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MATTHEW MCCONAUGHEYSure, 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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Even as a kid, I wore J.C. Penney plain-pocket jeans because they were plain pockets.
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Good ideas are free – or at least they should be.
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The best advice comes from people who don’t give advice.
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I’ve never been a jealous person, and I’ve never felt built up by someone else’s failure – that’s a cheap thrill.
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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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My wife and I don’t compete. We know each other’s preferences, and we work to provide those for each other. One will take over when the other is faced with something he or she dislikes. That’s what friends do.
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I’m a football fan, a sports fan, a fan of competition.
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We dissect failure a lot more than we dissect success.
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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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Vrtually having relationships, virtually traveling across the neighborhood, virtually going to that island.
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In whatever adulation you get, there’s truth and there’s not truth. And wherever they dog you, and they say it was horrible – there’s truth and there’s not truth. It’s human nature to like to read the adulation more.
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I’m not arrogant enough to look back on my career and criticize my choices. It’s really not my place.
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I think I can keep a rhythm to a beat, but there are quite a few people who would argue with me.
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So, it’s a special event, right? Well, if you want to go see a movie that I’m in, it still may be a special event for you, but, you don’t feel like you don’t know where I’ve been.
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I like the city. I like the concrete. I like big business. I like being a CEO of my own company and having a lot of responsibilities.
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