Robert Downey, Jr. Quotes

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• Remember that just because you hit bottom doesn't mean you have to stay there.

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  Mean, Remember, Bottom

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• Listen, smile, agree, then do whatever you were going to do anyway.

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  Agree

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• People never change because they are under threat or under duress. Never. They change because they see something that makes their life seem valuable enough to start moving toward a life worth living.

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  Moving, People, Duress

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• Worrying is like praying for something you don't want to happen.

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  Worry, Want, Praying

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• People rise out of the ashes because, at some point, they are invested with a belief in the possibility of triumph over seemingly impossible odds.

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  Impossible Odds, People, Ashes

  "Robert Downey Jr. On Dating Sarah Jessica Parker, Parenting And Drug Use", www.huffingtonpost.com. April 24, 2008.

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• I don't need an Iron Man suit. I'm already a weapon of mass seduction.

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  Men, Iron, Needs

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• I think that we all do heroic things, but hero is not a noun, it's a verb.

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  Hero, Thinking, Verbs

  "The Complete Robert Downey Jr". Interview with Cal Fussman, www.esquire.com. April 16, 2012.

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• I know who I am. I'm a dude playing a dude disguised as another dude.

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  Who I Am, Thunder, Knows

  "Fictional character: Kirk Lazarus". "Tropic Thunder", www.imdb.com. 2008.

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• I just think it's good to be confident. If I'm not on my team why should anybody else be?

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  Confidence, Self Esteem, Team

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• Mediocrity is my biggest fear. I'm not afraid of total failure because I don't think that will happen. I'm not afraid of success because that beats the hell out of failure. It's being in the middle that scares me.

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  Thinking, Scare, Mediocrity

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• The lesson is that you can still make mistakes and be forgiven.

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  Mistake, Recovery, Sobriety

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• I think that the power is the principle. The principle of moving forward, as though you have the confidence to move forward, eventually gives you confidence when you look back and see what you've done.

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  Motivational, Moving On, Confidence

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• To me, friendship means loving tolerance.

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  Mean, Tolerance

  Source: www.moviesonline.ca

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• Nothing will serve you better than a strong work ethic. Nothing. And it's something that you can't teach. You have to be thrown into it, where you're going to sink or swim. It's amazing how self-correcting and how clarifying a good, hard, shitty job can be. Because at the end of the day, any profession I've seen anybody in, when you peer behind the curtains of Oh, wouldn't that be a great job? Wow, what an amazing thing, a philanthropic endeavor! it really just comes down to It's a f**king grind.

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  Strong, Kings, Jobs

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• Discipline for me is about respect. It's not even about self-respect; it's about respect for life and all it offers.

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  Self, Discipline, Self Respect

  "Biography/Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• I used to be so convinced that happiness was the goal, yet all those years I was chasing after it I was unhappy in the pursuit. Maybe the goal really should be a life that values honor, duty, good work, friends and family.

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  Years, Goal, Honor

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• Im such a work in progress at the moment, its crazy, and life wants me on edge, I swear to you. But as long as I dont forget the past, Im cool. One must always be mindful, just like you might forget that old girlfriend who tried to slit your throat, but shes really still hot. If you remember the stitches more than you remember the pussy, youre going to be just fine.

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  Girlfriend, Crazy, Past

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• I know very little about acting. I'm just an incredibly gifted faker.

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  Inspirational, Motivational, Acting

  "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• There is unpanned gold in every soul you run into, no matter what walk of life they are from.

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  Running, Soul, Gold

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• I think you end up doing the stuff you were supposed to do at the time you were supposed to do it.

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  Thinking, Stuff, Ends

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• I need a lot of support... Life is really hard, and I don't see some active benevolent force out there. I see it as basically a really cool survival game. You get on the right side of the tracks, and you now are actually working with what some people would call magic.

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  Games, People, Track

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• I don't drink these days. I am allergic to alcohol and narcotics. I break out in handcuffs.

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  Drinking, Beer, Addiction

  "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• The old saying is true, behind every good man theres an incredible woman.

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  Men, Good Man, Incredibles

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• I've always felt that if you're not on your side, why should anyone else be. So I always encourage people to be confident, and sometime even a little falsely so, just so you can give yourself an opportunity.

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  Opportunity, Your Side, People

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• McDonald's being the official restaurant of the Olympics is like smoking being the official medicine of cancer.

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  Sports, Sarcastic, Cancer

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