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Movie Quote of the Day – Washington Square, 1997 (dir. Agnieszka Holland)

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Morris Townsend: For God’s Sake! What do you think I am? I’m not good enough for you! Not nearly good enough! What do you want me to do?
Catherine Sloper: I want you to love me.

Movie Quote of the Day – Eve’s Bayou, 1997 (dir. Kasi Lemmons)

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Mozelle Batiste Delacroix: Life is filled with goodbyes, Eve, a million goodbyes, and it hurts every time. Sometimes, I feel like I’ve lost so much, I have to find new things to lose. All I know is, there must be a divine point to it all, and it’s just over my head, that when we die, it will all come clear and we’ll say, “So that was the damn point.” And sometimes, I think there’s no point at all, and maybe that’s the point. All I know is most people’s lives are a great disappointment to them and no one leaves this earth without feeling terrible pain. And if there is no divine explanation at the end of it all, well. . .that’s sad.

Movie Quote of the Day – Seven Years in Tibet, 1997 (dir. Jean-Jacques Annaud)

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Dalai Lama: We have a saying in Tibet: If a problem can be solved there is no use worrying about it. If it can’t be solved, worrying will do no good.

Movie Quote of the Day – Scream 2, 1997 (dir. Wes Craven)

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Dewey: How do you know that my dimwitted inexperience isn’t merely a subtle form of manipulation, used to lower people’s expectations, thereby enhancing my ability to effectively maneuver within any given situation?

Movie Quote of the Day – Kiss the Girls, 1997 (dir. Gary Fleder)

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Dr. Kate McTiernan: He sounded so sincere.
Dr. Alex Cross: How’s that?
Dr. Kate McTiernan: When he told me he loved me.
Dr. Alex Cross: I expect that’s because he does.
Dr. Kate McTiernan: Please.
Dr. Alex Cross: Multiply your anger by about a hundred, Kate, that’s how much he thinks he loves you.

Movie Quote of the Day – Dante’s Peak, 1997 (dir. Roger Donaldson)

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Greg: Yes! It’s coffee time! Coffee, coffee, coffee, coffee, coffee, coffee! Cappuccino, java, YES!

Movie Quote of the Day – Flubber, 1997 (dir. Les Mayfield)

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Dr. Sara Jean Reynolds: I know that I love you, but I’m not sure that you can love me.
Professor Philip Brainard: That’s ridiculous. I love you with all my heart, with every cell, with every molecule, with every atom. I love you on the subatomic level.

Movie Quote of the Day – Picture Perfect, 1997 (dir. Glenn Gordon Caron)

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Kate Mosley: You know what, Sam? You’re just always going to be that guy at the restaurant who, when he gets what he ordered, always wishes he got what the guy next to him did.

Movie Quote of the Day – Affliction, 1997 (dir. Paul Schrader)

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Glen WhitehouseCome on smart guy. Tell me it’s no big deal. I just. . .tell me. . .there’s a single one of you that’s worth one single hair on that woman’s gray head! Tell me that!
Lena: Pop?
Glen WhitehouseWhat?
Lena: Jesus is more powerful than any demon.
Glen WhitehouseOh, go fuck yourself!
Rolfe: Wade, just leave it.
Glen WhitehouseYeah, just listen to your little brother here. “Wade, just leave it.” Candy-asses. All of you. That’s what I’ve got for children. Jesus freaks and candy-asses!

Movie Quote of the Day – That Darn Cat, 1997 (dir. Bob Spiers)

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Judy Randall: Honey, why do you always wear black?
Patti Randall: Because it matches my soul.