God is a mean kid sitting on an anthill with a magnifying glass, and I’m the ant. He could fix my life in five minutes if He wanted to, but he’d rather burn off my feelers and watch me squirm.
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| — | Bruce Nolan (Jim Carrey), Bruce Almighty |
Grace:
You know that everything happens for a reason.
Bruce:
See, that I don’t need. That is a cliché. That is not helpful to me. A bird in the hand is worth two in the bush…I have no bird, I have no bush. God has taken my bird and my bush.
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| — | Grace Connelly (Jennifer Aniston) & Bruce Nolan (Jim Carrey), Bruce Almighty |
Parting your soup is not a miracle Bruce, it’s a magic trick. A single mom who’s working two jobs, and still finds time to take her son to soccer practice, that’s a miracle. A teenager who says ‘no’ to drugs and ‘yes’ to an education, that’s a miracle. People want me to do everything for them. What they don’t realize is they have the power. You want to see a miracle, son? Be the miracle.
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| — | God (Morgan Freeman), Bruce Almighty |
Triumph is born out of struggle, faith is the alchemist. If you want pictures like these, you’ll need to use some dark colors.
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| — | God (Morgan Freeman), Bruce Almighty |
You have a divine animal right to protect your own life and the life of your offspring.
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| — | Ginny (Juliette Lewis), Enough |
Directing a movie is a very overrated job, we all know it. We just have to say yes or no, what else do you do? Nothing. Maestro, should this be red? Green? No. More extras? Yes. More lipstick? No. Yes. No. Yes. No. That’s directing.
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| — | Lilli (Judi Dench), Nine |
Gordon:
When you were in the coma, you got a glimpse of another world.
Booth:
Right, and how does that help me aim my gun?
Gordon:
Temperance Brennan. You’re in love with her. You’re building a world around her. A family.
Booth:
We’re not compatible. She sees the world one way, I see it the other way.
Gordon:
Yes, of course! It’s absolutely ludacris the idea of you two together, but the heart chooses what it chooses, doesn’t it? We don’t really have any say in the matter.
Booth:
She doesn’t love me. I would know if she loved me.
Gordon:
May I councel patience on this front? Hope and patience.
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| — | Doctor Gordon Wyatt (Stephen Fry) & Special Agent Seeley Booth (David Boreanaz), Bones |
I love being a chef because I get to work with food everyday. It allows me to be creative. Growing up, I was a little confused about what the hell I wanted to do in my life. I was just really into cooking, so I decided to go to culinary school. That was really my favorite thing to do, and I wanted to be around it all the time.
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| — | Jennifer Carroll, Top Chef Las Vegas |
Optimism is a strategy for making a better future. Because unless you believe that the future can be better, it’s unlikely you will step up and take responsibility for making it so. If you assume that there’s no hope, you guarantee that there will be no hope. If you assume that there is an instinct for freedom, there are opportunities to change things, there’s a chance you may contribute to making a better world. The choice is yours.
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| — | Noam Chomsky |
