Matthew McConaughey Quotes
I've never been a manipulator, even in my bachelor days. I never wanted to do things to people that could catch up with me later on.
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I had eleven varsity letters. I loved basketball the best, but cross-country is a little more under your control.
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I'm learning as I go. I don't know everything. I never had anybody to look at, nobody ever taught me, and where I'm from I didn't have any famous role models.
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I like when everything's naturally moving along - I find that pretty exciting.
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Privacy is not explicitly spelled out in the Constitution as freedom of speech is in the First Amendment.
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The differences between revolution in art and revolution in politics are enormous. Revolution in art lies not in the will to destroy but in the revelation of what has already been destroyed. Art kills only the dead.
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The idea of modernity is beginning to lose its vitality. It is losing it because modernity is no longer a critical attitude but an accepted, codified convention.
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The main thing is to make history, not to write it.
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I warm up with my mom and make sure I understand what the songs are about and make sure I'm using the right technique. To be honest with you, I really don't practice a lot... Usually, I say a prayer and ask the Lord to sing with me and help me and stand on the stage with me.
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The very idea of carrying my memory into eternity devastated me, and I took refuge in atheism.
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It doesn't have to be a mountain you have to be climbing. I hope to change people's opinion about Saudi in general and Saudi women and Saudi women's opinion about themselves. I really hope they can step out of their comfort zone and just dream: try to push your limits.
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I wouldn't let a biopic be made on me. That's because I don't believe in them. I don't like them.
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I wake up every morning and I wish I were dead, and so does Jim.
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Grown-up clothes are more appealing because customers need to be able to project themselves into them.
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A community is democratic only when the humblest and weakest person can enjoy the highest civil, economic, and social rights that the biggest and most powerful possess.
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It's a shallow life that doesn't give a person a few scars.
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A man's kiss is his signature.
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'Power Play' is a morality tale for our post-Enron world and - not incidentally - wildly entertaining. Nothing wrong with that.
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I really feel that political will is born out of popular will.
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I love challenge. I love to be afraid before a film, before acting. I think always I want to experience fear. I've become addicted to this feeling.
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Strive for continuous improvement, instead of perfection.
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When you suddenly become successful, the change is enormous, both financially and in terms of recognition and the way people treat you. I found that hard to deal with. I got very guilty about it, and I think I put up obstacles to prevent myself enjoying it.
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There was a library near us in San Francisco. It was the West Portal Public Library. I would ask my father to drive me there at night and pick me up when it closed. I think he was worried about this routine but never let on. Also, I kept this a secret from my friends, as I don't think it would have been considered the 'coolest' habit.
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I've never been a manipulator, even in my bachelor days. I never wanted to do things to people that could catch up with me later on.
