The gods envy us. They envy us because we’re mortal, because any moment may be our last. Everything is more beautiful because we’re doomed. You will never be lovelier than you are now. We will never be here again.
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More Brad Pitt Quotes
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Gay marriage is inevitable. The next generation, they get it. It is just a matter of time before it becomes a reality.
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I haven’t known life to be any happier.
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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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So much of making movies is about discovery on the day, what you’re figuring out. If you know everything going in, then it’s not worth doing – it’s already done. I’m interested in finding people who I think have a voice – and a very specific voice.
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Personally I like ageing. With age comes wisdom and I have said it before and I say it again, I will take wisdom over youth any day.
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I was hiding out from the celebrity thing, I was smoking way too much [marijuana].
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We’re consumers. We are by-products of a lifestyle obsession.
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Stop being perfect, because obsessing over being perfect stops you from growing.
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I’m drawn to furniture design as complete architecture on a minor scale.
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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 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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Your shame will be your torture, and your torture will be your life. I wish it long.
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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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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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I’m probably 20 percent atheist and 80 percent agnostic. I don’t think anyone really knows. You’ll either find out or not when you get there, until then there’s no point thinking about it.
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I don’t want to die without scars.
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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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We made a plan at school to meet in her garage and kiss. It was like this little business deal. I kissed her and then I ran home
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It’s a lovely experience walking around a museum by yourself.
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I don’t want to die without scars.
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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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Fame is a Bleet, man.
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You make yourself what you are. You have control of your own destiny.
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America is not a country, it’s a business.
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There’s peace in understanding that I have only one life, here and now, and I’m responsible.
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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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