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"The most important thing I can tell you about aging is this: If you really feel that you want to have an off-the-shoulder blouse and some big beads and thong sandals and a dirndl skirt and a magnolia in your hair, do it. Even if you're wrinkled."
"For me the most important thing is to spread the Hindu knowledge about the soul. This is more important than any other knowledge and is my main priority."
"I’ve always believed that the way you affect your audience is more important than how many of them are there."
"As much experience, education and awareness as one can attain is important for a comedian."
"We don't really have a place in the universe, as far as on a timeline. But nothing else does either. Therefore every moment really is the most important moment that's ever happened, including this moment right now."
"Perspective is the most important thing to have in life."
"I know how important voting and elections are. But everybody know that life is going to be life regardless of who is president."
"The whole business of marshaling ones energies becomes more and more important as one grows older."
"All I wanted was to say honestly to people: 'Have a look at yourselves and see how bad and dreary your lives are!' The important thing is that people should realize that, for when they do, they will most certainly create another and better life for themselves. I will not live to see it, but I know that it will be quite different, quite unlike our present life. And so long as this different life does not exist, I shall go on saying to people again and again: 'Please, understand that your life is bad and dreary!'"
"A road well begun is the battle half won. The important thing is to make a beginning and get under way."
"What the society thinks is of no interest to me. All that's important is how I see myself. I know who who I am. I know the value of my work."
"At this point the question of Ukraine is the most important. The situation in Ukraine is very bad. If we don't take steps now to improve the situation, we may lose Ukraine. The objective should be to transform Ukraine , in the shortest period of time, into a real fortress of the U.S.S.R."
"The three most important ways to lead people are:... by example... by example... by example."
"Beyond living and dreaming there is something more important: waking up."
"It's important for me to be immersed in all cultures. I'm an actress."
"Shoes are the finishing touch on any outfit and it is important to complete a look with the perfect pair!"
"What an odd thing a diary is: the things you omit are more important than those you put in."
"If he acts, if he doesn't, it's meaningless. The whole thing goes forward. No one is important. No one at all."
"It’s not important to be consistent, it’s important to be right."
"The most important investment you can make is in yourself... nobody can tax it or take it away from you."
