Important Quotes
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I desire no other epitaph - no hurry about it, I may say - than the statement that I taught medical students in the wards, as I regard this as by far the most useful and important work I have been called upon to do.
William Osler
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It is important for us to understand that the way we are perceived in the world is going to make a difference, in terms of our capacity to get cooperation and root out terrorism. And one of the things that I intend to do as president is to restore America's standing in the world.
Barack Obama
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The single most important ingredient in the recipe for success is transparency because transparency builds trust.
Denise Morrison
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If people are really excited about their music, and that's their primary motivation, then that comes through in demo tapes. That's the most important ingredient.
Greg Ginn Black Flag
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As long as you have money to live then it's not a terribly important thing. If you don't have enough to live, then it's very important thing.
Jared Polis
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Without education, your children can never really meet the challenges they will face. So it's very important to give children education and explain that they should play a role for their country.
Nelson Mandela
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I think it's important for people to understand that as a woman, I can only rap about the parts I have.
Nora Lum
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You have to pay a lot of attention to what's important, what's permanent, what's real.
Jim Balsillie
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Don't let some random comment that you wouldn't have even thought about overshadow something important that you were actually trying to say.
Lorde
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I've been tremendously moved by a bunch of odd books. Ross McDonald is very important to me. I love the Lew Archer books.
James Ellroy
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Members of the U.S. House and the U.S. Senate are not there by accident. Each managed to get there for some reason. Learn what it was and you will know something important about them, about our country and about the American people.
Donald Rumsfeld
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I think it's important that we have strong, female characters in movies now, which can really leave an impression on people - especially young people - and that they're not 'sexy' or 'cool'.
Saoirse Ronan
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It's important to always mix the past with the present. I think that makes it feel more authentic and real.
Aerin Lauder
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Finishing what you started is important.
Adam Neumann
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One of the most horrible, yet most important, discoveries of our age has been that, if you really wish to destroy a person and turn him into an automaton, the surest method is not physical torture, in the strict sense, but simply to keep him awake, i.e., in an existential relation to life without intermission.
W. H. Auden
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Hidden biases in both the collection and analysis stages present considerable risks and are as important to the big-data equation as the numbers themselves.
Kate Crawford
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Quantitatively, outsourcing abroad simply cannot account for much of the recent weakness in the U.S. labor market and does not appear likely to be an .important restraint to further recovery in employment.
Ben Bernanke
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The vision I would like to see here is the entrenching of the Jewish and the Zionist state. I very much favor democracy, but when there is a contradiction between democratic and Jewish values, the Jewish and Zionist values are more important.
Avigdor Lieberman
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Natural ability is important, but you can go far without it if you have the focus, drive, desire and positive attitude.
Kirsten Sweetland
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I keep lists of names of people that I have met, a list of things to do day by day as well as a log of how my time is consumed throughout the day. It's a very important part of my personal discipline.
Bob Graham
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I think that the important point is we've got to have a president who understands the benefits of free trade but also is going to enforce unfair trade agreements and is going to stand up to other countries.
Barack Obama
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It's important to keep your creative muscle strong and working. My most inspiring method though is just sitting down with an acoustic guitar and coming up with melodies. It's what I've been doing nice I was nine years old.
Zella Day
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Sometimes we wait for thunderclaps, drumrolls, and clarion calls to alert us to what's important when, actually, it's most often the subtle and persistent signals around us that make the most difference.
Martin Dempsey
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This is one of the most important moments in the life of our country. I stand here before you filled with deep pride and joy: - pride in the ordinary, humble people of this country. You have shown such a calm, patient determination to reclaim this country as your own, - and joy that we can loudly proclaim from the rooftops - free at last!
Nelson Mandela