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"The most important work I got a chance to be involved in, no matter what I do, is the personal computer... I even knew not to get married until later because I was so obsessed with it. That's my life's work."
"Now, for some of you it doesn't matter. You were born rich and you're going to stay rich. But here's my advice to the rest of you: Take dead aim on the rich boys. Get them in the crosshairs and take them down. Just remember, they can buy anything but they can't buy backbone. Don't let them forget it. Thank you."
"The main thing is not a matter of wanting to win; the main thing is being scared to lose."
"When we wish to correct with advantage, and to show another that he errs, we must notice from what side he views the matter, for on that side it is usually true."
"There doesn't seem to be any tomorrow. Every time I wake up, no matter in what position, it's always been today."
"Well the deputy walks on hard nails and the preacher rides a mount, But nothing really matters much it's doom alone that counts."
"I was unhappy and I couldn't figure out what was the matter. And he told me to go take a writing course. And I didn't even know that one could learn to write in writing courses."
"Whatever be the complex situations, the Indian team under Ganguly has moved to great heights. The fact of the matter is that Ganguly is determined to stay focused."
"It doesn't matter what happened last night or the night - or tomorrow night. It's all about what you're doing with this audience right now."
"Who we are matters immeasurably more than what we know or who we want to be."
"I'm always driven by something. It doesn't matter what it is, it could be the smallest task or something huge."
"It doesn't matter what the technology is - no one will watch a Peter Greenaway film anyway."
"For the absurd man, it is not a matter of explaining and solving, but of experiencing and describing. Everything begins with lucid indifference."
"Do not grow old, no matter how long you live."
"Relativity is a purely scientific matter and has nothing to do with religion."
"I do not like to state an opinion on a matter unless I know the precise facts."
"Never let yourself be seduced by any problem, no matter how difficult."
"All my life I have dealt with objective matters; hence I lack both the natural aptitude and the experience to deal properly with people and to carry out official functions."
"Since we're all going to die, it's obvious that when and how don't matter."
"Edmond Dantes: I don't believe in God. Abbe Faria: That doesn't matter, He believes in you."
