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• Without the hard little bits of marble which are called 'facts' or 'data' one cannot compose a mosaic; what matters, however, are not so much the individual bits, but the successive patterns into which you arrange them, then break them up and rearrange them.

  Arthur Koestler

  Data, Facts, Mosaics

  Arthur Koestler (1964). “The Act of Creation”, Penguin (Non-Classics)

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• Once you embrace that WHO you are defines you, you can conquer the world. What matters is what's in your heart, what your goals are and what kind of life you want to lead.

  Shantel VanSanten

  Heart, Conquer The World, Goal

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• The only part of an argument that really matters is what we think of the people arguing. X claims a, Y claims b. They make arguments to support their claims with any number of points. But when their listeners remember the discussion, what matters is simply that X believes a and Y believes b. People then form their judgment on what they think of X and Y.

  Kim Stanley

  Believe, Thinking, Numbers

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• If I took perfect pictures all the time, the people standing in the room with me, or on the carpet, would think, 'What an actress! What a faker!' That thought embarrasses me so much that I look like s**t in half my photos, and I don't give a f***. What matters to me is that the people in the room leave and say, 'She was cool. She had a good time. She was honest.'

  Kristen Stewart

  Thinking, People, Giving

  "Kristen Stewart on the People Who Critique Her Red Carpet Poses: 'I Don't Care About the Voracious, Starving Shit Eaters'". www.vanityfair.com. June 5, 2012.

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• What is important to my work is the individual picture. I photograph stories on assignment, and of course they have to be put together coherently. But what matters most is that each picture stands on its own, with its own place and feeling.

  Steve McCurry

  Feelings, Important, Together

  "Iconic Photographer Steve McCurry Talks Blogging and WordPress". Interview with Paul Gillin, www.socialmediatoday.com. December 8, 2012.

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• My body has changed and it will continue change in the future — that is natural for anyone. What matters to me most is that even though external change is inevitable, my passion for encouraging women to love themselves at any size and to live, thrive, and to go after their dreams is a part of my permanent nature. Even though my body and mind may evolve through life and experience, my values on this matter have not.

  Crystal Renn

  Dream, Passion, Mind

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• We are bound to our ancestors and to those who made us, whether we want to be or not. What matters is what we make of what we are.

  Kate Elliott

  Want, Made, Ancestor

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• So all I'm saying is, everything that seems important--our quarrels, or philosophical differences--in the end, it doesn't matter much. You know? In the end, what matters is what remains.

  Thrity Umrigar

  Philosophical, Differences, Important

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• Anger is just anger. It isn't good. It isn't bad. It just is. What you do with it is what matters. It's like anything else. You can use it to build or to destroy. You just have to make the choice.

  Jim Butcher

  Anger, Choices, Use

  Jim Butcher (2010). “The Dresden Files Collection 7-12”, p.1693, Penguin

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• My advice was to start a policy of making reversible decisions before anyone left the meeting or the office. In a startup, it doesn't matter if you're 100 percent right 100 percent of the time. What matters is having forward momentum and a tight fact-based data/metrics feedback loop to help you quickly recognize and reverse any incorrect decisions. That's why startups are agile. By the time a big company gets the committee to organize the subcommittee to pick a meeting date, your startup could have made 20 decisions, reversed five of them and implemented the fifteen that worked.

  Steve Blank

  Business, Data, Office

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• C.S. Lewis admitted, when he was asked to set forth his beliefs, that he never felt less sure of them than when he tried to speak of them. Photographers know this frailty. To them words are a pallid, diffuse way of describing and celebrating what matters. Their gift is to see what will be affecting as a print. Mute.

  Robert Adams

  Way, Belief, Photographer

  Robert Adams (1994). “Why People Photograph: Selected Essays and Reviews”

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• What matters in the end in literature, what is always there, is the truly good. And- though played out forms can throw up miraculous sports like The Importance of Being Earnest or Decline and Fall- what is good is always what is new, in both form and content. What is good forgets whatever models it might have had, and is unexpected; we have to catch it on the wing.

  V. S. Naipaul

  Sports, Fall, Wings

  V.S. Naipaul (2010). “Literary Occasions: Essays”, p.55, Vintage

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• Some people point to me as the cause of all society's problems, others as if I am the benefactor, responsible for everything good, but I am neither the former nor the latter. I am but a man in particular circumstances, and the most beautiful part is that an individual human life is capable of contributing to the growth, the awakening of the collective strength. That is what matters!

