Material Quotes

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A positive self-image has little relationship to our material circumstances. — Ezra Taft Benson
I think that opera in Europe is 30 years ahead of America. There is a broader range of material presented to the public. They value… — Robert Wilson
My job was to find interesting material that would give us a quality television show. — Warren Littlefield
When a band becomes as truly iconic as the Velvet Underground, there will often be a box set released, overburdened with mediocre material that dilutes… — Henry Rollins
Only a fighting nation can make itself responsible for world peace, and such a nation must organize its material resources and manpower with the highest… — Chiang Kai-shek
We are shallow because we have become enslaved by gross materialism, the glitter of gold and its equivalents, for which reason we think that only… — F. Sionil Jose
With each thing that you do, all the fears in life and safeguards block out, or obscure, who you truly are. I think that just… — Matthew Shultz
When you are on assignment, you stick to the facts, limit your vision, and often cut out the most revealing material. There is no texture,… — Leslie Cockburn
We use paper documents to store knowledge so we can consult and reconsult it, giving us a type of recall impossible with our unaided minds;… — Clive Thompson
I worry that business leaders are more interested in material gain than they are in having the patience to build up a strong organization, and… — John Wooden
My illness is one often characterized by dramatic overspending - in my case through frenzied shopping sprees, credit card abuse, excessive hoarding of unnecessary material… — Andy Behrman
Everything is raw material to me. Land is raw material... I take one form and transform it into other forms. — Theaster Gates
In the digital age, we filter forward instead of filtering out. As a result, all that material is still available to us and to others… — David Weinberger
Seemingly, man has learned to live without God, preoccupied and indifferent toward Him and concerned only about material security and pleasure. — Billy Graham
So often when we historicize material, we use this big wide-angle lens. — Jonathan Evison
Any object, whether animate or inanimate, will have a size. Airplanes, boats, or musical string instruments vary in size just like animals and plants, and… — John Tyler Bonner
I take some pains to learn the material beforehand. I have a bunch of tricks I use to try and hit the ground running. I… — Unknown Author
Modern scientific knowledge appeared piecemeal. Historians wrote about human history; physicists tackled the material world; and biologists studied the world of living organisms. But there… — David Christian
Economics is sometimes associated with the study and defense of selfishness and material inequality, but it has an egalitarian and civil libertarian core that should… — Tyler Cowen
I believe that music is about making quality things, making quality art, and no matter who you decide to work with, you and that person… — Common

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