Mr. Destiny Quotes

Ellen Jane Burrows: Oh, honey, were you thinking about that silly baseball game again?

Movie: Mr. Destiny
Larry Joseph Burrows: 35 years old, and my life is shit.
Mike the Bartender at Universal Joint Bar: Can't be all that bad.
Larry Joseph Burrows: It's not that it's bad, you know, it's just that it's ordinary.

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Larry Joseph Burrows: Is there anything else that's gonna come as a shock?
Mike the Bartender at Universal Joint Bar: It all will, to some degree.
Larry Joseph Burrows: To what degree?
Mike the Bartender at Universal Joint Bar: You'll see. Things have changed, Larry. You have to take the bad with the good. You didn't think everything was gonna be perfect, did you?
Larry Joseph Burrows: Well, I... I..., I suppose not.
Mike the Bartender at Universal Joint Bar: This is your life, Larry. Learn to enjoy what you've got.

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Mike the Bartender at Universal Joint Bar: Saw the game, kid. Tough break.
Young Larry Burrows: You said it, mister. I blew it good.
Mike the Bartender at Universal Joint Bar: Don't worry too much about it. Remember, you've got your whole life to look forward to. Things will work out just fine. Trust me.
Young Larry Burrows: [walking away] Old fart. What the hell does he know?

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[voice over]
Larry Joseph Burrows: Destiny's a pretty big concept, when you think about it. Where you are in life, how you got there, what would have happened if one thing or another had been different. To be honest, I never gave it much thought, myself, until today, June 14th, my 35th birthday, and without a doubt, the strangest day of my life. Do you remember the old story that starts, This guy goes into a bar? Well, I'm the guy, and here's the story.

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[voice over]
Larry Joseph Burrows: Why is it every time you break into your boss's office, he always walks in on you?
Niles Pender: Lose something, Burrows?
Larry Joseph Burrows: Something tells me I have.

Movie: Mr. Destiny