The cooperation of government at its different levels is important and can only be achieved as long as the people of Chicago are directly involved in our efforts and supportive of our goals.
When decisions on nuclear power stations and runways are delayed and the government dilly-dallies, people think they aren't important.
In my view, it is important that our national government exercise leadership to improve the resiliency of the entire nation in the face of continuing extreme weather.
The conservative movement is about government playing its important yet limited role, and about not falling into the trap of believing that every problem has an exclusive government answer for it.
It's very important that there should be cross-fertilisation between government and academia. Both parties can benefit from having a better understanding of how the other works.
Making sure that health care is affordable for every American. I think that is very, very important.
We must take action now, by permitting re-importation, to ensure that health care and prescription drugs remain accessible and affordable for everyone.
As important as the presidency is, that's not the only thing to take a look at in determining the racial health of the United States.
When you get older, your health becomes important to you, things start breaking down, you've always got a different ache or pain.
I respect marriage, and I think it's beautiful that people do it. But for me, more important than anything is having a peaceful life and a peaceful home.
Reading makes immigrants of us all. It takes us away from home, but more important, it finds homes for us everywhere.
I don't even watch Fox News usually in the prime time hours because I'm home with my kids and that's more important to me.
I think standing and fighting and working alongside all of these people that raise their right hand and serve their nation... really wipes away the distractions of some of the petty things we think are important at home.
An important aspect of the current situation is the strong social reaction against suggestions that the home language of African American children be used in the first steps of learning to read and write.
The only really important thing, at the end of the day, is your health. If you haven't got that, then all the money in the world isn't going to bring you happiness.
History keeps teaching us that we can't recognize the important events that are going to trigger changes.
It is important for all of us to appreciate where we come from and how that history has really shaped us in ways that we might not understand.
I don't feel there's any reason to apologise for having a wicked imagination. I think it's important as a maker of fantasy and of horror.
For me, the family is more important, of course! I don't want to change my family, or situation, for work. But I think it is possible for these things not to fight each other.
As the tech industry continues to grow and sprout successful startups across the country, it is important that we understand our responsibility to affect positive change in our communities.
Christmas really is about all the cliches: health, happiness and love. A future with my family is the important thing... to stay alive for them.
