#matt

I've encountered a lot of people who sound like critics but very few who have substantive criticisms. There is a lot of skepticism, but it seems to be more a matter of inertia than it is of people having some real reason for thinking something else. ↗

— K. Eric Drexler

#critics #else #encountered #few #having

I think behind closed doors people behave differently no matter what period we're looking at, because people have to stand up straight in public but can slouch behind closed doors - can you imagine wearing those corsets? ↗

— Brenda Blethyn

#behave #behind #closed #corsets #differently

Relationships, if you want them to work, take work. The biggest thing that I learned growing up, and even now, is if it's right, it's worth it. It's just a matter of finding that person you want to be with. ↗

— Josh Duhamel

#biggest thing #even #even now #finding #growing

Sometimes it is the simplest, seemingly most inane, most practical stuff that matters the most to someone. ↗

— Patty Duke

#most #practical #seemingly #simplest #someone

What matters to me is my own estimation, and I'm very tough on myself. I need to be proud of what I've done and I work hard for it. I had a very Christian upbringing... lots of guilt. A good thing, It keeps you sane. ↗

— Jean Dujardin

#christian #done #estimation #good #good thing

No matter what your laundry list of requirements in choosing a mate, there has to be an element of good luck and good fortune and good timing. ↗

— Patty Duke

#element #fortune #good #good fortune #good luck

In the finest critics one hears the full cry of the human. They tell one why it matters to read. ↗

— Harold Bloom

#cry #finest #full #hears #human

What matters in literature in the end is surely the idiosyncratic, the individual, the flavor or the color of a particular human suffering. ↗

— Harold Bloom

#end #flavor #human #human suffering #in the end

When a woman drinks it's as if an animal were drinking, or a child. Alcoholism is scandalous in a woman, and a female alcoholic is rare, a serious matter. It's a slur on the divine in our nature. ↗

— Marguerite Duras

#alcoholism #animal #child #divine #drinking

And because no matter who you are, if you believe in yourself and your dream, New York will always be the place for you. ↗

— Michael Bloomberg

#because #believe #believe in yourself #dream #matter