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" Good ideas are free - or at least they should be. "
Matthew McConaughey
Good Ideas
Good
Free
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" 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. "
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" The best advice comes from people who don't give advice. "
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" 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. "
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" In whatever adulation you get, there's truth and there's not truth. And wherever they dog you, and they say it was horrible - there's truth and there's not truth. It's human nature to like to read the adulation more. "
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" I'm not arrogant enough to look back on my career and criticize my choices. It's really not my place. "
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" 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. "
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" Africa is probably one of the most beautiful places I have ever been. "
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" 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. "
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" Without exercise, I don't feel like my head works right. "
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" 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. "
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" I've done films where we don't rehearse, and I've done films where we heavily rehearse. I like rehearsals. "
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" Any artist, the work you do, if it's a painting or if it's a performance, you hope it translates to a common denominator with the people that they see something in their own life in there. Or they see something in somebody else's life. That's what's fun about sharing art. "
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" I don't dislike any of my exes. If I took time to form a relationship, it's gonna hurt when we move on, but are you puttin' White-Out over all that beautiful time together? That was real time in your life. It's connected to where you are today. "
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" I've never been a manipulator, even in my bachelor days. I never wanted to do things to people that could catch up with me later on. "
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" Absolutely not. I have no problem with commitment. In fact, I love having someone in my life. "
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" I think most defense attorneys know, to some extent, their clients are guilty. "
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" My life is the road, man. I need to keep moving. "
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" We have a big appetite for putting people down but, at the heart of everyone, there's enough room for all of us to succeed. "
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" I think I can keep a rhythm to a beat, but there are quite a few people who would argue with me. "
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" 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. "
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" There's a difference in thinking you are a champion and knowing that you are. "
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" Water's never clumsy. "
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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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" Cameras aren't guns. They can't really hurt you. "
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" I personally don't like to go see romantic comedies. But people do want to see them, and they seem to want to see me in them. "
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" 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. "
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" I have some good friends of my own who happen to be gay, and when it comes to gay, straight, or whatever, I'm for anything life-affirmative. I'm for gay power, straight power, male power, female power; everybody should feel empowered without oppressing anyone who's different. "
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" Man who invented the hamburger was smart; man who invented the cheeseburger was a genius. "
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" I like a good pair of jeans, but I also like putting on a nice tux. I'd rather go around in a good pair of jeans that you don't wash every day, because they get more and more comfortable. "
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