Important Quotes - Page 425

I'm quite good at taking in information so I voraciously inhale Wikipedia - which may have some things wrong in it, but I think is generally more information than we had before. Last tour we didn't have Wikipedia. And then Discovery Channel and History Channel. I can take it in and retain what I think are the most important facts.

I think it's important to understand that North Carolina has been ground zero for conservative backlash.

If you can have a show that has quite strong morals and cover important themes but be able to put them out to a broad audience, that's an interesting thing.

A challenge is always important; as an actor, as a human, it's good to face challenges and it's good to push your boundaries.

What I like doing these days is spending more time with coaches because I think it's important to work on yourself.

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

Tone can be as important as text.

There really aren't any deletes [in The Hanover movie]. There's like one or two deleted scenes but they're not important or meaningful scenes.

I have a tight family group that's really important to me. I don't want to work all the time.

The precise statement of any problem is the most important step in its solution.

Music and art are two very different activities for me. However, the use of imagery links them, and invention is important for both.

I sometimes say to people, "I am a window frame - no more. The window frame is not that important. What is important is the light that comes through the window.

In whatever way change comes, the important thing is to take responsibility for this moment. Then, life becomes cooperative.

The most important healing - realizing who you are. The healing on the outer level is fine, but it's not the essence of healing.

But it is important to realize we are all trapped in mental constructs, and so we separate ourselves from reality; the whole world loses its aliveness-or, rather, we lose our ability to sense that aliveness, the sacredness of nature. When we approach nature through the conceptualizing mind, we see a forest as a commodity, a concept. We no longer see it for what it truly is, but for what we want to use it as. It is reduced. This is how it becomes possible for humans to destroy the planet without realizing what they are doing.

Personal relations are the important thing for ever and ever, and not this outer life of telegrams and anger.

Liberals and conservatives disagree over what are the most important sins. For conservatives, the sins that matter are personal irresponsibility, the flight from family life, sexual permissiveness, the failure of individuals to work hard. For liberals, the gravest sins are intolerance, a lack of generosity toward the needy, narrow-mindedness toward social and racial minorities.

L.A. is so much about ratings and box office; that defines everything. And here, of course it's important, but it's not part of the culture - there's too much else going on in New York. They're not going to let one industry monopolize your attention, you know? You're likely to have best friends who are architects or newspaper reporters.

I think the most important thing for an actor is to stay current and stay relevant, and those are probably the hardest things to do.

My kids are the most important people in the world to me.

I don't worry about overexposure [in work], I think it's important just to go in, and think about quality work and try to put the best movies out.

It's important for everybody to creatively honor him in the best way that we possibly can.

Simon Jones was so important and is going to be a big loss. It is a chance for someone like James Anderson to step up to the mark

Just to show you how little reliance can be placed even on what are supposed the best accounts of a battle, I mention that there are some circumstances mentioned in General -'s account which did not occur as he relates them. It is impossible to say when each important occurrence took place, or in what order.

I think my whole life, work has been a very important and positive thing for me. It never was something that made me feel unhappy or disengaged from life. It always makes me feel like I'm plugged in, in a really healthy way.