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"My boyfriend, who I love to death - he's only 17 so he's the youngest guy I've ever dated - he just moved here from Hawaii to be with me and I met him when I was 10. Anyway, in Hawaii they have such a different mentality and different priorities."
"It is correct to make a priority of young people, taking care that they turn out as well as possible."
"By working together to focus on our national priorities today we can ensure that the state of our union is strong for the future."
"You can't move so fast that you try to change the mores faster than people can accept it."
"The quality of my life has changed dramatically - not the events - but the way I handle them and my priorities and my sense of drama."
"Lack of resources (payroll), time and competing priorities are why so many nonprofits haven't done well. It's that simple."
"Priority is a function of context."
"In many cases when a reader puts a story aside because it 'got boring,' the boredom arose because the writer grew enchanted with his powers of description and lost sight of his priority, which is to keep the ball rolling."
"You can't be great if you don't feel great. Make exceptional health your #1 priority."
"The amazing thing about becoming a parent is that you will never again be your own first priority."
"I would urge you to give priority to the search for God. Allow his spirit to permeate your being. ... If you do not have a deep and patient faith in God, you will be powerless to face the delays, disappointments, and vicissitudes that inevitably come."
"Ensuring that the US continues to lead the world in science and technology will be a central priority for my administration."
"In government-directed economies, the collective takes priority over the individual. The moral ideal is equal results. That approach could not be further removed from the real world."
"We should be treating, I think, the whole issue of climate change and global warming with a far greater degree of priority than I think is happening now."
"If you’re at zero backlog, it’s a whole lot easier to change priorities."
"Don't be a time manager, be a priority manager."
"American mainstream is obsessed with black creative genius - be it music, walk, style - but at the same time puts a low priority on the black social misery which is the very context out of which that creativity flows."
"Sometimes we do get taken by surprise. For example, when the Internet came along, we had it as a fifth or sixth priority."
"Improving our national intelligence capabilities should remain a top priority and a continual process."
"No matter how many personal productivity techniques you master, there will always be more to do than you can ever accomplish in the time you have available to you, no matter how much it is."
