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It is by not always thinking of yourself, if you can manage it, that you might somehow be happy. Until you make room in your life for someone as important to you as yourself, you will always be searching and lost.

Quote by Richard Bach about searching, contentment, thinking, happiness, life

But the gravest difficulty, and perhaps the most important, in poetry meant solely for recitation, is the difficulty of achieving verbal beauty, or rather of making verbal beauty tell.

Quote by Lascelles Abercrombie about difficulties, beauty, poetry

Those albums are so important to me because, for the first time, I was making my own music, paying for it, finding strengths in it, and going through the process of finding the right music for the record.

Quote by Randy Bachman about music, rightness, time

The Border Ballads, for instance, and the Robin Hood Ballads, clearly suppose a state of society which is nothing but a very circumscribed and not very important heroic age.

Quote by Lascelles Abercrombie about society, state, age, olderness, nothing

It's also natural in that part of the world to blame what people view as the... as the most important authority in the region, and that currently is the United States of America.

Quote by John Abizaid about authority, world, people

Oh, the transition concerns me because as we move towards an important political event, it's clear to me that the terrorists and insurgents will move as hard as they can to disrupt this process.

Quote by John Abizaid about events

I would say that the Pentagon Papers case of 1971 - in which the government tried to block the The New York Times and The Washington Post that they obtained from a secret study of how we got involved in the war in Vietnam - that is probably the...

Quote by Floyd Abrams about war, secret

It is not to benefit CBS, not to benefit its reporters. On this one, the entire basis of it is this is a way to get more information, more important information to the public. And that's why so many states

Quote by Floyd Abrams about public

It just seems to be a human trait to want to protect the speech of people with whom we agree. For the First Amendment, that is not good enough. So it is really important that we protect First Amendment rights of people no matter what side of the...

Quote by Floyd Abrams about nation, people, human imperfections, good, good luck

The principle though remains the same, and the important thing is CBS fought hard, very hard, to protect that principle and will fight again.

Quote by Floyd Abrams about principle, fight, things

Critics can be your most important friend. I don't read criticism of my stuff only because when it's bad, it's rough-and when it's good, it's not good enough.

Quote by Kevin Bacon about criticism, good, good luck, bad luck, bad

The manner in which one endures what must be endured is more important than the thing that must be endured.

Quote by Dean Acheson about things

The most important aspect of the relationship between the president and the secretary of state is that they both understand who is president.

Quote by Dean Acheson about state

I think it's really important to find out why people hurt you or try to oppose you or whatever.

Quote by Kathy Acker about nation, contentment, people

There must be a day or two in a man's life when he is the precise age for something important.

Quote by Franklin P. Adams about age, olderness, day, man, life

Because power corrupts, society's demands for moral authority and character increase as the importance of the position increases.

Quote by John Adams about authority, society, character, moral, power

Competitive skaters must be prepared for lots of work, challenges, self-discipline, and motivation. The desire must be there, but more importantly, you're love for the sport.

Quote by Oksana Baiul about motivation, sport, self-control, work, love, contentment

The aspect of congresses and such meetings generally to which I attach the greatest importance is the discussion. That is why people assemble: to hear different opinions, rather than to pass resolutions.

Quote by Fredrik Bajer about nation, meetings, people

I believe that everything happens for a reason, but I think it's important to seek out that reason - that's how we learn.

Quote by Drew Barrymore about reason, faith

I really want to understand the mind so I can be more comfortable with the way people are. Being comfortable with people is incredibly important.

Quote by Drew Barrymore about nation, people, mind, being