"You never quit on your music. No matter what happens. Cuz anytime something bad happens to you, that's the one place you can escape to and just let it go."
"You can teach someone what character is. You can tell them "do this! Do that" but at some point, the gifts need input, intuition, dreams. One needs to be the freedom to dream, then act on it."
"What are four walls, anyway? They are what they contain. The house protects the dreamer. Unthinkably good things can happen, even late in the game. It's such a surprise."
"There will be no free rides, no excuses. You already have two strikes against you: your name and your complexion. Because of those two strikes, there are some people in this world who will assume that you know less than you do."
"You’re bored, Nick. You were made for more than this. You’re worried about God stealing your fun, but you’ve got it backwards.… There’s no adventure like being joined to the Creator of the universe. And your first mission would be to let Him guide you out of the mess you’re in at work."
"I thanked him and there were some very specific orifices in which I was told to shove my thanks. He told me, "Just pay it forward." Three big favors for three other people. That's it."
"I will have poetry in my life. And adventure. And love. Love above all. No... not the artful postures of love, not playful and poetical games of love for the amusement of an evening, but love that... over-throws life. Unbiddable, ungovernable - like a riot in the heart, and nothing to be done, come ruin or rapture. Love - like there has never been in a play."
"This is another great difference between our civilization and yours. You admire the man who pushes his way to the top in any walk of life, while we admire the man who abandons his ego."
"Grab them and hug them and tell them that you love 'em. Tell them, 'If you need anything, come to me.' 'If you need somebody to talk to, come to me.' 'I'll give you the shoulder, I'll give you the hug. I'll feed you, I'll clothe you if you need it. That's how you start from this moment. When you leave this reunion today, you take that with you."
"When some body hurts you they take power over you, if you don't forgive them then they keeps the power. Forgive him baby and after you forgive him, forgive yourself."
"If the Witch knew the true meaning of sacrifice, she might have interpreted the deep magic differently. That when a willing victim who has committed no treachery, is killed in a traitor's stead, the stone table will crack, and even death itself would turn backwards."
"I've been overwhelmed by your encouragement to apply to your university and your list of scholarships available to me. Though, as I hope this essay shows, your acceptance, while it would thrill me, will not define me. My identity rests firmly and happily on one fact: I am my mother's daughter. Thank you, Cristina Moreno"
"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"
"Even though we are too insignificant to be spokesmen for such a noble cause, we believe, and this journey has only confirmed this belief, that the division of American into unstable and illusory nations is a complete fiction. We are one single mestizo race from Mexico to the Magellan Straits. And so, in an attempt to free ourselves from narrow minded provincialism, I propose a toast to Peru and to a united America."
"Yeah. I hope you boys have learned as much from me this year as I've learned from you. You've taught this city how to trust the soul of a man rather than the look of him. And I guess it's about time I joined the club."
"Well, that's an easy choice for us, Arcadian! Spartans never retreat! Spartans never surrender! Go spread the word. Let every Greek assembled know the truth of this. Let each among them search his own soul. And while you're at it, search your own."
"You got a dream... You gotta protect it. People can't do somethin' themselves, they wanna tell you you can't do it. If you want somethin', go get it. Period"
"I thought that if I could write something beautiful, something honest, I could make someone love me. I've taken a lot for granted. I've never tried too hard; always avoided responsibility. I came here because I was running away, 'cause I wanted to be alone. Instead I met you and you weren't taking anything for granted."
The movies that are featured here are movies that have touched me personally. For them to be considered GREAT by me they have to be both entertaining and inspirational. Some of them have a generalized inspiration and others are more subjective; something that the film can suggest to a particular watcher.
This blog can be used as a reference. If you find one of these movies GREAT, there's a chance that you may also like some of the others. There's also the good movies by genre lists below which some of you may find equally good or even better than the featured ones.
This blog does not describe the movies or reflects on them because the purpose for them are to be watched, enjoyed, experienced in their utmost capacity.
Handpick and enjoy!
Latest Movies I've Seen
Just Wright
Losers
Death At A Funeral
I Hate Valentine's Day
Bounty Hunter
Hot Tub Time Machine
Sugar
Cop Out
Shutter Island
Percy Jackson And The Olympians: The Lighting Thief
Nationally Well-Ranked
Into The Wild 83%
Waitress 88%
Seven Pounds 76%
The Curious Case Of Benjamin Button 73%
Definitely, Maybe 72%
La Misma Luna (Under The Same Moon) 73%
The Great Debaters 80%
Forrest Gump 72%
Under The Tuscan Sun 63%
Stand And Deliver 64%
Antwone Fisher80%
Shakespeare In Love93%
Cast Away88%
Seven Years In Tibet60%
Troy55%
The Painted Veil73%
Blood Diamond63%
16 Blocks56%
Glory Road56%
The Chronicles Of Narnia: The Lion, The Witch & The Wardrobe75%
The Terminal60%
Spanglish52% The Notebook 51%
Diarios De Motocicleta (The Motorcycle Diaries)83%