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«Throughout history, it has been the inaction of those who could have acted; the indifference of those who should have known better; the silence of the voice of justice when it mattered most; that has made it possible for evil to triumph.»
Author: Haile Selassie
(Emperor, Statesman)
| About:
Actors and acting,
History
| Keywords:
acted, inaction, indifference, mattered, The Silence, The Voice, throughout, triumph
«Who cared if there was really any Being to pray to? What mattered was the sense of giving thanks and praise, the feeling of a humble and grateful heart.»
«In the end, the Tribune lost touch with the world it was supposed to reach; it mattered passionately, but almost exclusively, to those who worked for it.»
«Once upon a time there was a girl I knew, who lived across the street. Brown hair, brown eyes. When she smiled, I smiled. When she cried, I cried. Every single thing that ever happened to me that mattered, in some way had to do with her. That day Winnie and I promised each other that no matter what, that we'd always be together. It was a promise full of passion and truth and wisdom. It was the kind of promise that can only come from the hearts of the very young.»
Author: The Wonder Years
| Keywords:
brown, cried, happen upon, Hearts of, in some way, mattered, no matter what happens, promised, smiled
«At this point in my life I'd like to live as if only love mattered.»
Author: Tracy Chapman
| Keywords:
mattered
«?But that?s not the way of it with the tales that really mattered, or the ones that stay in the mind. Folk seem to have just landed in them, usually - their paths were laid that way, as you put it. But I expect they had lots of chances, like us, of turning back, only they didn?t. And if they had, we shouldn?t know, because they?d have been forgotten. We hear about those as just went on - and not all to a good end, mind you; at least not to what folk inside a story and not outside it call a good end?»
Author: J.R.R. Tolkien
(Author, Writer)
| Keywords:
back end, call back, chances, folk, good story, in the mind, laid, Laid Back, landed, lots, mattered, mind over matter, paths, path of least, put back, stay put, tales, turning
«I hope, when I stop, people will think that somehow I mattered.»
«The place where you made your stand never mattered. Only that you were there...and still on your feet.»
«For most gulls, it is not flying that matters, but eating. For this gull, though, it was not eating that mattered, but flight.»
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