Matt Dillon Quotes
A lot of people say I've missed out on a lot because I started acting at such a young age. What's so obvious to me is that I actually was really lucky. I gained a lot and I got a head start in what I wanted to do in life. A lot of people in their late 20s, early 30s are just beginning to figure out where they want to go.
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Watching a whole cluster of friends, and my own mother, die over quite a short space of time convinced me that purely materialist 'explanations' for our mysterious human existence simply won't do - on an intellectual level.
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When you are tough on yourself, life is going to be infinitely easier on you.
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Anytime you have a tight race and you lose, it's not pleasant.
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There is always the fear of failure, and if you struggle, you become nervous, and that's when the underdogs have an opportunity to create a surprise.
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I'm proud of my hard work. Working hard won't always lead to the exact things we desire. There are many things I've wanted that I haven't always gotten. But, I have a great satisfaction in the blessings from my mother and father, who instilled a great work ethic in me both personally and professionally.
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The most successful Subway customers, of course, are the ones who can't keep their hands off their sandwich. Join your artist in the sandwich assembling process. That sneeze guard is a suggestion. That sneeze guard is trying to intimidate you into staying on the customer's side of the partition.
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It's hard for me to view Baltimore outside the context of what Baltimore has always been in my mind: a violent place.
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I believe in reincarnation of the soul.
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I love the crowds at festivals because they're so chilled out.
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I am not ever in the business of making anyone feel bad.
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On certain, delicate subjects, bringing in outsiders to talk about values is pertinent because pupils listen to them more attentively.
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New Hampshire is moving in the right direction because we have shown time and time again that we can work across the aisle to solve problems.
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I want to keep pushing my boundaries. One of the biggest things I learned from 'Unbroken' is that you can go a lot further than you think you can. We often underestimate our actual capabilities.
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I've always been a huge fan of Julia Roberts. Without her what would the world be like?
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Let's face it, us '60s folks had pretty high expectations.
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I would love to work with Reese Witherspoon.
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Jazz has been such a force in music, that any musician, including classical composers, have been influenced, and obviously performers, also.
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I do my own thing. And I believe what I do is the right thing.
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I don't try to just be a blues singer – I try to be an entertainer. That has kept me going.
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I would love to write the story of my upbringing in Ireland.
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As a kid I read Jules Verne, H. G. Wells, and a few others. As an adult have admired Leonardo da Vinci's drawings and notebooks.
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Marriage equality is not a choice. It is a legal right.
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I'm getting a wider circle of fans now. More women, more middle class people.
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A lot of people say I've missed out on a lot because I started acting at such a young age. What's so obvious to me is that I actually was really lucky. I gained a lot and I got a head start in what I wanted to do in life. A lot of people in their late 20s, early 30s are just beginning to figure out where they want to go.
