80s Quotes

• Life moves pretty fast. If you don't stop and look around once in a while, you could miss it.

  John Hughes

  Inspirational, Funny, Life

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• I've got whole years of unfortunate clothing in '80s.

  Patrick Wilson

  Years, Unfortunate, Clothings

  Source: www.elle.com

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• The mood of the 80s - Get what you can, can what you get, and sit on the can.

  Patricia Schroeder

  Mood

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• One of my favorite eras is the '80s. I'm an '80s baby to the world, love everything about the '80s.

  Deon Cole

  Baby, World Love, Eras

  "Deon Cole on Conan O'Brien's instincts and being chaperoned at a Prince concert". Interview with Erik Adams, tv.avclub.com. February 1, 2016.

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• We're all pretty bizarre. Some of us are just better at hiding it, that's all.

  John Hughes

  Breakfast, Hiding, Bizarre

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• If you think the ’80s were dumber than the ’70s, either you weren’t there or you weren’t paying attention.

  James Lileks

  Thinking, Attention, Ifs

  James Lileks (2004). “Interior Desecrations: Hideous Homes from the Horrible 70's”, Crown Pub

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• My name is Inigo Montoya, you killed my father, prepare to die!

  William Goldman

  Movie, Revenge, Father

  William Goldman (2013). “The Princess Bride: An Illustrated Edition of S. Morgenstern's Classic Tale of True Love and High Adventure”, p.351, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

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• For me, one I love the 80's, I love 80's music, I'm sort of a baby of the 80's, I grew up in the 80s

  Will Estes

  Baby, Grew Up, Baby Girl

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• I don't want to sell anything, buy anything, or process anything as a career. I don't want to sell anything bought or processed, or buy anything sold or processed, or process anything sold, bought, or processed, or repair anything sold, bought, or processed. You know, as a career, I don't want to do that.

  John Cusack

  Money, Careers, Say Anything

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• When you grow up, your heart dies.

  Ally Sheedy

  Growing Up, Heart, Breakfast

  Jaime Clarke, Ally Sheedy (2007). “Don't you forget about me: contemporary writers on the films of John Hughes”, Gallery

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• I feel the need... the need for speed.

  Tom Cruise

  Movie, Gun, Great Year

  FaceBook post by Tom Cruise from Jan 24, 2013

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• Don't mess with the bull, young man. You'll get the horns.

  Paul Gleason

  Men, Bulls, Breakfast

  "Fictional character: Richard Vernon". "The Breakfast Club", 1985.

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• Human sacrifice! Dogs and cats living together! Mass hysteria!

  Bill Murray

  Dog, Cat, Sacrifice

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• I asked you here tonight because when you realise you want to spend the rest of your life with somebody, you want the rest of your life to start as soon as possible.

  Graeme Simsion

  Love, Cute, Romantic

  Graeme Simsion (2014). “The Rosie Project: A Novel”, p.267, Simon and Schuster

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• If for no other reason than it's just fun to watch people age, and it's fun to watch what happened to '80s hairdos and outfits, and what they look like now.

  Alex Borstein

  Fun, People, Age

  Source: www.avclub.com

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• When someone asks if you're a god, you say YES!

  Ernie Hudson

  Books And Movies, Geek, War Games

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• I grew up in southern California in the 80s. Yes, I am a walking cliche.

  John Scalzi

  California, Southern, Cliche

  "John Scalzi: the internet's troll-slayer" by Erin McCann, August 27, 2013.

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• I realized sometime in the early '80s that if I didn't do something - like planning for the future in a way, a kind of pension or something - that if I didn't do something there and then, I was going to be condemned to forever present my three years as a pop star, condensed, as a stage act for the rest of my life. Because that's normally what happens to people in the pop business.

  Nick Lowe

  Stars, Years, People

  Source: www.gq.com

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• My fashion was not the best in the '80s. I looked crazy as hell. I used to wear my pants tucked into my socks and karate handkerchiefs around my wrist. It was ridiculous, how I used to dress in the '80s.

  Deon Cole

  Fashion, Crazy, Dresses

  "Deon Cole on Conan O'Brien's instincts and being chaperoned at a Prince concert". Interview with Erik Adams, tv.avclub.com. February 1, 2016.

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• I love like the 80s look - 80s and early 90s, like the high-waisted jeans and the crop tops, and the floral prints, and flowers and stuff like that. Big baggy jumpers... yeah, stuff like that.

  Perrie Edwards

  Flower, Jeans, Looks

  Source: www.coupdemainmagazine.com

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• When you realize you want to spend the rest of your life with somebody, you want the rest of your life to start as soon as possible.

  Nora Ephron

  Love, Life, Relationship

  Nora Ephron (2011). “When Harry Met Sally. . .”, p.97, Knopf

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• I remember the '80s being about the Cold War and Reagan and the homeless problem and AIDS. To me, it was kind of a dark, depressing time.

  John Cusack

  Depressing, War, Dark

  "The Best of Awkward Question Time". Interview With Eric Spitznagel, www.ericspitznagel.com. December 30, 2010.

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• I grew up with rock and pop music from the 70s and 80s. I had to play guitar in school - it was a music college and we had to take instrument classes there - so I think guitar playing and guitar sounds have always been an influence.

  Christian Fennesz

  School, College, Thinking

  Interview with Mark Richardson, pitchfork.com. March 1, 2002.

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• Matt Wilson, the colorist, has this great palate [in Paper Girls] that brings up all these emotions and this feel of the '80s without being actually as kind of as bright and primary as it could have been.

  Cliff Chiang

  Girl, Paper, Emotion

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• You've worked hard all your life. You've paid Medicare taxes for almost 30 years. But under the Republican plan, Medicare won't be there for you. Instead of Medicare as it exists now, under the Republican plan you'll get a voucher that will pay as little as half your Medicare costs when you turn 65—and as little as a quarter in your 80s. And all so that millionaires and billionaires can have a huge tax cut.

  David Frum

  Cutting, Years, Cost

  "The Coming Democratic Attack Barrage". www.thedailybeast.com. August 11, 2012.

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