Ideals are peaceful. History is violent.
BRAD PITTDo you know how you tell real love? It’s when someone else’s interest trumps your own.
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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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I think happiness is overrated. Satisfied, at peace-those would be more realistic goals.
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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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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’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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I haven’t known life to be any happier.
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I think happiness is overrated. Satisfied, at peace-those would be more realistic goals.
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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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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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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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There’s no right. There’s no wrong. There’s only popular opinion.
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Fame makes you feel permanently like a girl walking past construction workers.
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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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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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