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" I don't dabble and spend much mind or time dealing with, I don't know, people's perceptions of me. I truly don't. "
Matthew McConaughey
Time
People
Mind
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" 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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" 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'm not arrogant enough to look back on my career and criticize my choices. It's really not my place. "
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" Cameras aren't guns. They can't really hurt you. "
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" I love having my hands in the dirt. It is never a science and always an art. There are no rules. And if it comes down to me versus that weed I'm trying to pull out of the ground that doesn't want to come out? I know I'll win. "
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" There's a difference in thinking you are a champion and knowing that you are. "
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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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" 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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" Africa is probably one of the most beautiful places I have ever been. "
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" 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. "
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" When you have good friends you've been around, every time they talk, you don't give them your full attention. You don't look them in the eye and stop. Half the time, you're listening, half the time, you are ignoring them. "
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" I've never been a jealous person, and I've never felt built up by someone else's failure - that's a cheap thrill. "
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" 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. "
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" Music is a really great creative tool for me, for different roles. "
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" The challenge for me as an actor is if you become a celebrity, you don't meet strangers anymore. And strangers are where we have our anonymity. And I believe it's essential for the soul to be anonymous, especially if you're going to be an actor. "
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" Starting at about, I guess, forever, I've always looked forward to getting older. When I was 14, I couldn't wait to be 16 and get a driver's license. "
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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'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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" One of the great pleasures of going to see a Daniel Day-Lewis film: you haven't seen him in five years. Where have you been? So, it's a special event, right? Well, if you want to go see a movie that I'm in, it still may be a special event for you, but, you don't feel like you don't know where I've been. "
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" Man who invented the hamburger was smart; man who invented the cheeseburger was a genius. "
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" If you can be mentally stimulated by the workout and find out how to get through it, it's more fun. "
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" The unsaid rule for living in a trailer park is: 'If the door's shut, don't come a-knockin.' But if it's open and you're walkin' by, feel free to say, 'Hello.' "
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" I have my own vocabulary. I love linguistics. That surprises people. "
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" I'm a football fan, a sports fan, a fan of competition. "
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