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- Nov 07, 2020
Matter Quotes
On what actually counts.
This page starts with a striking reframe of confinement as something that can happen mentally even to people who are physically free, and pairs it with career advice about simply landing that first entry-level role. For related thinking, see Life.
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- Mind
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- Nov 07, 2020
Age is strictly a case of mind over matter. If you don't mind, it doesn't matter.
- Compound
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- Nov 07, 2020
I've had mental errors before while not shooting the ball well and while shooting the ball well, and vice versa. So I can't compound one on top of the other. It's just a matter of getting out of the groove of shooting bad and just staying more locked in.
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- Nov 07, 2020
It may not matter to anybody now, but when you go out there and perform on the field, that's what matters.
- New
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- Nov 07, 2020
In becoming a citizen, one undertakes certain duties and responsibilities. One of the more intangible of those duties and responsibilities is no matter what one's birth and background, to accept the historical past of the new country as one's own.
- Contribution
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- Nov 07, 2020
There were theoretical elements in the subjection of women and it is not possible to avoid the conclusion that a large contribution was made to them by the Church. In part this was a matter of its hostile stance towards sexuality.
- Getting
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- Nov 07, 2020
I don't start writing a script until I can see it all in my head, then it's a matter of getting it down in white heat.
- Hit
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- Nov 07, 2020
Mike Campbell and Don Henley and I wrote 'The Heart of the Matter,' which was a huge hit for Don.
- Life
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- Nov 07, 2020
It's hard to strike that balance: to tell a kid that life isn't fair, but also recognize and enforce in them the reality that their choices matter.
- Me
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- Nov 07, 2020
I don't think any particular painters have inspired me, except in a general sense. It was more a matter of corroboration. The visual arts, from Manet onwards, seemed far more open to change and experiment than the novel, though that's only partly the fault of the writers. There's something about the novel that resists innovation.
- Hell
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- Nov 07, 2020
Most English writers are not interested in change but in the social novel. That demands a static backdrop. I'm intensely interested in change - probably as a matter of self-preservation. What the hell is going to happen next?
- Mood
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- Nov 07, 2020
If you are a genius, you'll make your own rules, but if not - and the odds are against it - go to your desk no matter what your mood, face the icy challenge of the paper - write.
- Problems
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- Nov 07, 2020
No matter how much wealth anybody has, family problems are about the same across the board.
- Law
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- Nov 07, 2020
In 2008, as a matter of fact, I had people accusing me of being a Senator Obama supporter because I wouldn't slam him. I said, 'Well, consider the fact that I voted for impeachment for President Clinton, but it wasn't a personal vote. I voted based on the facts and the law and the Constitution and what we were dealing with.'
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- Nov 07, 2020
I don't worry about great visuals that they showed that weren't actually running on real hardware. It doesn't matter. Gamers don't make their purchase decisions based on movies that were shown in May for products that come out in March.
- Love
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- Nov 07, 2020