Best movie quotes

I'm bored...so I started thinking of my favorite movie quotes....

• Gunnery Sargeant Hartmann: "How tall are you Private?"Private Cowboy: "5 foot 9 Sir".Gunnery Sargeant Hartmann: "5 foot 9? I didn't know they could stack shit that high... are you trying to squeeze an inch in on me somewhere?"
  ~ Full Metal Jacket
• Man, I see in Fight Club the strongest and smartest men who've ever lived. I see all this potential, and I see squandering. God damn it, an entire generation pumping gas, waiting tables; slaves with white collars. Advertising has us chasing cars and clothes, working jobs we hate so we can buy shit we don't need. We're the middle children of history, man. No purpose or place. We have no Great War. No Great Depression. Our Great War's a spiritual war... our Great Depression is our lives. We've all been raised on television to believe that one day we'd all be millionaires, and movie gods, and rock stars. But we won't. And we're slowly learning that fact. And we're very, very pissed off.
  Fight Club
• The CIA ain't got shit on a woman with a plan! ~Two Can Play That Game
• Some people come into your life for a lifetime and some come for a season. You have to know which is which. I put everybody that comes into my life in the category of a tree. Some people are leaves on a tree. The wind blows, they go to the left. The wind blows from the other way, they go to the right. They are just unstable. You can't count on them for nothing. All they ever do is take from that tree. What you need to understand about a leaf is that it has a season. It'll wither and die and blow away.There ain't no need to be praying over a leaf to be resurrected. When it's dead it's gone. Let it go! Some people are like that. All the leaf ever does is cool you off every now and then. If you're grown, you know what I'm talking about, because you can call them in the middle of the night and get cooled off. That's the leaf people. They come to take. Then there are people like a branch. You got to be careful with branch people. They come in all different shapes and sizes. You never know how strong they will be in your life. So my advice is to tip out on it slowly. When you're going out on a limb, don't put too much weight on it at once, because it can fall and leave you high and dry. Sometimes, you have to wait for a branch to grow up before it can hold all of the things you want to share with it. Finally, there are people who are like roots at the bottom of the tree. If you find yourself two or three people in your entire lifetime that are like the roots, then you are blessed. The roots don't care nothing about being seen. All they're there to do is hold that tree up, to make sure it stays in the air. It comes from the earth to give that tree everything it needs. That's what relationships should be about. That's what you need, people who want to be in your life for the right reasons. If somebody wants to walk out of your life, you've got to LET THEM GO! When you learn to love yourself, you will end up giving standards to everyone around you. Again, I repeat with emphasis, if they don't meet those standards, you have to let them go, because they might be a leaf. And forgive them with all your might.~Madea Goes to Jail
• Fear is the path to the dark side. Fear leads to anger. Anger leads to hate. Hate leads to suffering. ~Star Wars Episode I
• You can't respect somebody who kisses your ass. It just doesn't work.~Ferris Bueller's Day Off
• A dream is a wish your heart makes when you're fast asleep. In dreams you will lose your heartaches. Whatever you wish for, you keep. Have faith in your dreams, and someday, your rainbow will come smiling through. No matter how your heart is grieving, if you keep on believing, the dreams that you wish will come true. ~Cinderella
• As you know, l'm quite keen on comic books. Especially the ones about superheroes. I find the whole mythology surrounding superheroes fascinating. Take my favorite superhero, Superman. Not a great comic book. Not particularly well-drawn. But the mythology... The mythology is not only great, it's unique. Now, a staple of the superhero mythology is, there's the superhero and there's the alter ego. Batman is actually Bruce Wayne, Spider-Man is actually Peter Parker. When that character wakes up in the morning, he's Peter Parker. He has to put on a costume to become Spider-Man. And it is in that characteristic Superman stands alone. Superman didn't become Superman. Superman was born Superman. When Superman wakes up in the morning, he's Superman. His alter ego is Clark Kent. His outfit with the big red "S", that's the blanket he was wrapped in as a baby when the Kents found him. Those are his clothes. What Kent wears - the glasses, the business suit - that's the costume. That's the costume Superman wears to blend in with us. Clark Kent is how Superman views us. And what are the characteristics of Clark Kent. He's weak... he's unsure of himself... he's a coward. Clark Kent is Superman's critique on the whole human race~Kill Bill Vol. II
• Yea, though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I will fear no evil, for I am the baddest mother fucker in the valley.~Jarhead
• The blacker the berry The sweeter the juice I could say it ain't so. But darlin', what's the use? The darker the chocolate The richer the taste That's where it's at. Now run and tell that!!~Hairspray (2007)
• To me, you're perfect~Love Actually
• Laughter through tears is my favorite emotion. ~Steel Magnolias
• My Dearest Allie. I couldn't sleep last night because I know that it's over between us. I'm not bitter anymore, because I know that what we had was real. And if in some distant place in the future we see each other in our new lives, I'll smile at you with joy and remember how we spent the summer beneath the trees, learning from each other and growing in love. The best love is the kind that awakens the soul and makes us reach for more, that plants a fire in our hearts and brings peace to our minds, and that's what you've given me. That's what I hope to give to you forever. I love you. I'll be seeing you. Noah ~The Notebook
• Forget about it is like if you agree with someone, you know, like Raquel Welch is one great piece of ass, forget about it. But then, if you disagree, like A Lincoln is better than a Cadillac? Forget about it! you know? But then, it's also like if something's the greatest thing in the world, like mingia those peppers, forget about it. But it's also like saying Go to hell! too. Like, you know, like "Hey Paulie, you got a one inch pecker?" and Paulie says "Forget about it!" Sometimes it just means 'forget about it'. ~Donnie Brasco
• Holly Golightly: No. The blues are because you're getting fat and maybe it's been raining too long, you're just sad that's all. The mean reds are horrible. Suddenly you're afraid and you don't know what you're afraid of. Do you ever get that feeling? Paul Varjak: Sure. Holly Golightly: Well, when I get it the only thing that does any good is to jump in a cab and go to Tiffany's. Calms me down right away. The quietness and the proud look of it; nothing very bad could happen to you there. If I could find a real-life place that'd make me feel like Tiffany's, then - then I'd buy some furniture and give the cat a name! ~Breakfast at Tiffany's
• I got mind control over Deebo. He be like "shut the f**k up." I be quiet. But when he leave, I be talking again~Friday

