Good ideas are free – or at least they should be.
MATTHEW MCCONAUGHEYI don’t want to just revolve. I want to evolve. As a man, as a human, as a father, as a lover.
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There’s two sorts of fear: one you embrace and one you should listen to and turn the other way.
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I was raised on, ‘You go get a nine-to-five job, earn your pay and work your way up.’
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Without exercise, I don’t feel like my head works right.
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I think most defense attorneys know, to some extent, their clients are guilty.
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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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A creep is someone who claims he’s one thing but he’s actually another.
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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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Romcoms are hard in a lot of ways: they’re built to be buoyant. It’s easy to demean them.
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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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My lawyer has been a good friend of mine for a long time. He and I continuously have conversations.
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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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My last name is originally Irish. I’m not exactly sure whereabouts it’s from, but I’ve got family branches that were traced back there.
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Man who invented the hamburger was smart; man who invented the cheeseburger was a genius.
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I’ve read a lot of really great characters in some really crappy stories, where I said, like, ‘Boy I could shine here, but the story sucks.’ I don’t want to be part of that.
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I think the discipline comes with turning that cellphone and Blackberry off and unplugging completely.
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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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I know when I grew up, it was, if it was daylight outside, get outside. Well, now, with the technological age of computers and everything, everyone’s inside virtually going everywhere they want to go.
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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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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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There’s a difference in thinking you are a champion and knowing that you are.
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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.
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There are certain nights you and your image just aren’t in the same bed.
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Vanity is great motivation, to be fair.
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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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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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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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