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• There are two things that matter in a criminal investigation of a subject.What did the person do, and when they did that thing, what were they thinking? When you look at the hundred-years-plus of the Justice Department investigation and prosecution of mishandling of classified information, those two questions are obviously present.

  James Comey

  Thinking, Years, Two

  Source: uk.businessinsider.com

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• Of all the things that matter, that really and truly matter, working more efficiently and getting more done, is not one of them.

  Mike Dooley

  Stress, Done, Matter

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• Astrophysicists perfected navigation. We perfected all these things that matter to the power of nations manifest on the world stage. So we want to go into space. That's the new high ground, right? We care about multispectral imaging of things. Well, that's what reconnaissance wants to do. So our expertise has been in bed with national security needs forever. So maybe, secretly, that's why they keep us employed.

  Neil deGrasse Tyson

  Space, Forever, Bed

  Source: www.interviewmagazine.com

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• What matters now, the only thing that matters right now is that whatever you think of the conservative movement and whoever you think is or isn't one, no matter who you think they are, they cannot unify around the concept of beating a Democrat. That's what you have to learn. If that's the movement you want to be part of, then you have at it.

  Rush Limbaugh

  Thinking, What Matters, Movement

  Source: www.rushlimbaugh.com

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• Sometimes we worry about the things that you know that matter the least and don't focus on the things that matter the most.

  Kevin Costner

  Worry, Focus, Matter

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• If you talk to anybody who's been successful in business, they will tell you the thing that matters the most are people. And clearly, in this case, the quality of the people was not paid attention to. By the board and I don't know what they were doing. And I think there is a certain accountability by the board here.

  John Kasich

  Successful, Thinking, People

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• Home's where the people you love are. It's about finding the things that matter to you, and holding on to them and taking care of them.

  Charles Sheehan-Miles

  Home, People, Care

  Charles Sheehan-Miles (2015). “Thompson Sisters Anthology: The Complete Series (6 Novels plus 2 Bonus Novellas)”, p.396, Cincinnatus Press

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• When we really want to hear, and be heard by, someone we love, we do not go rushing into noisy crowds. Silence is a form of intimacy. That's how we experience it with our friends and lovers. As relationships grow deeper and more intimate, we spend more and more quiet time alone with our lover. We talk in low tones about the things that matter... That is why Christ comes to us when our hearts and minds are still and silent.

  J. Brent Bill

  Heart, Rushing, Silence

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• The only thing that matters is what you do now, here.

  Arthur M. Jolly

  Kung Fu Panda, Matter, Kung Fu Movie

  Arthur M. Jolly (2010). “A Gulag Mouse”, p.13, Next Stage Press

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• A great writer picks up on those things that matter. It’s almost like their radar is attuned to the most significant moments.

  Alain de Botton

  Matter, Moments, Significant

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• I think the only thing that matters is you win as a team and you lose as a team. And so the team needs to understand that no one player is bigger than any other player. Everybody has a role... Every single role is important.

  Bill O'Brien

  Team, Winning, Player

  "Bill O'Brien Q&A: How first-year coach jolted Texans". Interview with Jim Corbett, www.usatoday.com. October 31, 2014.

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• The significance of something lies in its presence here and now. I don't care what it has been or what it will become. It is the experience of things that matters, the confrontation with things.

  Asger Jorn

  Lying, Experience, Care

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• Over the years I've tried to be clear about the things that are important in life, the things that matter, and I've tried to pursue them, and, I've had a certain sense of 'stickability,' hanging in there, and I suppose that's me.

  Peter Hollingworth

  Years, Important, Matter

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• The thing that matters is meaning! It drives everything. Builders align their attention to the things that matter to them, and they know a lot about that stuff.

  Jerry I. Porras

  Success, Attention, Matter

  Jerry I. Porras, Stewart Emery, Mark Thompson (2006). “Success Built to Last: Creating a Life That Matters”, p.201, Pearson Education

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• Write plays that matter. Raise the stakes. Shout, yell, holler, but make yourself heard. It's time for playwrights to reclaim the theatre. We do that by speaking from the heart about the things that matter most to us. If a play isn't worth dying for, maybe it isn't worth writing.

  Terrence McNally

  Writing, Heart, Play

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• It's been a very remarkable year, and I feel very blessed. I lived an isolated lifestyle before the media. I lived a life of solitude and loyalty and commitment to my work. I just don't prioritize my life in the same way that other people do. The only thing that matters is my music and my performance.

  Lady Gaga

  Loyalty, Blessed, Commitment

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• Let me first tell you one thing: It doesn't matter what the world says about Israel; it doesn't matter what they say about us anywhere else. The only thing that matters is that we can exist here on the land of our forefathers. And unless we show the Arabs that there is a high price to pay for murdering Jews, we won't survive.

  David Ben-Gurion

  Israel, Land, World

  Quoted by Ariel Sharon in "The 50 Years War: Israel and the Arabs" documentary, 1999.

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• The one thing that matters is the effort. It continues, whereas the end to be attained is but an illusion of the climber, as he fares on and on from crest to crest; and once the goal is reached it has no meaning.

  Antoine de Saint-Exupery

  Goal, Effort, Matter

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• The end comes, no matter what. The only thing that matters is, how do you want to go out, on your feet or on your knees?

  Richard Jenkins

  Death, Feet, Dying

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• The only thing that matters in life is your own opinion about yourself, nobody can destroy your dignity then, because it is not dependent on anybody's opinion.

  Rajneesh

  Life, Matter, Opinion

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• The only thing that matters in life, is your own opinion about yourself.

  Rajneesh

  Life, Matter, Opinion

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• The human spirit is more powerful than any drug - and that is what needs to be nourished: with work, play, friendship, family. These are the things that matter.

  Robin Williams

  Life, Powerful, Philosophy

  "Fictional character: Dr Malcolm Sayer". "Awakenings", www.imdb.com. 1990.

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• Literature doesn't matter! The only thing that matters is money and getting your teeth fixed!

  Delmore Schwartz

  Matter, Teeth, Literature

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• Pretty isn't the only thing that matters - being smart and kind matters more, of course - but all daughters should hear from their moms that they look pretty once in a while.

  Meg Cabot

  Mom, Daughter, Mother

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• I started as a fourth-line fighter, went to being a third-line centre, then a second-line winger and a first-line centre. I've played every role there is, and the only thing that matters is helping the team win.

  Mark Messier

  Team, Hockey, Winning

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