I had a friend who worked at a hospice, and he said people in their final moments don’t discuss their successes, awards or what books they wrote or what they accomplished. They only talk about their loves and their regrets, and I think that’s very telling.
BRAD PITTSuccess is a beast. And it actually puts the emphasis on the wrong thing. You get away with more instead of looking within.
More Brad Pitt Quotes
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Do you know how you tell real love? It’s when someone else’s interest trumps your own.
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Stop being perfect, because obsessing over being perfect stops you from growing.
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America is a country founded on guns. It’s in our DNA. It’s very strange but I feel better having a gun. I really do. I don’t feel safe, I don’t feel the house is completely safe, if I don’t have one hidden somewhere. That’s my thinking, right or wrong.
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I don’t want to die without scars.
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I always liked those moments of epiphany, when you have the next destination.
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I’ve always believed happiness is overrated, you know? It’s those difficult times that inform the next wonderful time, and it’s a series of trade-offs, of events, of wins and losses.
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I’m not a big proponent of happiness. I think it’s highly overrated. I think misery is underrated. There’s so much value in that. You can’t have one without the other.
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What’s valuable to me has become clearer as I’ve got older. To me, it’s about the value of your time and your day and the value of the people you spend it with.
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No more excuses. I can’t blame anything on my parents. I’m responsible for my mistakes and my choices.
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Getting a burp out of your little thing when she needs it is probably the greatest satisfaction I’ve come across at this point in my life.
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My family worry for me because I’m gonna burn in an eternal pit of fire.
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I embrace the messiness of life. I find it so beautiful actually.
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Once you hit 40, you start reexamining the math of it all. I’ll trade wisdom for youth any day.
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We’re consumers. We are by-products of a lifestyle obsession.
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I believe in the power of journalism. To make informed decisions, you have to have an understanding of the dynamics of a situation. And journalism does bridge gaps and creates dialogue.
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