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Movie Quote of the Day – Velvet Goldmine, 1998 (dir. Todd Haynes)
Curt Wild: We set out to change the world. . .ended up just changing ourselves.
Arthur Stuart: What’s wrong with that?
Curt Wild: Nothing, if you don’t look at the world.
Movie Quote of the Day – The Mighty, 1998 (dir. Peter Chelsom)
Kevin: It’s the treasure, concealed in the slime of dragons.
Maxwell Kane: It’s a woman’s purse, and it’s covered with crap.
Kevin: And it’s our duty as knights to return it to its rightful owner.
Movie Quote of the Day – Playing By Heart, 1998 (dir. Willard Carroll)
Max: I uh… I like your tight body. It looks like it would do what I tell it.
Joan: What?
Max: I said. . .
Joan: No, I heard what you said. And I’ll admit ‘What?’ was a rather banal, cliché, noncolorful response. What I really meant to say was: ‘Why don’t you do the world a big fat fucking favor and crawl back into your mother’s womb?’
Movie Quote of the Day – Gods and Monsters, 1998 (dir. Bill Condon)
James Whale: You might not think it to look at me now, but there was a time when I was at the very pinnacle of my profession. The horror movies were behind me. I’d made Showboat. Major success. Big box office. So now I was to do something important. The picture was called The Road Back. It was an indictment of the Great War and what it did to Germany. It was going to be my masterpiece.
Clayton Boone: What happened?
James Whale: The fucking studio butchered it. They took the guts out of my picture. They brought in another director to add some slapstick and the movie laid an egg. A great, expensive bomb for which I was blamed. And after that I was out of fashion. I could no longer command the best projects, so I walked away. Why should I spend my time working in this dreadful business?
Clayton Boone: Do you miss it?
James Whale: Mmm. Oh, it was all so long ago. Fifteen years. Making movies is the most wonderful thing in the world. Working with friends, entertaining people. Yes, I suppose I miss it.
Movie Quote of the Day – Can’t Hardly Wait, 1998 (dir. Harry Elfont, Deborah Kaplan)
Stoner Guy: You know who else that I like that didn’t get much play, is Velma from Scooby-Doo. She was also cool. She was a hip, hip lady.
Movie Quote of the Day – Pleasantville, 1998 (dir. Gary Ross)
George: Where’s my dinner? [searches kitchen] Where’s my dinner? [goes outside] Where’s my dinner?!
Movie Quote of the Day – You’ve Got Mail, 1998 (dir. Nora Ephron)
George: Well, as far as I’m concerned, the internet is just another way of being rejected by a woman.
Movie Quote of the Day – Armageddon, 1998 (dir. Michael Bay)
Rockhound: [looking through Rorschach inkblots; to the male psychologist] This one looks like you. . .*with* breasts.
Movie Quote of the Day – The Parent Trap, 1998 (dir. Nancy Meyers)
Hallie: You wanna know the *real* difference between us?
Annie: Let me see… I know how to fence and you don’t… Or I have class and you don’t. Take your pick.
Hallie: Why I oughta!
Movie Quote of the Day – Primary Colors, 1998 (dir. Mike Nichols)
Henry Burton: Come back, Shane! Run for president!
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