Elizabethtown (2005) - Quotes

Confusion About Relationship Status

Claire Colburn: You know, You're always trying to break up with me, and we're not even together.

Drew Baylor: I know... We're not?

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Embracing Failure and Artistic Resilience

Claire Colburn: So, you failed.

Drew Baylor: No, you don't get it.

Claire Colburn: All right, you really failed. You failed, you failed, you failed. You failed, you failed, you... You think I care about that? I do understand. You're an artist, man. Your job is to break through barriers. Not accept blame and bow and say thank you, I'm a loser, I'll go away now. Oh, Phil's mean to me, whaa, whaa, So what.

Drew Baylor: I don't cry.

Claire Colburn: You want to be really great? Then have the courage to fail big and stick around. Make them wonder why you're still smiling. That's true greatness to me. But... don't listen to me, I'm a Claire.

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The Mystery of "They" in Conversations

Claire Colburn: What they say is that it will hit you. Could be ten minutes or ten years from now. So it's good that you talk about it, or don't talk about it... we have talked about it.

Drew Baylor: I've always wondered something... who are "they"?

Claire Colburn: You know... "Them

Drew Baylor: Them?

Claire Colburn: The inimitable collective, "them".

Drew Baylor: And who says we have to listen to "them"?

Claire Colburn: THEY" do!

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Meeting for a Sunrise Encounter

Claire Colburn: Hey, you're only 45 minutes away. You wanna meet halfway and see the sunrise? At this point it's probably easier to stay up!

Drew Baylor: You think so?

Claire Colburn: I think that's what "they" say!

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Self-Doubt and Perception in Relationships

Claire Colburn: Do you ever just think I'm fooling everyone?

Drew Baylor: You have no idea.

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Communication Challenges in Family Conversations

Drew Baylor: I'm gonna have to call you back...

Heather Baylor: Okay, just dial HELL and I'll answer.

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Awakening to Life's Possibilities

Claire Colburn: I think I've been asleep most of my life.

Drew Baylor: Me too.

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Opposites Attract: Love and Life Lessons

Hollie Baylor: We were complete opposites and it worked. And something happened between us that was not part of the plan... we were in love.

Jessie Baylor: [[Abraham Lincoln; [w:Ronnie Van Zandt|Ronnie Van Zandt] I teach my kids about the things that really matter. I will teach them about ] and ], because they are equally important in my house.

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Choosing Clarity in Relationships

Drew Baylor: [kisses Claire] You know, there is nothing greater than deciding in your life that things maybe really are black and white! And this guy Ben, who clearly takes you for granted, who serially takes advantage of you, is bad! And what I'm saying is good! See what I mean? You shouldn't be the substitute for anybody. This guy should be right here, right now, doing this.

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The Significance of Last Looks

Drew Baylor: Because we have a moment here, let me tell you that I have recently become a secret connoisseur of last looks'. You know the way people look at you when they believe it's for the last time? I've started collecting these looks. There's one right now.

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Success Over Greatness in Modern Life

Drew Baylor: In that moment, I knew success, not greatness, was the only god the world served.

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The Value of Pursuing Ambitious Goals

Drew Baylor: No true fiasco ever began as a quest for mere adequacy. A motto of the British Special Air Force is: Those who risk, win. A single green vine shoot is able to grow through cement. The Pacific Northwestern salmon beats itself bloody on it's quest to travel hundreds of miles upstream against the current, with a single purpose, sex of course, but also... life.

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The Distinction Between Failure and Fiasco

Drew Baylor: As somebody once said, there's a difference between a failure and a fiasco. A failure is simply the non-present of success. Any fool can accomplish failure. But a fiasco, a fiasco is a disaster of mythic proportions. A fiasco is a folktale told to others, that makes other people feel more... alive. Because it didn't happen to them.

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Embrace and Move On from Misery

Claire Colburn: You have five minutes to wallow in the delicious misery. Enjoy it, embrace it, discard ...and proceed.

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Acceptance of Open Communication

Claire Colburn: I'm completely cool with anything you want to say or not say.

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A Second Chance with Unlucky Clothes

Claire Colburn: I'm wearing these clothes. I mean... Have you ever had unlucky clothes? This dress that you like? Good things have not happened to me in this dress. But I saw it tonight and I said: "I'm gonna give you one more chance." And I refuse to be let down by this dress again.

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The Importance of Connection and Togetherness

Claire Colburn: Life cannot be so cruel that we don't deserve to be together... to eat.

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The Nature of Helping Others

Claire Colburn: And so we all became helpers, which I so can't help. I can't help helping.

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Embracing the Beauty of Melancholy

Claire Colburn: I want you to get into the deep beautiful melancholy of everything that's happened.

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Reflecting on Problems and Their Answers

Claire Colburn: I spend so much time thinking about all the answers to the problem ... that I forget what the problem actually was.

Perspectives on Gendered Thinking

Claire Colburn: Men see things in a box, and women see them in a round room.

The Importance of Air in Music

Claire Colburn: Some music needs air. Roll down your window.

The Importance of a Solo Road Trip

Claire Colburn: To have never taken a solitary road trip across country? I mean everybody's got to take a road trip, at least once in their lives. Just you and some music.