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Like Many Of You, I Was Concerned About Going Out Into The World And Doing Something Bigger Than Myself. Until Someone Smarter Than Myself Made Me Realize That There Is Nothing Bigger Than Myself.

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Like Many Of You,

Jim Carrey

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Like Many Of You, I Was Concerned About Going Out Into The World And Doing Something Bigger Than Myself. Until Someone Smarter Than Myself Made Me Realize That There Is Nothing Bigger Than Myself.

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I'm Not Always Looking For The Laugh. I'm Not The Guy Who Sits In And Listens To Conversations And Wants To Jump In With Something Hilarious Every Two Seconds. I Actually Do Listen To People.

A Lot Of Good Love Can Happen In Ten Years.

I Enjoy Fame Except When I'm With My Daughter. Kids Stop Me All The Time And I Don't Want Her To Be Jealous Of The Attention. Also, Sometimes I Just Want To Be Left Alone And I Refuse To Make Rubber Faces. That's When They Start Asking, What's The Matter, Man, Don't You Like Your Job? I Say, Yeah, I Like My Job. But I Also Like Having Sex, And I'm Not Going To Do That In Front Of You Either.

I Don't Know What Happened To Architecture [in Las-vegas] I Think They're Getting Us Ready For Space Colonies Or Something, Nobody Puts A Window In That You Can Crack.

I Feel Like I've Lived The Dream For Sure, I'm The Luckiest Guy In The World And I Never Forget That. I Always Feel Like I'm Proof Of Positive Thought And Manifestation, And That Faith Is More Important Than Talent. But If You Have Both You're Really Doing Something.

I Got Paid A Lot Of Money At One Point So The Focus Became, For A Lot Of People, About That, But For Me, It's Always Been The Same Goal: To Stop The World For People.

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