Important Quotes - Page 33

• I do not believe that the way paint is applied should be more important than what is portrayed.

  Burton Silverman

  Believe, Way, Paint

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• I want to do something important in my life, and I think that adding beauty to the world with books... really is important.

  Cynthia Rylant

  Book, Thinking, World

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• We live in a moment in history in which our privacy may not be important.

  Jonathan Nolan

  May, Privacy, Moments

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• It is my conviction that there is perhaps no single factor more important in a spiritual home and in building spiritual strength in our children than the teaching and practice of prayer.

  Belle S. Spafford

  Spiritual, Prayer, Children

  Belle S. Spafford (1971). “Women in today's world”

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• Games are unquestionably the single most important cultural form of the digital age.

  Cathy Davidson

  Games, Age, Digital

  Cathy N. Davidson (2011). “Now You See It: How Technology and Brain Science Will Transform Schools and Business for the 21s t Century”, p.90, Penguin

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• The most important thing I do is I'm a dad.

  Stuart Scott

  Dad, Important Things

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• It's your ability to learn quickly and contribute quickly that matters. One of the things I tell people these days is that there is no perfect fit when you're looking for the next big thing to do. You have to take opportunities and make an opportunity fit for you, rather than the other way around. The ability to learn is the most important quality a leader can have.

  Padmasree Warrior

  Opportunity, People, Perfect

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• Prevention is a very important part of solving the problem of cancer.

  Eva Vertes

  Cancer, Prevention, Problem

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• Please remember that how you say something is often more important than what you say.

  Rob Malda

  Remember, Please

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• The incredible expansion of mobile technologies is another important factor that will both drive and support the deployment of workplace learning tools and systems in the areas of performance support, particularly, but also in areas such as expert location, crowdsourcing-based problem solving and others.

  Charles Jennings

  Technology, Deployment, Support

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• I have always tried to be obedient regarding important matters like not being scalded to death by burning oil, but when public opinion takes a route far from one's inner conviction, one cannot value disobedience too highly.

  Barbara Dana

  Oil, Public Opinion, Burning

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• I haven't made many wedding dresses. It's a dress very, very important for the girl; it's important to know the person, I believe, but at the same time it should be a shock to the person - the person should be shocked to be suddenly revealed. That's the work of a designer sometimes, to propose an ID of look.

  Olivier Theyskens

  Girl, Believe, Dresses

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• I have an hourglass shape, and I think it's important to understand your body type and your personality type. Then make whatever is on trend and in fashion work for you.

  Fiona Gubelmann

  Fashion, Thinking, Personality

  "Wilfred's Fiona Gubelmann Talks Man Dogs, Red-Carpet Style, and the Evolution of Jenna" by Emily Zemler, www.elle.com. June 20, 2013.

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• Learn not to be intimidated by important people.

  Orit Gadiesh

  People, Intimidated

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• Every question "runs in a vicious circle" because political life as a whole is an endless chain consisting of an infinite number of links. The whole art of politics lies in finding and taking as firm a grip as we can of the link that is least likely to be struck from our hands, the one that is most important at the given moment, the one that most of all guarantees its possessor the possession of the whole chain.

  Vladimir Lenin

  Running, Art, Lying

  Vladimir Ilích Lenin, Vladimir Ilʹich Lenin (1988). “What is to be done?”, Penguin Classics

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• Art gives a sense of order, life is basically chaotic, and there's a tension between them. A sense of order comes from chaos and contains a bit of it, but it's the sense of order that is important in a work of art.

  Alfred Brendel

  Art, Order, Giving

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• Museums collect what's important in their respective countries. In Berlin's National Gallery, however, this isn't the case. They're interested neither in me nor the other usual suspects. It's simply a German reality.

  Georg Baselitz

  Country, Reality, Museums

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• Reviewer: 'One of your themes was very similar to one of Beethoven's!' Brahms replied, 'Of course it is. Everyone steals - the important thing is to do it brilliantly.

  Johannes Brahms

  Copying, Stealing, Theme

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• So one important lesson of Vietnam is, the first casualty of an unwise and unjust war are the American troops called on to fight it. Their service should be honored.

  Paul Begala

  War, Fighting, Troops

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• I never felt scandal and confession were necessary to be an actress. I've never revealed my self or even my body in films. Mystery is very important.

  Claudia Cardinale

  Self, Body, Scandal

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• One of the most important virtues of the American character is our ability to approach the complexities that life presents us with common sense and decency, .. The considered judgment of the American people is not going to rise or fall on the fine distinctions of a legal argument but on straight talk and the truth. It is time for the president and the Congress to follow that common sense for the good of the country.

  Dick Gephardt

  Country, Fall, Character

  "Top Democrats rip Clinton's defense strategy". www.cnn.com. September 14, 1998.

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• I think it is important that we all try and be green where it is possible; an awareness of the world around us can never be a bad thing.

  Judd Gregg

  Thinking, Trying, World

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• The most important eugenic policy at this time is to see that birth control is made equally available to all individuals in every class of society

  Frederick Osborn

  Class, Birth Control, Individual

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• Pete Townsend for me was a huge influence. Because essentially they were a three-piece band and the way he structured his chords and took up a lot of space musically in the songs was really important to the way Rush developed. Geddy and Neil both were such active players and lot of the time we were all playing like crazy and it was too much and somebody had to reel it in and me being the faceless guy, I would do that.

  Alex Lifeson

  Song, Crazy, Player

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• If poles were so important we'd call it Poling instead of Skiing

  Phil Mahre

  Skiing, Ifs

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