“It is so important for me to keep authentic Cuban sounds alive. All of these great artists have changed the landscape of Latin music and it's an honor to have them on this album ["90 Millas," released in September of 2007]. I believe this album will expose a new generation to the richness of Cuban music.” BelieveImportantArtistI BelieveSoundAliveGenerationsChangedHonorAlbumsLandscapeLatinSeptemberGreat ArtRichnessGreat ArtistNew GenerationCubanLatin MusicCuban Music Author:Gloria Estefan
“I think especially in such an unstable economic environment, what people criticized him [Mitt Romney] for in 2008 his consistency, the fact that he was so strong, and I think people will find that appealing going into the 2012. That’s one of the things that I like about him — because he’s been consistent since he changed his mind.” PeopleThinkingKnowsYearsMindWellsImportantFactsBigsStrongIssuesEnvironmentEconomicChangedCandidatesConsistentConsistencyRomneyUnstableCarolsImportant IssuesChristine Author:Christine O'Donnell
“At one point cinema and photography weren't treated as art. Now it's crazy to think they're not. The key question is "What is art today?" The most important artists of the last 20 years are Steve Jobs and Jonathan Ive, because the influence they have had is incredible and they've changed the world. That is art.” ThinkingWorldYearsArtImportantTodayJobsLastsArtistCrazyInfluenceChangedKeysPhotographyIncrediblesTreatedCinema Author:Ferran Adria
“The postwar [WWII] GI Bill of Rights - and the enthusiastic response to it on the part of America's veterans - signaled the shift to the knowledge society. Future historians may consider it the most important event of the twentieth century. We are clearly in the midst of this transformation; indeed, if history is any guide, it will not be completed until 2010 or 2020. But already it has changed the political, economic and moral landscape of the world.” IfsWorldMayImportantAmericaPoliticalMoralRightsEconomicCenturyEventsChangedTransformationBillsResponseGuidesLandscapeMidstHistorianVeteranEnthusiasticTwentieth CenturyWwiiBill Of RightsGisImportant Events Author:Peter Drucker
“Unless legal and illegal immigration is halted and reversed, European First World nations across all of Europe from Spain to Russia, North America, Australia and New Zealand - will be destroyed and have their very culture and civilisation changed to that of the Third World. Immigration is now the single most important issue facing all First World nations, and will determine whether Western Civilisation continues to exist or not.” WorldFirstsImportantAmericaCultureNationsIssuesChangedEuropeThirdsWesternDetermineRussiaImmigrationDestroyedAustraliaIllegalSpainCivilisationThird WorldNorth AmericaNew ZealandIllegal ImmigrationImportant IssuesAustralia And New Zealand Author:Arthur Kemp
“The British invasion was the most important event of my life. I was in New Jersey and the night I saw the Beatles changed everything. I had seen Elvis before and he had done nothing for me, but these guys were in a band.” ImportantDoneNightGuySawsEventsChangedBandBritishJerseyInvasionNew JerseyImportant EventsBritish Invasion Author:Steven Van Zandt
“You loved people and you came to depend on their being there. but people died or changed or went away and it hurt too much. The only way to avoid that poin was not to love anyone, and not to let anyone get too close or too important. The secret of not being hurt like this again, I decided, was never depending on anyone, never needing, never loving.It is the last dream of children, to be forever untouched.” PeopleWayChildrenImportantDreamLastsHurtSecretForeverToo MuchChangedDependsDecidedDiedIt HurtsBeing ThereBeing Hurt Author:Audre Lorde
“My heart wants to read the Bible, wants to obey God. When you have Jesus in your life, when you have God in your life, like the thing in this world is not important to your heart. The more important is God in your heart. That's how God changed my life.” WorldWantHeartImportantJesusThis WorldChangedMy HeartChanged My Life Author:Manny Pacquiao
“Orthodox Christians have the habit of claiming all great men, all men who have held important positions, men of reputation, men of wealth. As soon as the funeral is over clergymen begin to relate imaginary conversations with the deceased, and in a very little while the great man is changed to a Christian - possibly to a saint.” MenLittlesImportantChristianWealthAtheismPositionChangedHabitConversationSaintPositive AtheismReputationRelateGreat MenOrthodoxFuneralImaginaryOrthodox ChristianClergymenDeceased Book:The Works of Robert G. Ingersoll Source: The Works of Robert G. Ingersoll
“When people ask me what really changed my life, I tell them that absolutely the most important thing was changing what I demanded on myself.” PeopleInspirationalImportantAsksChangedImportant ThingsAsk MeChanged My Life Book:Awaken The Giant Within Source: Awaken The Giant Within
