#import

My life isn't necessarily more important than anyone else's: I'm just better in talking about it. ↗

— Adam Duritz

#anyone #better #else #i #important

What I'm thinking about more and more these days is simply the importance of transparency, and Jefferson's saying that he'd rather have a free press without a government than a government without a free press. ↗

— Esther Dyson

#days #free #free press #government #i

The most important and urgent appeal we have to make is for an immediate cease-fire. Initial reports from the cease-fire talks being held in N'Djamena in Chad are not very encouraging. ↗

— Jan Egeland

#being #cease-fire #chad #encouraging #held

I think compassion is an important quality in people in general. ↗

— Shannon Elizabeth

#general #i #i think #important #people

By and large, the critics and readers gave me an affirmed sense of my identity as a writer. You might know this within yourself, but to have it affirmed by others is of utmost importance. Writing is, after all, a form of communication. ↗

— Ralph Ellison

#after #communication #critics #form #gave

I've been tremendously moved by a bunch of odd books. Ross McDonald is very important to me. I love the Lew Archer books. ↗

— James Ellroy

#books #bunch #i #i love #important

Everything in high school seems like the most important thing that's ever happened in your life. It's not. You'll get out of high school and you never see those people again. All the people who torment and press you won't make a difference in your life in the long haul. ↗

— Mark Hoppus

#difference #ever #everything #get #happened

I think you have to control the materials to an extent, but it's important to let the materials have a kind of power for themselves; like the natural power of gravity, if you are painting on a wall, it makes the paint trickle and it drips; there is no reason to fight that. ↗

— Keith Haring

#extent #fight #gravity #i #i think

Being in control of your life and having realistic expectations about your day-to-day challenges are the keys to stress management, which is perhaps the most important ingredient to living a happy, healthy and rewarding life. ↗

— Marilu Henner

#being #challenges #control #day-to-day #expectations

Unlike any other time in our history, we have to know that staying in school and getting an education is the most important thing you can do. ↗

— Alexis Herman

#education #getting #history #important #important thing