The Eskimos had fifty-two names for snow because it was important to them: there ought to be as many for love.
I'm a hands-on mum and I'm lucky to be able to be that. I can remember the things my mum used to do with me and that time together is so important.
When you play, it's like you know that there are people out there who are hearing it for the first time, and I think that's really important.
You really have to try hard to create space and, at least for a time, stop the political world from rushing in. The important thing is to remain sane.
But we made a decision based on the fact that we have been up there a long time and that we feel that the seniority is important to the people of Louisiana.
While it is well enough to leave footprints on the sands of time, it is even more important to make sure they point in a commendable direction.
I have said a lot that it's very important to me to make time for my child and make her the priority. I made sacrifices so that I'm around and not traveling for that.
The next time some academics tell you how important diversity is, ask how many Republicans there are in their sociology department.
You need to take care of your time and practice, you need to rest and talk to media. So it's really important to organize those things.
Protect the time and space in which you write. Keep everybody away from it, even the people who are most important to you.
It's important to travel and move and have a continual set of experiences so you've got more to feed back into your work. For me, it's a natural thing.
All the privileged can travel, see different worlds; not everyone can. I think it is important for people to have an interesting locale nearby.
The act of witnessing is important to me; somebody's got to tell the truth, you know what I mean?
Truth, which is important to a scholar, has got to be concrete. And there is nothing more concrete than dealing with babies, burps and bottles, frogs and mud.
Jack Lucas: It's important to think. It's what separates us from lentils.
Dr. Lessing: I have something important to tell you. Wait for my signal.
Working on films where the money's more important than the creativity, I just get a bit freaked out by that. I just don't feel comfortable.
When I left 20th Century-Fox to freelance, my agent believed that getting big money was the way to establish real importance in our industry.
Pythagoras took the next important step by subordinating the mere matter of nature to its essential principle of form and order, identifying the latter with reason or the soul.
It's really important to have balance, spend some time in nature, go to a few parties, enjoy my friends and really chill out.
Like all Israelis, I yearn for peace. I see the utmost importance in taking all possible steps that will lead to a solution of the conflict with the Palestinians.