Hypocracy

• I think Lauren Conrad is the coolest person on TV...and she's not playing a character


• I LOVE the name Alessandra so much that I named my car that, because I feel its inappropiate to name my *future* very American daughter something authentically Brazillian.


• I'm obsessed with Audrey Hepburn but I've only seen two of her movies.


• My favorite holiday is New Year's Eve, because its just like any other day with champagne and glitter.
• I illegally download gospel songs, but I actually own all of Ludacris's CDs, and Britney's too.
• The Notebook makes me cry everytime, but I hate romance movies.
• I think trends, namely clothing trends, are reserved for those under 18.
• I think paying thousands for jeans is ridiculous but I'd drop bank for putty colored Jimmy Choo pumps.
• I love to write but I'm too unfocused to actually complete an entire book.
• I liked Harry Potter better than Bill Clinton's book, or The Divinci Code.
• I didn't think I'd use my Psychology degree, but I find it increasingly more useful in everyday life.
• PETA people annoy me.
• I watch the TV guide channel for the shows at the top.
• I like to eat popcorn and watch exercise infomercials.
• My IQ says I'm a genius, but my grades say I'm average....one is wrong.
• My taste in guys is not reflected in my past choices, like at all.
• I refuse to have a wedding party because I hate ranking my friends, and essentially thats what you have to do; and ironically I broke up with my best friend of 14 years because she didn't ask me to be in her wedding.
• I don't wear watches because I hate tanlines, but I'm obsessed with knowing the time.
• Reading PostSecret always makes me feel better about myself.
• I say I'd rather be blind than deaf, but I consider myself an artist.

ESSENCE of me

A lil questionairre I found in the January issues of ESSENCE that I decided to fill out...why not?

My Beauty Journey

1. When do you feel most beautiful?
Just out of the shower, freshly moisturized in a beater or T-shirt and boyshorts. Is that lame? NO make up, no fancy hair, nothing special. And with someone who can appreciate that simplicity...THAT is beautiful.

2. Who did you think was the most beautiful girl in school when you were growin up? Describe her appearance.
Growing up I really truly don't remember looking to one girl and thinking that she was the most beautiful girl in school. I admire different things in different people but I remember very early on being inspired by Tyra Banks because of her self-confidence and the breakthroughs she was making being a highly sought after Black supermodel. Other than that, I really can't think of anyone like a peer that I thought was beautiful. I think I also thought that everyone has problems and issues with themselves so I didn't necessary think that being any thinner, lighter, taller, etc would make a difference in the long run.