“It's important, too, for people to see that it only takes one person to have faith in you, to care about you, to make you feel changed. We should all help each other out and give love to everyone as much as possible.” PeopleGivingFeelsShouldPersonsImportantHelpingCareChangedHave FaithHelping Each Other Author:Vanessa Hudgens
“The "female culture" has shifted more rapidly than the "male culture"; the image of the go-get 'em woman has yet to be fully matched by the image of the let's take-care-of-the-kids- together man. More important, over the last thirty years, men's underlying feelings about taking responsibility at home have changed much less than women's feelings have changed about forging some kind of identity at work.” MenYearsKindImportantFeelingsHomeCareKidsTogetherLastsCultureWomenResponsibilityIdentityChangedFemaleMalesTake CareThirtyEmsTaking ResponsibilityThirty YearsMatchedForging Author:Arlie Russell Hochschild
“You mentioned the Navy, for example, and that we have fewer ships than we did in 1916. Well, Governor, we also have fewer horses and bayonets because the nature of our military has changed. We have these things called aircraft carriers where planes land on them. We have these ships that go underwater, nuclear submarines.” WellsImportantLandMilitaryExampleChangedPercentHorseNuclearShipsPlanesFewerGovernorsNavyAircraftPresidential ElectionCarrierUnderwaterSubmarinesBayonetsPresidential DebateGangnam StyleAircraft Carriers Author:Barack Obama
“Causes do matter. And the world is changed by people who care deeply about causes - about things that matter. We don't have to be particularly smart or talented. We don't need a lot of money or education. All we really need is to be passionate about something important; something bigger than ourselves. And it's that commitment to a worthwhile cause that changes the world.” PeopleWorldNeedsImportantMatterCareCausesChangedSmartCommitmentBiggerPassionateChanging The WorldWorthwhileLots Of MoneyWho CaresThings That Matter Author:Steve Goodier
“Cinema has changed the world. If you go to the beginning of the cinema, you can see that the world started meeting other worlds. It was extraordinary. We saw how other people were living and thinking. How they were sad or happy. We also saw the body - naked or half-naked people, which was prohibited everywhere by religions. This was extremely important.” PeopleIfsThinkingWorldImportantBodyHalfSawsChangedMeetingsExtraordinaryNakedCinemaOther Worlds Author:Costa-Gavras
“I feel like songwriting changed from something that I liked doing to something that, I feel, is a very important outlet for me to digest all the things around me. Once I put thoughts into a song, I can let it go, it doesn't bug me anymore you know what I mean? It's kind of a catharsis.” KnowsFeelsKindMeanI CanImportantSongChangedSongwritingBugsOutletsLet It GoCatharsis Author:Dan Mangan
“I believe the history of American music is just as important as anything political because it's changed generations of people.” PeopleBelieveImportantPoliticalI BelieveGenerationsChangedMusic IsAmerican Music Author:Dave Grohl
“Even though it's important for all of us to change our light bulbs and the vehicles we drive, it's much more important to change our laws and policies. I drive a hybrid and we've changed our light bulbs and windows and installed solar panels and geothermal ground source heat pumps and most everything else. But putting the burden on individuals to solve this global crisis is ultimately not going to be the most effective way to solve it.” WayImportantLightLawIndividualPolicyChangedSourceWindowCrisisBurdenSolveHeatVehiclePumpsHybridBulbsLight BulbSolar PanelsGeothermal Author:Al Gore
“I've changed my approach to people and to filming because of the new equipment, which is important.” PeopleImportantChangedApproachEquipmentI've Changed Author:Agnes Varda
“I've gone to Yaddo many times, I've worked at the Rockefeller Foundation's Center for Scholars and Artists in Bellagio. That these are places of beauty and of changed landscape is helpful - but far more important for me is that they offer what I feel as a monastic luxury: undisturbed time.” FeelsImportantArtistGoneChangedOffersFoundationLuxuryLandscapeHelpfulScholar Author:Jane Hirshfield
“Perhaps being a parent has changed career more in that you ask yourself how long you'll be away from home. My eldest child is approaching school age so that becomes more important. They're less portable.” ChildrenLongImportantHomeAgeSchoolAsksParentCareersChangedBeing A ParentAway From HomeEldestEldest Child Author:Cate Blanchett
