Marie Forleo
Entrepreneur, Author
"When you know what's important, it's a lot easier to ignore what's not."
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What's Important
23 quotes on this topic — from poets, philosophers, and thinkers across history.
E. M. Forster
Novelist, Essayist
"You confuse what's important with what's impressive."
Dave Chappelle
Comedian, Actor, Writer
"Constantly take inventory of what's important to you."
Hunter S. Thompson
Journalist, Author
"As your attorney, it is my duty to inform you that it is not important that you understand what I'm doing or why you're paying me so much money. What's important is that you continue to do so."
Russell Simmons
Entrepreneur, Music Producer
"You've got to do things that promote what's important."
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"Consequently, most of us really exist at the mercy of other people's formulations of what's important."
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"We've got to teach history based not on what's in fashion, but what's important."
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"What's important for me is staying healthy."
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"Someone ... tell us what's important, because we no longer know."
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"You've got to keep reminding yourself of what's important."
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