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• The answer is, of course, to simplify, to prioritize, and in some cases, to use a well-known phrase, "Just say no!" But actually doing it may prove to be one of the real challenges in our complicated, overheated lives.

  M. Russell Ballard

  Real, Challenges, Balance

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• Now, we don't really believe these things - intellectually we know better - but we believe them viscerally, and live by them, and they cause us to prioritize our own needs over the needs of others, even though what we really want, in our hearts, is to be less selfish, more aware of what's actually happening in the present moment, more open, and more loving.

  George Saunders

  Selfish, Believe, Heart

  "George Saunders’s Advice to Graduates". George Saunders' Speech at Syracuse University for the class of 2013, 6thfloor.blogs.nytimes.com. July 31, 2013.

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• The temptation to be popular may prioritize public opinion above the word of God. Political campaigns and marketing strategies widely employ public opinion polls to shape their plans. Results of those polls are informative. But they could hardly be used as grounds to justify disobedience to God’s commandments!

  Russell M. Nelson

  Political, Temptation, Marketing

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• Sisters, you are each like the lioness at the gate. This means that there has to be some prioritizing. I was taught years ago that when our priorities are out of order, we lose power. If we need power and influence to carry out our mission, then our priorities have to be straight.

  Julie B. Beck

  Sister, Mean, Power

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• A good woman must constantly resist alluring and deceptive messages from many sources telling her that she is entitled to more time away from her responsibilities and that she deserves a life of greater ease and independence. But with personal revelation, she can prioritize correctly and navigate this life confidently.

  Julie B. Beck

  Responsibility, Independence, Good Woman

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• Sometimes it was so quiet, its frightening. It really prioritizes things.

  Toni Collette

  Scary, Quiet, Sometimes

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• If you were to fault yourself in one of three areas, which would it be: (1) the inability to prioritize; (2) the inability or desire to organize around those priorities; or (3) the lack of discipline to execute around them? ... Most people say their main fault is a lack of discipline. On deeper thought, I believe that is not the case. The basic problem is that their priorities have not become deeply planted in their hearts and minds. They haven't really internalized Habit 2 [Begin with the end in mind].

  Stephen Covey

  Inspirational, Believe, Heart

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• In my case, if one out of five opportunities is interesting enough to work on, maybe one in five of those ends up being worth doing. That might be a function of risk. That might be a function of price. There are all the variables. But you have to be constantly sorting and choosing and prioritizing.

  Sam Zell

  Opportunity, Interesting, Risk

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• The way I look at love is you have to follow it, and fall hard, if you fall hard. You have to forget about what everyone else thinks. It has to be an us-against-the-world mentality. You have to make it work by prioritizing it, and by falling in love really fast, without thinking too hard. If I think too hard about a relationship I'll talk myself out of it. I have rules for a lot of areas of my life. Love is not going to be one of them.

  Taylor Swift

  Falling In Love, Love Life, Love Is

  "Taylor Swift in Wonderland" by Brian Hiatt, www.rollingstone.com. October 25, 2012.

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• I am struck by how, except when you're young, you really need to prioritize in life, figuring out in what order you should divide up your time and energy. If you don't get that sort of system set by a certain age, you'll lack focus and your life will be out of balance.

  Haruki Murakami

  Order, Focus, Balance

  FaceBook post by Haruki Murakami from Jul 01, 2015

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• I'm afraid not." Hades sighed. "My son here convinced me that perhaps I should prioritize my list of enemies." He glared at me with distaste. "As much as I dislike certain upstart demigods, it would not do for Olympus to fall. I would miss bickering with my siblings. And if there is one thing we agree on - it is that you were a TERRIBLE father.

  Rick Riordan

  Father, Sibling, Fall

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• Our training pushes us to develop a new set of instincts: instead of reacting to danger with a fight-or-flight adrenaline rush, we're trained to respond unemotionally by immediately prioritizing threats and methodically seeking to defuse them. We go from wanting to bolt for the exit to wanting to engage and understand what's going wrong, then fix it.

