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I always loved browsing such posts on reddit, so thought I should make one on lemmy too

Edit: Usually these kind of posts only used to have excerpts from books or ancient proverbs, but now I am seeing a lot more quotes from shows/movies/games are also resonating with people. It's pretty cool to see.

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[–] lingh0e@lemmy.world 4 points 2 years ago (3 children)

So much of the dialog is Deadwood is absolutely brilliant, but one scene really stuck with me.

"Pain or damage don’t end the world, or despair or fuckin’ beatin’s. The world ends when you’re dead. Until then, you got more punishment in store. Stand it like a man — and give some back."

Ian McShane deserved an Emmy for his work as Al Swearengen. That slow stare at the end of the scene alway kills me. I know it's supposed to be a drama, but they really go for some laughs.

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[–] Anissem@lemmy.ml 4 points 2 years ago

“He has no friends” - Dad

[–] Sabakodgo@lemmy.fmhy.ml 4 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

“There isn't any shame in being weak, the shame is in staying weak” - black clover

[–] Whitebrow@lemmy.world 4 points 2 years ago

This one is from my previous boss: “you gotta do what’s good for you, and nobody else”

Taught me to prioritize things that are important to me and not to live for the sake of others

Another was “you can’t help people who don’t want to help themselves”

Taught me that some efforts are futile because unwillingness from others will result in deterioration to the status quo unless they’re willing to participate to move things forward

[–] vd1n@lemmy.ml 4 points 2 years ago

A bit long, but charlie Chaplins speech in the dicktater. I mean dictator...

https://www.charliechaplin.com/en/articles/29-the-final-speech-from-the-great-dictator-

[–] agitatedpotato@lemmy.world 4 points 2 years ago

This thing we tell of can never be found by seeking, yet only seekers find it.

[–] SuperRecording@lemmy.ml 4 points 2 years ago

"you can stick your well-laid plan up your well-laid ass"

Been almost 30 years, what a dumb quote to come to mind so often. I never say it, haven't seen Die Hard 3 since the '90s, no idea why it's stuck so hard

[–] CuriousBeagle@kbin.social 4 points 2 years ago

If you can't love yourself, how the hell you gonna love somebody else.

[–] randoom@lemmy.ml 4 points 2 years ago

"Love is the only rational act." -Morrie Schwartz, Tuesdays with Morrie.

[–] meatbag2010@lemmy.ml 3 points 2 years ago

Life, don't talk to me about life...

[–] BigTechMustBurn@lemmy.ml 3 points 2 years ago

“Ignorance is bliss.”

[–] Kyoyeou@lemmy.world 3 points 2 years ago (2 children)

"The only thing to abuse is moderation" - A song quoting Sénèque, but I never found the original sentence from Sénèque (apparently he was talking about Sex in it but I think it applies to anything in life)

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[–] NakariLexfortaine@lemmy.world 3 points 2 years ago

"HAPPINESS, FREE, FOR EVERYONE, AND LET NO ONE BE FORGOTTEN!!" - Red, The Roadside Picnic

An impossible wish, yet one that burned itself into my heart the moment I read it, and a quote that has kept me walking.

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