“I like good stories. Quality products and character are what's important. Even if the script isn't that strong, if I challenge myself with a great character, I'll go for it.” IfsImportantCharacterStoriesStrongChallengesQualityProductsScriptsGood StoryWhat's ImportantGreat Character Author:Corin Nemec
“For anyone going through a divorce or any other painful challenge, the first and most important recommendation I can make is to find some kind of spiritual and emotional support.” FirstsKindI CanImportantSpiritualChallengesSupportEmotionalPainfulDivorceRecommendationsEmotional SupportGoing Through Divorce Author:Alana Stewart
“I want to take roles that challenge me and I want to like the script and obviously feel connected with the director because the director to me is so important.” WantFeelsImportantChallengesRolesDirectorsScriptsConnected Author:Amy Smart
“I'd make a White Stripes record right now. I'd be in the White Stripes for the rest of my life. That band is the most challenging, important, fulfilling thing ever to happen to me. I wish it was still here. It's something I really, really miss.” StillsImportantHappensWishChallengesWhiteRecordsMissingRight NowBandFulfillingStripesWhite Stripes Author:Jack White
“I really want to do something in Europe. With a small movie, it can be an interesting challenge. But I have to get the right project. I don't think it's so important to go to Hollywood. All that trash that comes out of there! I don't want to do that.” ThinkingWantImportantChallengesInterestingProjectsEuropeHollywoodTrash Author:Zhang Ziyi
“The mission of Tom Peterson and Catholics Come Home to bring souls home to Jesus and the church is critically important during this challenging time in our history. I fully support this New Evangelization project.” ImportantSoulHomeJesusChallengesChurchSupportProjectsCatholicMissionsComing HomeTomsChallenging Times Author:Rick Warren
“What's important is how we use our time on this earth, not how conspicuously we give our money away. What's important is the energy and courage we are willing to expend reversing entropy, battling cynicism, suffering and challenging mediocre minds, staring down those who would trample our dreams, taking a stand for magic, and advancing the potential of the human race.” GivingMindHumansImportantUseDreamEarthSufferingEnergyChallengesRaceMagicWillingStaringHuman RaceOur TimeCynicismMediocreOur DreamsWhat's ImportantAdvancingEntropyMediocre Minds Author:Dan Pallotta
“If you have great people around you, they will take you higher than your dream will. Leaders are never self-made. Those closest to you determine your level of success, so choosing the right companions as partners in pursuit of your vision is an important decision. My advice is to surround yourself with talented people who will challenge you, help you grow and inspire you to maximize your potential.” PeopleIfsMadeImportantSelfHelpingDreamGrowsChallengesDecisionLevelsLeaderVisionAdviceInspireHigherDeterminePartnersPursuitYour DreamsCompanionSurroundClosestGreat PeopleSurround YourselfSelf MadeImportant Decisions Author:John C. Maxwell
“Social Security, a critically important, great program which does serve as the cornerstone of support for senior citizens, now faces challenges that threaten its long-term stability and well-being. The facts are there. The facts are crystal clear.” WellsLongDoeImportantFactsFacesSocialTermChallengesSupportClearSecurityCitizensProgramWell BeingLong TermStabilitySeniorSocial SecurityCrystalsCornerstonesSenior Citizen Author:Bill Frist
“I know it is possible not only to restore trust but to actually enhance it. The difficult things that we got through with the important people in our lives can become fertile ground for the growth of enduring trust - trust that is actually stronger because it's been tested and proved through challenge.” PeopleKnowsImportantMotivationalDifficultGrowthChallengesOur LivesStrongerEndureTestedDifficult ThingsFertileFertile GroundPeople In Our Lives Author:Stephen Covey
“The challenging part is in the beginning; its a leap of faith. But I think the most important thing is to just do it. Start.” ThinkingImportantChallengesImportant ThingsLeapJust Do ItLeap Of Faith Author:Tom Szaky
“As an actor, it's always important to understand what the director is after. That, to me, is my job. When I'm acting, I like to ask a lot of questions and understand exactly why the director is doing what they're doing, so that I can provide him or her with the ingredients that they need to get the scene that they want. It's not to challenge them, in any way. It's just so that I can do my job best.” WayWantNeedsI CanImportantJobsActorsAsksCan DoChallengesActingSceneDirectorsIngredients Author:Joseph Gordon-Levitt
“The reality of today, different as it is from the reality of my society one hundred years ago, is and can be important if we have the energy and the inclination to challenge it, to go out and engage with its peculiarities, with the things that we do not understand. The real danger is the tendency to retreat into the obvious, the tendency to be frightened by the richness of the world and to clutch what we always have understood.” IfsWorldYearsImportantDifferentRealRealityTodayEnergyChallengesDangerUnderstoodHundredYears AgoObviousTendenciesFrightenedRetreatInclinationRichnessClutch Book:There Was a Country: A Memoir Source: There Was a Country: A Memoir
“Juggling a career and a family is a challenge for anyone, and even more so (in general) for women. Probably the most important advice to any woman interested in a career is to pick your life partner with care. Having a supportive partner is key to trying to manage the constraints of these two demanding roles.” TryingTwoImportantCareChallengesCareersRolesAdviceKeysPicksPartnersManageSupportiveConstraintsJugglingLife Partner Author:Daphne Koller
“The most important factor in determining whether you will succeed isn’t your gender, it’s you. Be open to opportunity and take risks. In fact, take the worst, the messiest, the most challenging assignment you can find, and then take control.” ImportantFactsOpportunityChallengesRiskWorstSucceedGenderFactorsAssignmentsTake Control Author:Angela Braly
“Foreign policy commands attention when it's crisis management. A street revolt breaks out in Egypt or Libya or Kiev and everyone asks, how should the president respond? Now these are important parts of America's role in the world, but they are essentially reactive and tactical. The broader challenge is to lay down a longer-term strategy that endures after the crisis of the moment.” WorldShouldImportantMomentsAmericaAsksPresidentTermChallengesAttentionRolesBreakStreetsPolicyManagementCrisisStrategyLaysEndureCommandForeign PolicyEgyptRevoltBreak OutLibyaTacticalCrisis ManagementKiev Author:Fareed Zakaria
“I think it's important as a filmmaker, as any person working in the arts, that you've got to try new stuff and challenge yourself and take chances.” ThinkingTryingPersonsArtImportantStuffChallengesChanceFilmmakerTake A ChanceChallenge YourselfNew Stuff Author:Darren Aronofsky
“To meet the energy challenge requires the most important energy of all - human creativity. That's the real prize.” HumansImportantRealEnergyChallengesCreativityPrize Author:Daniel Yergin
“It has become clear that America's civilian institutions of diplomacy and development have been chronically undermanned and underfunded for far too long - relative to what we spend on the military, and more important, relative to the responsibilities and challenges our nation has around the world.” WorldLongHas BeensImportantAmericaNationsChallengesResponsibilityClearMilitaryDevelopmentInstitutionsAround The WorldRelativeDiplomacyCivilians Author:Robert M. Gates
“I have an Easter challenge for Christians. My challenge is simply this: tell me what happened on Easter. I am not asking for proof. My straightforward request is merely that Christians tell me exactly what happened on the day that their most important doctrine was born.” ImportantChristianReligionBornChallengesHappenedAtheismAskingProofDoctrineEasterRequestStraightforward Author:Dan Barker