Are you ready to enter the job market? As a new graduate, you might feel nervous and anxious about the changes in your life. Today, we are going to show you 5 famous movie quotes to inspire and encourage you for the upcoming working life.
1. You’re never wrong to do the right thing.
——The Intern
There are alternative ways to say something you’ve done is “wrong”, such as “blunder” which means a serious mistake.
2. Just because you think something doesn’t matter doesn’t mean you don’t have to give your best.
——The Devil wears Prada
There are other synonyms for “give one’s best”, such as “go all out to do something”, “leave no stone unturned” which had its literal meaning evolved into “at one’s best”, etc.
3. It’s business. Leave your emotions at the door.
——The Wolf of Wall Street
“Leave something at the door” can be substituted by “set something aside”.
4. The only thing you’re gonna have is what you make.
——Joy
In the movie, there is also another famous line of Joy, “The world doesn’t owe you a thing.” The word “owe” also means “to be grateful to someone”, you can say “I owe my success to her”.
5. “Impossible” is just a perspective, not a fact.
——Morning Glory
You can use “point of view”, “standpoint” to replace “perspective”. However, it has another meaning which is “the ability to consider things in relation to another accurately and fairly.” (e.g. He lacks perspective.)
