Kids will remind you that, even though you’ve gone down a road 100 times, it’s brand new for them – and that’s healthy.
MATTHEW MCCONAUGHEYThere’s two sorts of fear: one you embrace and one you should listen to and turn the other way.
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Africa is probably one of the most beautiful places I have ever been.
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You do that and you go through some withdrawals in the beginning. You start thinking, ‘Oh, do I need to do this? Do I need to do that?’ You forget that we were doing just fine with the payphone.
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Good ideas are free – or at least they should be.
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At the same time, when I can go off with a backpack or off on a surfboard or even off on a run somewhere in the woods – that’s where I’m really happy.
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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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Cameras aren’t guns. They can’t really hurt you.
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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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One of the great pleasures of going to see a Daniel Day-Lewis film: you haven’t seen him in five years. Where have you been?
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I love Los Angeles, and it’s been very good to me, but if everyone is running around telling the stories, who’s living them?
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I don’t dislike any of my exes. If I took time to form a relationship, it’s gonna hurt when we move on, but are you puttin’ White-Out over all that beautiful time together? That was real time in your life. It’s connected to where you are today.
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My whole family are hams. They’re storytellers and everyone outdoes the next one.
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Any artist, the work you do, if it’s a painting or if it’s a performance.
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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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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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I like to be able to wear something that is appropriate for wherever the day takes me: to work, on a hike and then out to dinner. I like to take the formality out of the day’s schedule and be ready for any off-road detour.
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