- 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
- People
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- Nov 07, 2020
Generally speaking, politicians are an odd bunch. They seem to have very thick skins and genuinely don't care what people think. And charm is a very important part of the politician's armoury. I try to resist that kind of charm.
- Death
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- Nov 07, 2020
The death of Malcolm Fraser underwrites a great loss to Australia. Notwithstanding a controversial prime ministership, in later years he harboured one abiding and important idea about Australia - its need and its right to be a strategically independent country.
- Feel
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- Nov 07, 2020
I feel it's very important to let individual writers' voices come through. But the character has to be consistent.
- Improvement
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- Nov 07, 2020
Goal setting is the most important aspect of all improvement and personal development plans. It is the key to all fulfillment and achievement.
- People
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- Nov 07, 2020
One of the categories of people I don't like much are intellectuals. People say, 'Oh, you're an intellectual,' and I say, 'No!' What is an intellectual? An intellectual is somebody who thinks ideas are more important than people.
- Most
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- Nov 07, 2020
My philosophy is that we should ask the most important question that's capable of being solved.
- Nov 07, 2020
The most important thing as a filmmaker, the hardest journey you'll have, is to find your point of view.
- Music
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- Nov 07, 2020
There is a basic language of music that I think is important for communicating with other musicians - just the kind of terminology that might make it easier to describe your ideas to the other guys in your band.
- Creation
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- Nov 07, 2020
Among the many important provisions in the energy bill are the creation of an estimated half million new jobs, increased oil production, blackout protection, controlling fertilizer costs by stabilizing natural gas prices and enacting new efficiency benchmarks.
- Information
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- Nov 07, 2020
That ability to take in your surroundings and sort out the important stuff, to be aware, to be vigilant. Then take all that information, put it together, and see if it makes sense to you.
- Enjoyment
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- Nov 07, 2020
Enjoyment is not a goal, it is a feeling that accompanies important ongoing activity.
- Handling
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- Nov 07, 2020
Touch was important. The evening of the Third of July we would go around the neighborhood and look at the fireworks others had bought, taking them out of the brown paper sack and handling them cautiously as if they were precious stones. There was envy when we saw sacks with more in them than we had.
- Garry
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- Nov 07, 2020
I loved Garry Marshall. The television shows he created in the '80s were the most deeply important entertainment of my childhood.
- Medicine
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- Nov 07, 2020