#matter

Basketball talent is basketball talent, no matter if it comes from the suburbs or the city. Take the time to know and understand me before you judge me. Only God can do that. Roses do grow from concrete! ↗

— Chris Webber

#before #city #comes #concrete #god

Employ oneself upon trifling professional matters which others could do. ↗

— James Wyatt

#employ #matters #oneself #others #professional

Causes do matter. And the world is changed by people who care deeply about causes – about things that matter. We don’t have to be particularly smart or talented. We don’t need a lot of money or education. All we really need is to be passionate about something important; something bigger than ourselves. And it’s that commitment to a worthwhile cause that changes the world. ↗

— Steve Goodier

#cause #causes #changing-the-world #commitment #commitments

Energy is liberated matter, matter is energy waiting to happen. ↗

— Bill Bryson

#einstein #energy #matter #physics #science

I just like seeing the world, and it doesn't matter where. ↗

— Kareem Abdul-Jabbar

#just #like #matter #seeing #where

Traditional matter must be glorified, since it would be easier to listen to the re-creation of familiar stories than to quite new and unexpected things; the listeners, we must remember, needed poetry chiefly as the re-creation of tired hours. ↗

— Lascelles Abercrombie

#easier #familiar #glorified #hours #listen

It just seems to be a human trait to want to protect the speech of people with whom we agree. For the First Amendment, that is not good enough. So it is really important that we protect First Amendment rights of people no matter what side of the line they are on. ↗

— Floyd Abrams

#amendment #amendment rights #enough #first #first amendment

Iraq is a long way from the U.S., but what happens there matters a great deal here. For the risks that the leaders of a rogue state will use nuclear, chemical or biological weapons against us or our allies is the greatest security threat we face. ↗

— Madeleine Albright

#allies #biological #biological weapons #chemical #deal

Where there is a mother in the home, matters go well. ↗

— Amos Bronson Alcott

#go #home #matters #mother #well

While one finds company in himself and his pursuits, he cannot feel old, no matter what his years may be. ↗

— Amos Bronson Alcott

#cannot #company #feel #finds #himself