“My goal was to have as many of the primary sources as I could made available for people to look at and understand. Climate change is probably the most important thing that's ever happened, and yet people's understanding of it and its history remains a little fuzzy.” PeopleLooksLittlesMadeImportantUnderstandingGoalHappenedSourceRemainsImportant ThingsClimateClimate ChangeAvailablePrimariesFuzzyPrimary Source Author:Bill McKibben
“I think the artwork is very important because it gives people a visualization of my music. I wanted to create a whole visual aspect, so that the people listening to me can get a better understanding of my universe and integrate it fully into their own worlds.” PeopleThinkingWorldGivingImportantWholeWantedUniverseUnderstandingListeningAspectVisualsIntegratingVisualizationArtwork Author:Shook
“My values are primarily motivated by love for other people. I value the non-human world in large part because it's so vital to human beings. Even my appreciation for wilderness grows out of an understanding of how important wilderness can be for people.” PeopleWorldHumansImportantValuesGrowsUnderstandingHuman BeingsAppreciationWildernessMotivated Author:Tim DeChristopher
“For me, being able to work with somebody who I don't have to translate my experience to all the time - that's important, because I'm not having to walk someone down the path of racial understanding to tell a story about a woman of color.” ImportantStoriesAbleUnderstandingWalksPathColorTranslate Author:Ellen Pompeo
“Art is about asking questions and engaging a dialog. By challenging or investigating conventions contemporary art helps promote an on-going sense of discovery, contemplation, and understanding. I think these are all important things.” ThinkingArtImportantHelpingUnderstandingChallengesArt IsDiscoveryAskingImportant ThingsContemporaryContemplationConventionsEngagingAsking QuestionsInvestigatingContemporary Art Author:Kim Anderson
“In my opinion, understanding who your target audience is, and what they want, and writing to them (and only them!) is the most important component of being successful as an author.” WantWritingImportantBookUnderstandingOpinionAudienceSuccessfulMarketingBeing SuccessfulTargetComponentsTarget Audience Author:John Locke
“Everybody enjoys arguing about the current state of music because it feels as if you are talking about something incredibly important, yet it requires little understanding of the subject matter at hand. It's like world politics meets the pink questions in Trivial Pursuit. Points are made but nothing gets accomplished.” IfsWorldFeelsLittlesMadeImportantMatterStatesHandsEnjoyUnderstandingTalkingSubjectsMusic IsCurrentsArguingPursuitAccomplishedSubject MatterWorld Politics Author:John Mayer
“Pain - physical, emotional and spiritual pain - is more than just a condition that needs to be silenced, numbed or "fixed." Pain in all its forms is also a message, a kind of distress signal to our hearts and minds. There are times when it's really important to tune into that message and just listen to it. When we don't listen, our understanding of the world gets more and more distorted, and we become capable of doing things we very often regret.” WorldNeedsMindHeartKindImportantPainSpiritualFormUnderstandingConditionsEmotionalRegretMessagesCapableFixedTunesDistressSignalsHeart And MindJust Listen Author:Karyn Kusama
“History, well taught, is the demythologising of the past... Take any important issue of our time - Northern Ireland, Nuclear Disarmament, Race, The Welfare State, South Africa - and it becomes impossible to seriously confront any of them without understanding their historical background.” WellsImportantStatesPastUnderstandingRaceIssuesImpossibleTaughtHistoricalSouthNuclearBackgroundsWelfareOur TimeIrelandSouth AfricaDisarmamentWelfare StateImportant IssuesNorthern IrelandNuclear Disarmament Author:Alan Bullock
“You have to look for a unique quality in that person and it's not just always physical. I don't think models are great models because of their face or their body. Obviously, I think their physical characteristics are important, but I think it's very much about your personality and inner beauty and really understanding how to be a great model instinctively. And that's where it all comes from.” ThinkingLooksPersonsImportantBodyFacesUnderstandingQualityPersonalityUniqueModelsCharacteristicsInner Beauty Author:Michael Flutie
“Communication. It's important to be completely open and fearless when it comes to communication. Good, bad, happy, sad. Talk it out, hug, see a shrink, text each other, hurl marshmallows. Whatever it takes to ensure a deep understanding of each other's feelings. Cancer is not a solo mission.” ImportantFeelingsUnderstandingCommunicationCancerMissionsFearlessHugSoloShrinksWhatever It TakesMarshmallowDeep Understanding Author:Ethan Zohn
“Our country regularly uses military force, but only a fraction of Americans serve in the military. This means fewer and fewer people have a direct link to the military, and yet it remains as important as ever that we have a rich understanding of what we are doing as a country.” PeopleMeanImportantCountryUseForceUnderstandingRichMilitaryDirectRemainsOur CountryLinksFewerFractionsMilitary Force Author:Phil Klay
“My book, Oral History: Understanding Qualitative Research is about how researchers use this method and how to write up their oral history projects so that audiences can read them. It's important that researchers have many different tools available to study people's lives and the cultures we live in. I think oral history is a most needed and uniquely important strategy.” PeopleThinkingWritingImportantBookDifferentUseCultureUnderstandingAudienceStudyNeededProjectsResearchToolsMethodStrategyAvailableResearchersQualitativeOral History Author:Patricia Leavy
“There are many important books on oral history. My book was the launch title in the Understanding Qualitative Research series with Oxford University Press. I think what makes my book and all of the series books unique is the emphasis on writing instruction for researchers who want to use the method being described.” ThinkingWantWritingImportantBookUseUnderstandingUniqueResearchMethodPressesSeriesUniversityTitlesInstructionEmphasisResearchersOxfordQualitativeOral HistoryOxford University Author:Patricia Leavy
“But perhaps the most important difference between conservatives and liberals can be found in the area of national security. Conservatives saw the savagery of 9/11 and the attacks and prepared for war; liberals saw the savagery of the 9/11 attacks and wanted to prepare indictments and offer therapy and understanding for our attackers. In the wake of 9/11, conservatives believed it was time to unleash the might and power of the United States military against the Taliban.” ImportantWarStatesMightWantedFoundUnderstandingDifferencesUnitedUnited StatesSawsSecurityMilitaryOffersAreasPreparedTherapyNational SecurityTalibanSavageryIndictmentUnited States Military Author:Karl Rove
“I have more understanding, more compassion. I am on a much more important quest for the truth than any of you. You just don't want me to be president.” WantImportantUnderstandingPresidentCompassionWant MeQuests Author:Hillary Clinton
“There is an important erotic element in A Thousand and One Nights, which is one of the keys to understanding the Orient.” ImportantNightUnderstandingKeysThousandElementsEroticOne Night Author:Tahar Ben Jelloun
“I think a current understanding about urban behavior tells us that it's important that people get out and be able to get away from the concrete jungles and the dense environment where they live for their own mental well-being. If they don't do this, the costs in human loss and human sickness will be far greater than what we would be expending for these kinds of releases and open spaces.” PeopleIfsThinkingHumansWellsKindImportantWould BeAbleUnderstandingLossSpaceEnvironmentGreaterCostBehaviorCurrentsReleaseWell BeingSicknessGet AwayConcreteUrbanJungleDenseOpen SpacesConcrete Jungle Author:Barry Goldwater
“I look back upon my youth and realize how so many people gave me help, understanding, courage - very important things to me - and they never knew it. They entered into my life and became powers within me.” PeopleLooksImportantHelpingUnderstandingRealizingYouthImportant Things Author:Albert Schweitzer