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100 pieces of advice from movies
Don't just watch, listen
While it's normally standard practice to seek advice from parents, teachers, doctors, policemen and fortune tellers, people just don't give enough credit to the fountain of knowledge that is the cinema.
Instructing us on how to see ourselves and the world around us, screenwriters have been acting as unappreciated and extremely helpful friends for years now and we think it's only fair to give them the credit they deserve.
So here are 100 pieces of advice spouted by characters that we should really do some listening to.
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Fight Club
"You are not a beautiful or unique snowflake. You're… More details
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Rocky
"Until you start believing in yourself, you ain't… More details
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The Magnificent Seven
"Sometimes you have to bend with the breeze or you… More details
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The Empire Strikes Back
"Named must your fear be before banish it you… More details
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Teen Wolf
"There are three rules that I live by: never get less… More details
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The Social Network
"When you go fishing you can catch a lot of fish, or… More details
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The Shawshank Redemption
"Get busy living or get busy dying" Andy Dufresne More details
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Memento
"We all need mirrors to remind ourselves who we… More details
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Batman Begins
"Men fear most what they cannot see." Henri Ducard More details
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Braveheart
"We all end up dead, it's just a question of how and… More details
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The Karate Kid
"Man who catch fly with chopstick accomplish… More details
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Swingers
"There's nothing wrong with letting the girls know… More details
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V For Vendetta
"People should not be afraid of their governments.… More details
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Wedding Crashers
"Funerals are insane, the chicks are so horny, its not… More details
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Good Will Hunting
"Real loss is only possible when you love something… More details
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Dodgeball
"If you can dodge traffic, you can dodge a… More details
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The Lord Of The Rings: The …
"All we have to decide is what to do with the time… More details
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Almost Famous
"The only true currency in this bankrupt world... is… More details
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Leon
"Revenge is not good. Once you're done. Believe… More details
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The Godfather
"Because a man who doesn't spend time with his family… More details
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The Big Lebowski
“Life does not stop and start at your… More details
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Million Dollar Baby
"Sometimes the best way to deliver a punch is to step… More details
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Back To the Future
"If you put your mind to it, you can accomplish… More details
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Ben-Hur
“You ask how to fight an idea. I’ll tell you how. With… More details
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Saw III
"Death is a surprise party. Unless of course you're… More details
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Any Given Sunday
“When you get old, in life, things get taken from you. I… More details
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The Outlaw Of Josey Wales
"If you lose your head and you give up, then you… More details
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Butch Cassidy And The Sunda…
“Don’t ever hit your mother with a shovel. It leaves a… More details
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The Cable Guy
“You know what the trouble about real life is? There's no… More details
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Cool Runnings
"A gold medal is a wonderful thing. But if you're not… More details
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The Dark Knight
“If you’re good at something, never do it for… More details
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Willy Wonka And The Chocola…
“A little nonsense now and then is relished by the wisest… More details
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One Flew Over The Cuckoo's …
"It's hard for something to grow on something that's… More details
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Manhattan
“Talent is luck. The important thing in life is… More details
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Lost In Translation
“The more you know who you are and what you want, the… More details
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Inglourious Basterds
“Facts can be so misleading, where rumors, true or false,… More details
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The Expendables
“The man who best gets along with women is the man who… More details
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Spider-Man
“With great power comes great responsibility.” Uncle Ben More details
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Full Metal Jacket
“The dead only know one thing – it is better to be… More details
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Swimming With Sharks
“If they can't start a meeting without you, well, that's… More details
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Gandhi
“An eye for an eye only ends up making the whole world… More details
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Pulp Fiction
“Just because you are a character doesn't mean that you… More details
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The Town
“No matter how much you change, you still got to pay the… More details
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Who Framed Roger Rabbit?
