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Movie Quotes from Prestige, The: Quotes from the movie Prestige, The

(1)Have you considered the cost of such a machine? (2)Price is not an object. (1) Yes, but have you considered the cost? –Any last words? –Abracadabra. -Remember when I told you about the drowning sailor? -Yes. He said it was like going home -I lied. He said it was agony 1)I never thought I’d find...

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Movie Quotes from Presidio, The: Quotes from the movie Presidio, The

–Say something. –What? –That’s a start. –Who the hell do you think you are? –I’m the Infantry, sonny. –You’re not going out dressed like that, are you? –Like what? –Why you can see right through that dress. You might just as well go out without one. –There’s a thought. Hard rockin’. i farted but...

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Movie Quotes from Predator 2: Quotes from the movie Predator 2

(A)You’re one ugly… (B)Motherfucker …and so the doctor says ‘I’ll need and semen, stool and urine sample’ and so I say, ‘Hey, doc, I’m in a big hurry, can’t I just leave my underwear?’ 1) Want some candy? 1/ Don’t worry ma’am…. I’m a police officer 2/ I don’t think he gives a shit! 1/_Don’t keep me...

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Movie Quotes from Predator: Quotes from the movie Predator

Billie, get me out of this hole. #1- S*O*B is dug in like an Alabama tick. #2- You’re hit…you’re bleeding man. #2- I ain’t got time to bleed. (1) What happened to you, Dillon? You used to be someone I could trust. (2) I woke up. (1) Billy! You know something, what is it? (2) I’m scared...

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Movie Quotes from Practical Magic: Quotes from the movie Practical Magic

…and a husband I just can’t stop kissing… …and brush your goddamn teeth ’cause your breath stinks! …and fall in love, whenever you can… 1) is he your boyfriend 2) I wouldn’t call him that, more like a big mistake. 1)is that his handy work? 2) if a man hits me he only does it once. 1) What would you...

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Movie Quotes from Power of One, The: Quotes from the movie Power of One, The

I remember my nanny would tell me, that if I listened to the wind, I would hear the voices of my past. I listened, and heard Doc talk about justice, I heard Geel Piet talk about hope, I heard Daboola Manzi, the odd medicine man, talk about courage. I heard Maria. These are the voice of my life, the...

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Movie Quotes from Power: Quotes from the movie Power

‘The Price Is Right’ –Wilfred, what have you heard about, uh, Sam Hastings? –Nothing. He’s suppose to be sick. And we simply can’t afford a governor who needs on the job training. Do what I tell you and after you get into office, you can do whatever you want. Everything I learned the last 26 years...

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Movie Quotes from Powderkeg: Quotes from the movie Powderkeg

1/ We are supposed to deliver Paco (Morales), alone and alive, precisely there (on the map), which is 20 miles closer to the border than the stretch of track they’re on now 2/ Uh huh… and in the meantime, what you want Johnny and me to do is to pull 73 passengers off a moving train, in wide open...

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Movie Quotes from Powder: Quotes from the movie Powder

Go get help, you idiots, now! he’s NOT my son… hes NOT my son I’m not like other people If you say that my IQ is well beyond your IQ charts then why are you asking me if I understand what you’re saying? it has become increasingly clear that our technology has surpassed our humanity page 216 Where...

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Movie Quotes from Potemkin : Quotes from the movie Potemkin

Brothers! Comrades, the time has come to act. Kill the brass mounted tyrants! Shoot them down! Revolution is the only lawful, equal, effectual war. It was in Russia that this war was declared and begun. We’ve had enough garbage to eat! A dog wouldn’t eat this! We, the sailors of the Potemkin, must...

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Movie Quotes from Postman, The: Quotes from the movie Postman, The

–I know you. You’re famous. –I was. …he tried with me almost every night… he couldn’t do it. He said it was my fault- so he beat me. a:cry havoc…and let slip the dogs of war… b:SHAKESPEAR ??? Cry Havoc! And Release the dogs of war! Don’t…make me use this. hi i am a postman and i’m going to make a...

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Movie Quotes from Postman Always Rings Twice, The: Quotes from the movie Postman Always Rings Twice, The

–I can sell anything to anybody. –That’s what you think. He wants to have a baby…How am I gonna do that, Frank? He’s a gumshoe man. I can only think of fifteen or twenty reasons why you two shouldn’t be happy together. I’m tired of what’s right and wrong. They hang people for that, Cora. Well, so...

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Movie Quotes from Postcards from the Edge: Quotes from the movie Postcards from the Edge

‘Never let them see you sweat.’ That’s what Mr. Mayer always said – or was it ‘Never let them see your ass?’ (1)What is wrong with your hair? (2) Oh, it’s the latest look in the rehab. (Reads the card on a flower arrangement) Ahhh….they’re from the guy who pumped my stomach!! –Can I ask you...

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Movie Quotes from Possession: Quotes from the movie Possession

(Introducing himself) Hello, Hildebrand Ash, Man of Leisure. And I took your hand. Mine rested in yours with trust and relief. You cut me, Madame. 2) I’m sorry. I only meant to scratch. You take my breath away. Aren’t we just maudlin? He’s sort of a soft-core misogynist. I cannot let you burn...

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Movie Quotes from Poseidon Adventure, The: Quotes from the movie Poseidon Adventure, The

–Your brother’s dead. –Did you like his music? Climbing to another deck will kill you all! For God’s sake Reverend what you’re doing is suicide! Get on your knees and pray to God for help, and then maybe everything will work out fine?….GARBAGE! God loves triers! He’s lonely. That’s why he runs, so...

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Good Poetry quotes: Best famous quotes about Poetry

Good Poetry quotes: Best famous quotes about Poetry Poetry should… should strike the reader as a wording of his own highest thoughts, and appear almost a remembrance. – John Keats Poets are soldiers that liberate words from the steadfast possession of definition. – Eli Khamarov Perhaps no person...

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Good quotes about Poetry: Some of the best great quotes about Poetry

Good quotes about Poetry: Some of the best great quotes about Poetry I gave up on new poetry myself thirty years ago, when most of it began to read like coded messages passing between lonely aliens on a hostile world. – Russell Baker Always be a poet, even in prose. – Charles Baudelaire God is the...

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Inspirational story #96 The Flat Tire

Here’s another good inspirational story: The Flat Tire My tire had a staple in it. Of all times for this to happen — a flat tire. But when is a good time for a flat tire? Not when you are wearing a suit and you have been traveling for nearly five hours and, adding to this bleak picture, nightfall...

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Inspirational story #95 The Lassie Dog

Here’s another good inspirational story: The Lassie Dog As Kevin sat intently in front of the old 19 inch Zenith television set with ‘rabbit ears’ and poor reception, his mother watched her little seven year boy move almost theatrically as he cheered Lassie on. “Go get ’em girl, go get ’em!” He’d...

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