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" My lawyer has been a good friend of mine for a long time. He and I continuously have conversations. "
Matthew McConaughey
Good
Friend
Time
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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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" I go on The Daily Beast. The Daily Beast is one of the websites that I check out. "
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" Africa is probably one of the most beautiful places I have ever been. "
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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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" 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. "
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You
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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?' "
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" I like to be able to wear something that is appropriate for wherever the day takes me: to work, on a hike and then out to dinner. I like to take the formality out of the day's schedule and be ready for any off-road detour. "
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Work
Schedule
" 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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Kid
" 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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Great
You
Sweet
" I like having my hands in the clay. I like the movie-making process. "
Matthew McConaughey
Having
Process
Hands
" 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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Beach
Myself
Me
" My life is the road, man. I need to keep moving. "
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Life
Man
My Life
" I have my own vocabulary. I love linguistics. That surprises people. "
Matthew McConaughey
Love
Own
Surprises
" I think I can keep a rhythm to a beat, but there are quite a few people who would argue with me. "
Matthew McConaughey
Rhythm
Beat
I Can
" There are certain nights you and your image just aren't in the same bed. "
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Just
Your
Bed
" 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. "
Matthew McConaughey
Her
Romantic
Always
" 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. "
Matthew McConaughey
Human Nature
Nature
Truth
" Romcoms are hard in a lot of ways: they're built to be buoyant. It's easy to demean them. "
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Easy
Built
Lot
" 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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Day
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" There's a gap between what I want to do, what I do on camera, and what gets edited. Right? So the goal is to try and close the gaps. What's the biggest compliment is if I read a review and it's exactly what I wrote down in my diary before ever filming it. That's really cool. That's the biggest signifier of closing the gaps. "
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Compliment
Cool
Goal
" 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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Friends
Power
Good Friends
" I've got a great sense of humor, and if I'm able to say or do something in a movie that people feel like they want to repeat, that's hugely flattering. "
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Great
People
Sense Of Humor
" I'm one of the most adaptable guys I know in as much as travelling is my favourite thing to do in life. With every place I go, I try to stay there long enough to do it justice, long enough so that I can at least imagine what it would be like to live there. Once I imagine that, then it's OK for me to return home. "
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Live
Home
Justice
" Without exercise, I don't feel like my head works right. "
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Without
Exercise
Head
" Good ideas are free - or at least they should be. "
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Good Ideas
Good
Free
" 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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Time
Father
Woman
" I like quips. I like whiffs of cynicism and I think they can be witty. But I don't really know where wittiness is constructive. "
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" You want to be a writer? Start writing. You want to be a filmmaker? Start shooting stuff on your phone right now. "
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Phone
Now
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" Cameras aren't guns. They can't really hurt you. "
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You
Really