- 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.
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- Feel
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- Nov 07, 2020
My stories often begin with a situation or character rather than an insight about the human condition. It's always been difficult for me to write from an abstract idea, no matter how interesting or compelling I feel the idea might be.
- Emotional
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- Nov 07, 2020
Secular writers can tell a story about the physical, the emotional, and the intellectual parts of a character. But no matter how well they tell the story, they miss a facet that is innately part of all of us - the spiritual.
- Great
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- Nov 07, 2020
It's a great event to get outside and enjoy nature. I find it very exciting no matter how many times I see bald eagles.
- Perception
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- Nov 07, 2020
Nationalism and anti-nationalism is a matter of perception. You cannot mandate who is a nationalist and what is not.
- People
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- Nov 07, 2020
I've encountered a lot of people who sound like critics but very few who have substantive criticisms. There is a lot of skepticism, but it seems to be more a matter of inertia than it is of people having some real reason for thinking something else.
- Time
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- Nov 07, 2020
As a cricketer - or any sportsperson, for that matter - you like yourself to be tested and get better all the time.
- Hair
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- Nov 07, 2020
No matter how I cut my hair, when it grows out, it will always grow out into The Bowl. I just naturally have a bowl.
- Game
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- Nov 07, 2020
You can have an absolute laugh-out-loud-till-you're-crying game, but if it's not fun to play, if the mechanics aren't there, it doesn't matter.
- Good
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- Nov 07, 2020
If there was no Bible, it would be no matter whether you could read or not. Reading other books would do you no good.
- People
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- Nov 07, 2020
There are so many people who will try and make you feel like your opinion doesn't matter, and I've learned how important it is to use your voice.
- Care
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- Nov 07, 2020
I don't care that much about rankings, and that doesn't matter that much in the UFC, too.
- Good
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- Nov 07, 2020
Teachers are sort of faced with a thankless task, because no matter how good they are, unless they find a way to personally rationalize the rewards of their effort, nobody else is really going to do it for them en masse.
- Me
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- Nov 07, 2020