Nobody was ever mean about it. It's just I could never get very excited about other people's ambitions for my life.

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ambition ethan hawke jesse from before sunrise

9 seconds sound clip from the Before Sunrise movie soundboard.

You can hear this line at 00:11:06 in the Blu-ray version of the movie.

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- I'd say I wanted to have a refuge for stray cats and he'd say, 'Veterinarian.'

- I'd say I wanted to be an actress and he'd say, 'TV newscaster.'

- It was this constant conversion of my fanciful ambition into these practical, moneymaking ventures.

- Mmm. I always had a pretty good bullshit detector when I was a kid. I always knew when they were lying to me, you know?

- By the time I was in high school, I was dead set on listening to what everybody thought I should be doing with my life, and just kinda... doing the opposite.

- Nobody was ever mean about it. It's just I could never get very excited about other people's ambitions for my life.

- Hmm. But you know what? If your parents never really fully contradict you about anything, and are basically nice and supportive, it makes it even harder to officially complain. You know, even when they're wrong.

- It's this passive-aggressive shit. You know what I mean? It's... I hate it. I really hate it.

- Well, you know, despite all that kind of bullshit that comes along with it, I remember childhood as this... you know, this magical time. I do.

- I remember when, my mother first told me about death.

- My great-grandmother had just died, and my whole family had just visited them in Florida.

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Before Sunrise Sound Clip

Memorable quotes from the movie Before Sunrise (1995), featuring sound clips of the best lines.

Actors: Ethan Hawke (Jesse), Julie Delpy (Céline)

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