No Matter What Quotes - Page 21

• What is mind? No matter. What is matter? Never mind.

  George Berkeley

  Spiritual, Philosophical, Science

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• Anything that is theoretically possible will be achieved in practice, no matter what the technical difficulties are, if it is desired greatly enough.

  Arthur C. Clarke

  Science, Technology, Practice

  Arthur C. Clarke (2013). “Profiles Of The Future”, p.13, Hachette UK

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• In the real world, those of us who are most productive, successful, and satisfied focus not on fixing feelings or manipulating thoughts, but on what needs to be done-and then doing it-no matter what thoughts or feelings arise.

  Dan Millman

  Real, Successful, Focus

  Dan Millman (2010). “Living on Purpose: Straight Answers to Universal Questions”, p.124, New World Library

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• Do not consider Collectivists as "sincere but deluded idealists". The proposal to enslave some men for the sake of others is not an ideal; brutality is not "idealistic," no matter what its purpose. Do not ever say that the desire to "do good" by force is a good motive. Neither power-lust nor stupidity are good motives.

  Ayn Rand

  Men, Stupidity, Lust

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• Someone once inquired of a Far Eastern Zen master, who had a great serenity and peace about him no matter what pressures he faced, "How do you maintain that serenity and peace?" He replied, "I never leave my place of meditation." He meditated early in the morning and for the rest of the day, he carried the peace of those moments with him in his mind and heart.

  Stephen Covey

  Morning, Heart, Meditation

  Stephen R. Covey (2015). “The Stephen R. Covey Interactive Reader - 4 Books in 1: The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People, First Things First, and the Best of the Most Renowned Leadership Teacher of our Time”, p.419, Mango Media Inc.

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• He who cultivates that quiet, unobtrusive ecstasy of inner joyousness can scale any heights and be a leader in his field, no matter what that field is.

  Walter Russell

  Leader, Secret, Height

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• Men will gather knowledge no matter what the consequences. Science will go on whether we are pessimistic or optimistic, as I am. More interesting discoveries than we can imagine will be made, and I am awaiting them, full of curiosity and enthusiasm.

  Linus Pauling

  Optimistic, Knowledge, Science

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• Any work of science, no matter what its point of departure, cannot become fully convincing until it crosses the boundary between the theoretical and the experimental: Experimentation must give way to argument, and argument must have recourse to experimentation.

  Gaston Bachelard

  Science, Giving, Departure

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• One thing that helps is to give myself permission to write badly. I tell myself that I'm going to do my five or 10 pages no matter what, and that I can always tear them up the following morning if I want. I'll have lost nothing-writing and tearing up five pages would leave me no further behind than if I took the day off.

  Lawrence Block

  Morning, Writing, Giving

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• So, you're telling me that no matter what, you can't be happy? Well, darling, it's no wonder you're miserable. It's what you want...So then try (to be happy).

  Elizabeth Scott

  Trying, Want, Matter

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• I once did something right. I played first-rate basketball. I really did. And after you're first-rate at something, no matter what, it kind of takes the kick out of being second-rate.

  John Updike

  Basketball, Matter, Firsts

  FaceBook post by John Updike from Dec 02, 2016

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• It is really wonderful how much resilience there is in human nature. Let any obstructing cause, no matter what, be removed in any way, even by death, and we fly back to first principles of hope and enjoyment.

  Bram Stoker

  Resilience, Principles, Matter

  Bram Stoker, Mort Castle (2014). “Dracula”, p.315, "F+W Media, Inc."

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• No two people can see the world in the same way. No matter what you’re looking at, no one is seeing it the same way you are.

  Susane Colasanti

  Two, People, World

  Susane Colasanti (2012). “Keep Holding On”, p.88, Penguin

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• People believed what they wanted to believe, no matter what was right in front of their eyes.

  Jodi Picoult

  Believe, Eye, People

  Jodi Picoult (2012). “The Jodi Picoult Collection #3: Vanishing Acts, The Tenth Circle, and Nineteen Minutes”, p.726, Simon and Schuster

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• You always look so cool, like no matter what happens, it’s got nothing to do with you, but you’re not really like that. In your own way, you’re out there fighting as hard as you can, even if other people can’t tell by looking at you.

  Haruki Murakami

  Fighting, People, Looks

  "The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle". Book by Haruki Murakami, August 25, 1995.

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• That no matter what i did, I would always be missing something else. And the only way to live, the only way to be happy, was to make sure the things I didn't miss meant more to me than the things I missed.

  David Levithan

  Missing, Way To Live, Matter

  David Levithan (2014). “How They Met and Other Stories”, p.87, Egmont UK

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• No matter what you do, you can never please everyone. And that was the hardest lesson to learn. In fact, I'm still learning it.

  Chris Colfer

  Lessons, Matter, Facts

  Chris Colfer (2012). “The Land of Stories: The Wishing Spell”, p.103, Hachette UK

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• There's no solution to life, there's going to be problems no matter what.

  Chris Colfer

  Matter, Problem, Solutions

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• I have often wished myself a beast. I preferred the condition of the meanest reptile to my own. Any thing, no matter what, to get rid of thinking! It was this everlasting thinking of my condition that tormented me. There was no getting rid of it. It was pressed upon me by every object within sight or hearing, animate or inanimate.

  Frederick Douglass

  Thinking, Sight, Reptiles

  Frederick Douglass (2016). “Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass”, p.81, Frederick Douglass

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• Duty doesn't need to call; it only needs to whisper. And if you heed the call, no matter what happens, you have no need for regret." Odd Thomas

  Dean Koontz

  Regret, Needs, Matter

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• Listen. This will probably be the worst pain you have ever experienced in your life. Everything in your body will tell you to let go, but you have to hold on. You have to hold on, Maddy, no matter what. No matter how badly it hurts. You can never, never let go. Can you do that for me?

  Scott Speer

  Letting Go, Hurt, Pain

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• It's a full moon here tonight, which makes me think of you. Because, I know that no matter what I am doing or where I am, this moon will always be the same size as yours, half a world away.

  Nicholas Sparks

  Moon, Thinking, Half

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• Yes, it feels great to plan your life when you believe everything can turn out fine. But what about when you're shown, again and again, how little control you have over anything? No matter what I do to try to fix my future, it doesn't work.

  Jay Asher

  Believe, Trying, Littles

  Jay Asher, Carolyn Mackler (2012). “The Future of Us”, p.236, Simon and Schuster

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• Well, technology is supposed to make life better," she says. "No matter what you believe, there's a technology out there for you.

  Veronica Roth

  Believe, Technology, Matter

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• We can't be confined to one way of thinking, and that terrifies our leaders. It means we can't be controlled. And it means that no matter what they do, we will always cause trouble for them.

  Veronica Roth

  Mean, Thinking, Leader

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