time to reflect!
Yesterday I went to see Bohemian Rhapsody.
It was my tenth time anniversary but I still don’t have an elevator pitch, on why you should see the movie.
Thankfully, the Bohemian Rhapsody is rich in soundbites.
So there’s little need for me to make this catchy!
And the quotes can be interpreted literally, as well as philosophically.
The script is not online yet, so some quotes may not be a 100% accurate.
But after watching it ten times, I ll take my chances.
Philosophical quotes from Bohemian Rhapsody
Fortune favors the bold
~lawyer Jim “Miami” Beach
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No looking back. Only forward.
~Freddie Mercury
on changing his name
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“I m not entirely sure if this is the record you promised us.”
record company director Ray Foster
It’s better than the record we promised you.
It’s better than any record anyone has ever promised you.
It’s a bloody masterpiece.
~Freddie Mercury about A Night at the Opera
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If I really have their attention, I couldn’t sing off-key, even if I wanted.
I’m exactly who I was born to be.
~Freddie Mercury about performing
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I like you too, Freddie.
Come and find me when you decide to like yourself.
~Jim Hutton, who would become Freddie Mercury’s final long-term partner
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“You’re late.”
Roger Taylor
I m a performer darling. Not a Swiss train conductor.
~Freddie Mercury
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“Do you ever doubt your talent?”
reporter
Of course not. What kind of stupid question is that?
~Freddie Mercury
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Being human is a condition that requires a little anesthesia
~Freddie Mercury
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You know when you know you’ve gone rotten, really rotten?
Fruit flies.
Dirty little fruit flies, coming to feast on what’s left.
~Freddie Mercury ending his relationship to Paul Prenter
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“They just need a bit of time.”
Jim Beach
on when the band members will be ready to see him again
Freddie Mercury: What if I don’t have time?
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I don’t have time to be their victim.
Their AIDS poster boy, their cautionary tale.
No, I decide who I am.
I’m going to be what I was born to be.
A performer, who gives the people what they want.
A touch of the heavens.
Freddie fucking Mercury.
~Freddie Mercury
after telling he has aids.
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All I know is that if we wake up the day after the concert,
and we didn’t do our part,
we’re going to regret it until the day we die.
~Freddie Mercury
About Live Aid.
And life, basically.
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~Lauren/ LS Harteveld
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