Matthew Goode Quotes
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The billable hours is a classic case of restricted autonomy. I mean, you're working on - I mean, sometimes on these six-minute increments. So you're not focused on doing a good job. You're focused on hitting your numbers. It's one reason why lawyers typically are so unhappy. And I want a world of happy lawyers.
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I believe a lot in monogamy, let me tell you.
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This invisibility, however, means that the opportunities for creative research are infinite.
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I think the kind of unexpected I really love is when you open books and the actual way of writing is different and interesting. Like reading Virginia Woolf for the first time or Lawrence Durrell for the first time.
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Work is the thing that happens around the game time.
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NASA should start thinking about this planet.
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Part of Michael's uniqueness, I think, comes from the fact that he worked with music. He had a tape which he gave me with many different compositions, really eclectic. These pieces of music were sources of inspiration.
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I have this kind of mild nice-guy exterior, but inside my heart is like a steel trap.
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Remember, China is the largest country in the world, so they have the confidence, the capital and resources to create large companies.
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I love my sleep.
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I was so keen to become a comedian that actually doing the comedy itself almost came second.
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A lot of actors know they want to be actors a little bit earlier on. I didn't even really start studying until I was about 22.
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The only time I can't sleep is on a plane, when I am literally keeping it in the air with my brain.
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You can go to the doctor a million times if you're feeling down, and get nowhere, but if you go for a run it makes you feel really good.
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If GE's strategy of investment in China is wrong, it represents a loss of a billion dollars, perhaps a couple of billion dollars. If it is right, it is the future of this company for the next century.
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I always put my fantasies in the realm of goals.
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During my theatre days, I was more comfortable doing comedy. It's such an irony. I have always played a buffoon on stage, and yet I don't have any comic role to my credit.
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Surely a long life must be somewhat tedious, since we are forced to call in so many trifling things to help rid us of our time, which will never return.
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Strategy is not really a solo sport - even If you're the CEO.
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We just bought this house. It's too big. It's like 400,000 square feet, or something. We got an indoor lake and ski slope in the house! It's just too big.
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Our business is all about helping someone - a founder, a CEO - building a great business. It's not about seeing our names in the press.
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Turning a blind eye to your finances always brings trouble. When you let the bills or late notices stay in their envelopes, you're making matters worse. When you finally have to deal with the problem - believe me, you will eventually - it will be exaggerated because you didn't take action.
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When you've got a new family, any kind of security you can have is great.
