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• - This isn't an interrogation or a trail. Your version of the truth is the only thing that matters. -Truth is singular. It's 'versions' are mistruths.

  David Mitchell

  Matter, Truth Is, Trails

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• It’s better to think of my life like that— part miracle, part madness. It’s better if I accept that I can’t control any of the things that matter. My life is a trail of shipwrecks and set-sails. There are no arrivals, no destinations; there are only sandbanks and shipwreck; then another boat, another tide.

  Jeanette Winterson

  Thinking, Miracle, Matter

  Jeanette Winterson (2006). “Lighthousekeeping”, p.136, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

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• For the first time in my life I actually feel sorry for Carol. I'm only seventeen years old, and I already know something she doesn't know: I know that life isn't life if you just float through it. I know that the whole point- the only point- is to find things that matter, and hold on to them, and fight for them, and refuse to let them go.

  Lauren Oliver

  Sorry, Fighting, Years

  Lauren Oliver (2015). “Delirium Trilogy: Delirium, Pandemonium, Requiem”, p.265, Hachette UK

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• There is no secret to how to attain prosperity. The Universe supports and rewards us for taking risks on things that matter to the Universe. When we remember this, the mysteries about prosperity disappear, and prosperity stands explained. Prosperity will then manifest itself easily provided the Universe agrees that we are doing the right things in our lives to deserve this prosperity.

  Ernie J Zelinski

  Support, Risk, Secret

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• What is the thing that matters most to making progress right now?

  Dick Costolo

  Progress, Matter, Right Now

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• Would do well to slow down a little... focus on the significant... and truly see the things that matter most.

  Dieter F. Uchtdorf

  Hate, Focus, Littles

  "Of Things That Matter Most". Dieter F. Uchtdorf’s address at the General Conference of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, www.lds.org. October 2010.

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• Concentrate on each task, whether trivial or crucial, as if it's the only thing that matters.

  Mark McCormack

  Wrestling, Tasks, Matter

  Mark H. McCormack (1990). “What They Still Don't Teach You at Harvard Business School”, Bantam

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• We're going to sing about things that matter to us. The balancing act is to present these ideas but also make the music exciting and sort of fun enough that even if you're not paying attention to the lyrics, you might still like the songs anyway. That's the idea.

  Conor Oberst

  Song, Fun, Ideas

  "Desaparecidos' Conor Oberst: We're perfectly prepared for people to hate what we're saying". Interview with Jessica Goodman, ew.com. July 07, 2015.

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• I certainly think its very important that writers as citizens - not necessarily as writers, but just as ordinary citizens - should talk about things that matter to them.

  Vikram Seth

  Thinking, Important, Ordinary

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• Design and style should work toward making you look good and feel good without a lot of effort so you can get on with the things that matter.

  Donna Karan

  Design, Effort, Feel Good

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• I'm aware of my songs. I'm aware of them because they're about true emotions, true feelings, things that matter.

  John Lydon

  Song, Feelings, Matter

  Interview with AVC, www.avclub.com. April 6, 2010.

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• If you have fame, you never feel that you have fame, if you have the brains of a flea. Because fame is something that's over back of you. It ain't ahead.... Not ahead at all. I mean, if you've done it that's great, but "what are you going to do now?" is the only thing that matters.

  Katharine Hepburn

  Mean, Brain, Done

  "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• It doesn't matter who you were or what you've done in the past. The only thing that matters is who you are right now.

  Shelly Crane

  Past, Done, Matter

  Shelly Crane “Wide Awake Boxset”, Kiss Me Publications, LLC

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• As we turn to our Heavenly Father and seek His wisdom regarding the things that matter most, we learn over and over again the importance of four key relationships: with our God, with our families, with our fellowman, and with ourselves.

  Dieter F. Uchtdorf

  Father, Keys, Four

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• Who can say I have a bad swing? The only thing that matters in golf is the score you put on the board. You don't have to look pretty out there, you have to win. Look at my record and tell me who has a better swing than mine.

  Lee Trevino

  Golf, Winning, Swings

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• I want to talk with people who care about things that matter that will make a life- changing difference

  Mark Victor Hansen

  Inspirational, Motivational, Life Changing

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• Family is the theatre of the spiritual drama, the place where things happen, especially the things that matter.

  Gilbert K. Chesterton

  Spiritual, Drama, Theatre

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• The only thing that matters is the theater!

  Lily Rabe

  Time, Matter, Management

  "Biography / Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• I mean, the only thing that matters to me is getting to the work - getting to do the work. And I don't really care where it is: whether it's on stage or on television or in film.

  Sally Field

  Mean, Television, Care

  "Sally Field, ‘Lincoln’ Star, On Politics And Looking Back On ‘Smokey And The Bandit’". Interview With Mike Ryan, www.huffingtonpost.com. November 7, 2012.

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• I don't know that I have a single comedy philosophy. But talking about things that matter to you is a good place to start. Listening is a big part of it, too.

  Ted Alexandro

  Philosophy, Talking, Listening

  "Laughing at something is a form of accepting it, or at least making peace with it". Interview with Chris Cobb, logger.believermag.com. September 19, 2014.

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• Sure, compare. But compare the things that matter to the journey you're on. The rest is noise.

  Seth Godin

  Journey, Noise, Matter

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• Everything I've done feels like I'm just as much a part of it as if I was the producer. It's still the same job: all of us together figuring out the common good for a song. That's the only thing that matters. It's not like, "I'm the boss, and I'm gonna tell you what to play."

  Vince Gill

  Song, Jobs, Play

  Source: www.rollingstone.com

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• It doesn't matter how many times you get knocked down. The only thing that matters is how many times you get up.

  Roberto Luongo

  Hockey, Matter, Get Up

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• Anyone who has problems, or worries, anyone who laughs and cries, anyone who feels can write. It's only talking on paper... talking about the things that matter to us.

  Patricia Reilly Giff

  Writing, Talking, Laughing

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• There is just so much stuff in the world that, to me, is devoid of any real substance, value, and content that I just try to make sure that I am working on things that matter.

  Dean Kamen

  Real, Trying, Substance

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