#matters

But in the wake of 'Bullet,' all the guys wanted to know was, 'How's it doing? How's it selling?' How to tell them I didn't give a flying fuck how it was doing in the marketplace, that what I cared about was how it was dong in the reader's heart? ↗

— Stephen King

#heart #materialism #money #reaching-out #reaching-people

As one old gentleman put it, " Son, I don't care if you're stark nekkid and wear a bone in your nose. If you kin fiddle, you're all right with me. It's the music we make that counts. ↗

— Robert Fulghum

#fiddle #music #what-matters #music

I feel that there has been progress made since I was a boy on matters of race, but we have a long way to go. ↗

— Kareem Abdul-Jabbar

#boy #feel #go #i #i feel

Not that it entirely matters: There is a perception that all actors make their movies. A lot of people assume you're responsible. George Clooney told me actors get all of the blame and all the credit. ↗

— Ben Affleck

#blame #clooney #credit #entirely #george

My son is healthy and happy, so that's all that matters to me. ↗

— Christina Aguilera

#healthy #matters #me #son

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

When all else fails, complicate matters. ↗

— Aaron Allston

#else #fails #matters #when all else fails

All that matters is that I stay healthy. ↗

— Alessandra Ambrosio

#i #matters #stay

It's not what happens to you, but how you react to it that matters. ↗

— Epictetus

#how #matters #react #you