Philosophy Quotes

Questions about meaning, existence, and truth from thinkers who spent their lives searching for answers.

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"The past is just a story we tell ourselves."
Holly Golightly
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"I weflect on my mistakes to improve."
Elmer Fudd
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"Some choices define who we are."
Joe Bradley
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"I don't believe in fate, I believe in choices."
Paul Varjak
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"The past is never truly past in Hollywood."
Max von Mayerling
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"In this town, sentiment is a dangerous luxury."
Max von Mayerling
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"One becomes complicit through loyalty."
Max von Mayerling
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"One cannot escape one's nature in this business."
Max von Mayerling
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"I understood that freedom was a luxury she could not afford."
Max von Mayerling
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"Philosophy? I create my own reality."
Lina Lamont
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"Life is a journey, not a destination."
Holly Golightly
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"Philosophy helps us understand the questions that matter most."
Joe Bradley
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"Philosophy asks the questions that matter."
Joe Bradley
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"Sometimes the smallest moments change everything."
Paul Varjak
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"I'm discovering that philosophy is really about how to live."
Paul Varjak
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"The illusion is all they're selling. The dream is just the bait."
Joe Gillis
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"Hollywood is the greatest con game ever invented, and we're all the marks."
Joe Gillis
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"Every man in Hollywood is running from something. Most of us are running toward nothing."
Joe Gillis
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"The best lie is the one you tell yourself over and over until you believe it."
Joe Gillis
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"I'm not even a failed writer anymore - I'm just a failed man."
Joe Gillis
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"In art, compromise is death. In life, it is everything."
Max von Mayerling
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"The human heart is merely another prop to be moved at will."
Max von Mayerling
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"The world's opinion matters only insofar as it worships me."
Lina Lamont
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"What if everything we think is real is actually just a dream?"
Holly Golightly
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"What's more important, being yourself or being happy?"
Holly Golightly
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"Philosophy is just a way of asking important questions."
Paul Varjak
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"Philosophy teaches us that all people struggle with similar questions."
Princess Anne
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"I've learned that reporting the news and living it are two different things."
Joe Bradley
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"Life is a series of small moments that add up to meaning."
Joe Bradley
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"A man can report on the world or be part of it, but rarely both."
Joe Bradley