What's your favorite line ?
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UPDATED: Monday, January 19, 2004 22:40
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On a lighter side...
Sometimes even the worst movies or TV shows have some very memorable lines - words that stick in your head and won't go away. Some make you laugh, others make you think. What are your favorite lines from either a good or otherwise bad movie or TV show?
One of them is shown in my signature below (from Twin Peaks). Here is another one from Big Trouble in Little China.
"Next time some eight foot tall, wild-eyed maniac taps the back of your favorite head up against the barroom wall and asks you if you've paid your dues, well, you just do what ol' Jack Burton always does at a time like that. You stare that sucker right back in the eye. 'Have you paid your dues, Jack?' 'Yes sir, the check is in the mail.'"--Jack Burton
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I'm gonna let you in on a little secret. Every day, once a day, give yourself a present. Don't plan it, don't wait for it, just... let it happen. Could be a new shirt at the men's store, a catnap in your office chair, or two cups of good, hot, black coffee. - Agent Cooper
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Mine is from an often overlooked gem "Joe vs. the Volcano".
Patricia Graynamore: "My father says almost the whole world's asleep. Everybody you know, everybody you see, everybody you talk to. He says only a few people are awake. And they live in a state of constant, total amazement."
This movie is actually full of little quotes like that. If fact the dialogue reads more like song lyrics than a typical script.
SergeantX
"..and here's to all the dreamers, may our open hearts find rest." -- Nanci Griffith
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Not from the worst movie I've ever seen, just an obscure chick flick.
"I have this archaic notion that art should be about passion and beauty and creating perfection in an imperfect world."
Brendan Fraser- Still Breathing
Firefly Artwork Series
http://www.mnartists.org/artistHome.do?rid=7922
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From 'Snatch', an over-done action movie:
Customs: Anything to declare?
Traveller: Yeah, don't go to England.
BTA,
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From "Con Air," I believe there is a car flying through the air and Nic Cage says, "On any other day, that would seem strange." Unfortunately, I use that all the time.
Also from "Raising Arizona," as he's robbing the convience store, " I'll be taking these huggies and....whatever cash you got."
From "The Matrix," "How about I give you the finger, and you give me my phonecall"
And one of my all time favorites from "Clerks," "I'm not even suppose to be here today!"
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A Mighty Wind
Amber Cole: "Thank God for the model trains, because if it wasn't for those they wouldn't have got the idea for the big trains."
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Might not be exact, memory gets kinda fuzzy after almost ten years..
"All your life, you've struggled against your own black heart, and always lost... you know what evil lurks in the hearts of men because you have seen that evil in your own heart, watched your spirit, your very face, change as the beast claws it's way out from within you.
Every man pays a price for redemption - this is yours." - The Tulku.
It's from "The Shadow", a fairly bad 1994 spinoff of the popular radio show.
Probably the shortest and best explaination in history of why wicked people are so very good at bollixing the plans of other wicked people.
(i.e. why ex-crooks would make such damned good cops)
-frem
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Suenos, too many good Kevin Smith lines to count, huh?
I'm very fond of Clue-- it has reams of good lines.
"Men should be like kleenex: soft, strong, and disposable."
Also, Fight Club
"What you're feeling is premature enlightenment."
I'm a dying breed who still believes, haunted by American dreams. ---Neko Case
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Obviously the "timeline" quote from Fight Club.
My absolute favorite line is from The Princess Bride. It sums up everything perfectly:
"Life is pain. Anyone who says differently is selling something."
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"Societies are supported by human activity, therefore they are constantly threatened by the human facts of self-intrest and stupidity." --Peter Berger
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Originally posted by Sarahetc:
Suenos, too many good Kevin Smith lines to count, huh?
You know it! Kevin Smith....sigh.....making the world a better place to live. Here are a couple more I like, from "Clerks," "You hate people!" "But I love gatherings. Isn't it ironic." and something along the lines of, "This job would be great if it wasn't for the fucking customers." Kills me every time.
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