- Professional
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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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- Game
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- Nov 07, 2020
I think coaches really do matter because they see the game, and we just play the game from a different point of view, so they're able to give us a lot of tips and a lot of pointers, and I think coaches are really, really important.
- Me
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- Nov 07, 2020
My name is Leland Tyler Wayne. My mom wanted to give me a name where, no matter what I wanted to do, I'd be able to do it. An astronaut. President. Whatever.
- Me
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- Nov 07, 2020
It does not matter to me. I can play from the left, the right, or attack through the middle.
- Good Chance
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- Nov 07, 2020
Over the years, I've come to recognize that democratization in Ethiopia is not just a matter of choice. It's a matter of national survival. I am deeply convinced that we either democratize and have a good chance of surviving, or if we fail to do so, we disintegrate.
- Life
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- Nov 07, 2020
I am not a 'yes' person. No matter who you are married to, you still need to lead your life.
- End
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- Nov 07, 2020
Stanley Hauerwas is correct that Judaism insists on the bearing of children because it is essential to Jewish continuity. But to end the matter there is to miss an essential point: if we are to learn to love others, Judaism says, we must begin by loving those who are closest to us.
- Live
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- Nov 07, 2020
Boot Camp was great and very interesting. You got to use live rounds of ammunition and got to do a lot of crawling around with live rounds flying around you, so you really had to learn to keep your ass down - everything down for that matter.
- Love
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- Nov 07, 2020
There are people I know who love President Trump and think that he's the greatest thing that's ever happened to America. I understand those people. I'm not shocked by them. I defend their right to love him. But I do think character and rhetoric matter.
- Me
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- Nov 07, 2020
I was badly bullied when I was in the seventh grade - relentlessly, mercilessly - by a group of 12-year-old girls. And it left me with a determination that no matter what, I had to throw my shoulders back, stick out my chin, and project a sense that no one and nothing could hurt me. That turned out to be a life-changing mistake.
- How
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- Nov 07, 2020
Breakups are hard for anybody, and no matter how it happens or ends up, they're just hard.
- Nov 07, 2020
No matter what you say in carefully chosen sentences, girls will detect both the spoken and unspoken messages.
- End
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- Nov 07, 2020
As a mentor and an advocate, I've seen no end to the ways that childless people can contribute to the lives and well-being of kids - and adults, for that matter.
- Never
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- Nov 07, 2020