#priority

The Iraq war took priority over domestic disaster prevention. ↗

— Charles Rangel

#domestic #iraq #iraq war #over #prevention

I have always been a firm believer in participation so there were no cuts. We practiced three times a week but if a student had an academic conflict, academics took priority. ↗

— Tony Brown

#academics #always #been #believer #conflict

Pitching is a priority. ↗

— Tom Hicks

#priority

I didn't make it a priority, and as a result my knee didn't heal to the extent it should have. ↗

— Shawn Johnson

#heal #i #knee #make #priority

If President Bush is serious about genocide, an immediate priority is to stop the cancer of Darfur from spreading further, which means working with France to shore up Chad and the Central African Republic. ↗

— Nicholas D. Kristof

#african #bush #cancer #central #chad

President Obama's reckless defense cuts that are hanging over our cloud, hanging over the horizon could put almost 44,000 jobs at stake right here in Pennsylvania. we are not going to let that happen. You know why? Because No. 1, national defense is the first priority of the federal government. ↗

— Paul Ryan

#because #cloud #could #cuts #defense

When men or women make their work their top priority and become hostile to the normal, natural needs of their children and spouse - obviously, something is wrong. ↗

— Laura Schlessinger

#children #hostile #make #men #natural

My band is so dedicated, everybody works very hard. The No. 1 priority is the show, and it's pretty cool because we all pull together, and it's fun. It's like being on a sports team or something. ↗

— Bob Seger

#because #being #cool #dedicated #everybody

After being on the court for six hours, being on TV is very glamorous and fun for me. But tennis is always going to be my priority. It's not going to be this thing when all of a sudden TV will get in the way of that. ↗

— Maria Sharapova

#always #being #court #fun #get

The very damaging, frightening part of postpartum is the lack of perspective and the lack of priority and understanding what is really important. ↗

— Brooke Shields

#frightening #important #lack #part #perspective