that life has produced - the human conscience.

  John Cowper Powys

  Character, Animal, Men

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• The most important things cannot be spoken; that’s why there’s music.

  Clive Wearing

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  "The Death of Yesterday" by Louise France, www.theguardian.com. January 22, 2005.

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• The important thing was that we were being polite and not saying all the things that were making us unhappy, which was the only way we knew how to love each other.

  Ruth Ozeki

  Important, Unhappy, Way

  Ruth Ozeki (2013). “A Tale for the Time Being”, p.45, Canongate Books

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• But the best teams I've encountered have one important thing in common: their team structure and processes cover a full range of distinct competencies necessary for success.

  Jesse James Garrett

  Teamwork, Important, Common

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• We are on the brink of a new energy order. Over the next few decades, our reserves of oil will start to run out and it is imperative that governments in both producing and consuming nations prepare now for that time. We should not cling to crude down to the last drop – we should leave oil before it leaves us. That means new approaches must be found soon..... The really important thing is that even though we are not yet running out of oil, we are running out of time.

  Fatih Birol

  Running, Mean, Order

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• There are moments in life, and they happen so infrequently that they tend to really stand out, when life hands you the gift of perspective. Sometimes, we forget to show our appreciation. Sometimes, we get our priorities mixed up. And, sometimes, we forget how far we’ve come. But life always has a way of nudging you to remind you about these important things.

  Cassia Leo

  Appreciation, Hands, Perspective

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• Everybody's got a different circle of competence. The important thing is not how big the circle is. The important thing is staying inside the circle.

  Warren Buffett

  Circles, Important, Different

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• The important thing is to concentrate upon what you can do - by yourself, upon your own initiative.

  Harry Browne

  Important, Initiative, Can Do

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• Life expects of you duties which appear repugnant to you. You must now know that the most important thing is not duties but what permits you to be someone good and just. There are many who will say to you that this is a piece of asocial advice, but you only have to reply to them: When the forms of society are so hard and hostile to life, it is more important to be asocial than inhuman

  Stig Dagerman

  Advice, Important, Pieces

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• Most important thing about your diet is who cooks it, a human or a corporation.

  Michael Pollan

  Important, Corporations, Cooks

  Twitter post from Apr 22, 2013

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• In the devil's theology, the important thing is to be absolutely right and to prove that everybody else is absolutely wrong.

  Thomas Merton

  Important, Devil, Theology

  Thomas Merton (2007). “New Seeds of Contemplation”, p.96, New Directions Publishing

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• I'm not saying [economic] growth is wrong, but throughout the years of growth, many things didn't get better. ... If you look at America, the proportion of Americans with no one to talk to about important things went up from a tenth to a quarter.

  Geoff Mulgan

  Years, America, Growth

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• One of the most important things about fashion is to dress as well as you can, look as attractive as you can, and at the same time be comfortable with yourself. Be easy about your clothes; forget about them.

  Diane von Furstenberg

  Fashion, Clothes, Important

  Diane Von Furstenberg, Evelyn Portrait (1976). “Diane Von Furstenberg's Book of Beauty: How to Become a More Attractive, Confident, and Sensual Woman”, Simon & Schuster

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• The other day I went to a school in Harlem to talk to some 7th graders [12-year-olds] and I said, ‘If I have to give you some advice, the most important thing is: the sooner you become your own best friend, the better your life will be,’ 

  Diane von Furstenberg

  School, Years, Giving

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• Risk management is the most important thing to be well understood. Undertrade, undertrade, undertrade is my second piece of advice. Whatever you think your position ought to be, cut it at least in half.

  Bruce Kovner

  Cutting, Thinking, Advice

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• The most important thing you can have is a good strategic asset allocation mix. So, what the investor needs to do is have a balanced, structured portfolio – a portfolio that does well in different environments…. we don't know that we're going to win. We have to have diversified bets.

  Ray Dalio

  Winning, Important, Doe

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• You can be everything in life but the important thing is to be a good person.

  Shams Tabrizi

  Important, Good Person, Persons

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• Your youth is the most important thing you will ever have. It's when you will connect to music like a primal urge, and the memories attached to the songs will never leave you. Please hold on to everything. Keep every note, mix tape, concert ticket stub, and memory you have of music from your youth. It'll be the one thing that might keep you young, even if you aren't anymore.

  Butch Walker

  Song, Memories, Important

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• Do be true to yourself, whether it's bad doesn't matter. The important thing - you have to copy while you're studying. And culture is - each of us - is like one pearl added to another to make a chain. We each contribute to the other. And that's all right. But once you're on your own, do that which comes from within. And I feel this very strongly.

  Beatrice Wood

  Important, Pearls, Matter

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• There are 3 or 4 important things in life: Books, Friends, Women…and Messi

  Antonio Lobo Antunes

  Book, Things In Life, Important

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• I didn’t want a completely passive viewer. Art means too much to me. To be able to articulate something visually is really an important thing. I wanted to make work where the viewer wouldn’t walk away; he would giggle nervously, get pulled into history, into fiction, into something totally demeaning and possibly very beautiful

  Kara Walker

  Beautiful, Art, Mean

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