MARK TWAIN: If you don't mind, it doesn't matter

Hello. Here I am again because I've just noticed today's quotation and I simply love it, I mean, when I read it I thought it really original so my mind started working, ideas started to come and here you have my next post in which I'll give you some information about the author and we'll do some exercises related to the verbs mind and matter.

So, the quotation by Mark Twain is "Age is an issue of mind over matter. If you don't mind, it doesn't matter". Clever, isn't it? The author is playing with the double meaning of the words "mind" and "matter" since these two words have different meanings depending on what part of speech they are, noun or verb.

Mark Twain (1835-1910) was an Amercian writer, famous for the novels The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn and The Adventures of Tom Sawyer. Both the Mississippi River and the institution of slavery are recurrent elements in his writing. He was also very popular during his lifetime.
Wanna know more? The Mark Twain House & Museum

Well, turn for practice. First of all, go through the first link so that you can understand the difference in meaning of "I don't mind" and "It doesn't matter", will you?
forum.wordreference.com/showthread.php?t=134859
Maybe, this link will also help: www.english-test.net/forum/ftopic36370.html

Exercise 1
Exercise 2 (more confusing words)

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