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You Can Quote Me On This

A column comprised solely of lines from movies...and a response to most of the angry townsfolk.

"All right. This one time I'll let you ask me about my affairs." (The Godfather).  "You've got a big mouth... now I'm gonna show you an even bigger one." (Glengarry Glen Ross).  "I'm loud and I'm vulgar, and I wear the pants in the house because somebody's got to, but I am not a monster. I'm not."  (Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?)

"Shouldn't everybody care about everybody else?" (On The Waterfront).  "An eye for an eye only ends up making the whole world blind."  (Gandhi)  " The greatest thing you'll ever learn is just to love and be loved in return." (Moulin Rouge) " If I can live in peace, I will."  (Braveheart)

"Are you always this hard on people who try and help you?"  (Erin Brockovich)  "You've never complained about my methods before."  (Sherlock Holmes)  "You have to invite me in." (Let the Right One In) 

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 "This is just a cover; we're dedicated to a higher purpose. We're fighters for truth, justice, and the American way." (The Lost Boys)  "Maybe I can do somethin'... maybe I can just find out somethin', just scrounge around and maybe find out what it is that's wrong and see if they ain't somethin' that can be done about it." (Grapes of Wrath)

"The critics? No, I have nothing but compassion for them. How can I hate the crippled, the mentally deficient, and the dead?"  (The Dresser)  "You know the saying, 'Human see, human do.' " (Planet of the Apes)  "You think you're the first to try to kill me? We shall fight as equals and fate shall decide." (Beowulf)  "We deserve better villains."  (Whip it)

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"We bring you the circus, pied piper whose magic tunes greet children of all ages, from 6 to 60, into a tinsel and spun-candy world of reckless beauty and mounting laughter and whirling thrills; of rhythm, excitement and grace; of blaring and daring and dance; of high-stepping horses and high-flying stars."  (The Greatest Show on Earth)  

"Hey, you guys want to hear a funny joke my grandpa told me?"  (The Aristocrats)  I swear to God this has got to be a joke."  (Sixteen Candles)  "They're all gonna laugh at you." (Carrie)  "I mean funny like I'm a clown, I amuse you? I make you laugh..." (Goodfellas)  "People are frightened by what they don't understand." (The Elephant Man)

"We're all pretty bizarre. Some of us are just better at hiding it, that's all."  (The Breakfast Club) " Yeah, it's always heartwarming to see a prejudice defeated by a deeper prejudice."  (Lone Star)

"Quite exciting, this computer magic!"  (This is Spinal Tap)  "We got apps."  (Beautiful Girls)  "On the other side of the screen, it all looks so easy."  (Tron)

" I'm going home now. I apologize for what I said. I hope you can forget it, but I'm going home right now."  (The Graduate)  "This girl is clever. She wants to go home."  (Rabbit-Proof Fence) 

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