“Listen, here's the thing. If you can't spot the sucker in the first half hour at the table, then you ARE the sucker.” Quote by Matt Damon
“Sending our kids in my family to private school was a big, big, big deal. And it was a giant family discussion. But it was a circular conversation, really, because ultimately we don't have a choice. I mean, I pay for a private education and I'm trying to get the one that most matches the public education that I had, but that kind of progressive education no longer exists in the public system. It's unfair.” TryingKindMeanBigsKidsSchoolChoicesDealsPayConversationMy FamilyDiscussionGiantsProgressiveUnfairBig DealPublic EducationPrivate School Author:Matt Damon
“My mother is a professor of early childhood education. When I was two she would say she knew I was going to be an actor.” TwoMotherActorsChildhoodProfessorsEarly ChildhoodEarly Childhood Education Author:Matt Damon
“There are people who appear in the magazines and I don't know who they are. I've never seen anything they've done and their careers are over already. They're famous for maybe 10 minutes. Real careers, I think, take a long time to unfold.” PeopleThinkingKnowsLongRealDoneCareersMinutesLong TimeMagazines Author:Matt Damon
“If anybody wanted to photograph my life, they'd get bored in a day.” IfsWantedPhotographBoredAisle Author:Matt Damon
“If I had a bucket list, I'd say raising my four girls to be strong, good women would be No. 1.” IfsChildrenWould BeGirlStrongFourListsBucketsGood WomanBucket List Author:Matt Damon
“You know, a one-term president with some balls who actually got stuff done would have been, in the long run of the country, much better.” KnowsLongHas BeensCountryDoneRunningStuffPresidentTermBallsLong Runs Author:Matt Damon
“I was able to actually combine dance and acting, which was a dream come true.” DreamAbleActingDreams Come True Author:Alicia Vikander
“I started off when I was seven years old doing musicals. I was in ‘Les Miserables’ and ‘The Sound of Music,’ and my mum’s an actress. My parents divorced when I was young, and when she couldn’t find a babysitter, I was in the wings, sleeping.” YearsYoungParentSoundSleepWingsSevenActressesMumSeven YearsDivorcedBabysitterSound Of Music Author:Alicia Vikander
“I say that Hitler ought to have the peace prize, because he is removing all the elements of contest and of struggle from Germany. By driving out the Jews and the democratic and Left element, he is driving out everything that conduces to activity. That means peace ... By suppressing Jews ... he was ending struggle in Germany.” MeanLeftStruggleOughtActivityElementsDemocraticJewDrivingGermanyPrizeContestsSuppressing Author:Gertrude Stein