“No one is more enslaved than a slave who doesn't think they're enslaved.”
Self-knowledge quotes
433 self-knowledge quotes, film quotes, movie lines, taglines-
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“It is our moments of struggle, that define us.”
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“This is too deep for me.”
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“I'm a Utopian anarchist — which means nothing. You know, the intellectuals take over and the government crumbles. I'm a less than convincing dilettante, much less an intellectual. I go to the store for a loaf of bread and come back with a quart of milk. So I act. To compensate for this indignity they put roses in the dressing room on the first...” (continue) (continue reading)
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“You can't respect yourself if you're afraid to be who you are.”
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“The only way you can know where the line is, is if you cross it.”
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“- Kevin: Who is you, Chiron?
- Black: I'm me man. I ain't trying to be nothing else.”
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“Fearlessly be yourself.”
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“In my old life, I longed for someone to see what was special in me. You did, and for that, you'll always be in my heart. But what I really needed was for me to see it. And now I do.”
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“I'm a passionate trade unionist.”
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“I'm a pants salesman. I think I know how to act around people.”
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“I am not an elephant! I am not an animal! I am a human being! I am a man!”
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“Saddest people are the ones who don't know what they want.”
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“Through theater and acting school, I found a way to articulate myself.”
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“- Caterpillar: Who... are... you?
- Alice: I- I hardly know, sir. I've changed so many times since this morning, you see...
- Caterpillar: No, I do not 'C.' Explain yourself.
- Alice: I'm afraid I can't explain myself sir, because I'm not myself, you know.
- Caterpillar: I do not know.
- Alice: Well, I can't put it any more clearly, sir, for it...” (continue) (continue reading)
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“Everyone says I'm intense, or I'm mad, or I play bad guys. I don't see any of that.”
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“- Drew: I just wanna know... in Africa... did you meet someone?
- Kate: Yes, I did. I met me.”
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“We are not defined by where we’re from, but by who we love.”
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“People look at me, and they have a certain perception, and they slap a label on me. The guy you saw in a wrestling ring is not who I am.”
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“I always wanted to become an astronaut, for the future of mankind and all. At least, that’s what I always told myself. I see myself from the outside. Smile, present a side. It’s a performance, with my eye on the exit. Always on the exit. Just don’t touch me.”
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“- Rafiki: Who are you?
- Simba: I'm nobody.
- Rafiki: Everybody is somebody. So I ask again, who are you?”
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“Listen to your inner voice.”
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“- Maria: I think you're joking with me. I know where you see it.
- David: Where?
- Maria: In yourself. Because you and I are so alike.
- David: You mean in our selfishness, coldness and indifference?” -
“You have to care about how good you are and how good you feel, but not about how good people think you are or how good people think you look.”
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“Who are we? Are we simply what others want us to be? Are destined to a fate beyond our control? Or can we evolve? Become... something more?”
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