Priorities Quotes - Page 14

• Cuba has its own moral system and priorities. That's what keeps it going, the belief that the country can control its own destiny.

  Assata Shakur

  Country, Destiny, Cuba

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• I believe with all my heart that our first priority must be world peace, and that use of force is always and only a last resort, when everything else has failed, and then only with regard to our national security.

  Ronald Reagan

  Believe, Heart, Lasts

  Ronald Reagan during Presidential Debate with Jimmy Carter, www.reaganlibrary.gov. October 28, 1980.

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• As counterintuitive as it seems, generosity begins wherever you are. It is important to make generosity a priority.

  Andy Stanley

  Generosity, Important, Wherever You Are

  Source: paulsohn.org

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• The amazing thing about becoming a parent is that you will never again be your own first priority. The gift of motherhood is the selflessness that it introduces you to, and I think that's really freeing... I think it allows you to put yourself in other people's shoes...the empathy that it slugs you with, being a mother. And I think it makes you a better storyteller.

  Olivia Wilde

  Mother, Thinking, Shoes

  "Olivia Wilde Talks Motherhood and Son Otis: 'He's Amazing in Every Way'" by Brett Malec, www.eonline.com. October 29, 2014.

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• Every democracy must involve civil society in the process of establishing budgets, and all sectors of society must be consulted to determine what the real priorities of the population are. Lobbies, including military contractors and other representatives of the military-industrial complex, must not be allowed to hijack these priorities to the detriment of the population's real needs.

  Alfred-Maurice de Zayas

  Military, Real, Democracy

  "UN Expert Urges States to Cut Military Spending and Invest More in Human Development". www.ohchr.org. April 14, 2014.

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• Donald Trump said he will not decide about a possible run for the presidency until after the current season of Celebrity Apprentice wraps up. Say what you want about Trump, at least this guy has his priorities in order. He doesn't want to let actual reality get in the way of his reality show.

  Jay Leno

  Running, Reality, Order

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• I've always been curious what the negotiation is because obviously there's certain movies that every film wants a trailer on, like Star Wars, and I don't know how Disney makes the decisions as to what it does and doesn't put on there. I'm assuming that whatever movies are the same studio as the film get first priority, but then everybody else is fighting for the remaining spots.

  Simon Kinberg

  Stars, War, Fighting

  Source: collider.com

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• The Christmas season is a gift in itself. It releases us from the priorities of ordinary time and gives us the right to party more and pray more and love more.

  Joan D. Chittister

  Christmas, Party, Giving

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• If you censor yourself, if you cannot articulate your needs, if you cannot articulate your priorities, then whatever you do, putting a little cross in a ballot box, etc, does not represent your view. It is an act of desperation.

  Alfred-Maurice de Zayas

  Views, Doe, Needs

  "UN Expert on Democracy Highlights Importance of Free Expression, Information". news.un.org. October 28, 2013.

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• I am determined to seek self-sufficiency in energy as an urgent national priority. My goal is to make America independent of foreign energy sources by 1985.

  Gerald R. Ford

  Independent, Self, America

  "A War Tat is Finishe". Gerald R. Ford's speech at Tulane University in New Orleans, Louisiana, www.historyplace.com. April 23, 1975.

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• We will shortly become like Germany, France, the United Kingdom, or Sweden - a socialist democracy in which the government dominates the economy, determines private-sector priorities and offers a vastly expanded range of services to many more people at much higher taxes.

  Dick Morris

  Government, People, Democracy

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• Men have two basic needs. Neither of them, no matter what they say, is sex. They need love and they need work. And work takes priority over love. If a woman could know only one fact about men and work, it should be that work is the most seductive mistress most men ever have.

  Joyce Brothers

  Sex, Men, Two

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• We have to define our top priority pending expenditures; these are, first and foremost, our social expenditures, and we have to cut on expenditures that we cannot currently afford. This is the very least we should do in 2015

  Anton Siluanov

  Cutting, Firsts, Social

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• In America we've spent over a billion dollars on autism research. What have we got for that? We've not seen anything that's appreciably impacted the quality of life of autistic people, regardless of their place on the spectrum. Quite frankly, we've spent $1bn figuring out how to make mice autistic and we'll spend another $1bn figuring out how to make them not autistic. And that's not what the average person wakes up in the morning aspiring to. They think: am I going to be able to find a job, to communicate, to live independently, either on my own or with support? Those are the real priorities.

  Ari Ne'eman

  Morning, Jobs, Real

  "Andrew Wakefield: autism inc" by Alex Hannaford, www.theguardian.com. April 6, 2013.

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• My obligation is to focus on the priorities of classroom instruction, parental involvement and student safety, targeting student performance and eliminating unnecessary administrative costs.

  John R. Leopold

  Safety, Focus, Cost

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• Obviously, my tastes and my priorities have changed. But I'm still asking the question 'Why?' Just because I'm a mother doesn't mean I'm not still a rebel and that I don't want to go in the face of convention and challenge the system. I never wanted to think in a robotic way, and I don't want my children to think that way, either.

  Madonna Ciccone

  Mother, Children, Mean

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• Your most important tasks and priorities are those that can have the most serious consequences, positive or negative, on your life or work. Focus on these above all.

  Brian Tracy

  Focus, Important, Negative

  Brian Tracy (2008). “Eat That Frog!: 21 Great Ways to Stop Procrastinating and Get More Done in Less Time”, p.120, ReadHowYouWant.com

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• My parents always made education and school the number one priority. They believed that an education is the best gift you can give to your child.

  Debra Messing

  Children, School, Numbers

  "Debra Messing Talks ‘Smash’ Season 2, Sean Hayes, Barbra Streisand And More". Interview with Leigh Weingus, www.huffingtonpost.com. August 23, 2012.

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• Our presuppositions shape our perspective, our perspective shapes our priorities, and our priorities shape our practice.

  Kenneth Boa

  Practice, Perspective, Shapes

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• Make personal growth a daily priority.

  John C. Maxwell

  Growth, Personal Growth

  John C. Maxwell (2007). “Failing Forward”, p.134, Harper Collins

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• I think my life actually changed at 40. That's when you realize you can't ride the fence anymore. You either have to get on one side or the other. I think some of my best years were between 40 and 50: I got my priorities straight and life is good to me now. It's only other people who say, "God, she's 50 years old!" as if I'm over the hill. I feel like I just started.

  Dolly Parton

  Life Is Good, Thinking, Years

  Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.

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• You owe it to yourself to make your creative development a top priority.

  Nita Leland

  Creative, Top Priorities, Development

  Nita Leland (2006). “The New Creative Artist”, p.18, North Light Books

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• If you live by the same values and priorities [Jesus] had, you will find evangelism happening naturally. It becomes a life-style and not a project.

  Rebecca Pippert

  Jesus, Style, Evangelism

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• No matter how many pleasures Satan offers you, his ultimate intention is to ruin you. Your destruction is his highest priority.

  Erwin W. Lutzer

  Ruins, Matter, Satan

  Erwin W. Lutzer (2010). “Getting to No: How to Break a Stubborn Habit”, p.30, David C Cook

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• Living a happy life is my main priority. You guys may think I am selfish for "wasting my talent" by staying away from events for a bit, but I am finally at a comfortable place where I can honestly say, if you guys see me out on tour again it's because I am there to win, and I'm going to go 100%.

  Andy Irons

  Selfish, Happy Life, Winning

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