Important Quotes - Page 9

• My dear citizens, fellow citizens, French people, this 6th of May, have just chosen change by bringing me the presidency of the French republic. I feel the honor, which has been given to me and the task, the important task faced beyond - in front of you to serve my country.

  Francois Hollande

  Country, People, Honor

  "Your Money", www.cnn.com. May 6, 2012.

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• Sometimes it's interesting to see something that you're not used to seeing, which is the main ingredient of life, and it's removed from the usual entertainment. I think it's important to give the opportunity to people to witness the life of somebody who was not public.

  Michel Gondry

  Opportunity, Thinking, People

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• Amoebas are quite obviously widely spread protozoans and some of them have been established as causing serious disease in animals and humans. It is also quite well-established that amoebas are important contaminants of tissue cultures used in preparation of live biologicals, vaccines being the most important of them because they are widely injected into small babies and children.

  Viera Scheibner

  Baby, Children, Animal

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• Having a clear mission and making sure you know that mission and making sure that mission comes through the company is probably the most important thing you can do for both culture and values.

  Brian Chesky

  Culture, Missions, Clear

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• The Singapore Media Festival brings together the most important Film and TV events in Singapore under one umbrella. With media convergence, I foresee that the SMF will encompass even more content formats in future, and will keep Singapore on the cutting-edge of media development. I am confident the SMF will be a signature media event for Singapore and the world for many years to come.

  Calvin Cheng

  Cutting, Years, Media

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• Psychological man may be going nowhere, but he aims to achieve a certain speed and certainty in going. Like his predecessor, the man of the market economy, he understands morality as that which is conducive to increased activity. The important thing is to keep going.

  Philip Rieff

  Men, May, Morality

  Philip Rieff (1987). “The Triumph of the Therapeutic: Uses of Faith After Freud”, p.41, University of Chicago Press

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• Staying humble has always been really important to me, and always being proud of what you're representing.

  Jordyn Wieber

  Humble, Proud, Staying

  "Gymnast Jordyn Wieber on Staying Focused and Crushing on Justin Bieber". Interview with Caitlin Brown, www.self.com. June 27, 2012.

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• In view of the immense power of natural weather and climate fluctuations and the great buffering capacity of the Earth, especially the ocean, it is easy to be skeptical about whether small anthropogenic changes of atmospheric composition can have important practical impacts.

  James Hansen

  Ocean, Views, Weather

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• I think the most important thing is to keep active, and to hope that your mind stays active.

  Jane Goodall

  Thinking, Mind, Aging

  Interview with Marianne Schnall, www.huffingtonpost.com. June 1, 2010.

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• First off there is no question that LaDainian is a first-ballot Hall of Famer. His contributions off the field to the community of San Diego are as important as what he did on the field. What he did on the field was monumental.

  Dan Fouts

  Community, San Diego, Fields

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• Life is more important than 'what film I do next.

  Aaron Taylor-Johnson

  Next, Life Is, Film

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• Those who have the most, who earn the most, must give an example, because that is important for Spain's collective effort.

  Luis de Guindos

  Collective Effort, Giving, Spain

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• Wild Swans' showed me there are Chinese traditions that still affect my life. For example, it's not that women are inferior, exactly, but my dad and my brother are the most important men in my life and I would do anything for them. I feel like I should be the one cooking and looking after them.

  Katie Leung

  Brother, Dad, Men

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• It is really important for women to look up and see other women being successful. When I was in that position, all I wanted to do was blend in and be one of the guys.

  Pauline Neville-Jones, Baroness Neville-Jones

  Successful, Guy, Looks

  "Pauline Neville-Jones: 'Some say I didn't make it easy on myself'". Interview with Nick Hopkins, www.theguardian.com. November 29, 2011.

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• The BBC's television, radio and online services remain an important part of British culture and the fact the BBC continues to thrive amongst audiences at home and abroad is testament to a professional and dedicated management team who are committed to providing a quality public service.

  Pauline Neville-Jones, Baroness Neville-Jones

  Team, Home, Quality

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• People say that one of the most important things about being an actor is to have thick skin, but I don't think that's it. Because you can't just walk around being tough, you have to be able to be vulnerable to do this. So really, it's about not being defensive.

  Jess Weixler

  Thinking, People, Skins

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• At Sun, we have a special number you can call if there is something important happening.

  Frank James

  Numbers, Special, Sun

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• What cracks me up is people who think I don't take baseball seriously. It's the most important thing in my life. They don't know how hard it is for me to get a bad game out of my mind. I still can't, but I'm getting better.

  Brady Anderson

  Baseball, Thinking, Games

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• The aggressive use of wiretaps is important: It shows that we are targeting white-collar insider-trading rings with the same powerful investigative tools that have worked so successfully against the mob and drug cartels.

  Preet Bharara

  Powerful, Drug Cartels, White

  "Preet Bharara: The enforcer of Wall Street" by William D. Cohan, fortune.com. August 2, 2011.

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• You can't have too much of everything, you must have a balance, that's very important.

  Abdullah Ahmad Badawi

  Balance, Too Much

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• Very old fashioned to say that they will be well behaved but I think it's very important.

  Abdullah Ahmad Badawi

  Thinking, Old Fashioned, Wells

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• The most important function of a bibliographic entry is to help the reader obtain a copy of the cited work.

  Daniel J. Bernstein

  Helping, Function, Reader

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• I am deeply aware of the dimension of luck. It's so important to be prepared to receive it, but it is a major factor. There's no question.

  J. Carter Brown

  Luck, Dimensions, Be Prepared

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• They're a redefinition of boredom... the most important thing you need to know about an awards show is where is the nearest smoking opportunity.

  Stephen Daldry

  Opportunity, Awards, Boredom

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• Every now and then I have to teach directing. The thing about the theatre is that the most important thing you can do as a director is to make sure that everybody is in the same world - you have to create the world and make sure everyone buys into it.

  Stephen Daldry

  Theatre, Directors, World

  "Nothing is the hardest thing to do". Interview with Michael Billington, www.theguardian.com. February 12, 2003.

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