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I reflected on the fact that no matter how good I aspired to be, I was never going to achieve perfection

I regard consciousness as fundamental. I regard matter as derivative from consciousness. We cannot get behind consciousness. Everything that we talk about, everything that we regard as existing, postulates consciousness.

I regard consciousness as fundamental. I regard matter as a derivative of consciousness.

I remember, no matter how impossible it seemed that any given day would end, it always did. This one would, too.

I remember saying to myself those things are very, very important to hear, but there must be another way to say them so that they will truly be heard. I mean, that's what art is. Art is about being provocative. Art is also about beauty. And if you leave the latter out, the former doesn't matter.

I remember when the big shift happened in 1996-97, when suddenly it dawned on the music community: 'We should license our music to commercials and sell out for all intents and purposes. It doesn't really matter.'

I remember to breathe throughout the day. I remind myself that I can choose peace, no matter what is going on around me. Whenever I desire, I can retreat to that quiet place within simply by closing my eyes.

I remember writing standup jokes without having done sets. But as soon as I did my first set, it didn't matter. Everything I thought would work didn't work. And everything I was iffy on was funny.

I respect every opponent no matter their record, no matter their title belts. I approach each opponent the same way.

Ironically, the insistence that doctrines do not matter is really a doctrine itself

I said if you're thinkin' of being my brother, it don't matter if you're black or white.

I said I was ready to die recently, and I think I was exaggerating.That declaration of readiness, no matter what the outcome, that's a part of everyone's soul.

I say no to nothing, yes to moderation. Thats how I approach everything. No matter if its candy or foie gras. When you have the real deal, youre satisfied with that one bite. I say go full throttle and call it a day.

I say to people that it's a choice that we make every day in our lives. Doesn't matter what you're going through. You don't have to be going through what I went through. But it's whether you decide to get up or stay down, whether you say 'yes' or whether you say 'no' to life. Basically, I decided to say, 'Yes.'

I see 30 to 40 gallery shows a week, and no matter what kind of mood I'm in, no matter how bad the art is, I almost always feel better afterward. I can learn as much from bad art as from good.

I see a pair of shoes I adore, and it doesn't matter if they have them in my size. I buy them anyway.

I seem to have to make my characters family before I can access their hearts in any way that matters.

I seem to have secured some place in world of music and that's kind of all that really matters to me.

I seem to be thinking rationally again in the style that is characteristic of scientists. However this is not entirely a matter of joy as if someone returned from physical disability to good physical health.

I shall give a propagandist reason for starting the war, no matter whether it is plausible or not. The victor will not be asked afterwards whether he told the truth or not. When starting and waging war it is not right that matters, but victory.

I shall make it my business to take my chances in the matter of libel suits.

I share something in common with Norman Rockwell and, for that matter, with Walt Disney, in that I really like to make people happy.

I shall be a good politician. Even if it kills me. Or if it kills anyone else, for that matter.

I sighed. ‘It doesn’t matter what we do. Money comes and goes.’ I shook my head. ‘It doesn’t matter and you know it doesn’t.

Is it reasonable to suppose that we can apply a broad-spectrum insecticide to kill the burrowing larval stages of a crop-destroying insect ... without also killing the 'good' insects whose function may be the essential one of breaking down organic matter and maintaining healthy soil?

Islands are metaphors of the heart, no matter what poet says otherwise.

Isn't life,' she stammered, 'isn't life--' But what life was she couldn't explain. No matter. He quite understood. 'Isn't it, darling?' said Laurie.

I sometimes think that rich men belong to another nationality entirely, no matter what their actual nationality happens to be. The nationality of the rich.

I started writing poetry because language was how I understood the world. It was a paradigm that made everything matter and in forms that were safe to hold what I felt.

I started putting down my own pen and spending some time searching for the best songs out there possible. It doesn't matter if I wrote them or not.

I still dream that it was you. No matter how many times I've looked, in my dreams it's always been you who were meant to be my queen.

I stayed true to what I thought was good design no matter who it was for.

Is there a word more passionate than passion? Obsession, total immersion, the feeling that everything else doesn't matter.

Is there anyone to whom you entrust a greater number of serious matters than your wife? And is there anyone with whom you have fewer conversations?

I still catch myself feeling sad about things that don’t matter anymore.

I still love you. I will always love you, and that is all that matters. I will forgive you anything, and I will forgive you this.

I still have trouble identifying grammatical structures by name, though I know them as matters of usage.

I suppose love is never a sure thing, no matter what words are spoken. Love requires a leap of faith into the abyss, every time.

I suppose any note, no matter how sour, sounds like a song if you hold onto it long enough.

I suppose that it doesn't matter whether a song is written or sung by a man or a woman. If the sentiment is there, it captures the audience.

It does not matter how you came into the world, what matters is that you are here.

It can feel like an invasion of privacy, involving an employer in a personal matter.

It does not matter how strong your gravity is, we were always meant to fly.

It didn't even really matter how good the band was - if someone could keep a beat, then you were prepared to jump up and down and smash around.

It does not matter how frequently something succeeds if failure is too costly to bear.

It does not matter much whom we live with in this world, but it matters a great deal whom we dream of.

It doesn't matter about money; having it, not having it. Or having clothes, or not having them. You're still left alone with yourself in the end.

It doesn't matter how fast your modem is if you're being shelled by ethnic separatists.

It didn't matter whether he was nearby or far away. His image would drift up into your mind just when you least expected it, shocking you, making your chest pound. Making your heart ache.

It does not matter what position you take on the Left, you are safe and secure. But that is not at all the case for positions that the Right take on. You are not safe and secure, so you travel with bodyguards