“One group of scholars or persons, most of them politically motivated, say the Holocaust occurred. Then there is the group of scholars who represent the opposite position and have therefore been imprisoned for the most part. Hence, an impartial group has to come together to investigate and to render an opinion on this very important subject, because the clarification of this issue will contribute to the solution of global problems.” PersonsImportantProblemTogetherOpinionIssuesGroupsSubjectsPositionSolutionsOppositesMotivatedHolocaustScholarClarification Author:Mahmoud Ahmadinejad
“Movember is an event that I've supported for a number of years. I haven't grown a moustache myself before, but I've always donated to others. I think that raising awareness for men's health is really important. You see a lot of initiatives - very public initiatives - around women's health, like breast cancer awareness and the like, but men's health issues tend to go more unnoticed. I think this is a great cause and I'm proud to support it.” ThinkingMenYearsImportantCausesNumbersSupportIssuesAwarenessEventsHavensProudCancerBreastsInitiativeBreast CancerUnnoticedMoustacheHealth IssuesWomen's HealthRaising AwarenessCancer Awareness Author:James Magnussen
“I think everyone's had a brother or a father or a cousin, uncle or grandfather who's had health issues because they've neglected things. I think that's almost been part of Australian culture, which is why I think Movember is really important. We need to change that outlook.” ThinkingNeedsImportantCultureFatherIssuesBrotherGrandfatherUnclesOutlookCousinNeglectedAustralianNeed A ChangeHealth IssuesAustralian Culture Author:James Magnussen
“I believe that sensitivity to issues of race and ethnicity is important, and nuanced, even more so when it intersects with the issue of free speech.” BelieveImportantI BelieveRaceIssuesSpeechFree SpeechSensitivityEthnicityRace And Ethnicity Author:Gene Weingarten
“I've never felt like a trophy wife. I have been able to learn a lot in my role. The fact that you do not have any formal powers does not mean that one does not have a good starting point to give their opinion on important value questions. I really feel that I can put the spotlight on many issues that are important in Norwegian society. And I am very happy.” GivingFeelsMeanDoeHas BeensI CanImportantFactsAbleValuesFeltOpinionRolesIssuesWifeStartingFormalVery HappyTrophiesStarting PointSpotlightNorwegiansImportant ValuesTrophy Wife Author:Mette-Marit, Crown Princess of Norway
“I am gratified on a regular basis by the people I meet all across the country who dedicate their efforts to protecting the environment and public health and are making a difference. The great thing about working on important issues is all of the other people you meet doing the same thing.” PeopleImportantCountryDifferencesEffortIssuesEnvironmentBasesGreat ThingsMaking A DifferencePublic HealthImportant Issues Author:Laurie David
“From triumph to downfall is but a step. I have seen a trifle decide the most important issues in the gravest affairs.” ImportantStepsIssuesAffairTriumphTriflesDownfallImportant Issues Book:Napoleon in his own words from the French of Jules Bertaut Source: Napoleon in his own words from the French of Jules Bertaut
“So when we're really addressing issues like poverty, you can't do that without addressing the real driver of some of those, which is stable homes, families. So that's why to me those issues are important. They're not frivolous. They're critical economic issues.” ImportantRealHomePovertyIssuesEconomicCriticalDriversStableFrivolousEconomic Issues Author:Mike Huckabee
“Folk music has always contained a concern for the human condition. And since it brings people into it from different points of view, that can help illuminate what a consensus might be to important issues.” PeopleHumansImportantDifferentHelpingMightViewsIssuesConditionsConcernFolksPoint Of ViewHuman ConditionConsensusFolk MusicImportant IssuesDifferent Points Of View Author:Mary Travers
“The fact that there are singer-songwriters dealing with substantive issues is encouraging. It's important for young people to perceive that there are acceptable avenues of dissent, because we live in a world where dissent is hard-pressed; treated as if it were unpatriotic. I've always liked the concept of the loyal opposition. It allows for dissent to be a respectable part of the whole.” PeopleIfsWorldImportantHardWholeFactsYoungIssuesConceptsSingersTreatedPerceiveOppositionAcceptableLoyalSongwritersAvenuesDissentRespectableSinger SongwritersUnpatriotic Author:Mary Travers
