Matt Mullenweg Quotes
If you want to be good at something, you really have to work at it every single day. You have to work hard at the things that are hard. Otherwise you are just treading water.
Quotes to Explore
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Histories are to educate so that we understand better for ourselves and for motivation.
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When I was right out of college, I felt competitive with some of the guys in my class over career stuff.
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One of the things, one of the things that really got to me was the thing in Houston where you had the government, the mayor actually, trying to get the sermons of ministers. When the government tries to invade the church to enforce its own opinion on marriage, that's when it's time to resist.
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What I love about the sci-fi community is that it's the most nonjudgmental, inclusive, diverse environment in the country. There's no group of people that is more diverse and inclusive.
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Life wasn't about freeing up human souls. It was about creating obedient slaves in the hierarchical construction of the society - with God at the top, then the king and then the father.
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The only person I'd cry if I met would be Beyonce.
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My sculptures cause an uproar, astonishment, and put a smile on your face.
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I do this thing with my daughter - I put my hand on her face and shake her head, but really affectionately. But I didn't think, and I did that to Flea.
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Free societies are societies in motion, and with motion comes friction.
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I don't want to be someone else.
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I still like my antique clothes.
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Once you realize just the sort of glut of books that exists out there, it does become incumbent on you not to add to it unless you have a damn good reason.
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Having fans wherever I go gives me an energy, and it is the source of my power.
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A cap on carbon is important because it sets a specific goal for reducing carbon emissions 80% by 2050.
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I can write best in the silence and solitude of the night, when everyone has retired.
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The collective judgment of the electorate must be respected.
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If my parents ever had to ground me, they didn't really know what that would mean, because I was inside most of the time anyway.
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I was really scared to stay home alone when I was kid, and I would freak out whenever there was a noise after my parents left.
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You'll see the most perfect person, and you are like, 'God, she's, like, perfect.' And then she'll tell you everything that's not perfect. Everyone has their own special set of problems - in their own minds.
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I get nervous playing the Opry still. You take that nervous energy and channel it into being amped.
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From my perspective, I think the question of how we build a better future is an extremely important overarching question, and I think it's become obscured from us because we no longer think it's possible to have a meaningful conversation about the future.
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What if a kid goes to school after seeing Kill Bill and starts slicing up other kids? You know, I'll take that chance! Violent films don't turn children into violent people. They may turn them into violent filmmakers but that's another matter altogether.
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If we lose the war in the air we lose the war and we lose it quickly.
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If you want to be good at something, you really have to work at it every single day. You have to work hard at the things that are hard. Otherwise you are just treading water.
