"I think the reason I've survived that long is because I've taken my work so seriously. Maybe sometimes too seriously, but it's always been important for me to do my best regardless of the film. I think the biggest compliment I get is when people on the street stop me and say they've liked the choices I've made."

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Source : "Best Is Yet to Come, Says Actor Matt Dillon". The Daily Oklahoman, May 02, 1997.

Matt Dillon

#Taken Quotes #Thinking Quotes #Long Quotes

“miracles occur in psychoanalysis as seldom as anywhere else.”
“All across America news organizations have been devoured by massive corporations, and allegiance to stockholders, the drive for higher share prices, and push for larger dividend returns trumps everything that the grunts in the newsrooms consider their missions.”
“But for the most part, love is a recognition, an opportunity to say, 'There is something about you I cherish.”

Source : Raymond E. Feist (1993). “Magician: Master”, Spectra
“When you work for something, you appreciate it more. So what are y'all going to do with all the opportunities you inherited that you didn't have to work for?”
“There are those who suffer and grow strong; there are those who suffer and grow weak. This mystery of pain is still for me the saddest of earth's disabilities.”
“My schedule has not calmed down, but I'm definitely not so devastated as I used to be. Definitely cooler now. A lot of blessings have fallen into my lap, and I'm very thankful to receive all of them.”

Source : Source: www.mtv.com
“You only stay in front by coming up with ideas your new competitors haven't thought of yet.”
“Dostoevsky believed that the gods of rationalism and materialist utilitarianism had joined in conspiracy against all other ethical systems. ... The accumulation of capital, or the acquisition of money, are endeavors par excellence which establish a quantifiable goal: hence they are directly amenable to maximization formulae.”

Source : John Carroll (2010). “Break-Out from the Crystal Palace: The Anarcho-Psychological Critique: Stirner, Nietzsche, Dostoevsky”, p.120, Taylor & Francis

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