Important Quotes
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I have always learned to distinguish the important from the urgent.
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I think the most important thing about the Emmys stuff is just to enjoy it. It can get really stressful in weird ways, and I have definitely experienced that. This year, I really just want to have it be a fun celebration!
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Very early on in the process of trying to sell 'The Summer Prince,' I was told, 'Slavery seems to be very important to this society - is that on purpose?' Well, duh.
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To be a great man and a saint for oneself, that is the only important thing.
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All the modern verse plays, they're terrible; they're mostly about the poetry. It's more important that the play is first.
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I think it's important to do smaller films because I think that's where a lot of new things are happening.
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I guess the important thing for young writers is to read.
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The most important thing you can do is make the distinction between customer service and guest hospitality. You need both things to thrive, but they are completely different.
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It was nice to have a break from acting - there's a lot more to life than acting. And that's important - to be a good actor, you have to know that and to live that.
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When I'm shooting on location, you get ideas on the spot - new angles. You make not major changes but important modifications, that you can't do on a set. I do that because you have to be economical.
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The three most important documents a free society gives are a birth certificate, a passport, and a library card.
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My agent and manager would sternly tell me exactly the number of projects that we've turned down at this point. But, I think it's really important to do the right thing next.
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Think about your goals and review them daily. Every morning when you begin, take action on the most important task you can accomplish to achieve your most important goal at the moment.
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For any young people looking for job opportunities, good grades and academic results are important, but what is more important may be showing you are someone who has the drive and capability and can fit in the company culture.
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Failure, failure is so important, it doesn’t get spoken about enough, we speak about success all the time.
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I'm still doing what I've always wanted to do, and how big it gets or how much money I make for it or how popular I am in the public's eye is really not that important, even though it's hard to let that go.
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Diversity is very important for me.
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When I started making dances in the '60s, narrative dance was sort of off the radar screen. What was important at the time in the avant-garde was minimalism.
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Each American must remember and help America remember that the fellowship of human beings is more important than the fellowship of race and class and gender in a democratic society.
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We will do whatever the government tells us to do, which is a critically important principle of the Chinese market economy, and there is nothing more for discussion about it.
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While the spirit of neighborliness was important on the frontier because neighbors were so few, it is even more important now because our neighbors are so many.
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I like L.A., I really do, but I'm really a New Yorker. In New York, there's a feeling that you're not praised or treated too preciously. No one ever feels too important because someone on the subway will reassure you that you're not.
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My most important problem was destroying the lines of demarcation that separate what seems real from what seems fantastic.
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The most important lesson I've learned in this business is how to say no. I have said no to a lot of temptations, and I am glad I did.
