"What a fool I was to come to Hollywood where they only understand platinum blondes and where legs are more important than talent."
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"The most important thing to me is the friends that I've made."
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"... when we are hurt it is important to remember that God Himself has allowed it for a purpose."
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"If you like someone's work, the important thing is to be exposed to everything that person has been exposed to. Anyone who wants to be a songwriter should listen to as much folk music as they can, study the form and structure of stuff that has been around for 100 years."
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"The important thing is the 80/20 rule: 80% of the effects come from 20% of the causes. This means that if you're doing ten tasks, two are going to be vastly more important than others."
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"The important thing isn't the soundness or otherwise of the argument, but for it to make you think."
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"The most important human endeavor is the striving for morality in our actions."
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"All democracies are based on the proposition that power is very dangerous and that it is extremely important not to let any one person or small group have too much power for too long a time"
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"Everything important I learned, I learned as a dishwasher."
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"The thing that is important is the thing that is not seen."
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"Only the children know what they are looking for. They waste their time over a rag doll and it becomes very important to them; and if anybody takes it away from them, they cry."
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"And it is that one percent, the heads of large corporations, who control the policies of news media and determine what you and I hear on radio, read in the newspapers, see on television. It is more important for us to think about where the media gets its information."
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"I know that there are a lot of great women that have gone before me, so it's important to acknowledge them."
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"Basically, the single-most important decision in evaluating a business is pricing power."
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"I think the most important factor in getting out of the recession actually is just the regenerative capacity of - of American capitalism."
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"He can talk to himself about his dreams, hopes and aspirations. He can convince himself that there is a place for him and an important work for him to do."
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"Caring about policy is important - people in washington forget."
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"When people ask me what the most important thing is in life, I answer: 'Just breathe.'"
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"I always thought that I was an important musician. If you don't have that confidence, why would you go on and do it?"
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"At that time, the academic orientation was rather technical contrary to that of the university, where art theory is very important. The teachers were renowned artists and among the best of that time."
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