- 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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- Parents
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- Nov 07, 2020
My parents had never been to Germany. But I knew what I didn't want to write about, and I didn't want to write about Edinburgh. A lot of writers find Edinburgh fascinating, but I never did. As a matter of fact, I couldn't wait to get away from it.
- Faith
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- Nov 07, 2020
When we went to mass that first Sunday after moving to a new place, that was where we felt at home and were able to say, 'well, home is anywhere, it doesn't matter where we live because we have the faith.'
- People
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- Nov 07, 2020
I kinda liked ol' Shakespeare and them guys, you know. I went back and got my master's just in case. I thought, if I ever needed it, I'd have the sheepskin to show people no matter how dumb I looked, actually I was about half intelligent. I got the degree to let 'em know I wasn't as dumb as I acted.
- Me
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- Nov 07, 2020
I kind of like to think I can do everything decently well. It's just putting me in position to be a playmaker, blocking, special teams, no matter what it may be. Whenever I go out there, I'm going to do my best.
- Fight
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- Nov 07, 2020
Even in the heat, I'm able to be there and run and fight, no matter what is happening.
- Just
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- Nov 07, 2020
In the very few interviews I've made, it doesn't matter how long we've talked to each other, the headline is still just about my paycheck.
- Eloquently
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- Nov 07, 2020
I would say to people of a libertarian conservative position on an issue, do not do a taped interview. You're going to come out looking really bad. No matter what you say, no matter how eloquently you answer a question, your answer is not going to be what you said.
- Sometimes
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- Nov 07, 2020
It depends on whom I'm with. Sometimes I start out in my own voice, and no matter who I'm with, I take on their thing.
- Me
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- Nov 07, 2020
I've had three marriages end in disaster. Lynne knew the score when she married me. It was always just a matter of time before she became the fourth ex-Mrs. Peter Sellers.
- Me
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- Nov 07, 2020
It doesn't matter to me who's the most powerful or profitable country in the world. All countries want to be prosperous. What's happening is a zero-sum game between China and the U.S., where their gain is our loss.
- Think
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- Nov 07, 2020