- Myself
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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.
- Last Updated on May 30, 2021
- Change
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- Nov 07, 2020
We unfortunately already live on a planet where the climate has changed and will continue to change no matter what we do now. We're playing a game of making the problem less bad rather than preventing it.
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- Nov 07, 2020
We don't need more recycling, we need a completely different system of closed-loop manufacturing, and no matter how many cans I crush, my personal actions at the consumer level are of very little importance in getting us there.
- Everyone
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- Nov 07, 2020
Our obsessive focus on college schooling has blinded us to basic truths. College is a place, not a magic formula. It matters what subjects students study, and subsidies should focus on the subjects that matter the most - not to the students, but to everyone else.
- New
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- Nov 07, 2020
When the FDA forces an old drug off the market, patients have very little say in the matter. Patients have even less of a say when the FDA chooses not to approve a new drug. Instead, we are supposed to rely on the FDA's judgment and be grateful. But can the FDA really make a choice that is appropriate for everyone? Of course not.
- Music
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- Nov 07, 2020
We're always writing music no matter what. And we're not always acting - we have months off. But we never take a break from songwriting.
- Enough
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- Nov 07, 2020
Everyone has a freak flag inside them. Whether they're brave enough to show it is another matter.
- Game
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- Nov 07, 2020
When I used to come to Anfield as an away player, I always knew it was going to be a hard game, no matter what kind of form your team was in.
- Football
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- Nov 07, 2020
When I was in the GB Women's football team at the 2012 Olympics, it was obvious who was in the first XI and who was making up the numbers. Kelly Smith was going to be first-choice striker no matter what, and the other forwards in the squad mentally checked out as a result.
- Nov 07, 2020
Winning is all that does matter.
- Food
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- Nov 07, 2020
'Iron Chef America' is so real. Imagine putting on television the whole process of making that food, the technique. It's all about technique. It doesn't even matter if you show the faces sometimes.
- Nov 07, 2020
Animation's a small industry, and no matter where you go you're going to meet your friends from CalArts.
- Life
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- Nov 07, 2020
No matter the risks we take, we always consider the end to be too soon, even though in life, more than anything else, quality should be more important than quantity.
- Nov 07, 2020
It doesn't matter how adventurous you want to be, you've still got to contain your identity.
- Nov 07, 2020