“A laugh can be a very powerful thing. Why, sometimes in… More details
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The Weather Man
“Do you know that the harder thing to do and the right… More details
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The Killer Inside Me
“Nobody has it coming. That’s why no one sees it… More details
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Amelie
"It's better to help people than garden… More details
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Natural Born Killers
“In this day and age a man has to have choices; a man has… More details
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Greenberg
“It’s huge to finally embrace the life you never… More details
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Once Upon A Time In The West
“Taking it easy is the first thing a businessman should… More details
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Office Space
"Human beings were not meant to sit in little cubicles… More details
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A Single Man
“Experience is not what happens to a man, it’s what a… More details
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Die Hard
"Now, you listen to me, jerk-off, if you're not a part… More details
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Eternal Sunshine Of The Spo…
“Constantly talking isn't necessarily… More details
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Ferris Bueller's Day Off
"-Ism's in my opinion are not good. A person should… More details
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Ghostbusters
"If someone asks if you are a god, you say,… More details
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Dan In Real Life
“Love is not a feeling, it's an ability.” Dan Burns More details
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Invictus
"Forgiveness liberates the soul, it removes… More details
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12 Angry Men
“Wherever you run into it, prejudice always obscures the… More details
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Little Miss Sunshine
“Losers are people who are so afraid of not winning, they… More details
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Revolutionary Road
“I just happen to think people are better off doing… More details
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Stand By Me
“Kids lose everything unless there's someone there to… More details
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Knocked Up
"Marriage is like a tense, unfunny version of… More details
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Bridesmaids
"You're your problem...and you're also your solution.… More details
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Colors
“You don't want to get laid, man. It leads to kissing and… More details
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Cocktail
“Never tell tales about a woman. No matter how far away… More details
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Goodfellas
"If you're part of a crew, nobody ever tells you that… More details
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Gran Torino
“The thing that haunts a man the most is what he isn’t… More details
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Angel Heart
“There's enough religion in the world to make men hate… More details
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Dazed and Confused
"The older you get, the more rules they are going to… More details
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Van Wilder
“Worrying is like a rocking chair. It gives you… More details
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The Dish
“Failure is never quite so frightening as… More details
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The NeverEnding Story
"Never give up and good luck will find… More details
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One Hour Photo
“Nobody takes a picture of something they want to… More details
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The Princess Bride
"Life is pain, Highness. Anyone who says differently… More details
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Unbreakable
“You know what the scariest thing is? To not know your… More details
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The Usual Suspects
"A man can convince anyone he's someone else but never… More details
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Risky Business
"College women can smell ignorance" Joel Goodson More details
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Wanted
"We don't know how far the ripples of our decisions… More details
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Airplane!
"Flying a plane is no different than riding a bicycle,… More details
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School Of Rock
"If you wanna rock, you gotta break the rules. You… More details
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Wayne's World
"Marriage is punishment for shoplifting in some… More details
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Scream
"Life is like a movie. Only you can't pick your… More details
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Sleuth
“Sex is the game. Marriage is the penalty.” Andrew Wyke More details
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This Is Spinal Tap
“It’s such a fine line between stupid and… More details
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Up In The Air
“Life’s better with company. Everybody needs a… More details
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The Breakfast Club
“Screws fall out all the time, the world is an imperfect… More details
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Troy
“War is young men dying and old men talking.” Odysseus More details
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Caddyshack
“Two wrongs don't make a right but three rights will make… More details
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Reds
“If you want to have freedom, you’ve got to go where… More details
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Harry Potter And The Philos…
“It takes a great deal of courage to stand up to your… More details
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Tropic Thunder
"Being an actor's no different than being a rugby… More details
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The Naked Gun 2 1/2
"Truth hurts. Maybe not as much as jumping on a… More details
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To Kill A Mockingbird
"You never really understand a person until you… More details
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Che: Part One
“The opportunities of most people are determined by… More details
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The Color Of Money
“Money won is twice as sweet as money earned.” Fast… More details
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Blue Velvet
“There are opportunities in life for gaining knowledge… More details
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Big Fish
“The more difficult something is, the more rewarding it… More details
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Adaptation
“You are what you love not what loves you.” Charlie… More details
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Kill Bill: Volume One
"When fortune smiles on something as violent and ugly… More details
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