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Greenlights: Raucous Stories and Outlaw Wisdom from the Academy Award-Winning Actor

Greenlights: Raucous Stories and Outlaw Wisdom from the Academy Award-Winning Actor

byMatthew McConaughey
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Garry
5.0 out of 5 starsGreat book, Kindle edition needs work
Reviewed in Australia on 31 October 2020
Great book with so much to take out of it. Amazon please do something about the Kindle Edition, the words are way too small and can not be enlarged? Otherwise, this would get a 5 star.
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Melody James
1.0 out of 5 starsVery short book
Reviewed in Australia on 25 October 2020
Just as I finished the book in a very disappointingly quick read, I thought I had finally reached the meat of the book, the real story or chapters, only to find......., it had ended! Took about an hour to read? I can't believe I paid nearly $16AU for that! I was really looking forward to a good read of a good Memoir. Seems to me, to be something just to generate income in his life. It was SO hard to read on Kindle. Painful to read on Kindle, painfully short, painful waste of money. I warned my sister in time before she shelled out precious bucks for this book. I'm sorry to be leaving such a negative review, when I was so looking forward to reading this much publicized book by an Actor I enjoy.
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Melody James
1.0 out of 5 stars Very short book
Reviewed in Australia on 25 October 2020
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Just as I finished the book in a very disappointingly quick read, I thought I had finally reached the meat of the book, the real story or chapters, only to find......., it had ended! Took about an hour to read? I can't believe I paid nearly $16AU for that! I was really looking forward to a good read of a good Memoir. Seems to me, to be something just to generate income in his life. It was SO hard to read on Kindle. Painful to read on Kindle, painfully short, painful waste of money. I warned my sister in time before she shelled out precious bucks for this book. I'm sorry to be leaving such a negative review, when I was so looking forward to reading this much publicized book by an Actor I enjoy.
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Taleah
2.0 out of 5 stars Quite self indulgent and rambling
Reviewed in Australia on 30 November 2020
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Struggled with this book quite a lot, he comes across kind of pretentious and uses a lot of words to say not very much. Some interesting/well told stories in there but I would say about 70% of the book is filler. If you're a big fan of him you might like it but otherwise, not one I would recommend!
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Garry
5.0 out of 5 stars Great book, Kindle edition needs work
Reviewed in Australia on 31 October 2020
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Great book with so much to take out of it. Amazon please do something about the Kindle Edition, the words are way too small and can not be enlarged? Otherwise, this would get a 5 star.
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NT
4.0 out of 5 stars Comfort with Discomfort
Reviewed in Australia on 28 August 2021
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I can't remember why I bought this book. I made a start and I didn't like it. It seemed more suited to paper than Kindle, I didn't like the presentation, and the author just seemed plain weird.

It grew on me. As the author grew, so did the book. Wisdom comes from experience. Experience comes from mistakes. They were made, and more learned from than dwelled upon.

There's a lot of wisdom in this book. Worth the read, we can learn from those different to ourselves, and I reckon Matthew McConaughey is different to most of us.
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Julia Storm
5.0 out of 5 stars Highly Recommend
Reviewed in Australia on 19 November 2020
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Unique, laugh-out-loud funny and inspiring. This book not only entertains with cool stories told in Matthews lyrical way, but reminds us to honestly examine ourselves and our lives as we go and course correct where necessary. A thoroughly enjoyable memoir.
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robert niederer
5.0 out of 5 stars Whoosh!!
Reviewed in Australia on 12 November 2020
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What a piercing insight into a human who will always be a work in progress. Deliberately. I am 72, but I will wait for the next instalment. In the meantime I will pick up the positivity and try to rebrand myself.
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5.0 out of 5 stars Livin Masterclass
Reviewed in Australia on 14 December 2020
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Matthew McConaughey's extraordinary life is larger than any character he's ever played. His boldness and willingness to take risks has taken him places outside the realm of the everyday. Thankfully McConaughey is as self aware as he is a soulful, cosmic wanderer, distilling truths that will resonate and inspire us mere mortals. He's also a hell of a storyteller, but when the grist is this juicy, it's perhaps not that hard. A mythmaker by trade, McConaughey spits truths for a livin.
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Amy Taylor
5.0 out of 5 stars Insightful, Profound, and Simple
Reviewed in Australia on 26 March 2021
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I loved the story, but even more I loved the insights I gained. There were some truly profound life-changing thoughts that came to the surface for me. Especially the quote in the image. The simplicity of using a system of writing things down to clear my mind was genius. It wasn't a strong focus in the book, but it was my moment of gold. There were so many wise words I highly recommend reading to see if you too can get a deeper insight into yourself, the way we work, and how to set your life up for success.
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Amy Taylor
5.0 out of 5 stars Insightful, Profound, and Simple
Reviewed in Australia on 26 March 2021
I loved the story, but even more I loved the insights I gained. There were some truly profound life-changing thoughts that came to the surface for me. Especially the quote in the image. The simplicity of using a system of writing things down to clear my mind was genius. It wasn't a strong focus in the book, but it was my moment of gold. There were so many wise words I highly recommend reading to see if you too can get a deeper insight into yourself, the way we work, and how to set your life up for success.
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Tasje
5.0 out of 5 stars Excellent read!
Reviewed in Australia on 12 November 2020
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A truly intelligent, arty and humorous Bio, well worth reading.
I read it on my iPad so luckily i could make the letters a bit bigger but some pages were hard to read.
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J.S.
5.0 out of 5 stars Thank you Matthew, what a wonderful way to have lived your life
Reviewed in Australia on 14 January 2021
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I loved Matthew’s book, love the concept and thinking behind living life with Greenlights. His faith, sense of humour and courage to back himself, through a life lived honestly kept me glued to the pages... even had me laughing out loud at times right along with his & his brothers shenanigans.
Thank you Matthew, I look forward to your next one.
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