Life Quotes

The big one. What it means, how to live it, and why it's worth the effort.

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"Without me, life would have been unbearable."
Norma Desmond
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"I spend my mornings remembering when I was needed."
Norma Desmond
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"Youth is wasted on those who have it."
Norma Desmond
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"What is life without admiration?"
Norma Desmond
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"I've lived more than most people ever could."
Norma Desmond
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"We're all pretty much the same, just trying to survive in this town."
Joe Gillis
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"I could have been something. Instead, I became someone."
Joe Gillis
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"She had everything except the ability to let go."
Joe Gillis
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"I would rather live one day with purpose than a lifetime without it."
Elena Montero
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"Life is most meaningful when lived for others."
Elena Montero
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"Every life tells a story worth remembering."
Elena Montero
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"I've spent so much time trying to be remembered that I forgot to live."
Charles Foster Kane
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"I didn't ask for any of this."
Susan Alexander
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"A man who loses himself in ambition finds nothing but an empty throne."
Jedediah Leland
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"The greatest tragedy is a life unlived."
Jedediah Leland
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"Life is too short to waste on regrets."
Norma Desmond
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"Every moment of my life has been performance."
Norma Desmond
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"My life is the greatest screenplay ever written."
Norma Desmond
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"Life is a dance, and we must learn to move with grace and purpose."
Elena Montero
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"A life without purpose is merely existence."
Zorro
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"A life of purpose is a life well-lived."
Zorro
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"I always gagged on the question 'What do you want to be?'"
Charles Foster Kane
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"A man's life is the sum of his choices, and I chose poorly."
Jedediah Leland
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"The pursuit of happiness is the enemy of peace."
Jedediah Leland
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"The greatest tragedy is a life fully lived for the wrong reasons."
Jedediah Leland
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"I have learned that all ambition ends in dust."
Jedediah Leland
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"Life is a dance between duty and desire."
Antonia Banderas
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"The point is not the destination, but the appearance of moving toward one."
Patrick Bateman
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"To live fully is to love deeply and without reservation."
Elena Montero
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"Every moment is an opportunity to choose who we want to be."
Elena Montero