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Life or Something Like It Quotes

"Destiny is what you make of it."

PG-13 2002 · 1h 43m
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57
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20 quotes
A Declaration of Lasting Love
Pete Scanlon Look. I don't want the opportunity to pass me by again. So I should have told you this a long time ago. But I've loved you since the first day I met you.
Lanie Kerrigan Define love.
Pete Scanlon Lanie. I want to spend the rest of my life with you.
Timing and Cheese in Conversation
Andrea You're late.
Lanie Kerrigan I'm not late. You're early.
Andrea I ate cheese.
Creating Your Own Destiny
Taglines Destiny is what you make of it.
Embracing Life's Impermanence Through Conversation
Lanie Kerrigan Someone once said, "Live everyday as if it were you last, cause one of these, it's gonna be the last." Jack was right, a part of me did die that day, the part of me that didn't know how to live. What the future holds, Jack knows. But when I talk to him, I make sure we only talk about sports and weather.
Conflicting Emotions in Relationships
Lanie Kerrigan I'm marrying Cal. I know this is hard for you to accept.
Pete Scanlon Well. Listen Lanie. You are the single most delusional, most self-absorbed, self-involved, egomaniac woman that I've ever met.
Lanie Kerrigan Hmm... Umm... Let's have sex.
A Humorous Exchange About Predictions and Reality
Prophet Jack Watch your step on your way out.
Lanie Kerrigan Saw that in a vision, did you?
Prophet Jack No, I trip in that crack all the time.
Personal Brands and Their Quirky Significance
Pete Scanlon Do you have another cameraman who can make look like a natural blonde?
Lanie Kerrigan I'm not just a reporter. I'm a TV personality. My hair is my trademark. Just like the "I don't like to shower" look is your trademark.
Debating Fate and Predictions in Life
Pete Scanlon You are full of shit. She is not gonna die. Because she did get the job. The network job you said she wasn't gonna get. Which means you were wrong.
Prophet Jack Was I?
Pete Scanlon What is that supposed to mean?
Prophet Jack If she dies tomorrow, she doesn't get the job. And I was right.
Misunderstandings in a Moment of Calm
Pete Scanlon Take a deep breath.
Pete Scanlon Feel better? Take one more.
Lanie Kerrigan Oh my God. You are trying to have sex with me.
[breathing]
A Moment to Reconsider a Breakup
Cal Cooper Is this your breaking up with me? Well, take a minute. Will you reconsider about it?
Lanie Kerrigan A minute just seems like a really long time to waste.
Navigating Professional Boundaries in Collaboration
Lanie Kerrigan Under the circumstances, I think it would be best if we kept things on a purely professional level.
Pete Scanlon Define "the circumstances".
Lanie Kerrigan We have to work together. We don't have to like it.
The Complexity of Defining Happiness
Lanie Kerrigan Well, I hope you're happy.
Pete Scanlon Define happiness.
Lanie Kerrigan Your death.
Facing a Week of Life's Uncertainties
Taglines What if you only had seven days to live.
A Revelation of Mortality and Consequences
Prophet Jack And next Thursday. You're going to die. I'm sorry.
Prophet Jack I didn't ask for the power.
Lanie Kerrigan If I find out you were up to this, I will never speak to you as long as I live.
[to Pete]
Misunderstanding Between Vision and ESP
Lanie Kerrigan I met a homeless guy and he had a vision.
Cal Cooper What like ESPN?
Lanie Kerrigan No, he had ESP. There's no N, honey.
Cherishing Moments with Limited Time
Lanie Kerrigan What would you do if you only had a week to live.
Pete Scanlon I would try to live every moment and I would go to all the people that mean most to me, and I would try to memorize their faces.
Defining Perfection in Life
Lanie Kerrigan You don't bother me. You can't. Because no matter how you would like to define it, I can honestly say, at this point, my life is perfect.
Pete Scanlon Define perfection.
The Value of Words and Pictures
Pete Scanlon Did you ever hear the saying "A picture holds a thousand words.
Lanie Kerrigan That's only for people like you who don't know a thousand words.
Pete Scanlon I know two, and the first one begins with an "F".
Defining Life Beyond Career and Relationships
Lanie Kerrigan My life is over. I'm officially dead. Just stopped breathing. I'm dead.
Pete Scanlon Define life.
Lanie Kerrighan My career. My network job. My wedding. Ok?
Pete Scanlon Do you really think if you have no job and no boyfriend then your life is over?
Misunderstanding in a Conversation
Deborah Connors You... go.
Lanie Kerrigan You mean like "you go girl
Deborah Connors No, just go.