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Quotes About Importance

For the first time in her life she could talk openly of the things which interested her and were important to her. She had a great need of speech, of putting her thoughts into words; otherwise her thoughts seemed to escape her, flying about her brain in a wild confusion. It needed the power of words to put them in their places. And Rachel was full of understanding, using her sensitiveness to fan the thoughts of Anna towards coherency.
~ Anna Kavan
Perhaps Jonas is learning that bread without butter is no better for the spirit than all butter and no bread. Jonas has always been so serious. He hasn't realized that rest and fun and laughter are as important as work," she [Mother] looked down at her work-roughened hands, "though they don't always come as often as we wish.
~ Anne Colver
Popularity for a King is much more important among those he does not know than among those he does.
~ Anne Edwards
How important is it to be 'important' as a writer?
~ Anne Enright
Really, nobody worth anything gives tuppence about my background. Oh, some might whisper about it behind my back, but how does that hurt me? It's who you are and what you do and say that's important, not where you come from. Are you listening to me, gel?
~ Anne Gracie
For some of us, books are as important as almost anything else on earth. What a miracle it is that out of these small, flat, rigid squares of paper unfolds world after world after world, worlds that sing to you, comfort and quiet or excite you. Books help us understand who we are and how we are to behave. They show us what community and friendship mean; they show us how to live and die.
~ Anne Lamott
Please don't think so lightly of liking someone. It's terribly important. It is a kind of loving, you know, and one that frequently lasts a lot longer than romance. You can fall out of love, as well in. Most of us do, especially if you don't actually like the person as well. It doesn't always grow into love by any means, but sometimes it does.
~ Anne Perry
The reason why I believe Ethel's story is as important today as ever is to realize what can happen when fear, a forceful and blunt weapon in the hands of authority, turns to hysteria and justice is willfully ignored.
~ Anne Sebba
How you choose to lose yourself matters. Trust me, it's all in the 'how'. It matters a lot.
~ Anne Sexton
And telling you I care about you is a waste of time. I wouldn't have crossed the ocean, come out of hiding, tracked you down, if you didn't matter to me.
~ Anne Stuart
Une première fois n'est neuve que de la vérité de son désir que de se vouloir miséricorde et bonté mutuelle, qu'importe une première fois
~ Anne-Marie Garat
This crisis had forced me to confront what was most important to me, rather than what I was conditioned to want, or perhaps what I had conditioned myself to want.
~ Anne-Marie Slaughter
worshiping heroism, as typically defined, works against the idea that the lives of more common people count and hold lessons for us as well.
~ Annette Gordon-Reed
Even though the importance of making quality decisions seems obvious, it's surprising how few people can actually articulate what a good decision process looks like.
~ Annie Duke
Sí… Nos olvidarán. ¡Ese es nuestro sino, contra el que nada se puede!… ¡Lo que ahora nos parece serio, significativo, de gran importancia…, llegará el día en que lo olvidemos o se nos antoje poco importante!…
~ Annie Ernaux
Es interesante, en realidad!… En el momento actual no podemos saber qué, con el tiempo, llegará a tenerse por importante y qué por lastimoso y ridículo.
~ Annie Ernaux
Il sait maintenant détacher les jarretelles. J'écris cela parce que, plus tard, c'est cela qui sera important, ce détail.)
~ Annie Ernaux
Il s'agissait d'user le temps, de tromper l'ennui par toutes sortes d'activités sans réelle importance, dont la lecture.
~ Annie Ernaux
Devant les personnes qu'il jugait importantes, il avait une raideur timide, ne posant jamais aucune question. Bref, se comportant avec intelligence. Celle-ci consistait à percevoir notre infériorité et à la refuser en la cachant du mieux possible.
~ Annie Ernaux
Est-ce que tu pars à Noël ? » = ce serait mieux que tu partes, je ne serais pas obligé de venir te voir Ã¢â'¬â€œ ou, ce serait bien si tu restais ? Il se peut aussi que ces phrases n'aient pas d'importance pour lui, qu'elles soient de celles qu'on dit pour dire...
~ Annie Ernaux
The pride and presence of a professional football team is far more important than 30 libraries.
~ Art Modell
I think professionalism is important, and professionalism means you get paid.
~ Erica Jong
I've always thought that design can have equal importance to the idea of internal architecture. Professionally, things can be very dogmatic - you do the architecture, someone else does the interiors, someone else does the furniture, the fabric, etc. But I think design is all-encompassing.
~ Zaha Hadid
It's very important that your work reaches people and it is marketed professionally and guarded well against piracy. For all of those reasons, I take into account the credibility of the team I work with.
~ M. Jayachandran