# Challenge us with a non-famous line from a movie

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/challenge-us-with-a-non-famous-line-from-a-movie/962142>\
**Category:** Cafe Society\
**Tags:** movies\
**Created:** [April 2, 2022, 6:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/challenge-us-with-a-non-famous-line-from-a-movie/962142 "2022-04-02T06:07:29Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 20\
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**Author:** ![terentii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/terentii/32/212_2.png) [@terentii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/terentii)\
**Post date:** [April 17, 2022, 2:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/challenge-us-with-a-non-famous-line-from-a-movie/962142/644 "2022-04-17T14:57:54Z")

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Correct! 👍

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**Author:** ![terentii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/terentii/32/212_2.png) [@terentii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/terentii)\
**Post date:** [April 17, 2022, 3:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/challenge-us-with-a-non-famous-line-from-a-movie/962142/645 "2022-04-17T15:01:14Z")

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> [@Tibby](#):
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> A : You know, I’ve missed you terribly.
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> B : I haven’t missed you. In fact, I’ve been revoltingly unfaithful to you.

Sounds like a Katharine Hepburn line to me, but I can’t think of the picture.

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**Author:** ![terentii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/terentii/32/212_2.png) [@terentii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/terentii)\
**Post date:** [April 17, 2022, 4:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/challenge-us-with-a-non-famous-line-from-a-movie/962142/646 "2022-04-17T16:33:01Z")

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“You seem to be working your way down the corporate ladder.”

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**Author:** ![terentii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/terentii/32/212_2.png) [@terentii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/terentii)\
**Post date:** [April 17, 2022, 4:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/challenge-us-with-a-non-famous-line-from-a-movie/962142/647 "2022-04-17T16:33:59Z")

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> [@terentii](#):
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> > [@Tibby](#):
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> > A : You know, I’ve missed you terribly.
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> > B : I haven’t missed you. In fact, I’ve been revoltingly unfaithful to you.
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> Sounds like a Katharine Hepburn line to me, but I can’t think of the picture.

Maybe _ **The Philadelphia Story** _?

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**Author:** ![muldoonthief](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/muldoonthief/32/3188_2.png) [@muldoonthief](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/muldoonthief)\
**Post date:** [April 17, 2022, 4:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/challenge-us-with-a-non-famous-line-from-a-movie/962142/648 "2022-04-17T16:56:42Z")

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> [@Jack\_Burden](#):
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> The Fifth Element

Correct.

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**Author:** ![BrickBat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ac91a4/32.png) [@BrickBat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrickBat)\
**Post date:** [April 17, 2022, 5:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/challenge-us-with-a-non-famous-line-from-a-movie/962142/649 "2022-04-17T17:11:28Z")

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> [@Ponderoid](#):
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> “Better than mortal man deserves!”

‘The Terminator’?

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**Author:** ![Ponderoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ponderoid/32/19221_2.png) [@Ponderoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ponderoid)\
**Post date:** [April 17, 2022, 5:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/challenge-us-with-a-non-famous-line-from-a-movie/962142/650 "2022-04-17T17:13:31Z")

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That’s right.

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**Author:** ![Tibby](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tibby/32/17030_2.png) [@Tibby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tibby)\
**Post date:** [April 17, 2022, 5:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/challenge-us-with-a-non-famous-line-from-a-movie/962142/651 "2022-04-17T17:47:22Z")

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> [@terentii](#):
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> Maybe _ **The Philadelphia Story** _ ?

No. Think Kubrick.

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**Author:** ![terentii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/terentii/32/212_2.png) [@terentii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/terentii)\
**Post date:** [April 17, 2022, 5:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/challenge-us-with-a-non-famous-line-from-a-movie/962142/652 "2022-04-17T17:51:39Z")

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James Mason and Sue Lyons in _ **Lolita** _.

(Still sounds like a Katharine Hepburn line to me.)

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**Author:** ![Tibby](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tibby/32/17030_2.png) [@Tibby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tibby)\
**Post date:** [April 17, 2022, 5:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/challenge-us-with-a-non-famous-line-from-a-movie/962142/653 "2022-04-17T17:52:32Z")

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Bingo!

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**Author:** ![terentii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/terentii/32/212_2.png) [@terentii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/terentii)\
**Post date:** [April 17, 2022, 5:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/challenge-us-with-a-non-famous-line-from-a-movie/962142/654 "2022-04-17T17:53:33Z")

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In the car, when he picks her up from summer camp! I can see it all in my mind now.

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**Author:** ![Tibby](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tibby/32/17030_2.png) [@Tibby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tibby)\
**Post date:** [April 17, 2022, 5:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/challenge-us-with-a-non-famous-line-from-a-movie/962142/655 "2022-04-17T17:55:41Z")

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Hepburn would have said the line with more class…but, she was a bit old for the part…

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**Author:** ![ekedolphin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ekedolphin/32/10003_2.png) [@ekedolphin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ekedolphin)\
**Post date:** [April 17, 2022, 5:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/challenge-us-with-a-non-famous-line-from-a-movie/962142/656 "2022-04-17T17:56:05Z")

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“I suppose you used the old lipstick on a mirror routine, huh?”  
“Lipstick yes, mirror no. I found a nice, clean piece of paper.”

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**Author:** ![terentii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/terentii/32/212_2.png) [@terentii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/terentii)\
**Post date:** [April 17, 2022, 6:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/challenge-us-with-a-non-famous-line-from-a-movie/962142/657 "2022-04-17T18:05:11Z")

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There _may_ be two possible answers to this one. If so, I’m thinking of the first:

“You can’t be a good girl on the inside if you are a dirty girl on the outside.”

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**Author:** ![terentii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/terentii/32/212_2.png) [@terentii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/terentii)\
**Post date:** [April 17, 2022, 8:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/challenge-us-with-a-non-famous-line-from-a-movie/962142/658 "2022-04-17T20:54:12Z")

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“Yeah, that’s a track all right. Look at the _size_ of that thing. He must be as big as a house!”

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**Author:** ![burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/burpo_the_wonder_mutt/32/365_2.png) [@burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/burpo_the_wonder_mutt)\
**Post date:** [April 17, 2022, 9:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/challenge-us-with-a-non-famous-line-from-a-movie/962142/659 "2022-04-17T21:00:26Z")

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> [@terentii](#):
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> Look at the _size_ of that thing.

^ Cut the chatter Red 2!

BIP :Now, how far do you have to move this boxcar so that the other train doesn’t smash it? Quickly Brad, there are thousands of lives at stake.

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> [@burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](#):
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> Cut the chatter Red 2!

The original _ **Star Wars** _, of course!

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**Post date:** [April 17, 2022, 9:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/challenge-us-with-a-non-famous-line-from-a-movie/962142/661 "2022-04-17T21:29:29Z")

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“Ho, hum. A monster’s work is never done.”

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**Author:** ![mbh](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/a6a055/32.png) [@mbh](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mbh)\
**Post date:** [April 17, 2022, 10:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/challenge-us-with-a-non-famous-line-from-a-movie/962142/662 "2022-04-17T22:22:23Z")

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Flesh Gordon

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**Post date:** [April 17, 2022, 10:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/challenge-us-with-a-non-famous-line-from-a-movie/962142/663 "2022-04-17T22:23:48Z")

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> [@burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](#):
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> BIP :Now, how far do you have to move this boxcar so that the other train doesn’t smash it? Quickly Brad, there are thousands of lives at stake.

_Close Encounters of the Third Kind_

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