Quotes About Priorities

I had to decide between doing 'Issaq' and continuing school and I chose 'Issaq.'

I really would like to start a family as well. Whether I can balance the two or have to decide one or the other way, I'm not sure what will happen.

Decide very early on: do you want to be an actor or do you want to be famous? Because they're very different routes.

Every single decision I make about what material I do, what I'm putting out in the world, is because of my children.

I have dedicated myself to development of the state and hardly get time to spend with my family.

I've dedicated my life to my family.

I never said I had to be the highest-paid defensive player. That really wasn't the most important thing.

Of course we have to address the deficit if we win.

Deficit, deficit, deficit. The political and media elites are obsessed with the D-word.

A film career does not define me. There is a other side to my life.

I didn't grow up with money and I don't define my life by money.

You have to decide what it is that shapes and defines you. I'm a big sister and a co-parent with my mom before anything. That's my root of all. It's my foundation.

Ultimately, I didn't look at 'The Biggest Loser' as being my defining moment. I wasn't there to compete and win the money. I wasn't there to win 'The Biggest Loser.' I was there for my health.

I'm delighted to be Number 1, but next week I don't want people to buy my record, I want them to buy Band Aid.

Material things are delightful, but they're not important.

I had to make some adjustments from what my life was like before I was a mom. My kids are so fun and loving, but they are also demanding!

Marriage is a lot more challenging when you have a demanding career.

Rod has always been like my third child and my most demanding boy out of the three.

I made the choice not to have children, so I can spend my days just writing; there are no kids demanding my time.

In the media, they're always talking about money. I'm not denying that it plays a role, but everything has to be in its right place.

Work like your life depends on it, but remember it doesn't.

There are, I'm depressed to say, many classics I have not yet read and will probably never get around to, though I will not stop short of hospitalizing myself in the attempt.

I do not want to sign projects in which the depth and essence of my character takes second place and the focus is instead on my looks.

I'd rather have a search engine or a compiler on a deserted island than a game.