Everybody Wants Some!! (2016) - Quotes

Spiritual Sequel to Dazed and Confused

Taglines: From Writer/Director Richard Linklater Comes The Spiritual Sequel To Dazed and Confused

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Embracing the Moment Over Longevity

Taglines: Here for a Good Time Not a Long Time

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Finding Meaning in Life's Struggles

Jake: [[w:Sisyphus|Sisyphus] The gods intend ] to suffer, right?

Jake: Well, my point was that they'd actually blessed him with something to focus on, something that he could potentially find meaning in. It's a gift to be striving at all, even if it looks futile to others. I mean, yeah, it's ridiculous to roll a boulder up a mountain over and over and over again, but so is everything else in life.

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The Beauty of Passion in Life

Beverly: It's kind of beautiful, isn't it?

Jake: What?

Beverly: That we get to feel passion in this world, you know about anything.

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Tribal Identity and Pack Mentality Explored

Finnegan: It's all so damn tribal. That's the pack mentality, all the adrenaline.

Jake: Does that mean you're not going?

Finnegan: I didn't say that.

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Curiosity Sparks a Playful Exchange

Beverly: How did you know what room I was in?

Jake: I'm an investigative journalism major.

Beverly: So, I guess you know my name then.

Jake: Yes, as soon as you tell me.

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Embracing Your Inner Uniqueness

Jake: [[w:Cotton-Eyed Joe|Cotton-Eyed Joe] I'm starting to have an identity crisis. We danced out of disco, danced to ] in shitkicker attire, here we are, punks for a night.

Willoughby: You gotta fucking embrace your inner strange, man. Just be fucking weird, you know? And when you do that, you bring who you are, never who they want. And that, my friend, is when it gets fun.

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Adapting to Social Expectations and Identity

Coma: [at a punk party] I don't really think we fit in here.

Finnegan: No no, you don't fit in. Okay I told you to change. Will you at least untuck your shirt? You look like a bible salesman.

Coma: These people could really use the bible.

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The Nature of Competition Among Friends

Jake: Hey, have you noticed everything around here's a competition, huh? Even taking hits from bongs.

Finnegan: Look at you, ping-pong pimp.

Jake: Yeah! You see that back there though? Mac almost took my head off.

Finnegan: Hey, look, if Mac wanted to take your head off with that paddle, he would have. All right, man, he just don't like losing at anything. None of us do. Fuck yeah!

Jake: Okay, look, that's just, what, Willoughby, borderline insane?

Finnegan: About there?

Jake: Yeah, border. Borderline.

Finnegan: Well, you notice how everybody was somewhat courteous on the first day or so?

Jake: Yeah.

Finnegan: See, now the gloves are off. All of our true assholish nature is emerging. Ah. Not very healthy. Until we get out on the field, Jakie. This, this, all of this, this is why we're one of the best teams in the nation, man. You get a bunch of competitors together...

Jake: Yeah.

Finnegan: ...and you're addicted to winning. That's a championship team right there...

Jake: Oh, I see.

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Exploring Artistry and Identity in Music

Willoughby: [while smoking pot] God. Listen to this song. Listen to this progression here, okay? Listen to how it goes up. It steps up from one moment to another and leads you there, just...Oh, yes. I mean, look, you can play an E pentatonic scale at 100 miles an hour till somebody's ears burn off, you can learn that, right? But finding the tangents within the framework, therein lies the artistry, man. You know, a fucking bunch of dudes jump around on stage, jerking each other off, you know, in spandex, isn't fucking music.

Plummer: [[Van Halen] I don't know, man. I kinda like ].

Willoughby: [[Carl Sagan; [w:Maya civilization|Mayans; [w:Druid|Druids] Well, yeah, Plum, you do. And you know why you do? Because corporate America is shoving something down your throat and making you believe it, because that's what they want you to believe. I mean, guys, it's about finding out who you are in the space in-between the notes that they're offering you. I mean, you gotta tune in, man. You gotta tune in. You know, and don't be afraid to let the experience find you. It's like ] says, man, "The beauty of a living thing isn't about the atoms that go into it, it's how those atoms are put together." I mean, language, fucking language. What is language? Language is a construct, man. You know? And we used to be telepathic. Humans were telepathic, man. We could just... Right here. You know? The fucking ] knew it, man. The ] fucking knew it. And you think the way things are going now that we're ever gonna get that back? Fucking no. No. It's about finding out who you are. You gotta tune in, man. You guys want to try a little telepathic stuff?

Dale: Let's do it.

Willoughby: Okay, what am I thinking about?

Dale: Baseball

Plummer: Having a tail.

Jake: Cereal.

Willoughby: I was thinking about sharks.

Plummer: Sharks have tails.

Willoughby: Good point, that's a good point.

Coma: I wish I had a tail. Fuck, that'd be awesome.

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Tradition of Welcoming Newcomers

Roper: We have a little tradition welcoming the new guys.

Everyone: [to the freshman, taped up onto a wall] Freshman batting practice!

Plummer: Welcome to the big time, boys.

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Party Invitation and Romantic Interests

Roper: Look at what we have here! Hey, ladies! Party later tonight at the baseball houses.

Bev's Friend: You should be investing this energy elsewhere.

Roper and Finn: [together] Lesbians.

Beverly: I like the quiet guy in the back seat.

Roper: Whoop, there's nothing here.

Jake: I can see how that would be threatening, new guy coming in getting all the ladies... That was a joke.

Plummer: I've got your joke right here.

Finn: Did he just call his dick a joke?

Dale: That's what he implied.

Earning Respect in a New Environment

Dale Douglas: This ain't high school, man. This is a new level. You have not earned teammate status yet...And until you do, you're nobody.

Jay: I'm too fuckin philosophical for this shit!

Voluntary Equals Mandatory

Glen McReynolds: [about practice] Voluntary means mandatory.

The Value of Meaning in Our Lives

Beverly: Things only mean as much as the meaningfulness that we allow them to have.

Embrace the Journey of Experience

Charlie Willoughby: Don't be afraid to let the experience find you.

Embracing the Moment Over Longevity

Charlie Willoughby: We came for a good time, not for a long time.

From Cute to Restraining Order

Finnegan: That just went from cute to restraining order.

Contrasting Interests in Social Interactions

Finnegan: Have you noticed whenever we're around baseball all we talk about is pussy. Now, we're actually around a few potentially interesting young women, all you talk about is baseball. It's a little fucked up!