Monthly Archives: January 2015
Movie Quote of the Day – Away from Her, 2006 (dir. Sarah Polley)
Fiona: The thing is, half the time I wander around looking for something which I know is very pertinent. But then, I can’t remember what it is. . .once the idea is gone, everything is gone and I have to wander around trying to figure out what it was that was so important earlier. I think I may be beginning to disappear.
Movie Quote of the Day – Phat Girlz, 2006 (dir. Nnegest Likké)
Dr. Tunde Jonathan: What is your name?
Jazmin Biltmore: (In her head) Sweet Jesus, what the hell is my name?
Movie Quote of the Day – Whale Rider, 2002 (dir. Niki Caro)
Paikea: Why doesn’t he want me?
Porourangi: It’s not you. It’s not even about you in a way. He’s just looking for something that doesn’t exist anymore.
Paikea: A new leader? They exist.
Movie Quote of the Day – Viaggio sola (A Five Star Life), 2014 (dir. Maria Sole Tognazzi)
Kate: Real luxury is the pleasure of a real life, lived to the full and full of imperfections! Don’t you think?
Movie Quote of the Day – Le goût des autres (The Taste of Others), 2000 (dir. Agnès Jaoui)
Manie: Does it hurt?
Jean-Jacques Castella: Yeah.
Manie: It’s okay. It’ll go away.
Jean-Jacques Castella: I hope so.
Movie Quote of the Day – The Notorious Bettie Page, 2005 (dir. Mary Harron)
Man on Street: You don’t have to be ashamed.
Bettie Page: I’m not ashamed. Adam and Eve were naked in the Garden of Eden, weren’t they? When they sinned, they put on clothes.
Movie Quote of the Day – Real Genius, 1985 (dir. Martha Coolidge)
Chris: You are very beautiful.
Sherry: Thank you.
Chris: Uh, how did I come off? Too stuffy?
Sherry: Well, you certainly don’t act like one of the top ten minds in America.
Chris: Really? How many of them have you met?
Sherry: Seven.
Chris: Really?
Sherry: You’ll be eight. Professor Hostetler at M.I.T. was number six.
Chris: Old Professor Hostetler? Isn’t he dead?
Sherry: He is now.
Movie Quote of the Day – Deep Impact, 1998 (dir. Mimi Leder)
Jenny Lerner: We know everything.
Alan Rittenhouse: Nobody knows everything.
Movie Quote of the Day – Puccini for Beginners, 2006 (dir. Maria Maggenti)
Allegra: It’s hell being alone.
Woman on Bench: No honey, hell is other people.
Movie Quote of the Day – Jumpin’ Jack Flash, 1986 (dir. Penny Marshall)
Terry Doolittle: Drag the river! There are killers running around the fucking city!
Detective: How would you like me to wash your mouth out with a wire brush?
Terry Doolittle: How would you like if I kicked you in the nuts so hard they get lodged in your fucking nostrils?
Marty Phillips: My, that’s a vivid image, isn’t it?
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