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Movie Quote of the Day – Everything You Always Wanted to Know About Sex * But Were Afraid to Ask, 1972 (dir. Woody Allen)
Mrs. Ross: How could you?
Dr. Doug Ross: This is Mrs. Bencours, one of my patients. She thinks she’s a sheep. That’s all.
Movie Quote of the Day – A Star Is Born, 1954 (dir. George Cukor)
Esther Blodgett: You know as much about me now as I do myself. But you see how long it’s taken me to get this far. Now, all I need is just a little luck.
Norman Maine: What kind of luck?
Esther Blodgett: Oh, the kind of luck that every girl singer with a band dreams of. . .one night a talent scout from a big record company will come in and he’ll let me make a record.
Norman Maine: Yes, and then?
Esther Blodgett: Well, the record will become number one on the Hit Parade, it’ll be played on the jukeboxes all over the country. . .and I’ll be made. End of dream.
Norman Maine: There’s only one thing wrong with that.
Esther Blodgett: I know. . .it won’t happen!
Norman Maine: No, it might happen very easily. . .but the dream isn’t big enough.
Movie Quote of the Day – Back to the Future Part III, 1990 (dir. Robert Zemeckis)
Buford “Mad Dog” Tannen: What’s your name, dude?
Marty McFly: Uh, Mar- Eastwood. Clint Eastwood.
Buford “Mad Dog” Tannen: What kind of stupid name is that?
Movie Quote of the Day – Revenge of the Nerds, 1984 (dir. Jeff Kanew)
Gilbert: I just wanted to say that I’m a nerd, and I’m here tonight to stand up for the rights of other nerds. I mean uh, all our lives we’ve been laughed at and made to feel inferior. And tonight, those bastards, they trashed our house. Why? Cause we’re smart? Cause we look different? Well, we’re not. I’m a nerd, and uh, I’m pretty proud of it.
Movie Quote of the Day – It Could Happen to You, 1994 (dir. Andrew Bergman)
Yvonne Biasi: Because of me, you have nothing.
Charlie Lang: Because of you, I have you. Why can’t you understand that? If you don’t want me, that’s different. If you don’t want me, I’ll walk right out that door and you’ll never see me again.
Movie Quote of the Day – A Nightmare on Elm Street, 1984 (dir. Wes Craven)
Freddy Krueger: I’m your boyfriend now, Nancy.
Movie Quote of the Day – Les parapluies de Cherbourg, 1964 (dir. Jacques Demy)
Geneviève Emery: Mother, he’s leaving. He’ll be away for two years. I can’t live without him. I’ll die.
Madame Emery: Stop crying. Look at me. People only die of love in movies.
Movie Quote of the Day – Changeling, 2008 (dir. Clint Eastwood)
Christine Collins: Why aren’t you listening to me?
Capt. J.J. Jones: I am listening, dammit, I am listening! And I understand your feelings. He’s changed, no mistake. And that’s. . .you’ve both been through a terrible experience and that’s why he needs your love and support to bounce back.
Christine Collins: He’s not my son!
Capt. J.J. Jones: Why are you doing this, Mrs. Collins? Why are you doing this? You, you seem perfectly capable of taking care of the boy. Your job pays you enough to attend to his personal needs, so I don’t understand why you’re running away from your responsibilities as a mother.
Christine Collins: I am not running away from anything! Least of all my responsibilities! I am even taking care of that. . .boy right now, because I am all he has! What worries me is that you have stopped looking for my son! And that is your responsibility!
Capt. J.J. Jones: Why should we be looking for someone we’ve already found?
Christine Collins: Because you have not found him.
Capt. J.J. Jones: His identity has been confirmed by the best minds in the field of child identification. People who know what they’re doing.
Christine Collins: And I don’t?
Movie Quote of the Day – The Defiant Ones, 1958 (dir. Stanley Kramer)
John ‘Joker’ Jackson: You’re gonna make somebody a fine old lady one day.
Noah Cullen: Ain’t that the truth.
Movie Quote of the Day – Wet Hot American Summer, 2001 (dir. David Wain)
Andy: You taste like a burger. I don’t like you anymore.
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