Important Quotes

"Being a famous actress may give you a sense of being important, but believe me, it's just an illusion"

"Liberalism is a most important by-product of Rationalism, and its origins and ideology must be clearly shown"

"The most important thing that parents can teach their children is how to get along without them"

"As a former high school teacher, I know that investing in education is one of the most important things we can do, not only for our children, but for the benefit of our whole community"

Ed Pastor, Politician

"Access to basic quality health care is one of the most important domestic issues facing our nation"

Ed Pastor, Politician

"This does make me very very careful, particularly in the second draft, to get it right, because you do feel that somebody in the future who may be extremely important for everybody, is going to have me behind them, and this is a responsibility, a huge one"

Diana Wynne Jones, Writer

"That the Op-Ed page is very important in readers' and the nation's perception of the Times, the perception of its editorial positions, and of its implicit editorial positions as expressed by the publisher's choice of people who are given the freedom to write opinion columns"

Daniel Okrent, Editor

"No not pigeon holed me as an actor, or as a character, or as to what I could do - but what I would do... and the fact is the things you don't do are almost as important as as the things that you do"

Dabney Coleman, Actor

"In subsequent years the groups you named had important roles in educating people about the real issues in Washington and Raleigh, and within the Democratic Party"

Jesse Helms, Politician

"I have tried at every point to seek God's wisdom on the decisions I made, and I made it my business to speak up on behalf of the things God tells us are important to Him"

Jesse Helms, Politician

"I really love to act; I love everything about it. I've never had this addiction to being known. I mean, sure, if you go into acting, there's part of you that is saying, 'I want attention' but I was brought up to work to deserve attention, and it is the work, not the trappings that are important"

Christopher Meloni, Actor

"Cubism is still the most important art movement for the same reason that John D. is still the most important Rockefeller"

Brad Holland, Illustrator

"And that just shows you how important the car is in Formula One Racing"

Murray Walker, Entertainer

"It is especially important to encourage unorthodox thinking when the situation is critical: At such moments every new word and fresh thought is more precious than gold. Indeed, people must not be deprived of the right to think their own thoughts"

Boris Yeltsin, President

"The important part of Marxism was its demand for active, constant, practical, class-war"

Francis Parker Yockey, Writer

"Hope is the most important four-letter word in the language"

Ed Markey, Politician

"I thought it was very important that femininity wasn't lost"

Donna Mills, Actress

"Our nation owes a debt of gratitude to the 9/11 Commission members for their valuable service and important recommendations to improve homeland security"

Jim Ramstad, Politician

"The story is more important to me than the part"

Catherine Deneuve, Actress

"I think the clothes in Belle de Jour are very important to the style of the film. Even today, it is still timeless"

Catherine Deneuve, Actress

"It's important to determine which surroundings work best for you, and then build that environment to suit your needs"

Marilu Henner, Actress

"Our system allows you to respond to the information that is important to you. It allows you to sense and be attuned to more streams of information in parallel"

David Rose, Musician

"The really important victory of the civil rights movement was that it made racism unpopular, whereas a generation ago at the turn of the last century, you had to embrace racism to get elected to anything"

Carol Moseley Braun, Politician

"Drink and be thankful to the host! What seems insignificant when you have it, is important when you need it"

Franz Grillparzer, Poet

"Being in politics is like being a football coach. You have to be smart enough to understand the game, and dumb enough to think it's important"

Eugene McCarthy, Politician

"In this film George presents issues that are important, essential and vital, whoever you are, about constitutional rights and the bedrock of a democracy. I am drawn to those kinds of stories because they inspire me - they are responsible to a populace and responsible to man"

David Strathairn, Actor

"Parents should be the most important examples for their children"

Christy Turlington, Model

"One thing I think kids need to do is more chores, and take care of their own rooms. Responsibilities are really important to start them with. If they have animals, they have to feed them and care for them. That's the only way I think I could do it"

Faith Ford, Actress

"What was most important to me at the Olympics was going out there and performing my best. When I messed up the first jump combination, which was my big move, it hit me that I messed up the program of my life"

Debi Thomas, Athlete

"But to be self-obsessed is simply not o.k. for the most important country in the world, the United States, which affects every other country in the world"

Christiane Amanpour, Journalist

"I think it's important to really press on with the song writing and just go with it. There's no code, there's no craft... it's just let yourself shine through your music. If it's meant to be loved and heard, it'll happen"

Chantal Kreviazuk, Musician

"My entire life has really revolved around music that was written about the time that I was born, 1908, to just before the First World War and shortly after it. This music I've always known, and it is that music that's most important to me"

Elliott Carter, Composer

"No important national language, at least in the Occidental world, has complete regularity of grammatical structure, nor is there a single logical category which is adequately and consistently handled in terms of linguistic symbolism"

Edward Sapir, Scientist

"But really important, perhaps most important is the craft; how you make your record, the creation of these sonic worlds you want your listener to hear"

Duncan Sheik, Musician

"The lighting is so important. One thing that makes me nuts about the lighting now is that they spend an enormous amount of time lighting the set, the background. But the most important thing in the scene is the actor"

Donna Mills, Actress

"Even colors were important to me. If it was a somber scene, the colors were muted and dark. If it was a happy or seductive scene, the colors were brighter"

Donna Mills, Actress

"A lot of the tabloid stories are written so well, they're very clever and very funny. But you have to focus on what's really important and not read them - don't dive into it and don't get caught up in it"

Calista Flockhart, Actress

"For sure, the American people have access to more information now than any other people who have ever lived on earth. And I think we do a pretty good job of sorting out what's important"

Bob Schieffer, Journalist

"The British tend to shy away from the spotlight. We don't like being singled out in any way, and I think that is something which is important for me to learn to do"

Damon Hill, Athlete

"My mother keeps things in perspective for me. She makes me realize that the acting I do and love is no more important than what one of my brothers does-he works in a shoe repair shop. If my career ever tapers off, I'll go to college"

Dana Hill, Actress

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