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title: "3 Lines Matter Quotes by 3 authors"
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> [“The quiet lines matter as much as the noisy ones.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/colum-mccann/the-quiet-lines-matter-as-much-as-the-noisy-ones/)

[Colum McCann](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/colum-mccann/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c0b/colum-mccann-902_advice_the-quiet-lines-matter-as-much-as-the-no_1848506.png)

> [It's not a matter of learning lines. It's a matter of getting into the ideas and the will of the person. It's…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/max-von-sydow/it-s-not-a-matter-of-learning-lines-it-s-a-matter-of-getting-into-the/)

[Max von Sydow](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/max-von-sydow/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/dcf/max-von-sydow-7808_achieve_it-s-not-a-matter-of-learning-lines-it-s_1915453.jpg)

> [“Thus strategists hesitate over the map, the few pins and lines of coloured chalk, contemplating a change in the pins and lines,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/evelyn-waugh/thus-strategists-hesitate-over-the-map-the-few-pins-and-lines-of/)

[Evelyn Waugh](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/evelyn-waugh/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/abd/evelyn-waugh-850_chalk_thus-strategists-hesitate-over-the-map-t_1931593.png)

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