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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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- People
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- Nov 07, 2020
I'd never painted anything before. I was quite content to take other people's work since I didn't care anyway about the subject matter. I approached subject matter as a scoundrel. I had nothing to say about it whatsoever. I only wanted to make these exciting paintings.
- Good
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- Nov 07, 2020
Obviously, if a director doesn't communicative a clear, relevant vision of the material, it will not succeed no matter how good the material.
- Me
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- Nov 07, 2020
Whiskey's to tough, Champagne costs too much, Vodka puts my mouth in gear. I hope this refrain, Will help me explain, As a matter of fact, I like beer.
- Me
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- Nov 07, 2020
When I was a little kid, no matter what my parents told me, I would always argue - even if I agreed with them. And I've always been a show-off. As I've gotten older, I've found ways to be more subtle about it, but that's the way I am. I suppose that has something to do with why I write and direct.
- Nov 07, 2020
The odds are always against you no matter what your previous history is. You have to overcome the tendency to relax.
- Opportunity
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- Nov 07, 2020
I like to call the Department of Labor the Department of Opportunity, and that means opportunity for everyone - no matter whom you love.
- Home
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- Nov 07, 2020
I'm proud to be Secretary of Labor. But I'm even prouder of two more important titles: dad and husband. I've been able to be all three. I want all working people, no matter what their jobs are, to be able to meet their obligations both at work and at home.
- People
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- Nov 07, 2020
A lot of people like to say that they have trouble getting gifts. I have trouble giving them. It's not out of a lack of generosity, mind you. My fallback is to go big, no matter what the occasion.
- Bouncing
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- Nov 07, 2020
It's about the characters, it's about the film, it's about the process of making stunning visuals and a huge, epic movie. It doesn't matter if my head was covered in a black plastic bag and I was bouncing around in a space hopper: That's the villain of Chris Nolan's 'Batman!'
- Go
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- Nov 07, 2020
Maybe it's a little ambitious of me to presume that no matter how big the film is, that I can always go down to the shop to buy a pint of milk.
- Choice
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- Nov 07, 2020
To repeat, communitarians maintain that we are constituted as persons by our particular obligations, and therefore those obligations cannot be a matter of choice.
- Me
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- Nov 07, 2020
They say poets write mostly for themselves; if anyone else likes it, well and good, if not, it doesn't matter; certainly, not to me.
- Me
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- Nov 07, 2020