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.
BRAD PITTYou have to consider the possibility that God does not like you.
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I think happiness is overrated. Satisfied, at peace-those would be more realistic goals.
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Most of the time is with the family. Most of the time, is all the time. When we work it’s a very intensive chunk of time. We work for 12 hours a day, 14 hours a day is common. And we’ll do that for a few months and then we get to relax a little bit.
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Ideals are peaceful. History is violent.
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I quit, and then I started again, and then I quit, and then I started again.
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I’m one of those people you hate because of genetics. It’s the truth.
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I have a hard time with morals. All I know is what feels right, what’s more important to me is being honest about who you are. Morals I get a little hung up on.
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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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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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When I got untethered from the comfort of religion, it wasn’t a loss of faith for me, it was a discovery of self. I had faith that I’m capable enough to handle any situation. There’s peace in understanding that I have only one life, here and now, and that I’m responsible.
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I believe you make your day. You make your life. So much of it is all perception, and this is the form that I built for myself. I have to accept it and work within those compounds, and it’s up to me.
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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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You make yourself what you are. You have control of your own destiny.
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If someone wants to do drugs … as long as he or she isn’t corrupting minors or driving under the influence or endangering others, shouldn’t a person have that right?
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Fame makes you feel permanently like a girl walking past construction workers.
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Success is a beast. And it actually puts the emphasis on the wrong thing. You get away with more instead of looking within.
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Equality, absolutely, that’s what defines us. It’s what makes us great. If it doesn’t sit well with your religion, let your God sort it out in the end, but that’s us. We’re equal.
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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’m actually very snobbish about directors. I have to say no all the time. ‘No’ is the most powerful word in our business. You’ve got to protect yourself… To leave home, it’s got to be worth leaving. It’s got to be worth it.
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Heartthrobs are a dime a dozen.
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By nature, I keep moving, man. My theory is, be the shark. You’ve just got to keep moving. You can’t stop.
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The best moments can’t be preconceived. I’ve spent a lot of time in editing rooms, and a scene can be technically perfect, with perfect delivery and facial expression and timing, and you remember all your lines, and it is dead.
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The woman is the reflection of her man
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My family worry for me because I’m gonna burn in an eternal pit of fire.
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America is not a country, it’s a business.
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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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