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"Every actress has a line she'll draw, where she'll say, 'This I will do and this I won't.' For me, everything has to be important to the story and the director has to be able to tell me why."
"...combining the concrete and the universal is at the center of what makes art important."
"Wisdom is the most important part of happiness."
"What is important is that we have the ability to create."
"I have learned that one of the most important rules in politics is poise - which means looking like an owl after you have behaved like a jackass."
"But everybody has exactly the same smiling frightened face, with the look that says: "I'm important. If you only get to know me, you will see how important I am. Look into my eyes. Kiss me, and you will see how important I am."
"If only a group of people were more important to me than the idea of a Novel, I might begin a novel."
"If you’re not pissing someone off, you probably aren’t doing anything important."
"What is important is to win."
"My family and my friends are most important to me. These people are my foundation."
"It's so important to have that independence. You know it yourself: Everyone needs evenings of their own."
"A duty religiously performed carries with it several other important consequences."
"Obviously, raw talent is important, but the difference-maker between first and the rest of the pack is usually desire."
"When you make people feel important, you're going to be ahead of the game."
"Hip hop started in NY so it's important that New Yorkers realise that to talk about NY music and its sound should not be a small-minded conversation. Music is supposed to evolve. It's supposed to be going through changes, it's not supposed to sound exactly the same as what it did when it started. NY hip hop has to be allowed to move on and grow and expand."
"Don't you think it would be better to legalize victimless crimes like drugs & prostitution & divert the resources to more important things like the rapes & assaults & things like that?"
"When you find the absolute values, you are important to this world because you know what is important. Those who know what is truly important are helpful to this world, because they won't put their personal concerns before what is important to all."
"Lord AUGUSTUS:(looking around) Time to educate yourself, I suppose. DUMBY: No, time to forget all I have learned. That is much more important."
"In all unimportant matters, style, not sincerity, is the essential. In all important matters, style, not sincerity, is the essential."
"One moment cannot be the most important."
