Best and Worst Lines in Movie History

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"Take your hands off me, you DAMN, DIRTY APES!" That one brought the house down when I saw it.
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"God have mercy on you, 'cuz I won't."

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"You build my gallows high, baby."

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Rosalind Russell to Norma Shearer in The Women : "I gave him my Youth!!!!!"
"Life is not the way it's supposed to be.. It's the way it is..
The way we cope with it, is what makes the difference." ~ Virginia Satir
""Most people pursue pleasure with such breathless haste that they hurry past it." ~ Soren Kierkegaard
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Ask a silly question, you get a dopey look.
- Moe Williams (Thelma Ritter) in PICKUP ON SOUTH STREET
Everyday people...that's what's wrong with the world. -- Morgan Morgan
I love movies. But don't get me wrong. I hate Hollywood. -- Orson Welles
Movies can only go forward in spite of the motion picture industry. -- Orson Welles
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I can literally hear Thelma saying that, just reading the line.
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Alvy Singer: "I'll have the corned beef."

Annie Hall: "I'll have a pastrami on white bread with mayonnaise and lettuce and tomato."
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I love those quote JackFavell ... thanks for sharing it.
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I'm alright, I'm allllll right!
Thomas Mitchell to James Stewart, after crashing into trash cans offscreen in Its a Wonderful Life
"Life is not the way it's supposed to be.. It's the way it is..
The way we cope with it, is what makes the difference." ~ Virginia Satir
""Most people pursue pleasure with such breathless haste that they hurry past it." ~ Soren Kierkegaard
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"What if you can't find a job?"

"Then I'll live off some man, like you did, mother."
Diane Varsi to Lana Turner in Peyton Place
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Are you looking for laughs? Or are you soul-searching?

-- Mitch Wayne (Rock Hudson) in WRITTEN ON THE WIND
Everyday people...that's what's wrong with the world. -- Morgan Morgan
I love movies. But don't get me wrong. I hate Hollywood. -- Orson Welles
Movies can only go forward in spite of the motion picture industry. -- Orson Welles
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knitwit45 wrote:Rosalind Russell to Norma Shearer in The Women : "I gave him my Youth!!!!!"
Oh, the way Rosalind delivers that line. perfection!
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In the middle of a barroom brawl that turns into a riot:
"The liquor's gone stale, boys! We need some fresh air!" (followed by whoops and hollers)
Robert Wilke - Wichita
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Must have been written by an Irishman! :D
"There's only one thing that can kill the movies, and that's education."
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Ha!

MissG, Is your new avatar Richard Boone?
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Yes, and Vera Miles. i wrote a little about them in the YouTube'n thread. :D
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