I tried to be someone else,
But nothing seemed to change.
I know now,
This is who I really am
Inside! I finally found myself!
Fighting for a chance!
I know now,
This is who I really am!
~Jared Leto(30 Seconds to Mars)

I am not afraid to keep on living!
I am not afraid to walk this world alone!
Honey, if you stay, I'll be forgiven!
Nothing you can say can stop me going home!
~Gerard Way(My Chemical Romance)

I'll wear your granddads clothes,
I look incredible,
I'm in this big.... coat,
from that thrift shop down the road.
~Macklemore

"You're waiting for a train. A train that will take you far away. You know where you hope this train will take you, but you don't know for sure...but it doesn't matter...because we'll be together." ~Mal & Dom Cobb (Inception)

"Brothers, what we do in life echoes in eternity." ~Maximus

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"And when you die, and die you shall, your transition shall be to the sound of...[claps his hands]...Gladiators, I salute you." ~Proximo

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"Are you not entertained?? Is this not why you are here??" ~Maximus

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"I will win the crowd. I will give them something they have never seen before." ~Maximus

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"We who are about to die salute you." ~Tigris

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"Shadows and dust." ~Proximo

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[Commodus enters the Colesseum arena to greet the Spaniard]
"Commodus: Rise. Rise."
[Maximus stands up, clenching an arrow head in his right hand and in that same moment Lucius runs to join Commodus standing in front of him]
"Commodus: Your fame is well deserved, Spaniard. I don't think there's ever been a gladiator to match you. As for this young man, he insists you are Hector reborn. Or was it Hercules? Why doesn't the hero reveal himself and tell us all your real name? You do have a name?
Maximus: My name is Gladiator."
[turns away from Commodus]
"Commodus: How dare you show your back to me! Slave, you will remove your helmet and tell me your name."
[Maximus removes his helmet and turns around to face Commodus]
"Maximus: My name is Maximus Decimus Meridius. Commander of the Armies of the North, General of the Felix Legions, loyal servant to the true emperor, Marcus Aurelius. Father to a murdered son, husband to a murdered wife. And I will have my vengeance, in this life or the next."

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[below the Colosseum Commodus walks up to the chained Maximus]
"Commodus: Maximus. Maximus. Maximus. They call for you. The general who became a slave. The slave who became a gladiator. The gladiator who defied an emperor. A striking story. Now the people want to know how the story ends. Only a famous death will do. And what could be more glorious than to challenge the emperor himself in the great arena.
Maximus: You would fight me?
Commodus: Why not? Do you think I am afraid?
Maximus: I think you have been afraid all your life.
Commodus: Unlike Maximus the invincible, who knows no fear?
Maximus: [laughing] I knew a man who once said, "Death smiles at us all. All that man can do is smile back."
Commodus: I wonder. Did your friend smile at his own death?
Maximus: You must know. He was your father.
Commodus: You loved my father, I know. But so did I. That makes us brothers, doesn't it? Smile for me now, brother."

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"Is Rome worth one good man's life? We believed it once. Make us believe it again. He was a soldier of Rome. Honor him." ~Lucilla

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" Now we are free. I will see you again. But not yet, not yet..." ~Juba

"And the sun will set for you,
The sun will set for you,
And the shadow of the day,
Will embrace the world in gray,
And the sun will set for you."

~Linkin Park(Shadow of the Day)

"And I find it kind of funny,
I find it kind of sad,
The dreams in which I'm dying are the best I've ever had.
I find it hard to tell you,
I find it hard to take,
When people run in circles it's a very, very, mad world..."
~Gary Jules("Mad World")

"It's not who you are underneath, but what you do that defines you." ~ Batman (Batman Begins)

"I see you."

"I was a warrior who dreamed he could bring peace. Sooner or later though, you always have to wake up."

1. If anything can go wrong, Fix it!
2. When given a choice -- Take both!
3. Multiple projects lead to multiple successes.
4. Start at the top and work your way up.
5. Do it by the book...but be the author!
6. When forced to compromise, ask for more.
7. If you can't beat them, join them, and then beat them.
8. If it's worth doing, it's got to be done right now.
9. If you can't win, change the rules.
10. If you can't change the rules, ignore them.
11. When faced without a challenge, make one.
12. "No" simply means begin again at the next highest level.
13. Don't walk when you can run.
14. Bureaucracy is a challenge to the be conquered with a righteous attitude, an intolerance for stupidity, and bulldozer when necessary.
15. When in doubt: THINK!
16. Patience is a virtue but persistence to the point of success is a blessing.
17. The squeaky wheel gets replaced.
18. The faster you move, the slower time passes, the longer you live.

"Any man who can drive safely while kissing a pretty girl is simply not giving the kiss the attention it deserves."
-Albert Einstein

"Only two things are infinite, the universe and human stupidity, and I'm not sure about the former."
-Albert Einstein

"The difference between stupidity and genius is that genius has its limits."
-Albert Einstein

"And as I stared I counted,
Webs from all the spiders,
Catching things and eating their insides,
Like indecision to call you,
And hear your voice of treason."

-Blink 182 (I Miss You)