#matt

When I was a teenager in Iceland people would throw rocks and shout abuse at me because they thought I was weird. I never got that in London no matter what I wore. ↗

— Bjork

#because #got #i #iceland #london

The relation between a poet and audience is really insignificant. What matters is the poet is hearing something that he is broadcasting. And whether there is anybody with a receiver isn't the reason he does it. He hopes there is somebody receiving it. ↗

— Peter Davison

#audience #between #broadcasting #does #hearing

There were a few teachers who just did not like me because of my face. Once, I was told to stand in the corner until I cheered up. The attitude was, 'Oh, for God's sake, what's the matter with him?' But it's just a natural expression. ↗

— Jack Dee

#because #cheered #corner #did #expression

You always get a special kick on opening day, no matter how many you go through. You look forward to it like a birthday party when you're a kid. You think something wonderful is going to happen. ↗

— Joe DiMaggio

#always #birthday #birthday party #day #forward

But then all that died down and as far as casting was concerned it didn't really matter that I had been on Broadway. ↗

— Taye Diggs

#been #broadway #casting #concerned #died

A stand-up comic is judged by every line. Singers get applause at the end of their song no matter how bad they are. ↗

— Phyllis Diller

#bad #comic #end #every #get

The sciences which take socio-historical reality as their subject matter are seeking, more intensively than ever before, their systematic relations to one another and to their foundation. ↗

— Wilhelm Dilthey

#before #ever #foundation #intensively #matter

The long, forensic interview really matters. ↗

— Jonathan Dimbleby

#interview #long #matters #really

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

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