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Movie Quote of the Day – Knock On Any Door, 1949 (dir. Nicholas Ray)
Nick Romano: Live fast, die young, have a good-looking corpse.
Movie Quote of the Day – Don’t Bother to Knock, 1952 (dir. Roy Ward Baker)
Eddie Forbes: What’s the smile about?
Nell Forbes: You seem so different in those clothes.
Eddie Forbes: I’m different all the time.
Movie Quote of the Day – Bell Book and Candle, 1958 (dir. Richard Quine)
Gillian ‘Gil’ Holroyd: Oh, Pye, Pye, Pyewacket. What’s the matter with me? Why do I feel this way? It’s such a rut. The same old thing day after day. Same old people. I know I’m feeling sorry for myself but it’s true. Why don’t you give me something for Christmas, Pye?
Pyewacket: Meow.
Gillian ‘Gil’ Holroyd: What would I like?
Pyewacket: Meow.
Gillian ‘Gil’ Holroyd: I’d like to do something different. I’d like to meet someone different.
Pyewacket: Meow.
Movie Quote of the Day – From Here To Eternity, 1953 (dir. Fred Zinnemann)
Alma: I do mean it when I say I need you. ‘Cause I’m lonely. You think I’m lying, don’t you?
Robert E. Lee “Prew’ Prewitt: Nobody ever lies about being lonely.
Movie Quote of the Day – Picnic, 1955 (dir. Joshua Logan)
Millie Owens: When I graduate from college I’m going to New York, and write novels that’ll shock people right out of their senses. I’m never gonna fall in love. Not me! I’m not gonna live in some jerkwater town and marry some ornery guy and raise some grimy kids. But just because I’m a dope doesn’t mean you have to be.
Madge Owens: Millie.
Millie Owens: Go with him, Madge.
Madge Owens: Millie?
Millie Owens: For once in your life, do something bright.