3. If you were very different in appearance, did you feel equally beautiful or less than beautiful?
I guess I can thank my mother for my unbelievable confidence. I really don't look at others and envy what they have or if I admire something then I know its attainable but I also know that I have certain qualities that others want...Maybe thats weird, you'd really have to understand my upbringing I guess lol but I was taught that we are all beautiful in our own ways and truly believed that.
4. When did you first discover you were a Black girl?
I dunno... When I was younger I went to an all black private prep school and so I was surrounded by people who looked like me. I remember in like 4th grade this girl in my neighborhood told me she didn't like Niggers and I said I didn't either b/c my mom told me the N word mean ignorant people. I guess it was pretty late like 14 after I went to a predominantly white school that I really realized that white people live in a whole other world and that things are very different for black women than they are for white women.

5. In what ways is being a Black girl different from just being a girl?
I guess the answer they're looking for is ppl expect you to be loud, ghetto, have a baby at 16, be promiscous, have an attitude etc. But every race has stereotyes. I really think being a black girl is no different than just being a girl, hell everyone is different and two black girls are the same just as no two white girls are the same.

6. How have your family and upbringing influences your perception of what's beautiful?
My family is very diverse in its thinking but I will say that I come from a very supportive family on the whole. My mother raised me with a crazy sense of self-confidence and I grew up thinking I was the be all end all, not in a cocky way but I learned early that confidence is one of the most attractive, important qualities that a woman can possess. I learned that Black women are the mothers of the earth and that we are resiliant group and I was made to understand the importance of success on behalf of upholding not only my race but my gender in a society that is waiting on me to ask for a hand out and some food stamps.

7. What aspects of your personal beauty/style do you most enjoy?
I enjoy classic preppy clean looks, I don't like a lot of busy things or trends. I'm sooooo not trendy. I like the fact that my style translates across time and events. I won't have to throw out my jeans, belts, shoes, jewelry etc in 6 months because its no longer relevant.

8. What messagesabout your Black beauty have you kept? What messages have you deleted?
I have kept it all, and am continuing to learn. Black women are beautiful. I have deleted SOCIETY's in particular black america's instance on glorifying light skinned long hair/curly haired women = beautiful. All black women are beautiful, in every way shape and form. There is no perfect woman, only whats perfect to the one who loves her. God made us all in his image so why try to change yourself?

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Beauty and Self Esteem

1. How happy are you with your current total appearance?

Eh I mean everyone has things they want to change about themselves. I'd say I'm just as happy as the next girl appearance wise. Now health wise is a totally different thing. I do need to be more active and get in better shape and I fully intend to do that.

2. Are you more or less confident about your beauty now that in the past? Be Descriptive.

Umm hmm I guess I'm probably more confident now because I'm older and more comfortable in my own skin but doesn't everyone go through that? When you're finally content and happy with who you are and you start to realize that you better start working with what you got lol. I accept some vanity issues that I have for what they are but I figure if its not hurting anyone else and it makes me happy then it can't be that bad right?

3. Has an idealized beauty standard or the opinion of others ever impacted your self-esteem and confidence? What about now? Be specific.

Not really, in most media the token black girl always kinda looks the same, which funny enough is NOTHING like the average black girl and I've never been one who was killing myself trying to achieve some media created vision of beauty. That is not to say I'm above it all, everyone has doubts or anxiety or whatever but I'd say I've always been a pretty confident person overall. Now I'm just as confident but its a different kind of confidence. I think back in the day I was a little cocky lol and for what?!? Who knows but obviously it wasn't too terrible I always had friends lol

4. What breakthroughs have you made in self-acceptances and celebration of your beauty ?

Lets see I dunno I think that other people can help you to began to really accept yourself because if you ever doubt yourself then You just think about how much you're loved and realize that the trivial things you're trippin about don't matter. I realized February 17, 2003 that I'm here for a reason and that life is beautiful and ever since then I try to remember my purpose and "do me" if you will. As far as beauty if I want long hair, then I do it..if I want short hair or brown hair or I want to wear a short skirt then I do it. In the words of T.I. "No matter what I do you know I do it to death" haha

5. What steps have you taken to consistently celebrate all of your beauty all of the time?

Um I keep myself up? Idk pray, take time out for myself, treat myself occassionally, little things that make me happy. I can't wait to be a grownie, there will be a lot more treating going on.

2008

Here are a few of the things I'm trying to accomplish for 2008:

1. No settling..that goes for men, career goals, academic achievements, friendships 2008 is not a year for mediocrity.
2. Get into graduate school...I mean I know I have already gotten into UF but thats not where I want to be ultimately. I can't do another 'knoxville' type school.
3. Work at least part time doing photography, I figure at least 1,2 maybe 3 jobs a month? Something like that.
4. I need to get on a work-out regime and actually stick with it. I know everyone always says that but seriously...