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" Even as a kid, I wore J.C. Penney plain-pocket jeans because they were plain pockets. I didn't want anybody's name on my backside. I personally don't like to wear clothing that is named for somebody or has someone's likeness all over it. "

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" Whether I'm running on the beach without my shirt or whether I'm going out with my kids or going to church or going out to dinner - I don't choose to insulate myself in engaging in real life. Hence, the public kind of almost knows me as much through my real life that they see through the rag mags. "

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" What the heck is true love? I remember feeling, back when I was 12 and 'going' with this girl, 'Is this true love?' "

" I'm not arrogant enough to look back on my career and criticize my choices. It's really not my place. "

" See, 'A Time to Kill' was the one I got famous off of. Big ka-boom, over one weekend. After that, I did films that I really wanted to do. "

" We dissect failure a lot more than we dissect success. "

" I think the discipline comes with turning that cellphone and Blackberry off and unplugging completely. You do that and you go through some withdrawals in the beginning. You start thinking, 'Oh, do I need to do this? Do I need to do that?' You forget that we were doing just fine with the payphone. "

" I always wanted to be a father and thought it would be great, but it just took the right woman and the right time to make it all happen. "

" It's not a science when you are judging art, but we'd be remiss to say you can't look at something and say, 'This is more well done than that.' "

" I know when I grew up, it was, if it was daylight outside, get outside. Well, now, with the technological age of computers and everything, everyone's inside virtually going everywhere they want to go, virtually having relationships, virtually traveling across the neighborhood, virtually going to that island. "

" Sure, I can get a little bit jealous. The good part about jealousy is that it comes from passion. It's also the dangerous part and it's an ugly emotion that hurts. "

" When I see grace in a woman, that's very sexy. You can tell by how someone moves or their rhythm. "

" My wife and I don't compete. We know each other's preferences, and we work to provide those for each other. One will take over when the other is faced with something he or she dislikes. That's what friends do. "

" I think I can keep a rhythm to a beat, but there are quite a few people who would argue with me. "

" When I'm surfing, I'm sure not thinking about the paparazzi. I guess if they start getting on floaties and coming out there in the water, then I might be a little upset. "

" Water's never clumsy. "

" For me, one of the toughest things about Valentine's Day is that it gets geared up as the day to profess your love. See, T-E-S-T - that's a bad word that doesn't go with L-O-V-E. "

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" Vanity is great motivation, to be fair. "

" I was raised on, 'You go get a nine-to-five job, earn your pay and work your way up.' "

Matthew McConaughey

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Way

" I talk to myself all the time. Just make sure you answer. "

" Now, you lose something in your life, or you come into a conflict, and there's gonna come a time that you're gonna know: There was a reason for that. And at the end of your life, all the things you thought were periods, they turn out to be commas. There was never a full stop in any of it. "

" Kids will remind you that, even though you've gone down a road 100 times, it's brand new for them - and that's healthy. "

" My number one thing? Don't overleverage yourself. Don't say you can do something when you really can't. "

" My last name is originally Irish. I'm not exactly sure whereabouts it's from, but I've got family branches that were traced back there. "

" I've got incredible support from my wife and family and people around me. I've got great people around me who handle anything on the outside, business-wise, who help free me up to create in my job. "

" The male is always the pawn in a romantic comedy. Come together, break up, go chase her, get her, roll credits. That's what happens in all of them. "

" I don't want to just revolve. I want to evolve. As a man, as a human, as a father, as a lover. "

" Life is a series of commas, not periods. "

" I've read a lot of really great characters in some really crappy stories, where I said, like, 'Boy I could shine here, but the story sucks.' I don't want to be part of that. "

" If you want your hair to be thicker, cut it when the moon is about to be full - a heavy, full, waxing moon. Do not cut it when the moon's waning. "

" My rule is to break one sweat a day. "