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Movie Quote of the Day – None But the Lonely Heart, 1944 (dir. Clifford Odets)
Aggie Hunter: Don’t worry for me. I’m here if you need me. I can’t help my own nature. If I love you it’s something I can’t help, and something that I need. People are what they are and love what they love, and I don’t see any sense in trying to be something else. I wouldn’t trade it for a box at the opera, the thing I feel for you. And you can’t change it or take it away from me. And there you are mister jack in the box.
Movie Quote of the Day – Humoresque, 1946 (dir. Jean Negulesco)
Paul: Drink your coffee.
Helen: Here we go again. Only a man who doesn’t drink thinks black coffee sobers you up.
Sid: I envy people who drink. They know what to blame everything on.
Helen: If it’s so simple, why don’t you drink?
Sid: I have no character.
Movie Quote of the Day – Clash By Night, 1952 (dir. Fritz Lang)
Mae Doyle D’Amato: Home is where you come when you run out of places.
Movie Quote of the Day – The Big Knife, 1955 (dir. Robert Aldrich)
Dixie Evans: I don’t care if I do see a snake. I’m sure I’d much rather see a snake than a Hollywood producer.
Movie Quote of the Day – Notorious, 1946 (dir. Alfred Hitchcock)
Alicia: This is a very strange love affair.
Devlin: Why?
Alicia: Maybe the fact that you don’t love me.
Movie Quote of the Day – Sweet Smell of Success, 1957 (dir. Alexander Mackendrick)
J.J. Hunsecker: I’d hate to take a bite outta you. You’re a cookie full of arsenic.
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