"Being a musician enables a person to bend the notes and express things that are inside you, no matter what."
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"I get into each thing I do, to the point where nothing else matters. I guess I'm an extremist."
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"It won't matter if nobody ever thinks I'm pretty (although sometimes I wish, just for a second, that somebody would)"
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"But hope got in, no matter how hard and fast I tried to stomp it out. Like these tiny fire ants we used to get in Portland. No matter how fast you liked them, there were always more, a steady stream of them, resistant, ever-multiplying. Maybe, the hope said. Maybe."
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"Pray that I would keep my focus on the Lord, no matter what."
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"There is nothing more certain in nature than that it is impossible for any body to be utterly annihilated."
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"One always starts work with the subject, no matter how tenuous it is, and one constructs an artificial structure by which one can trap the reality of the subject-matter that one has started from."
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"Happiness is not an individual matter. When you are able to bring relief, or bring back the smile to one person, not only that person profits, but you also profit."
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"Happiness is not an individual matter."
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"It is not a matter of faith, it is a matter of practice"
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"The rottenness of the matter which is the foundation of everything!"
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"In all matters, before beginning, a diligent preparation should be made."
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"The absolute good is not a matter of opinion but of nature."
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"Religion and science have always been matters of faith in something. It is the same something."
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"I need music. It's like my heartbeat, so to speak. It keeps me going no matter what's going on - bad games, press, whatever!"
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"No matter what the situation may be, I still take pleasure in witnessing the joy of others."
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"Even when I ran my bar I followed the same policy. A lot of customers came to the bar. If one in ten enjoyed the place and said he'd come again, that was enough. If one out of ten was a repeat customer, then the business would survive. To put it another way, it didn't matter if nine out of ten didn't like my bar. This realization lifted a weight off my shoulders. Still, I had to make sure that the one person who did like the place."
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"I can't imagine how American readers will react to a novel, but if the story is appealing it doesn't matter much if you don't catch all the detail. I'm not too familiar with the geography of nineteenth century London, for instance, but I still enjoy reading Dickens."
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"I like to talk about things when it pertains to a band. I like to talk about things that matter and music."
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"No matter how brilliant an action, it should not be considered great unless it was the result of a great motive."
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