“The Secure Fence Act, which authorizes the construction of 700 miles of security barriers along the southwest border, has now been sent to President Bush for his signature. This piece of legislation is an important piece of the border security puzzle.” ImportantPresidentPiecesSecurityMilesSecureBordersBarriersConstructionLegislationPuzzlesFencePresident BushSignaturesBorder Security Author:Randy Neugebauer
“A pick-up artist gave me a good piece of advice: the three most important things in a relationship are honesty, trust and respect, and if you don't have those, you don't have love.” IfsImportantArtistThreePiecesAdviceHonestyPicksImportant ThingsTrust And Respect Author:Neil Strauss
“I know that doesn't sound very radical and webby of me to say that but I think the New York Times is important. I also think there's an occasional piece that will pop out.” ThinkingKnowsImportantLiteratureSoundPiecesNew YorkPopsRadicalOccasionalNew York Times Author:David Talbot
“Pete Townsend for me was a huge influence. Because essentially they were a three-piece band and the way he structured his chords and took up a lot of space musically in the songs was really important to the way Rush developed. Geddy and Neil both were such active players and lot of the time we were all playing like crazy and it was too much and somebody had to reel it in and me being the faceless guy, I would do that.” WayImportantGuySongThreeSpaceToo MuchPiecesPlayerCrazyInfluenceHugeBandActiveChordsFaceless Author:Alex Lifeson
“It was in France that I first learned about food. And that even the selection of a perfect pear, a ripe piece of Brie, the freshest butter, the highest quality cream were as important as how the dish you were going to be served was actually cooked.” FirstsImportantPerfectQualityPiecesHighestFranceDishesCreamSelectionRipePearsBrie Author:Robert Carrier
“When people listen to my music, I hope that they will notice that if you take a piece by a composer like Schubert, the major and the minor triad is an extermely important thing not merely as harmony, but in creating melodic lines. Schubert is always walking up and down with arpeggios on C, E, G and so forth. I am not doing anything different really, except using a different system of harmony.” PeopleIfsImportantDifferentLinesPiecesWalkingCreatingMajorsHarmonyImportant ThingsComposerMinorsUp And DownSchubertTriads Author:Elliott Carter
“Human beings any one of us, and our species as a whole are not all-important, not at the center of the world. That is the one essential piece of information, the one great secret, offered by any encounter with the woods or the mountains or the ocean or any wilderness or chunk of nature or patch of night sky.” WorldHumansImportantWholeNightHuman BeingsSecretPiecesSkyInformationMountainEssentialsOceanSpeciesWoodsEncountersWildernessPatchesNight SkyChunksCenter Of The World Book:The end of nature Source: The end of nature
“At that time, I was still in an experimental stage, trying to blend Western drawing techniques and Chinese brushwork together. It was harder for me back then... But that piece is special and important, because it represents vigilance and innocence; the kind of precious innocence only present at the beginning of a new artistic exploration.” TryingKindStillsImportantTogetherPiecesSpecialStageHarderWesternTechniqueDrawingArtisticChineseInnocenceWorking TogetherExplorationVigilance Author:Liu Dan
“Marriage is also a social statement, preeminently describing and defining a person's relationship and place in society. Marital status, along with what we do for a living, is often one of the first pieces of information we give to others about ourselves. It's so important, in fact, that most married people wear a symbol of their marriage on their hand.” PeopleGivingFirstsPersonsImportantFactsHandsSocialPiecesInformationMarriedStatementsSymbolsDefiningDescribing Book:Why Marriage Matters: America, Equality, and Gay People's Right to Marry Source: Why Marriage Matters: America, Equality, and Gay People's Right to Marry
“It is important to distinguish the difficulty of describing and learning a piece of notation from the difficulty of mastering its implications. [...] Indeed, the very suggestiveness of a notation may make it seem harder to learn because of the many properties it suggests for exploration.” MayImportantSeemsPiecesDifficultyHarderPropertyExplorationImplicationsDescribing Author:Kenneth E. Iverson
“Whenever we see an unprotected piece we must keep our eyes peeled because this is one of the most important ingredients of a combination.” ImportantEyePiecesCombinationIngredients Author:Jacob Aagaard