“It wasn't the intention to do something important, or to even relate about social issues. The ground is so fertile in the justice world, dealing with the death penalty and the Innocence Project, for characters that have a moral ambiguity, which we were both attracted to. It's the idea that everybody has their reasons. Whatever their actions are, whether you agree with them or not, you can understand why they're feeling that way, in terms of racism or even the death penalty.” WorldWayImportantIdeasReasonCharacterFeelingsActionSocialTermJusticeMoralIssuesProjectsRacismAgreeIntentionRelateInnocencePenaltiesSocial IssuesDeath PenaltyAmbiguityFertileMoral Ambiguity Author:Richard LaGravenese
“I think that language matters. I think that people who are in public life have an opportunity to help the public understand issues and understand the urgency of issues. And to that extent, I think it is important how issues are talked about.” PeopleThinkingImportantMatterHelpingOpportunityLanguageIssuesUrgencyPublic Life Author:Maya Harris
“Creating one single story often requires experimenting and planning and falling on your literary rear more than once before you find the way that works for your particular tale. The most important issue is to keep on trying until you get it right.” WayTryingImportantStoriesFallIssuesParticularCreatingPlanningTalesImportant Issues Author:Nancy Lam
“I think it's important to relate to one another about issues that you're having, because the second you open up and someone else says, 'Oh, me too. I feel the same way,' then all of a sudden, you feel more at peace with yourself and you can feel more confident with who you are.” ThinkingWayFeelsImportantIssuesWho You AreRelate Author:Lily Collins
“The environment is the most important, the most fundamental, civil-rights issue.... Four out of every five toxic-waste dumps in America is in a black neighborhood.” ImportantAmericaBlackIssuesEnvironmentFiveFourRightsWasteFundamentalsCivil RightsNeighborhoodToxicDumpToxic Waste Author:Robert F. Kennedy, Jr.
“I suspect that over time we will rely increasingly, or take notice at least increasingly, on international and foreign courts in examining domestic issues. [Doing so] may not only enrich our own country's decisions, I think it may create that all important good impression.” ThinkingMayImportantCountryDecisionIssuesCourtInternationalImpressionRelySuspectsExamining Author:Sandra Day O'Connor
“It's important for people not to feel like doing things that are immature, stuff you have to try out when you're a teenager, is bad, per se. Demonizing it is one of the reasons it becomes such an issue.” PeopleFeelsTryingImportantReasonStuffIssuesTeenagerImmature Author:Grimes
“There are so many issues that this country [the U.S.] has, and that the world faces, that it's important that we sit down and recognize our commonality. When we do that, we can actually work together to overcome some of the problems that we have. That, to me, is just a good starting place.” WorldImportantCountryProblemTogetherFacesIssuesOvercomingDown AndStartingWorking TogetherCommonality Author:Paul Blackthorne
“Kids instinctively know - although they will argue to the contrary - that they really are not mature enough to make good decisions on some important issues.” KnowsImportantEnoughKidsDecisionIssuesArguingContraryMatureImportant IssuesGood Decision Author:Zig Ziglar
“After having my baby I felt like I'd been introduced to my life, I slowed down, I paid more attention to simple things, I addressed a few issues in my own life, I even got married, I looked at what was important and what wasn't, and so I used that experience for inspiration.” ImportantInspirationUsedFeltMy OwnSimpleAttentionIssuesBabyMarriedPaidMy Own LifeSimple ThingsMy Baby Author:Cecelia Ahern
“Education can also be used as a soft power and as a soft force to transform societies. When I say transform societies it means we can tackle issues in political, social, cultural, economic areas. These are the most important things.” MeanImportantPoliticalUsedForceSocialIssuesEconomicAreasImportant Things Author:Mozah bint Nasser Al Missned
“I admire Ralph Nader and Denis Kucinich very much, and insofar as they bring up issues and carry out an educational and organisational function - that's important, and fine, and I support it.” ImportantSupportIssuesFineFunctionEducationalAdmire Author:Noam Chomsky
