Matthew McConaughey Quotes
There are a whole bunch of roles where people say, 'Oh, you're playing yourself.' I guess it's kind of a compliment. Or people say, 'Oh, man, you just roll out of bed and do that.' The work is to make it look effortless. That's the hard part.
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I've been really lucky with the people that I've gotten to work with. I learn a lot from them, just by watching them.
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I probably get strangers coming up to me two or three times a week to just say something nice. I get more than my share of compliments as I walk through my daily life. I'm not having to show off or make a point about how good I am at doing something. I think I've always kind of been that way.
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Your papers are marked when you go to school, but you can't mark the character.
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I went from 118 pounds to 135 pounds in a few months. But, I still didn't know anything about food.
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I want do a Mandarin language movie. It'll probably be the next movie I do after the one I do next.
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The guitar for me is a translation device. It's not a goal. And in some ways, jazz isn't a destination for me. For me, jazz is a vehicle that takes you to the true destination - a musical one that describes all kinds of stuff about the human condition and the way music works.
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I can go to a country song, go right into it and make it sound authentic. And I think that's because of my ear as an impressionist.
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I have always loathed working out.
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We're here for a little, little bit of time, and I just wanna make the most out of it.
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Give a talk to children and tell them dinosaurs didn't drag their tails, and you get arguments.
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I have to admit that I can't take a whole fig and eat it on its own as I would a peach or mango. It's just too much.
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We cannot therefore say that mental acts contain a cognitive as well as a conative element.
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Ultimately life is disease, death and oblivion. It's still better than high school.
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I love my shape because I work really hard at it. I honor my body by working out and seeing what it can do.
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I listen to music almost any time I'm not sleeping, 'hanging out' with specific people, or showering.
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People accuse artists of being narcissists - of course we are! If we don't like ourselves, who's going to like us?
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So many people love sci-fi, and they're so loyal.
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I'm a strong fighter, I'm a fighter who can adapt to my surroundings.
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I don't know if I miss it per se, but I do miss the fact that there just doesn't seem to be any rock 'n' roll out there anyplace. Everything does seem kind of tame. It's even hard in Manhattan to go out and find a good band to go see.
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The happy man is not he who seems thus to others, but who seems thus to himself.
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The obsessive focus on a college degree has served neither taxpayers nor students well. Only 35 percent of students starting a four-year degree program will graduate within four years, and less than 60 percent will graduate within six years. Students who haven't graduated within six years probably never will.
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People do ask me for advice for some reason. And I'll just kind of pose it back to them and let them answer on their own. I never like to give my advice 'cause I don't want them to come back and 'You were wrong! You ruined my life!' so it's more about 'Hey, this is what you just told me. What does that sound like to you?'
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But I have been avoiding talking about what I'm doing now because it's frustrating for people to hear about things that aren't available yet.
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There are a whole bunch of roles where people say, 'Oh, you're playing yourself.' I guess it's kind of a compliment. Or people say, 'Oh, man, you just roll out of bed and do that.' The work is to make it look effortless. That's the hard part.
