2010

Explore 44 quotes from the year 2010

In this fall, this is very tough, in this fall I'm going to take my talents to South Beach and join the Miami Heat.

LeBron James

Announcing his decision to leave the Cleveland Cavaliers to play for the Miami Heat.

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Topic

Quitting Starting a new job

Speaker

LeBron James

Medium

TV broadcast

Language

English

Time

2010 2010s 21st century

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Citation

The Decision. ESPN, 8 July 2010.

If you guys were the inventors of Facebook, you'd have invented Facebook.

Mark Zuckerberg

The Social Network

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Topic

Invention Innovation

Speaker

Mark Zuckerberg

Actor

Jesse Eisenberg

Source

The Social Network

Medium

Film

Genre

Biography (film) Drama (film) Biography Drama

Language

English

Time

2010 2010s 21st century

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Citation

The Social Network. Directed by David Fincher. Columbia Pictures/Relativity Media/Scott Rudin Productions/Michael De Luca Productions/Trigger Street Productions, 2010.

Other people's words are the bridge you use to cross from where you were to wherever you're going.

Zadie Smith

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Topic

Power of words Language

Author

Zadie Smith

Source

That Crafty Feeling Changing My Mind: Occasional Essays

Medium

Essay

Statement Type

Metaphor, analogy and simile

Language

English

Time

2010 2010s 21st century

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Citation

Smith, Zadie. "That Crafty Feeling." 24 Mar. 2008, Columbia University, New York City, NY, USA. Lecture.

An idea is like a virus. Resilient. Highly contagious and the smallest seed of an idea can grow. It can grow to define or destroy you.

Inception

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Topic

Ideas Power of ideas

Speaker

Cobb

Actor

Leonardo DiCaprio

Source

Inception

Medium

Film

Genre

Science fiction (film) Action (film) Science fiction Action

Language

English

Time

2010 2010s 21st century

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Citation

Inception. Directed by Christopher Nolan, Warner Bros. Pictures/Legendary Pictures/Syncopy, 2010.

They tell me you're a man with true grit.

True Grit

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Topic

Character Grit Courage

Speaker

Mattie Ross

Actor

Hailee Steinfeld

Source

True Grit

Medium

Film

Genre

Western (film) Western

Language

English

Time

2010 2010s 21st century

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Citation

True Grit. Directed by Ethan Coen and Joel Coen, Skydance Productions/Mike Zoss Productions/Scott Rudin Productions, 2010.

Do you want to take a leap of faith or become an old man filled with regret waiting to die alone?

Inception

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Topic

Taking risks Going for it Regrets

Speaker

Saito

Actor

Ken Watanabe

Source

Inception

Medium

Film

Genre

Science fiction (film) Action (film) Science fiction Action

Language

English

Time

2010 2010s 21st century

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Citation

Inception. Directed by Christopher Nolan, Warner Bros. Pictures/Legendary Pictures/Syncopy, 2010.

I am going to consume all of this at the same time because I am a free American.

Ron Swanson

Parks and Recreation

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Topic

Eating American character

Speaker

Ron Swanson

Actor

Nick Offerman

Source

Parks and Recreation

Medium

TV program

Genre

Comedy (TV) Comedy

Language

English

Time

2010 2010s 21st century

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Citation

"Sweetums." Parks and Recreation, written by Greg Daniels and Michael Schur and Alan Yang, directed by Dean Holland, season 2, episode 15, Deedle-Dee Productions and Fremulon, 2010.

I discovered me in the library.

Ray Bradbury

Quoted in Paris Review

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Topic

Libraries Self-discovery Reading Books

Speaker

Ray Bradbury

Source

Art of Fiction interview Paris Review

Medium

Interview Magazine

Language

English

Time

2010 2010s 21st century

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Citation

Bradbury, Ray. "Ray Bradbury, The Art of Fiction No. 203." Interviewed by Sam Weller. Paris Review, Spring 2010.

Moral of the story is: I chose a half measure when I should have gone all the way. I'll never make that mistake again.

Breaking Bad

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Topic

Half measures Learning from mistakes

Speaker

Mike Ehrmantraut

Actor

Jonathan Banks

Source

Breaking Bad

Medium

TV program

Genre

Crime (TV) Drama (TV) Crime Drama

Language

English

Time

2010 2010s 21st century

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Citation

"Half Measures." Breaking Bad, written by Vince Gilligan and Sam Catlin and Peter Gould, directed by Adam Bernstein, season 3, episode 12, High Bridge Productions and Gran Via Productions, 2010.

Home is wherever I'm with you.

Edward Sharpe and the Magnetic Zeros

Home

Listen to Home at Amazon Listen to Home at Amazon
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Topic

Home

Speaker

Edward Sharpe and the Magnetic Zeros

Source

Home

Medium

Song

Genre

Rock music

Language

English

Time

2010 2010s 21st century

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Citation

Edward Sharpe and the Magnetic Zeros. "Home." Up from Below. Vagrant Records/Rough Trade Records, 2009.

Nobody cares about the bronze or silver medals.

