When you become part of something, in some way you count. It could be a march; it could be a rally, even a brief one. You're part of something, and you suddenly realize you count. To count is very important.

Music is an important thing of energy. And there are a lot of wonderful aspects that come with it and vibrations, the physical vibrations, the movement of notes through an instrument and creating a wave that resonates into our spirit.

I've realized that it's important to stop trying to think I'm any one thing. People are confused as to their identity and try to cling to one aspect of that identity to describe what they are: American, Republican, Muslim. These are really incomplete.

I think we have two very important missions in life. One is to find out who we really are and the other one is to taste as much of life and experience as much of life as we can.

You take records with a pinch of salt. Take Usain Bolt: someone will be quicker than him one day. These things aren't important.

For most of American history, of course, the important religious divides were between denominations - not just between Protestants and Catholics and Jews but between Lutherans and Episcopalians and Southern Baptists and the other endlessly fine-tuned sects.

I'm a smart girl. There are decisions that I make for reasons, and the most important thing is that my son is happy and he always will be. He's surrounded by love.

When you look back, I think things are as they are meant to be. Timing is very important.

I felt very honored, and I knew that people would be watching very closely, and I felt it was very, very important that I do a good job.

Fashion Week is so important for designers.

Designing a product and understanding how it filters through into the market and into the rest of the company is very important to me.

I just try to stay fit. That's important - just to try to stay physically fit so you can go out there and play. You do need to be in reasonable shape.

I'm a documentary image maker, still and moving, because keeping the real world on the agenda is really important at a time when we're increasingly disconnected from parts of the world on whom we depend.

Our body is our instrument so it's really important for us to treat it right.

What is important is to find the best solution for your players.

It's important for automated cars to be able to drive in a human-like fashion - and that does mean adapting to the driving patterns around you.

The most important innovators often don't need any technologies - just imagination and acute sensitivity to people's needs.

Every constitutional standard is engaged in difficult but important line-drawing.

Warner Bros. never really got behind the solo work. They always kind of drew a blank. I think they always were thinking, 'Well, this is nice, but let's get back to what's really important.'

We are all ambitious but important for me first is to have a stable spine to the team.