“I don't know how much things have changed. You still need to be able to run the ball, pick up blitzes and catch the ball out of the backfield. Perhaps you need a running back to do a little bit more or be more versatile today but that is a good thing. People say we get hurt and don't last as long, but it's still an important position and you need everyone in the backfield to be able to contribute.” PeopleKnowsNeedsLittlesLongStillsImportantRunningTodayAbleLastsBitsHurtKnow HowPositionChangedLittle BitPicksBallsGood ThingsThings Have ChangedVersatileRunning Back Author:Giovani Bernard
“Secondly, there are such things as roving wiretaps. Now, by the way, any time you hear the United States government talking about wiretap, it requires - a wiretap requires a court order. [...] Nothing has changed, by the way. When we're talking about chasing down terrorists, we're talking about getting a court order before we do so. [...]” ThinkingWayImportantStatesGovernmentValuesOrderUnitedTalkingUnited StatesChangedCitizensProtectConstitutionFellowsCourtTerroristGuaranteesPatriotChasingHomelandState GovernmentThings Have ChangedUnited States GovernmentPatriot ActRoving Author:George W. Bush
“Civil Engineering is the art of directing the great sources of Power in Nature for the use and convenience of man; being that practical application of the most important principles of natural Philosophy which has in a considerable degree realized the anticipations of Bacon, and changed the aspect and state of affairs in the whole world. The most important object of Civil Engineering is to improve the means of production and of traffic in states, both for external and internal Trade.” MenWorldMeanArtImportantStatesPhilosophyWholeUseNaturalPrinciplesObjectsChangedSourceDegreesAspectTradeAffairProductionsPracticalsWhole WorldInternalsApplicationEngineeringAnticipationTrafficConvenienceCivil EngineerCivil EngineeringNatural Philosophy Author:Thomas Tredgold
“The information revolution has changed wealth. Intellectual capital is far more important than money.” ImportantWealthInformationChangedRevolutionIntellectualIntellectual Capital Author:Walter Wriston
“For me 'Submarine', is probably one of the most important things I've done and it will always remain the closest thing to my heart. It was an amazing experience and it really changed things for me after I'd finished filming it because of the people on it.” PeopleHeartImportantDoneChangedMy HeartImportant ThingsFinishedClosestSubmarinesAmazing Experiences Author:Yasmin Paige
“Being a father is the most important thing, if you ask me. It changed me as a person and gave me an all new life.” IfsPersonsImportantAsksFatherChangedImportant ThingsAsk MeNew LifeBeing A Father Author:Mahesh Babu
“Today's folk song is rock and roll. Although it happened to emanate from America, that's not really important in the end because we wrote our own music and that changed everything.” ImportantEndsTodayAmericaSongHappenedRocksChangedFolksRock And RollEmanateFolk Songs Author:John Lennon
“The goals for me have changed somewhat. There's a bit of seduction to the idea of being on network, but it got to the point where that wasn't important. What's important is doing something worthwhile. Which is why I've always avoided being on a sitcom. Yeah, it's high-profile and it's on a network, but you know what? You could be on Suddenly Stewart.” KnowsImportantIdeasBitsGoalChangedYeahWorthwhileSeductionAvoidedProfileWhat's ImportantSitcomHigh Profile Author:Jon Stewart
“When you choose to follow Christ, you choose to be changed. Men and women changed for Christ will be captained by Christ. Their will is swallowed up in His will. They do always those things that please the Lord. Not only would they die for the Lord, but more important they want to live for Him. They stand as witnesses of God at all times, and in all things, and in all places. They have Christ on their minds, as they look unto Him in every thought. They have Christ in their hearts as their affections are placed on Him forever.” MenWantMindLooksHeartImportantDiesChristLordForeverChangedPleaseMen And WomenAll ThingsAffectionAll TimeWitnessYou Choose Author:Ezra Taft Benson
“The minute your child is born, your life is changed forever. I think I've become so aware of how important balance is in life.” ThinkingChildrenImportantLife IsBornForeverMinutesChangedBalanceOur ChildrenYour Children Author:Nia Long
“Jewish communities in the diaspora are very important to Israel and we are open to a dialogue with them. It is bitter for us to see the process of assimilation, the mixing of Jewish and non-Jewish. But when it comes to the relations of state and religions, the basics have not changed since Rabin's times.” ImportantStatesProcessCommunityChangedRelationIsraelDialogueBitterMixingAssimilationBasicsDiasporaJewish Community Author:Ayelet Shaked
“Often for me, if I hear a song I know, it clicks for me and I hear it in a different way and I think, "I could sing that song. I've got something to say about that song. Wanting to connect with an audience and wanting them to rethink songs; it is actually important to do songs they're familiar with. Also, I love those songs. In a way, I think I've changed people's perceptions of what a cabaret show like this could be.” PeopleIfsThinkingKnowsWayImportantDifferentShowsSongAudienceChangedPerceptionFamiliarDifferent WaysClicksI've ChangedCabaret Author:Alan Cumming
