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Issues with Quotes > Attribution re "Never lie, steal, cheat or drink"

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message 1: by Lynn (new)

Lynn (lmdella) | 2 comments Please confirm the attribution of this quote:

"Never lie, steal, cheat or drink. But if you must lie, lie in the arms of the one you love. If you must steal, steal away from bad company. If you must cheat, cheat death. And if you must drink, drink in life. For life isn't about the number of breaths you take. It's about the moments that take your breath away."

On this website, it's attributed to Lucas Buchanan but I have never heard of him and can find no other
references on the Internet to his being the source of this quote. All other attributions are to the 2005 Will Smith movie "Hitch."

I'd like to use the quote and want to attribute it correctly.

Thanks!


message 2: by rivka, Former Moderator (new)

rivka | 45177 comments Mod
Looks like it was added to Goodreads by a member named . . . Lucas B.

So it's really a movie quote. I'm deleting it.


message 3: by Lynn (new)

Lynn (lmdella) | 2 comments Thanks, Rivka!


message 4: by mlady_rebecca (new)

mlady_rebecca | 591 comments Cool quote, anyway. I'm stealing it for my journal.


message 5: by Dori (new)

Dori (adorible) | 196 comments So, what about this one? Same as the ending line but attributed to Maya Angelou...


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