#matters

There will always be nations. The United States will last a long, long time, I believe. France and Germany and Japan, China, other nations, they're going to exist. But they're losing their significance and ability to deal with certain matters. ↗

— Alan Cranston

#always #believe #certain #china #deal

I've never concerned myself with the labels people want to put on you. What matters to me is my own estimation. ↗

— Jean Dujardin

#estimation #i #labels #matters #me

The wisdom of crowds works when the crowd is choosing the price of an ox, when there's a single numeric average. But if it's a design or something that matters, the decision is made by committee, and that's crap. You want people and groups who are able to think thoughts before they share. ↗

— Jaron Lanier

#average #before #choosing #committee #crap

I could be making a lot more money now if I had chosen a different kind of movie, but none of that matters to me... I've done the parts I wanted to do. ↗

— Jessica Lange

#could #different #different kind #done #had

The intellectual debility of contemporary conservatism is indicated by its silence on all important matters. ↗

— Christopher Lasch

#contemporary #important #important matters #indicated #intellectual

Two races share today the soil of Canada. These people had not always been friends. But I hasten to say it. There is no longer any family here but the human family. It matters not the language people speak, or the altars at which they kneel. ↗

— Wilfrid Laurier

#always #any #been #canada #family

There's only one interview technique that matters... Do your homework so you can listen to the answers and react to them and ask follow-ups. Do your homework, prepare. ↗

— Jim Lehrer

#ask #homework #interview #listen #matters

He, however, who begins with Metaphysics, will not only become confused in matters of religion, but will fall into complete infidelity. ↗

— Maimonides

#begins #complete #confused #fall #however

I don't care what other people think. I don't think it matters. ↗

— John Malkovich

#i #matters #other #people #think

Every reiteration of the idea that nothing matters debases the human spirit. ↗

— David Mamet

#every #human #human spirit #idea #matters