“I haven't done it by myself at all. I've been surrounded by a really, really good crew of all ages. I think it's important to have a good age range in the crew so that some of us have experienced that period, or something close to that. But the script, of course, is really inspiring and you just have to trust that. Sometimes on film a glass can be as big as a car, so if the details are right, then they take up as much space on screen as the streets that we didn't have a chance to show as London really has changed since then.” IfsThinkingImportantSometimesDoneShowsBigsAgeFilmCoursesChanceSpaceStreetsCarHavensChangedPeriodsScriptsGlassesDetailsLondonScreensRangeCrewReally Inspiring Author:Lone Scherfig
“If you just breathe, and go slower, you will have enough energy. It's really important because there are people who wait in line, and your work has changed their lives. You will need to listen to them because they are also going to feed you and give you confirmation of the prayer you asked before you spoke.” PeopleIfsNeedsGivingImportantEnoughEnergyWaitingLinesPrayerChangedBreatheSpokesConfirmation Author:Sandra Cisneros
“I've always been an environmentalist, but my life changed the day I had children. I realized that I wasn't doing enough to protect the planet. People need nature, and of course I want my children to have the best possible opportunity in life. I also realized how important it was for me to raise them to be conscientious people that are aware of their impact on the earth.” PeopleWantNeedsChildrenImportantEnoughEarthCoursesOpportunityChangedPlanetsProtectRaisesImpactI RealizedMy ChildrenLife ChangingEnvironmentalist Author:Julia Roberts
“For me, something that's been always really important to me, that's also really served me well in hindsight, is doing different things, trying to cross different genres, and dipping my toes into comedy and drama and action here and there. Fortunately, as I've been working, the industry has also changed where you're able to dip your toes into different mediums, where it's not just independent film and studio film, but now you've got TV, and you're able to do all these different things. For me, it's just a matter of continually pushing myself and challenging myself.” TryingWellsImportantDifferentMatterAbleActionFilmChallengesComedyChangedTvsIndustryDramaCrossesIndependentStudiosMediumsGenreDifferent ThingsPushingToesHere And ThereHindsightIndependent FilmDipDifferent GenresChallenging Myself Author:Michelle Monaghan
“People make fun of cybersex, but it's really something to take into account: it is a drama, a split of the human being! The human being can now be changed into some kind of spectrum or ghost who has sex at a distance. That is really scary because what used to be the most intimate and the most important relationship to reality is being split. This is no simulation but the coexistence of two separate worlds.” PeopleWorldHumansKindTwoImportantRealityUsedFunSexHuman BeingsChangedDramaAccountsDistanceScaryGhostUsed To BeIntimateSplitsSpectrumCoexistenceSimulationReally ScaryImportant Relationships Author:Paul Virilio
“Earlier the world was bi polar. Foreign policy would be centered around two super powers. India was a little late in realizing that this bi polar situation was for namesake. Now the entire world, in changed circumstances, especially in 21st century, it is more interdependent and inter connected, earlier, the foreign policy was possible between governments, but today it is not possible just between governments. Government relations are important but increasing people to people contact is equally important. There's been a shift in paradigm.” PeopleWorldLittlesTwoImportantGovernmentWould BeTodayRealizingSituationCenturyPolicyChangedCircumstancesLateIndiaRelationConnectedContactForeign Policy21st CenturyParadigmSuper PowerNamesake Author:Narendra Modi
“It's important to teach students about the reality of the system, that it is in fact the case that they are being targeted unfairly, that the rules have been set up in a way that authorize unfair treatment of them, and how difficult it is to challenge these laws in the courts. We need to teach them how our politics have changed in recent years, how there has been, in fact, a backlash. But we need to couple that information with stories of how people in the past have challenged these kinds of injustices, and the role that youth have played historically in those struggles.” PeopleWayNeedsYearsKindHas BeensImportantFactsStoriesRealityPastLawDifficultChallengesRolesTeachCasesStruggleInformationChangedYouthStudentsCoupleCourtInjusticeTreatmentUnfairBacklashPeople From The PastUnfair Treatment Author:Michelle Alexander