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• To make a rock'n'roll record, technology is the least important thing.

  Keith Richards

  Technology, Rocks, Important

  "Excerpt: New book chronicles Keith Richards". Interview with Chris Spedding, www.usatoday.com. September 9, 2013.

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• If people concentrated on the really important things in life, there'd be a shortage of fishing poles.

  Doug Larson

  Funny, Witty, Retirement

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• Memory is a painter. Paintin's not important. The important thing is keepin' busy.

  Grandma Moses

  Memories, Important, Busy

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• Homework, root canals, and deadlines are the important things in life, and only when we have these major dramas taken care of can we presume to look at the larger questions.

  Cynthia Heimel

  Drama, Taken, Roots

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• For those who may not find happiness to exercise religious faith, it's okay to remain a radical atheist; it's absolutely an individual right, but the important thing is with a compassionate heart - then no problem.

  Dalai Lama

  Religious, Atheist, Heart

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• Nothing can be defined or derided on the basis of its origin. The important thing is what is done with it and how far a community identifies with something that symbolizes its favourite way of dreaming, living, dancing, playing or loving. This is the positive side of the world: a constant intermingling that produces new responses to new challenges. But because of forced globalization, there's a clear trend these days towards uniformity. This trend comes largely from the ever-greater concentration of power in the hands of large media groups.

  Eduardo Galeano

  Dream, Media, Hands

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• Fashions fade, style is eternal. - Yves Saint-LaurentThe most important thing to remember is that you can wear all the greatest clothes and all the greatest shoes, but you've got to have a good spirit on the inside. That's what's really going to make you look like you're ready to rock the world. - Alicia KeysIt's a new era in fashion - there are no rules. It's all about the individual and personal style, wearing high-end, low-end, classic labels, and up-and-coming designers all together.

  Alexander McQueen

  Fashion, Shoes, Clothes

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• So the important thing in a military operation is victory, not persistence.

  Sun Tzu

  Military, War, Persistence

  Sun Tzu (2005). “The Art of War”, p.65, Shambhala Publications

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• It is not a shame to be knocked down by other people. The important thing is to ask when you're being knocked down, 'Why am I being knocked down?' If a person can reflect in this way, then there is hope for this person.

  Bruce Lee

  Motivational, Inspiring, People

  Bruce Lee (2015). “Bruce Lee Striking Thoughts: Bruce Lee's Wisdom for Daily Living”, p.99, Tuttle Publishing

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• The question I ask myself like almost every day is: ‘Am I doing the most important thing I could be doing?' Unless I feel like I’m working on the most important problem that I can help with, then I’m not going to feel good about how I’m spending my time. And that’s what this company is.

  Mark Zuckerberg

  Inspirational, Feel Good, Important

  "Time honor caps celebrity-making of Mark Zuckerberg". "Radical Transparency" by, www.dailynews.com. December 15, 2010.

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• We need strong Christians who can persevere against hardship, who can sustain hope through tragedy, who can lift others by their example and their compassion, and who can consistently overcome temptations. We need strong Christians who can make important things happen by their faith and who can defend the truth of Jesus Christ against moral relativism and militant atheism. What is the source of such moral and spiritual power, and how do we obtain it? The source is God. Our access to that power is through our covenants with Him.

  D. Todd Christofferson

  Christian, Spiritual, Jesus

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• Basically we are all the same human beings with the same potential to be a good human being or a bad human being. The important thing is to realize the positive side and try to increase that; realize the negative side and try to reduce. That's the way.

  Dalai Lama

  Inspiration, Important, Trying

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• I always say to myself, what is the most important thing we can think about at this extraordinary moment.

  Francois de La Rochefoucauld

  Gratitude, Thinking, Extraordinary Moments

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• Under pressure, one of the most important things I have to remember to do is breathe.

  Curtis Strange

  Golf, Important, Pressure

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• Yes, very often! But at the same time I realize that I can't live without rhythmic gymnastics. It's the most important thing in my life

  Kateryna Serebrianska

  Gymnastics, Important, Realizing

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• You don't get very far in life without having to be brave an awful lot. Because we all have our frightening moments and difficult trials and we don't have much of a choice but to get through 'em, and it takes a lot of bravery to do that. The most important thing about bravery is this - It's not about not being scared - it's about being scared and doing it anyway - that's bravery.

  Ysabella Brave

  Military, Brave, Choices

  YouTube Channel "Ysabella Brave"/"Everyday Bravery", www.youtube.com. March 25, 2007.

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• I certainly support the right of the gay brothers and sisters to come together. I believe true love can take a number of different forms. If they choose to be married that's fine, but the important thing is I hope they find love

  Cornel West

  Brother, Believe, Gay

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• For us the most important thing is to be visual, and for the cats watching us to have fun. This is all we want. We get very upset if people get bored when we're only half way through smashing the second set.

  Roger Waters

  Music, Fun, Cat

  Rave UK Magazine, June 1967.

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• There is something to be said for every error; but, whatever may be said for it, the most important thing to be said about it is that it is erroneous.

  Gilbert K. Chesterton

  Mistake, Errors, Important

  "The Illustrated London News" Magazine, April 25, 1931.

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• If I set for myself a task, be it so trifling, I shall see it through. How else shall I have confidence in myself to do important things?

  George S. Clason

  Encouragement, Goal, Important

  George S. Clason (2013). “The Richest Man In Babylon”, p.23, Lulu.com

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• Most people, who have quit smoking, have had at least one unsuccessful try in the past. It is not important how many times you try to quit. The only important thing is, that eventually you stay quit

  Ralph Waldo Emerson

  Encouragement, Past, People

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• If you want to do really important things in life and big things in life, you can't do anything by yourself. And your best teams are your friends and your siblings.

  Deepak Chopra

  Brother, Team, Sibling

  "Chopra Brothers: Separate Paths But Common Bond". "Tell Me More" with Michel Martin, www.npr.org. May 29, 2013.

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• The most important thing a born again Christian can do is to pray.

  Chuck Smith

  Christian, Prayer, Important

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• If you said left, then I'd be on the left. If you said right, I'd be on the right. The important thing is not which side, but it's the trust. Your heart and mine will never change. That kind of trust!

  Kwon Sang-woo

  Drama, Heart, Important

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• In my house you have to talk to cats because, being ten of them, there are a lot of important things you have to say to them-like 'Get off' and 'Shut up' and things like that.

  Beryl Reid

  Cat, House, Important

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