“There's nothing more ironic or contradictory than life itself.”
Life quotes
1195 life quotes, film quotes, movie lines, taglines-
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“Look, I really don't want to wax philosophical, but I will say that if you're alive, you got to flap your arms and legs, you got to jump around a lot, you got to make a lot of noise, because life is the very opposite of death. And therefore, as I see it, if you're quiet, you're not living. You've got to be noisy, or at least your thoughts...” (continue) (continue reading)
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“We seem to have reached the age where life stops giving us things and starts taking them away.”
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“I do know that I'm responsible not for what happens, but for what I make of it.”
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“If you live an ordinary life, all you'll have are ordinary stories. You have to live a life of adventure.”
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“A man should control his life. Mine is controlling me.”
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“Life is nothing but a series of conflicts, in a way, surmounting one and coming to another.”
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“Death ends a life, not a relationship.”
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“It's good to experience Hollywood in short bursts, I guess. Little snippets. I don't think I can handle being here all the time, it's pretty nutty.”
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“We're here for such a short period of time. Live like you're already dead, man. Have a good time. Do your best. Let it all come ripping right through you.”
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“We are born alone, we live alone, we die alone. Everything in-between is a gift.”
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“Because we do not know when we will die, we get to think of life as an inexhaustible well.”
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“I can't play anything until I find something that connects to my life.”
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“You've got only one life to live. You can either make it chickenshit or chicken salad.”
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“In Virginia, high school football is a way of life, it's bigger than Christmas day.”
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“- The Kid: I ain't got time for your bullshit, Billy. What do you want?
- Billy: This stage is no place for your personal shit, man!
- The Kid: That's life, man.
- Billy: Life, my ass, motherfucker! This is a business, and you too far gone to see that yet! I told you before, you're not packin' them in like you used to. No one digs your music but...” (continue) (continue reading)
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“We had the chance but we were scared. We walked away. We lived our life in fear!”
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“The saddest thing in life is wasted talent.”
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“There's more fiction in my life than in books, so I don't bother with them.”
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“- Mickey: Jesus, what a sheltered life I've led. I have book knowledge but you've really tasted life.
- Carolina: You've been round the world.
- Mickey: Yeah, but you've been around the block. You think you'll always be looking over your shoulder?
- Carolina: Everybody dies, you can't walk around thinking about it.
- Mickey: You're talking to a...” (continue) (continue reading)
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