"My life is only important if i can help plenty of people"
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"To be truly happy, you need a clear sense of direction. You need a commitment to something bigger and more important than yourself. You need to feel that your life stands for something, that you are somehow making a valuable contribution to your world."
"Being selective-doing less-is the path of the productive. Focus on the important few and ignore the rest."
"An actor knows two important things - to be honest in what he is doing and to be in touch with the audience. That's not bad advice for a politician either."
"In this world, there are things you can only do alone, and things you can only do with somebody else. It's important to combine the two in just the right amount."
"I consider it completely unimportant who in the party will vote, or how; but what is extraordinarily important is this - who will count the votes, and how."
"The most important thing in the world for show business, really, you know everything's a high-tech business, but what people want now is what they can't get - exclusivity."
"If something's important enough, you should try. Even if you - the probable outcome is failure."
"Thanks to the telescope and the microscope, religion no longer offers an explanation for anything important."
"I'm terrified of marriage. I'm terrified of not doing something so important and at the same time I think you shouldn't rush into these things."
"To go out of your mind at least once a day is tremendously important. By going out of your mind, you come to your senses."
"Life is like a snowball. The important thing is finding wet snow and a really long hill."
"I have come to the conclusion that the most important element in human life is faith."
"Community is the fruit of our capacity to make the interests of others more important than our own."
"When was the last time anyone ever told you how important you are?"
"Education is the single-most important civil rights issue that we face today."
"The most important part of my religion is to play guitar."
"Here's what I advise any young struggling actress today: The important thing is to develop as a woman first, and a performer second. You wouldn't prostitute yourself to get a part, not if you're in the right mind. You won't be happy, whatever you do, unless you're comfortable with your own conscience."
"Your "I CAN" is more important than your IQ."
"Taking LSD was a profound experience, one of the most important things in my life."