Material Quotes

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But as an adult working in the fashion industry, I struggle with materialism. And I'm one of the least materialistic people that exist, because material… — Tom Ford
Works of art, in my opinion, are the only objects in the material universe to possess internal order, and that is why, though I don't… — E. M. Forster
When I do an hour-and-a-half show, if I don't improvise 20 minutes worth of new material each night, I feel I've let myself down. — Buddy Hackett
But television, when I was doing it, was all about scoring. You had to make these jokes bang, do whatever you could to make the… — Tom Hanks
I will entertain anything; it doesn't matter. You know, it's not obviously about the price, it's not about who, it's kind of about when and… — Tom Hanks
I know quickly whether a guy is boyfriend material. If I can have a good time doing absolutely nothing with him, then that's boyfriend material… — Alyson Hannigan
I love it when people are able to interpret thoughts and feelings on fabric or some kind of material. — Anne Hathaway
A claim for equality of material position can be met only by a government with totalitarian powers. — Friedrich August von Hayek
The forces that are driving mankind toward unity and peace are deep-seated and powerful. They are material and natural, as well as moral and intellectual. — Arthur Henderson
When I was collecting material for a political gossip column, and someone said something interesting, I would wait for them to add, 'and I don't… — Simon Hoggart
The most valuable lesson I've ever learned in my life is that life is about family and friends, not about material things or any of… — Vanilla Ice
Few nations have been so poor as to have but one god. Gods were made so easily, and the raw material cost so little, that… — Robert Green Ingersoll
It's always interesting - how do you actually convey thought through song? We're used to the convention on stage. In film, we used to be… — Hugh Jackman
'Pure experience' is the name I gave to the immediate flux of life which furnishes the material to our later reflection with its conceptual categories. — William James
There is peace more destructive of the manhood of living man than war is destructive of his material body. — Douglas William Jerrold
Twyla Tharp put it together from the material I wrote and recorded over my whole career. I thought it was pretty good, but how objective… — Billy Joel
If the material is inspiring and motivates you, then it doesn't really matter what it is. — Don Johnson
Without the spiritual world the material world is a disheartening enigma. — Joseph Joubert
Your battles inspired me - not the obvious material battles but those that were fought and won behind your forehead. — James Joyce
How should we begin to make amends for raising a generation obsessed with the pursuit of material wealth and indifferent to so much else? — Tony Judt

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