Priorities Quotes - Page 28

• A woman who places a high priority on performance and excellence is seen as imperial. A man is seen as demanding and tough.

  Faye Wattleton

  Men, Excellence, Tough

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• Without ethics man has no future. This is to say mankind without them cannot be itself. Ethics determine choices and actions and suggest difficult priorities.

  John Berger

  Men, Choices, Ethics

  "The denial of true reflection" by John Berger, www.theguardian.com. August 20, 2006.

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• My priorities are where they should be, which is making really great, really exciting television.

  Steven Moffat

  Television, Should, Exciting

  "The new Doctor Who: Steven Moffat and Matt Smith". Interview with Keith Phipps, www.avclub.com. April 16, 2010.

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• I want to stress again the importance of really living what we claim to believe. That needs to be a priority-not just in our personal and family lives but in our churches, our political choices, our business dealings, our treatment of the poor; in other words, in everything we do.

  Charles J. Chaput

  Stress, Believe, Choices

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• The idea of investing in the positivity of employees is often low down on companies' priority lists.

  Shawn Achor

  Positivity, Ideas, Investing

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• From my perspective, we as a nation need to make policy a priority and drive the politics as a result of good policy.

  Tom Reed

  Perspective, Needs, Results

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• A man wants a woman who will place him at the top of his priority list, not second but first. He wants to be the kingpin around which all other activities of her life revolve.

  Helen Andelin

  Men, Want, Firsts

  Helen Andelin (2013). “Fascinating Womanhood: The Updated Edition of the Classic Bestseller That Shows You How to Strengthen our Marriage and Enrich Your Life”, p.91, Bantam

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• In those moments when priorities clash always stay guided by your values, not your perceived necessities.

  Adam Braun

  Moments, Clash, Values

  Adam Braun (2014). “The Promise of a Pencil: How an Ordinary Person Can Create Extraordinary Change”, p.160, Simon and Schuster

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• May God give you - and me- the courage, the wisdom, the strength always to hold the kingdom of God as the number one priority of our lives. To do so is to live in simplicity.

  Richard J. Foster

  Numbers, Giving, Simplicity

  Richard J. Foster (1995*). “Richard Foster's treasury of Christian discipline”, Jossey-Bass

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• And as we [ the Church] move towards setting new (United Nations') sustainable development goals, we also understand that one of our key priorities is improving social inclusion.

  Marcelo Sanchez Sorondo

  Moving, Keys, Goal

  Source: www.cnn.com

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• Happiness isn't found in some finite checklist of goals that we can diligently complete and then coast. It's how we live our lives in the process. That's why the four pillars of happiness are faith, family, community and meaningful work. Those are priorities we have to keep investing in.

  Arthur C. Brooks

  Meaningful, Goal, Community

  "Q&A: 'The Conservative Heart'" by Dana Perino, www.foxnews.com. July 29, 2015.

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• My son is the reason why I write music. He's the reason why everything is different for me. Because when he came into the picture, my priorities changed. I can risk possibly being incarcerated because the only person pays for it is me. I know that if I'm not physically available to take care of him, nobody else will. I want to have the relationship with him that me and my father never had.

  Curtis Jackson

  Father, Writing, Son

  Source: www.movieweb.com

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• We will kill bin Laden. We will crush al Qaeda. That has to be our biggest national security priority.

  Barack Obama

  Crush, Als, Terrorism

  "The Rachel Maddow Show", www.msnbc.com. May 2, 2011.

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• In today's world parents find themselves at the mercy of a society which imposes pressures and priorities that allow neither timenor place for meaningful activities and relations between children and adults, which downgrade the role of parents and the functions of parenthood, and which prevent the parent from doing things he wants to do as a guide, friend, and companion to his children.

  Urie Bronfenbrenner

  Meaningful, Children, Parent

  Urie bronfenbrenner (1978). “2 Wrlds Childhood”, Pocket Books

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• Whoever considers morality the main objective of human existence, seems to me like a person who defines the purpose of a clock asnot going wrong. The first objective for a clock, is, however, that it does run; not going wrong is an additional regulative function. If not a watch's greatest accomplishment were not going wrong, unwound watches might be the best.

  Franz Grillparzer

  Running, Accomplishment, Might

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• Your priority has to be the creativity - and build a brand. That's what everybody did - Balenciaga, Dior, Saint Laurent. That's the smart thing to do.

  Nicolas Ghesquiere

  Smart, Creativity, Dior

  Interview with Cathy Horyn, runway.blogs.nytimes.com. June 29, 2007.

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• Everything we've done has been designed to make sure that we address that number one priority. That's what the sanctions regime was all about. That's how we were able to mobilize the international community, including some folks that we are not particularly close to, to abide by these sanctions. That's how these crippling sanctions came about, was because we [USA] were able to gain global consensus that Iran having a nuclear weapon would be a problem for everybody.

  Barack Obama

  Numbers, Iran, Usa

  Source: www.washingtonpost.com

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• It isn't as much you a spending problem as a priorities, and that is what the budget is, setting priorities. It's about timing. And it's about timing as to when make cuts, as well.

  Nancy Pelosi

  Cutting, Timing, Problem

  "Rep. Nancy Pelosi, Sen. John McCain on avoiding automatic spending cuts". "Fox News Sunday With Chris Wallace", www.foxnews.com. February 10, 2013.

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• I always like to play with my kids. I always have the time to do that. That's my priority, always has been, so just interacting with my kids, and being with them is great.

  Steven Spielberg

  Kids, Play, Interacting

  Source: www.moviesonline.ca

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• The community of technical experts who really manage the internet, who built the internet and maintain it, are becoming increasingly concerned about the activities of agencies like the NSA or Cyber Command, because what we see is that defense is becoming less of a priority than offense.

  Edward Snowden

  Nsa, Agency, Community

  "Exclusive: Edward Snowden on Cyber Warfare". Interview with James Bamford and Tim De Chant, www.pbs.org. January 8, 2015.

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• I think the barrier for a lot of people to actual, real, lasting love is the fantasy. The problem is that we think in "happily ever after" love, but real love grows over time, and priorities change.

  Marti Noxon

  Real, Love Is, Thinking

  Source: www.hollywoodreporter.com

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• What is the only provocation that could bring about the use of nuclear weapons? Nuclear weapons. What is the priority target for nuclear weapons? Nuclear weapons. What is the only established defense against nuclear weapons? Nuclear weapons. How do we prevent the use of nuclear weapons? By threatening to use nuclear weapons. And we can't get rid of nuclear weapons, because of nuclear weapons. The intransigence, it seems, is a function of the weapons themselves.

  Martin Amis

  Defense, Nuclear, Target

  "Einstein's Monsters". Book by Martin Amis, 1987.

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• In the face of suffering, one has no right to turn away, not to see. In the face of injustice, one may not look the other way. When someone suffers, and it is not you, that person comes first. One's very suffering gives one priority. . . . To watch over one who grieves is a more urgent duty than to think of God.

  Elie Wiesel

  Thinking, Grieving, Giving

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• The greatest lessons to be learned about life, love, purpose, meaning, and priority are to be learned from children.

  David Jeremiah

  Children, Love Life, Lessons To Be Learned

  David Jeremiah (2013). “Hopeful Parenting: Encouragement for Raising Kids Who Love God”, p.43, David C Cook

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• It's the best thing ever - I love being a mom. This is my only child. My career was a priority earlier in my life, but now my son is definitely the priority.

  Stephanie Mills

  Mom, Children, Son

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