"Most of my friends surfed, so we would go before school, after school - literally, whenever we could"
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The rhythm is doing extra work. "Before school, after school" is a familiar cadence, almost a chant, collapsing the day into two bookends with water in the middle. It reads like an alibi for obsession: no grand claims, just repetition and momentum. "Whenever we could" is the moral of the story - not discipline in the achievement-culture sense, but availability, the open-handed schedule of kids who can get to the beach and have the bodies and time to treat nature like a second campus.
Coming from an actor, the quote also doubles as origin myth. Hollywood loves a grounded backstory, and the Australian surf upbringing signals ease, athleticism, and a certain unbothered masculinity - outdoorsy, communal, pre-fame. It’s carefully unglamorous while still aspirational: the fantasy of a life where the best thing to do is always five minutes away, and you keep choosing it, again and again.
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| Topic | Friendship |
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Hemsworth, Liam. (2026, January 15). Most of my friends surfed, so we would go before school, after school - literally, whenever we could. FixQuotes. https://fixquotes.com/quotes/most-of-my-friends-surfed-so-we-would-go-before-172518/
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Hemsworth, Liam. "Most of my friends surfed, so we would go before school, after school - literally, whenever we could." FixQuotes. January 15, 2026. https://fixquotes.com/quotes/most-of-my-friends-surfed-so-we-would-go-before-172518/.
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"Most of my friends surfed, so we would go before school, after school - literally, whenever we could." FixQuotes, 15 Jan. 2026, https://fixquotes.com/quotes/most-of-my-friends-surfed-so-we-would-go-before-172518/. Accessed 21 Feb. 2026.







