#matt

The idea of the state is, or should be, a very limited, prescribed idea. The state looks after the defense of the realm, and other matters - raising revenue to pay for things which are for all of us, and so on. That idea has turned turtle now. The state isn't any longer perceived as an institution which exists to serve us. ↗

— Tom Stoppard

#any #defense #exists #idea #institution

It's a matter of taking the side of the weak against the strong, something the best people have always done. ↗

— Harriet Beecher Stowe

#always #best #done #matter #people

I don't start writing a script until I can see it all in my head, then it's a matter of getting it down in white heat. ↗

— J. Michael Straczynski

#getting #head #heat #i #i can

I am comfortable with anything I sing: jazz, gospel, classical. It doesn't matter. I can do it all. ↗

— Ruben Studdard

#anything #classical #comfortable #gospel #i

We became somewhat household names really quickly, within a matter of - what? - three, four months. So it's hard to get used to, and it's really sometimes hard to understand. ↗

— Ruben Studdard

#four #get #hard #household #matter

These matters having been arranged, I had a temporary awning erected near the river, and was for three or four days busily employed writing an account of our journey for the Governor's information. ↗

— Charles Sturt

#arranged #been #busily #days #employed

When I was 8 years old, it mattered what my favorite singer said and wore and expressed opinions about. ↗

— Taylor Swift

#expressed #favorite #i #mattered #old

The secret of living a life of excellence is merely a matter of thinking thoughts of excellence. Really, it's a matter of programming our minds with the kind of information that will set us free. ↗

— Charles R. Swindoll

#free #information #kind #life #living

No matter how far life pushes you down, no matter how much you hurt, you can always bounce back. ↗

— Sheryl Swoopes

#back #bounce #down #far #how

It didn't matter how good I was. It was always, 'You're a girl. You can't play with the guys.' It's always been motivation for me. ↗

— Sheryl Swoopes

#been #girl #good #guys #how