- Climate Change
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- Nov 07, 2020
Important Quotes
On priorities and knowing what really matters.
These quotes weigh what matters most across very different fields: holding an alliance together ahead of any single military strike, and staying musically open instead of narrowing yourself to one sound. For more, see our Life quotes.
- Last Updated on May 30, 2021
- Medical
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- Nov 07, 2020
What's important at the grocery store is just as important in engines or medical systems. If the customer isn't satisfied, if the stuff is getting stale, if the shelf isn't right, or if the offerings aren't right, it's the same thing. You manage it like a small organization. You don't get hung up on zeros.
- Nov 07, 2020
Giving people self-confidence is by far the most important thing that I can do. Because then they will act.
- People
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- Nov 07, 2020
The essence of competitiveness is liberated when we make people believe that what they think and do is important - and then get out of their way while they do it.
- How
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- Nov 07, 2020
I learned how important physical conditioning is. I learned how to focus on an objective in spite of all kinds of hazards. I learned how to deal with stress, too.
- Financial System
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- Nov 07, 2020
Hedge funds, private equity and venture capital funds have played an important role in providing liquidity to our financial system and improving the efficiency of capital markets. But as their role has grown, so have the risks they pose.
- Original
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- Nov 07, 2020
For me, working on original material is very important.
- Deficit Reduction
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- Nov 07, 2020
I think it's very important not to confuse the importance of dealing with Social Security in the long term with these short-term deficit reduction challenges. They're different issues.
- Focus
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- Nov 07, 2020
My focus on the budget, though, has played second fiddle to what I believe is even more important - creating jobs.
- Computers
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- Nov 07, 2020
I think I thought it would be important for electronics as we knew it then, but that was a much simpler business and electronics was mostly radio and television and the first computers.
- Nov 07, 2020
I welcome the Democrats' ideas on Social Security. I think it is very important to make a bipartisan reform.
- Everything
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- Nov 07, 2020
The most important thing for me is to have as much control over what's going on in front of me as I possibly can, so because of that, I don't play to a click track, and I don't have anything on the grid. Everything is triggered by me. Everything is played by me. Everything is within my control.
- Doing
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- Nov 07, 2020
The secret of doing well on TV is to understand that it's not too important. A lot of people watching doesn't change anything.
- People
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- Nov 07, 2020
The most important thing is to preserve the world we live in. Unless people understand and learn about our world, habitats, and animals, they won't understand that if we don't protect those habitats, we'll eventually destroy ourselves.
- Make
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- Nov 07, 2020
As a goalkeeper it's so important to be in the right position to come and clear those through balls, to make those right decisions.
- Exclude
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- Nov 07, 2020
Leaders cannot work in a vacuum. They may take on larger, seemingly more important roles in an organization, but this does not exclude them from asking for and using feedback. In fact, a leader arguably needs feedback more so than anyone else. It's what helps a leader respond appropriately to events in pursuit of successful outcomes.
- People
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- Nov 07, 2020