“Regardless of what is being discussed . . . the issue is never more important than the quality of the interaction.” ImportantQualityIssuesInteraction Author:Bill Crawford
“I want to appeal to people's sense of humanity and interconnectedness. I feel like I have the platform I'm standing on for a reason. It's not just to make people happy and get people to dance and sing, to feel an escape. It's also to get people to listen and to bring important issues to the forefront.” PeopleWantFeelsImportantReasonHumanityIssuesStandingAppealsPlatformsInterconnectednessImportant IssuesMaking People Happy Author:Madonna Ciccone
“Statehood for the District of Columbia is the most important civil rights and social justice issue in America today.” ImportantTodayAmericaSocialJusticeIssuesRightsSocial JusticeCivil RightsColumbiaAmerica Today Author:Jesse Jackson
“I work in lockstep, hand in glove, with the prime minister on these issues, and as we are supportive to the Eurozone so they can sort their problems out, in return they introduce safeguards to ensure precisely what I said: that the single market is not fragmented and that important industries like the financial services industry are treated fairly. Not exceptional treatment, but are just simply treated fairly, on a level playing field within Europe.” SaidImportantProblemHandsLevelsIssuesFieldsIndustryReturnEuropeFinancialTreatedMinistersTreatmentPrimeIntroducingPrime MinisterSupportiveExceptionalGlovesPlaying FieldsFragmentedLevel Playing FieldEurozoneFinancial ServicesService Industry Author:Nick Clegg
“I have done, I hope to say I've done things to help make a difference while I'm on this earth. Are animal issues most important to me? Absolutely. I have an affinity with them, but I also care about children and the elderly and always say that the rest of everybody else can fend for themselves because we're in a age where we can. And we're all able to do so.” ChildrenImportantDoneHelpingCareAgeAbleEarthDifferencesAnimalIssuesMaking A DifferenceElderlyAffinity Author:Linda Blair
“For me, it's not important whether [subjects] are naked, half-naked, or dressed. What I'm more interested in is how they present themselves: if someone is half-naked and having self-confidence or you have the feeling that she has or he has control of the situation. She likes to do it. Then I have nothing against it. But it's true that society doesn't talk about such issues. They just talk about whether there is a breast or not, but for me it's more interesting how the power game of camera and object is shown. And if it's a cool picture.” IfsImportantSelfFeelingsGamesInterestingHalfSituationIssuesSubjectsObjectsCamerasSelf ConfidenceLikesNakedBreasts Author:Pipilotti Rist
“Well, talking about Ethiopia is like talking about the whole continent. A month ago we played against AIDS and famine. We also played in Dakar. It is not only the music which is playing an important role on this issue of problems affecting Africa, but the activities of doctors, sportsmen and journalists are also helping in various ways.” WayWellsImportantWholeHelpingProblemTalkingRolesIssuesMonthsActivityDoctorsVariousAidsJournalistContinentsFamineSportsmanEthiopia Author:Manu Dibango
“Regulate the banks, get money out of elections; raise the minimum wage, environmental issues. They're all very important and the Occupy movement made a difference. It shifted not only the discourse but to some extent, action on these issues.” MadeImportantActionDifferencesIssuesMovementRaisesElectionEnvironmentalMinimumDiscourseMinimum WageGet MoneyEnvironmental IssuesOccupy Movement Author:Noam Chomsky
“To pay attention to the actual core of the movement - that would be pretty hard. Can you concentrate for example on either the policy issues or the creation of functioning democratic communities of mutual support and say, well, that's what's lacking in our country that's why we don't have a functioning democracy - a community of real participation. That's really important. And that always gets smashed.” WellsImportantRealCountryHardWould BeCommunityPayAttentionSupportDemocracyIssuesPolicyExampleMovementCreationDemocraticCoreOur CountryPay AttentionMutualLackingParticipationMutual Support Author:Noam Chomsky
“Barack Obama hasn't kept us safe. The problem is we had an attack in San Bernardino. And we were paying attention to the most important issue we have faced in a decade since 9/11, and then all the talk was about this proposal, which isn't going to happen.” ImportantProblemHappensAttentionIssuesSafeDecadesBarackPay AttentionProposalImportant Issues Author:Marco Rubio