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" 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.' "
Matthew McConaughey
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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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" 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. "
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" Cameras aren't guns. They can't really hurt you. "
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" Good ideas are free - or at least they should be. "
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" I will say this: one of the things that is a pain when you're expecting children is how much advice unsolicited people give you when you're not asking for it. "
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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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" My lawyer has been a good friend of mine for a long time. He and I continuously have conversations. "
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" Water's never clumsy. "
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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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" My whole family are hams. They're storytellers and everyone outdoes the next one. "
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" I like having my hands in the clay. I like the movie-making process. "
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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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" I'm a golfer, and what are the two sports you can do till you drop? Golf and surfing. They're great for you limber-wise, they're great for you health-wise, and they put you in sweet locations. "
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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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" There aren't many things that are universally cool, and it's cool not to litter. I'd never do it. "
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" There are a whole bunch of roles where people say, 'Oh, you're playing yourself.' I guess it's kind of a compliment. Or people say, 'Oh, man, you just roll out of bed and do that.' The work is to make it look effortless. That's the hard part. "
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" 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. "
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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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" 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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" 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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" My number one thing? Don't overleverage yourself. Don't say you can do something when you really can't. "
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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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" 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. "
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