Matthew Perry Quotes
I grew up babysitting and always enjoyed it. I love family. A couple of my closest friends have kids, and I'm their godfather, and that's one of my greatest pleasures in life, just picking them up from school and hanging out with them.
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But if you want to be in a band and write music, then you should just be in a band and write music.
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A sack is way better than any nightclub. A touchdown is way better than any bar experience I've ever had.
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I idolised bands like Pearl Jam and Smashing Pumpkins, who wanted to reach as many people as they could.
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I never wanted to give up my given name. I'm proud of it, but the only problem was that no one remembered it. It was just a little too awkward, and they mispronounced it so frequently.
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It is possible to tolerate anything as long as it only affects you. But the method of collective punishment is bigger than that.
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Sometimes a chord on a guitar will somehow spur some thought in your head, and you will write a song about it.
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I think you have to do certain things in the pilot to get your network's attention - to break through... So maybe you push a little further in the first show.
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The very first time a politician puts you in his target is sometimes a disappointment, because perhaps you thought you were friends and getting along well... But it is not something that you dwelled on. At least, I did not.
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It really is no different in the way that we make records and shoot music videos. I don't think of the movie as being a great leap out of my current profession.
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What I do, basically, is look at things from different angles. That is what I do on stage comedically, and that is what I do in art. I was always fascinated by the structure of things, why things work this way and not that way. So I like to see how things behave if you change the point of view.
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Anything scarce will ultimately be tokenized because the benefits of digitization and increased liquidity are so great.
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When you argue with your inferiors, you convince them of only one thing: they are as clever as you.
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'The Outsiders' died on the vine being sold as a drugstore paperback.
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'Vanity' means worthlessness.
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When I'm writing something, I try not to get analytical about it as I'm doing it, as I'm writing it.
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Darwin's idea of natural selection makes people uncomfortable because it reverses the direction of tradition.
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I myself prefer my New Zealand eggs for breakfast.
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Nobody in France would ever say 'He's a Jewish novelist' or 'She's a black novelist,' even though people do write about those subjects. It would look absurd to a French person to go into a bookstore and see a 'Gay Studies' section.
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The best thing I did was to choose the right heroes.
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I'm pretty sure that I was JFK in my past life.
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People don't really understand, but having people stare, and point, and take pictures, even if it is in a positive framework, is quite isolating; there's no two ways about it. You feel a little bit, you know, freakish.
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Growing companies need commercial space, and their employees need to live nearby.
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I have that precious commodity - freedom. I can live my life a day at a time, and I am open to whatever the next day brings. I know I sound as if I have been off with some guru in India, but I haven't. I've come to realise the value of being able to decide for oneself.
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I grew up babysitting and always enjoyed it. I love family. A couple of my closest friends have kids, and I'm their godfather, and that's one of my greatest pleasures in life, just picking them up from school and hanging out with them.
