15 pieces of wisdom from Garden State

15 pieces of wisdom from Garden State

15 pieces of wisdom from Garden State

C'mon, don't deny it. The first time you saw Zach Braff's 2004 comedy drama Garden State, you were making one long mental note of all of the quotes you wanted to remember. You know, so you could pretend that you came up with them yourself when around someone unfamiliar with the film.

But prepare to delete that internal list as we have the 15 greatest pieces of wisdom from the sleeper hit for you to use as you wish. Might be hard to find someone to fool with them though...

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1.

"Maybe that's all family really is. A group of people that miss the same imaginary place."

Andrew

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2.

"If you can't laugh at yourself, life's gonna seem a whole lot longer than you like."

Sam

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3.

"...let's just allow ourselves to be whatever it is we are and that will be better."

Andrew

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4.

"That's life. If nothing else, It's life. It's real, and sometimes it fuckin' hurts, but it's sort of all we have."

Sam

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5.

"The only thing worse than a favor is a favor involving money."

Mark

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6.

"Saying goodbye is important."

Gideon

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7.

"If I get to be with this person right here and our beautiful baby, then that's all I need. Just having felt that, if I die in an hour, I know I've lived."

Albert

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8.

"Sidecars are for bitches. Anyone who rides in one is automatically your bitch."

Sam

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9.

"What could be ruder than talking about someone else who died when you're in the act of burying a close friend?"

Andrew

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10.

"I realise how silly it is to take anything in life too seriously."

Sam

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11.

"I'm okay with being unimpressive. I sleep better."

Mark

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12.

"I look forward to a good cry. It feels pretty good"

Sam

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13.

"We all have dreams"

Karl

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14.

"That’s all ego. None of that really matters."

Albert

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15.

"Kuntar peteeky maya. Al fook soo"

Tim

Danielle de Wolfe

As Shortlist’s Staff Writer, Danielle spends most of her time compiling lists of the best ways to avoid using the Central Line at rush hour.