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Coming from a family who put a lot of emphasis on academics, I always thought I was going to be a lawyer.
The emphasis on practice is because it is the only time in your life you can steer your karmic situation.
The Bible's emphasis is on the good treatment of animals, and not just the forbidding of cruel treatment.
I hate that there's such an emphasis on women in comedy. Are women OK? Are they just as funny as men? Yes!
I really want to put the emphasis on creating music. I want to cut a record. I want to start going on tour.
I think that Nintendo puts a lot more emphasis and uses the controller more than any of the other companies.
There's such an emphasis on people being the perfect thing and then destroying them because it's good press.
I try to write conversationally; I try to write like people speak and put the emphasis on the right syllable.
American poetry, like American painting, is always personal with an emphasis on the individuality of the poet.
I think there's too much emphasis on making sure our corporations are OK versus making sure our people are OK.
Orchestras have become used to the emphasis on the separation of layers, of the ultimate precision and clarity.
We have to change the educational curricula and put a lot more emphasis on how important seeing and looking is.
Sometimes people can put way too much emphasis on looking 'hot' which can be stressful and put you in your head.
It's hard to be serious about so many things. [Look at the whole emphasis] on the charts, if you're a songwriter.
I've trained myself not to put too much emphasis on awards, only because I never got into acting to win an award.
Bonhoeffer's emphasis on the deep this-worldliness of Christianity does not lead to de-escahtologizing the gospel.
The Tea Party movement's economic agenda is a matter of emphasis, not exclusion. This is not a single-issue group.
I grew up in a family where we weren't allowed to talk about beauty or to put any emphasis on physical appearance.
I love being in the States because there's an emphasis on work. People are enthusiastic. They put heart into things.
One thing that is clear to me: as a society, we put way too much emphasis on a slip of paper - that college diploma.
Too much emphasis is put on American roots music when people try and place me. You know, I grew up listening to punk.
People say of me, 'She's peculiar.' They do not understand me. If they did they would say so oftener and with emphasis.
We sometimes let ourselves be rated too much by others - we put so much emphasis on a paycheck or what a magazine says.
I've always been aware of the emphasis on beauty in Hollywood, and I think that as one does get older, it can be scary.
The emphasis on the birth of Christ tends to polarize our pluralistic society and create legal and ethnic belligerence.
All emphasis in American prisons is on punishment, retribution, and disparagement, and almost none is on rehabilitation.
Success is a beast. And it actually puts the emphasis on the wrong thing. You get away with more instead of looking within.
Certainly we can end racism with love. We can demand that the federal government change its emphasis on racial distinction.
My church has an historical emphasis on peace, but we can't enjoy peace without honoring the blood our soldiers shed for it.
Direct your energy toward achieving a goal, and tackle the problems with an emphasis on edging closer to a successful result.
My real emphasis is on the farmers who are taking care of the land, the farmers who are really thinking about our nourishment.
I sometimes wish that people would put a little more emphasis upon the observance of the law than they do upon its enforcement.
When you don't know what the band looks like, it puts the emphasis on thinking and taking the music and message more seriously.
My family put a lot of emphasis on homework, so there weren't too many comic books or video games for me, when I was growing up.
My hope is that gays will be running the world, because then there would be no war. Just a greater emphasis on military apparel.
With its emphasis on star power, the Obama campaign from Day One emphasized the candidate's perfectly cut presidential presence.
...Attempts at imitation would put the emphasis where it didn't belong. The goal was to improve the lives of others, not oneself.
I face the camera every day as a student as there is a lot to learn. You become an actor when you put emphasis on smaller details.
Both Indy Car and Formula 1 work in the same way, although there is a greater emphasis on development and technology in Formula 1.
My quest, through the magic of light and shadow, is to isolate, to simplify, and to give emphasis to form with the greatest clarity.
My mother never put an emphasis on looks. She let us grow up on our own time line. She never forced any beauty regimen into my world.
I was a good student. My mom is a teacher, and her side of the family is all teachers. She put a big emphasis on getting good grades.
DAKS is a much more restrained silhouette, and there's a real emphasis on daywear, outerwear, and tailoring. It's more stripped-down.
I'd like to have a different look for every film. As an actor, I think I should put more emphasis on my performance than on my looks.
The one function that TV news performs very well is that when there is no news we give it to you with the same emphasis as if it were.
Classical and romantic: private language of a family quarrel, a dead dispute over the distribution of emphasis between man and nature.
You can be aware and educated and informed, but you've got to place emphasis on being compassionate, having empathy and understanding.
In writing a weird story, I always try very carefully to achieve the right mood and atmosphere and place the emphasis where it belongs.
I love the idea of couture and its emphasis on creation. There's where I made my name - in design - and there's where I'd like to stay.
I used to be a pop singer; well, not used to be. I am an R&B singer. My emphasis was on Stevie Wonder and Chaka Khan and Aretha Franklin.