  Hugo Chavez

  Beautiful, Men, People

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• In the great scheme of things, what matters is not how long you live but why you live, what you stand for and what you are willing to die for.

  Paul Watson

  Long, Schemes, Willing

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• The other thing is that women my age know that looks are only skin deep. They don't matter. What matters is who you are. Hopefully at the end of the day, you're a good person. That's what counts.

  Marcia Hines

  Women, The End Of The Day, Age

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• The Mask "Put off that mask of burning gold With emerald eyes." "O no, my dear, you make so bold To find if hearts be wild and wise, And yet not cold." "I would but find what's there to find, Love or deceit." "It was the mask engaged your mind, And after set your heart to beat, Not what's behind." "But lest you are my enemy, I must enquire." "O no, my dear, let all that be, What matter, so there is but fire In you, in me?"

  William Butler Yeats

  Wise, Heart, Eye

  William Butler Yeats (2000). “The Collected Poems of W. B. Yeats”, p.76, Wordsworth Editions

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• [Seeds Are Small.] Becoming a force of nature doesn't mean that all of our aspirations must be "grand." First steps are often small, and initial visions that focus energy effectively often address immediate problems. What matters is engagement in the service of a larger purpose rather than lofty aspirations that paralyze action. Indeed, it's a dangerous trap to believe that we can pursue onlhy "great visions."

  Peter Senge

  Believe, Mean, Focus

  Peter Senge, C. Scharmer (2011). “Presence: Exploring Profound Change in People, Organizations and Society”, p.127, Nicholas Brealey Publishing

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• Do not be critics, you people, I beg you. I was a critic and I wish I could take it all back because it came from a smelly and ignorant place in me, and spoke with a voice that was all rage and envy. Do not dismiss a book until you have written one, and do not dismiss a movie until you have made one, and do not dismiss a person until you have met them. It is a f@*$%load of work to be open-minded and generous and understanding and forgiving and accepting, but Christ, that is what matters. What matters is saying yes.

  Dave Eggers

  Book, Creativity, Voice

  "Are you taking any steps to keep shit real? Dave Eggers on 'Selling Out'" by Caterina Fake, www.businessinsider.com. December 23, 2013.

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• We expert teachers know that motivation and emotional impact are what matter.

  Donald A. Norman

  Motivational, Teacher, Emotional

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• Ask yourself this question CONSTANTLY: where can I add the most value to what matters most to me and the people who care about me?

  Chris Brogan

  People, Who Cares, Add

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• What matters to us is the revelation of the swindle, fraud, or defalcation. This makes known to the world that things have not been as they should have been, that it is time to stop and see how they truly are. The making known of malfeasance, whether by the arrest or surrender of the miscreant, or by one of those other forms of confession, flight or suicide, is important as a signal that the euphoria has been overdone. The stage of overtrading may well come to an end. The curtain rises on revulsion, and perhaps discredit.

  Charles P. Kindleberger

  Suicide, Should Have, Important

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• I'm still dominant and that's what matters, ... But rain, snow, sleet, it doesn't matter. I'm going to go out and try and win a gold medal.

  Justin Gatlin

  Rain, Winning, Snow

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• What matters is abuse, and how it is anchored in a religion that denies women their rights as humans. What matters is that atrocities against women and children are carried out in Europe. What matters is that governments and societies must stop hiding behind a hollow pretense of tolerance so that they can recognize and deal with the problem.

  Ayaan Hirsi Ali

  Children, Europe, Rights

  Ayaan Hirsi Ali (2008). “Infidel”, p.326, Simon and Schuster

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• What matters to us, the judgment of men? What have we to doubt, since we are pure before life?

  Renee Vivien

  Men, Doubt, Pure

  Renée Vivien (1979). “At the sweet hour of hand in hand”

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• My intention always has been to arrive at human contact without enforcing authority. A musician, after all, is not a mili- tary officer. What matters most is human contact. The great mys- tery of music making requires real friendship among those who work together. Every member of the orchestra knows I am with him and her in my heart.

  Carlo Maria Giulini

  Real, Heart, Together

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