Fatherhood is the best thing I ever did. It changes your perspective. You can write a book, you can make a movie, you can paint a painting, but having kids is really the most extraordinary thing I have taken on.
BRAD PITTThere’s peace in understanding that I have only one life, here and now, and I’m responsible.
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When I was a boy, I would ask about my family history, about my bloodlines. We really didn’t know that much. We had a little Indian in us from the Oklahoma Trail of Tears.
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When you first get opportunities, suddenly you get surrounded by a lot of people who want to make money off you but also are there to help. But they start telling you so much what you need to be and what you need to do to maintain some idea of career maintenance.
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I was hiding out from the celebrity thing, I was smoking way too much [marijuana].
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Being married means I can break wind and eat ice cream in bed.
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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.
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Stop being perfect, because obsessing over being perfect stops you from growing.
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I look and there’s our boy from Vietnam and our daughter from Ethiopia, and our girl was born in Namibia, and our son is from Cambodia, and they’re brothers and sisters, man. They’re brothers and sisters and it’s a sight for elation.
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I phoned my grandparents and my grandfather said ‘We saw your movie.’ ‘Which one?’ I said. He shouted ‘Betty, what was the name of that movie I didn’t like?
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One of the greatest, smartest things I ever did was give my kids Angie as their mom. She is such a great mom. Oh, man, I’m so happy to have her.
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I’m drawn to furniture design as complete architecture on a minor scale.
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The last Bollywood movie I watched was 3 Idiots that featured Aamir Khan in it. It was impressive!
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I keep hearing I’m a crazy party guy. I’m not. I’m boring. At least by party standards.
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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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The woman is the reflection of her man
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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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