What's Important Quotes - Page 5

• I always say that I can help someone who can already compose, but if they can't, I can't help them. I can advise on technical issues, of course, like how low the piccolo can go, but otherwise what's important is not wisdom but enthusiasm.

  George Benjamin

  Issues, Important, Enthusiasm

  Source: www.sfgate.com

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• If educators were really understanding of that, they'd say, "You know what? Forget about bilingual, we're going to do multilingual education." So children are ready for the new millennium. We're way behind compared to countries in Europe. If we were multilingual, imagine how much you would learn about your own culture, about the sensibilities of what's important in your own culture.

  Sandra Cisneros

  Country, Children, Europe

  "Talking in Our Pajamas: A Conversation with Sandra Cisneros on Finding Your Voice, Fear of Highways, Tacos, Travel, and the Need for Peace in the World". Interview with Ruth Behar, quod.lib.umich.edu. 2008.

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• What's important here is that the Republicans agree with [Donald Trump].

  Hillary Clinton

  Important, Republican, Trump

  Source: www.businessinsider.com

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• I think what's important and extraordinarily practical about Buddhism, is that it offers very concrete methods for people to work with.

  Pankaj Mishra

  Buddhism, Thinking, People

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• Now what's important is that they have an attitude. Everybody has a look, but not everybody has cultivated what their stage persona is. And so when you're dealing with actors, it just makes it more difficult, because you have to help them come up with one. You know, Johnny Depp has no Johnny Depp character when he's onstage. You haven't seen An Evening With Johnny Depp at Carnegie Hall.

  Bruce Vilanch

  Attitude, Character, Important

  Source: www.avclub.com

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• What's important for me is to give my daughters a well-rounded education and a mixture of people in their lives. They'll make their own choices. I think they would be good in show business.

  Diana Ross

  Daughter, Thinking, Giving

  Source: www.interviewmagazine.com

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• Explaining something makes it go away, so to speak; what's important is left after you have explained everything else.

  Edward Gorey

  Important, Going Away, Speak

  Edward Gorey (2001). “Ascending Peculiarity: Edward Gorey on Edward Gorey : Interviews”, Houghton Mifflin

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• Someone ... tell us what's important, because we no longer know.

  Richard Ford

  Important, What's Important, Knows

  Richard Ford (2012). “A Multitude of Sins”, p.19, Bloomsbury Publishing

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• If you're writing a book where you want to make a positive truth claim, then you should absolutely call it nonfiction or memoir. If you don't want to make that claim - if that's not what's important to you; if you're more interested in storytelling and interiority and interpersonal relationships than in objective, checkable facts about the world - then why wouldn't you call it a novel, and take advantage of what that gets you, of the extra freedom, of belonging to the tradition of the novel?

  Elif Batuman

  Book, Writing, Important

  Source: www.guernicamag.com

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• What's important to me is to share, and being inspired, and inspiring.

  Diane von Furstenberg

  Important, What's Important, Inspired

  "It's a wrap". Interview with Polly Vernon, www.theguardian.com. April 9, 2006.

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• If you want to know what's important to a culture, learn their language.

  Joanne Harris

  Important, Culture, Want

  "This much I know: Joanne Harris". Interview with Emma John, www.theguardian.com. March 27, 2010.

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• Basketball is my passion, I love it. But my family and friends mean everything to me. That's what's important. I need my phone so I can keep in contact with them at all times.

  LeBron James

  Family, Basketball, Mean

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• The mainstream media today has the biggest disconnect with its audience that it's ever, ever had. And as the disconnect grows and as more and more people distrust them, then the media digs in more and more and says you don't know what you're talking about, you don't know how we do our jobs, you don't know what's important.

  Rush Limbaugh

  Jobs, Media, Talking

  "Ted Koppel Opines on Media Civility". www.rushlimbaugh.com. September 21, 2012.

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• Having children is my greatest achievement. It was my saviour. It switched my focus from the outside to the inside. My children are gifts, they remind me of what's important.

  Elle Macpherson

  Thank You, Children, Focus

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• I went through a long period where I was afraid of doing things I wanted to do, and you get your courage back, which is what's important.

  George Michael

  Long, Important, Periods

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• If we were multilingual, imagine how much you would learn about your own culture, about the sensibilities of what's important in your own culture.

  Sandra Cisneros

  Important, Culture, Imagine

  Source: quod.lib.umich.edu

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• If you explode onto the scene at a very young age, there are so many people pulling you in different directions. It takes time to recalibrate and see what's important.

  Clive Owen

  People, Important, Age

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• Well, I was lucky enough to be involved in about 19 failures at an early age, so I'm realistic about the success I'm having and how quickly it can go away. What's important is to be smart about it.

  Matthew Perry

  Smart, Important, Going Away

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• If your child marches to a different beat, a different drummer, you might just have to go along with that music. Help them achieve what’s important to them.

  Sonia Sotomayor

  Children, Important, Different

  "Justice Sotomayor Tells Oprah About Her Childhood — And About Her Single Mom, Celina". www.huffingtonpost.com. March 27, 2013.

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• Being on a boat that's moving through the water, it's so clear. Everything falls into place in terms of what's important and what's not.

  James Taylor

  Moving, Fall, Water

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• It's for all the women who embrace my aesthetic, but can't afford a Vera Wang dress. If women can get anything out of it - a little bit of me or a lot of me, that's what's important.

  Vera Wang

  Women, Important, Dresses

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• What's important at the grocery store is just as important in engines or medical systems. If the customer isn't satisfied, if the stuff is getting stale, if the shelf isn't right, or if the offerings aren't right, it's the same thing. You manage it like a small organization. You don't get hung up on zeros.

  Jack Welch

  Educational, Offering, Organization

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• I think that's what's important, to see how we ourselves can become all that we are and can be. Everybody says they want to change, but it's not that simple, it's not that easy. Who's ready to change and give up? Who's ready to get out of their rut and leave it behind, not just pour honey or syrup over their heads and over the rut? Who's ready to change and give up that rut, who's ready willing and able?

  Surya Das

  Giving Up, Simple, Thinking

  Source: theindiespiritualist.com

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• It carried quite a wallop. I have all the classic symptoms. Reflection. Where am I now? Where have I come from? What's important? Dealing with the moment of a different kind of feeling for mortality. Shifting of the body. Contextualizing or reevaluating behaviors and values. All those kinds of things.

  Keanu Reeves

  Reflection, Feelings, Important

  Source: www.today.com

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• Growing up, I spent summers with my grandparents in a small seaside town in Croatia. It's the most beautiful place on the planet. I still go back every year. It reminds me of what's important in life.

  Vanya Asher

  Beautiful, Summer, Growing Up

  "Scandal’s Vanya Asher: Having Fun With Being Different and Off-Balance". Interview with Maranda Pleasant, www.marandapleasantmedia.com.

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