  Chris Hadfield

  Fighting, Training, Exit

  Chris Hadfield (2013). “An Astronaut's Guide to Life on Earth”, p.39, Pan Macmillan

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• I'm not a wealthy person and I don't think that I would be able to prioritize that much money to go for a ride to a place that I have already lived. But if the price comes down or I win a lottery or something, why not?

  Chris Hadfield

  Thinking, Winning, Able

  "Floating Round My Tin Can". Interview with Jacob Aron, www.slate.com. November 16, 2013.

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• It's about prioritizing. Just take it one step at a time. Do the best that you can. I'm a mom and I have two husbands - an ex husband and a next husband. It's a blended family and it's very hard to keep things together, but we're happy and we live in love. Djimon and I are so happy.

  Kimora Lee Simmons

  Mom, Husband, Two

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• During the course of my presidency, it feels as if a couple times a year, I end up having to speak to the country and to speak to a particular community about a devastating loss. The grieving that the country feels is real, the sympathy, the prioritizing, the comforting of the families, all that’s important. But I think part of the point that I wanted to make was that it’s not enough just to feel bad.

  Barack Obama

  Country, Couple, Real

  "Yep, Obama Said the N-Word. Here Are the Other Candid Things He Said" by Inae Oh, www.motherjones.com. June 22, 2015.

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• Women attempt suicide more often because they want to become the priority of those they love rather than always prioritizing them.

  Warren Farrell

  Suicide, Priorities, Want

  "The Myth of Male Power". Book by Warren Farrell, 1993.

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• What cancer does is, it forces you to focus, to prioritize, and you learn what’s important.

  Joel Siegel

  Cancer, Focus, Important

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• There is no one perfect way to be a good mother... Each mother has different challenges, different skills and abilities, and certainly different children... What matters is that a mother loves her children deeply and, in keeping with the devotion she has for God and her husband, prioritizes them above all else.

  M. Russell Ballard

  Mother, Children, Husband

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• Cancer changes your life, often for the better. You learn what's important, you learn to prioritize, and you learn not to waste your time. You tell people you love them. My friend Gilda Radner used to say, 'If it wasn't for the downside, having cancer would be the best thing and everyone would want it.' That's true. If it wasn't for the downside.

  Gilda Radner

  Cancer, People, Important

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• Learn as much as you can. Take every opportunity to learn about writing, whether it’s through classes, workshops, whatever is available to you. This may be difficult, because things like classes, workshops, writing programs, require time and money. But I say this honestly and somewhat harshly – if you’re not willing to prioritize your writing, perhaps you should do something else?

  Theodora Goss

  Writing, Opportunity, Class

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• What cancer does is, it forces you to focus, to prioritize, and you learn what's important. I mean, I don't sweat the small stuff. I used to get angry at cab drivers. It's not worth it.... And when somebody says you have cancer, you realize it's all small stuff.

  Joel Siegel

  Cancer, Mean, Sweat

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• Being a patriot doesn’t mean prioritizing service to government above all else. Being a patriot means knowing when to protect your country, knowing when to protect your Constitution, knowing when to protect your countrymen, from the violations of and encroachments of adversaries. And those adversaries don’t have to be foreign countries.

  Edward Snowden

  Country, Mean, Government

  "Edward Snowden's interview: 10 things we learned" by Catherine E. Shoichet, www.cnn.com. May 29, 2014.

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• Every man knows that his highest purpose in life cannot be reduced to any particular relationship. If a man prioritizes his relationship over his highest purpose, he weakens himself, disserves the universe, and cheats his woman of an authentic man who can offer his full, undivided presence.

  David Deida

  Men, Purpose, Cheat

  David Deida (2008). “The Way of the Superior Man: A Spiritual Guide to Mastering the Challenges of Women, Work, and Sexual Desire: Easyread Super Large 20pt Edition”, p.26, ReadHowYouWant.com

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• Many of us have convinced ourselves that compromise is necessary to achieve our goals, that all of our goals are not attainable so we should eliminate the extraneous, prioritize our desires, and accept less than the moon.

  Garth Stein

  Moon, Goal, Desire

  Garth Stein (2008). “The Art of Racing in the Rain”, Harper

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• Learn how to prioritize all your debt. And did you know student loan debt is the most dangerous debt any of us can have?

  Suze Orman

  Debt, Students, Loan

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