"Homemaking is surely in reality the most important work in the world."
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"Religion is an important institution. A nation without religion cannot survive."
"An important fact about verbal behavior is that speaker and listener may reside within the same skin."
"Sounded like a load of waffle to me." "There was some important stuff hidden in the waffle."
"Knowing "why" (an idea) is more important than learning "what" (the fact)."
"To be understanding is more important than to be right."
"I am convinced that an important stage of human thought will have been reached when the physiological and the psychological, the objective and the subjective, are actually united, when the tormenting conflicts or contradictions between my consciousness and my body will have been factually resolved or discarded."
"The single most important component of a camera is the twelve inches behind it!"
"I think reading is important in any form. I think a person who's trying to learn to like reading should start off reading about a topic they are interested in, or a person they are interested in."
"As we enter this election year, let’s not forget the most important decision anyone can make-choosing Christ."
"The ultimate and most important revolutionary aspiration: to see human beings liberated from their alienation"
"Sure, I have friends, plenty of friends, and they all come around wantin' to borrow money. I've always been generous with my friends and family, with money, but selfish with the important stuff like love."
"I am convinced that everything that is worth while in the world has been accomplished by the free, inquiring, critical spirit, and that the preservation of this spirit is more important than any social system whatsoever. But the men of ritual and the men of barbarism are capable of shutting up the men of science and silencing them forever."
"To transform the world, we must begin with ourselves; and what is important in beginning with ourselves is the intention. The intention must be to understand ourselves and not to leave it to others to transform themselves or to bring about a modified change through revolution, either of the left or of the right. It is important to understand that this is our responsibility, yours and mine."
"The most important thing, the thing that unites all of us, is that we can INSPIRE and CHALLENGE one another TO BE BETTER."
"Why is patience so important?" "Because it makes us pay attention."
"Sport is a very important subject at school, that's why I gave Quidditch such an important place at Hogwarts. I was very bad in sports, so I gave Harry a talent I would really loved to have. Who wouldn't want to fly?"
"It`s important to have a relationship with God. He's the only one that can get down inside of you and heal what needs to be healed inside."
"The bikini is the most important thing since the atom bomb."
"At the end of the day, the position is just a position, a title is just a title, and those things come and go. It's really your essence and your values that are important."