Buzz Aldrin

Read this interview at Vanity Fair

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Topic

Second place Winning

Speaker

Buzz Aldrin

Source

Vanity Fair

Medium

Interview Magazine

Language

English

Time

2010 2010s 21st century

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Citation

Aldrin, Buzz. "Buzz Aldrin Is Not All That Impressed With Walking on the Moon." Interviewed by Eric Spitznagel. Vanity Fair, 25 June 2010.

Entertainment is about the way things should be. Art is about the way they are.

Roger Ebert

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Topic

Art Entertainment

Author

Roger Ebert

Source

A Depression-era Story of Old Age, Tough and Level in its Gaze rogerebert.com

Language

English

Time

2010 2000s 21st century

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Citation

Ebert, Roger. "A Depression-Era Story of Old Age, Tough and Level in its Gaze." rogerebert.com, 11 Feb. 2010, www.rogerebert.com/reviews/make-way-for-tomorrow-1937.

We headed home holding hands. For a moment I dropped back to watch him walk. His sailor's gait always touched me. I knew one day I would stop and he would keep on going, but until then nothing could tear us apart.

Patti Smith

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Topic

Admiring another person Lost love Melancholy

Author

Patti Smith

Source

Just Kids

Genre

Autobiography and memoir

Language

English

Time

2010 2010s 21st century

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Citation

Smith, Patti. Just Kids. Ecco, 2010.

You must pay for everything in this world, one way or another. There is nothin' free except the grace of God.

True Grit

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Topic

No free lunch

Speaker

40-Year-Old Mattie Ross

Actor

Elizabeth Marvel

Source

True Grit

Medium

Film

Genre

Western (film) Western

Language

English

Time

2010 2010s 21st century

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Citation

True Grit. Directed by Ethan Coen and Joel Coen, Skydance Productions/Mike Zoss Productions/Scott Rudin Productions, 2010.

I do not entertain hypotheticals. The world as it is is vexin' enough.

True Grit

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Topic

Hypothetical situations

Speaker

Col. Stonehill

Actor

Dakin Matthews

Source

True Grit

Medium

Film

Genre

Western (film) Western

Language

English

Time

2010 2010s 21st century

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Citation

True Grit. Directed by Ethan Coen and Joel Coen, Skydance Productions/Mike Zoss Productions/Scott Rudin Productions, 2010.

For the two of us, home isn't a place. It's a person. And we're finally home.

Stephanie Perkins

Anna and the French Kiss

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Topic

Finding the one Home

Author

Stephanie Perkins

Source

Anna and the French Kiss

Medium

Novel

Genre

Young adult

Language

English

Time

2010 2010s 21st century

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Citation

Perkins, Stephanie. Anna and the French Kiss. Dutton Juvenile, 2010, ch. 47.

There may be dark days ahead, and war can no longer be confined to the battlefield, but we can only do the right as we see the right, and reverently commit our cause to God. If one and all, we keep resolutely faithful to it, then, with God's help, we shall prevail.

The King's Speech

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Topic

World War II

Speaker

King George VI

Actor

Colin Firth

Source

The King's Speech

Medium

Film

Genre

Historical drama (film) Drama (film) Historical drama Drama

Language

English

Time

2010 2010s 21st century

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Citation

The King's Speech. Directed by Tom Hooper, UK Film Council/Momentum Pictures/Aegis Film Fund Molinare, London/FilmNation Entertainment/See-Saw Films/Bedlam Productions, 2010.

The Winklevi aren't suing me for intellectual property theft. They are suing me because for the first time in their lives, things didn't work out the way they were supposed to for them.

Mark Zuckerberg

The Social Network

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Topic

Silver spoon Privilege

Speaker

Mark Zuckerberg

Actor

Jesse Eisenberg

Source

The Social Network

Medium

Film

Genre

Biography (film) Drama (film) Biography Drama

Language

English

Time

2010 2010s 21st century

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Citation

The Social Network. Directed by David Fincher. Columbia Pictures/Relativity Media/Scott Rudin Productions/Michael De Luca Productions/Trigger Street Productions, 2010.

Have regrets. They are fuel.

Geoff Dyer

Read this article at The Guardian

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Topic

Regrets What motivates people Motivation

Author

Geoff Dyer

Source

The Guardian

Medium

Newspaper

Statement Type

Advice

Language

English

Time

2010 2010s 21st century

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Citation

Dyer, Geoff. Quoted in "Ten Rules for Writing Fiction: Part 1." Guardian, 19 Feb. 2010, www.theguardian.com/books/2010/feb/20/ten-rules-for-writing-fiction-part-one.

The press can hold its magnifying glass up to our problems, bringing them into focus, illuminating issues heretofore unseen, or they can use that magnifying glass to light ants on fire. And then perhaps host a week of shows on the sudden, unexpected, dangerous flaming ant epidemic. If we amplify everything, we hear nothing.

Jon Stewart

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Speaker

Jon Stewart

Medium

Speech

Language

English

Time

2010 2010s 21st century

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Citation

Stewart, Jon. Speech at the National Mall. Rally to Restore Sanity and/or Fear. 30 Oct. 2010, National Mall, Washington, DC, USA.