- Never
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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
People who are unable to motivate themselves must be content with mediocrity, no matter how impressive their other talents.
- Men
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- Nov 07, 2020
In my experience, men are not necessarily less sensitive or compassionate than women are, and women are not necessarily any less aggressive or competitive than men are - as a matter of fact, often they are more so!
- Life
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- Nov 07, 2020
The need to understand prescription information can literally be a matter of life and death.
- Fight
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- Nov 07, 2020
ISIL is saying to a disenfranchised population, 'Come join us. Fight the good fight.' I think we're actually playing into it when they hear Trump's rhetoric. And I think it's dangerous and hurtful as a matter of national policy.
- Gender
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- Nov 07, 2020
All human beings deserve equal treatment, no matter their gender identity or sexuality.
- Nov 07, 2020
Whoever heard of an electric violin, electric cello or, for that matter, an electric singer?
- Power
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- Nov 07, 2020
I think my size sometimes catches people off guard, but I don't think size matters when it comes to power. Mechanics and technique and bat speed matter more.
- Black
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- Nov 07, 2020
One of the big mysteries about the black hole at the center of the galaxy is, 'Why don't we see emission from matter falling onto the black hole, or, rather, the black hole eating up its surroundings?'
- New
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- Nov 07, 2020
The truth of the matter is I stayed in L.A. raising my children, and when they went to college, I packed my bags along with them and came to New York and looked for parts in the theatre, because that's always what I preferred doing.
- Me
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- Nov 07, 2020
It doesn't matter to me who I'm playing with. I think I'm going to make anybody better.
- Criticism
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- Nov 07, 2020
When I composed, I heard my music played by the orchestra within days of completion of the score. No master at a conservatory, no matter how revered, can teach as much by verbal criticism as can a cold and analytical hearing of one's own music being played.
- Me
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- Nov 07, 2020