I consider the process of gestation just as important as when you're actually sitting down putting words to the paper.
Balance is so important in our lives. In our busy world, we can give ourselves balance between thinking and feeling.
People keep asking "Jacob or Edward?" when the really important question is "Diamond Dave or Sammy?
I see the human in everyone and everything. No one is more important than anyone else; I still hang out with my high school friends.
It was very important that it be done in such a way that it be executed with complete conviction. If I had done it both ways, if I was trying to cover myself in case it didn't work, then it would have been to no purpose.
The finished product is often of less importance than the skills and confidence gained through the process and the way in which the community is strengthened through people in it work and are brought together.
States get to improve transportation infrastructure; that creates economic development, puts people back to work and, most important, enhances safety and improves local communities.
I think you've got to talk to the director, see the director's films and recognise that it's important that the work fits right in and see if as part of the movie.
I'm a big admirer of Walter Willett's work. I think he's done some really important research. He and I agree on most things.
If both parents must work, I think it is more important that the mother has proximity to the child to therefore establish a childcare situation at the big corporations not once a day, but many times a day.
While the debate on the Patriot Act is far from over, it is important that all Americans continue in this dialogue and work together to ensure greater security for our nation.
Making me into a role model is placing too much importance on what I see as a work in progress.
My concentration was really on getting to university and becoming a doctor. My parents let me know that school marks were important. Achievement was something which came by hard work.
For me, it is important to win titles and for that I need to work hard, stay healthy and be able to compete. The rest, I always say, it comes.
Artistry is important. Skill, hard work, rewriting, editing, and careful, careful craft: All of these are necessary. These are what separate the beginners from experienced artists.
Preserving that privacy between a writer and the work is important. You have to shut out all those voices that have reacted to your work.
It behooves every man to remember that the work of the critic is of altogether secondary importance, and that, in the end, progress is accomplished by the man who does things.
It's important that the adults appreciate that young people are capable of doing really astounding work.
My children and grandchildren loved the secret servicemen and women that served us. I was honoured that they thought I was important enough to protect.
It is really important for women to look up and see other women being successful. When I was in that position, all I wanted to do was blend in and be one of the guys.
It is important for women to feel beautiful when she looks in the mirror, and I tell women, 'If you don't feel beautiful, find one thing that you can look in that mirror and say, 'That is beautiful.'
