# NEW! Speak to me in Movie quotes

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**Category:** Thread Games\
**Created:** [July 7, 2020, 1:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-speak-to-me-in-movie-quotes/914614 "2020-07-07T13:50:20Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 20\
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**Author:** ![Chefguy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chefguy/32/138_2.png) [@Chefguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chefguy)\
**Post date:** [May 30, 2023, 1:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-speak-to-me-in-movie-quotes/914614/4942 "2023-05-30T13:59:18Z")

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Ah, crap, did it again. I forget which thread I’m in sometimes.

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**Author:** ![Dendarii\_Dame](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/bbce88/32.png) [@Dendarii\_Dame](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dendarii_Dame)\
**Post date:** [May 30, 2023, 3:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-speak-to-me-in-movie-quotes/914614/4943 "2023-05-30T15:39:07Z")

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If you can’t decide in one day, you can’t decide.

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**Author:** ![Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/prof.pepperwinkle/32/13627_2.png) [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Prof.Pepperwinkle)\
**Post date:** [May 30, 2023, 4:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-speak-to-me-in-movie-quotes/914614/4944 "2023-05-30T16:26:53Z")

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Jenny made her mind up when she was three  
She [herself](https://www.definitions.net/definition/herself) was [going](https://www.definitions.net/definition/going) to trim the [Christmas](https://www.definitions.net/definition/Christmas) tree  
Christmas Eve she lit the [candles](https://www.definitions.net/definition/candles) tossed the [taper](https://www.definitions.net/definition/taper) away  
Little [Jenny](https://www.definitions.net/definition/Jenny) was an [orphan](https://www.definitions.net/definition/orphan) on [Christmas](https://www.definitions.net/definition/Christmas) Day

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**Author:** ![Chefguy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chefguy/32/138_2.png) [@Chefguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chefguy)\
**Post date:** [May 30, 2023, 8:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-speak-to-me-in-movie-quotes/914614/4945 "2023-05-30T20:12:37Z")

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I’m not a smart man, Jenny.

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**Author:** ![knoodler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)\
**Post date:** [May 30, 2023, 10:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-speak-to-me-in-movie-quotes/914614/4946 "2023-05-30T22:14:55Z")

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From the eternal sea he rises, creating armies on either shore  
Turning man against his brother, til man exists no more

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**Author:** ![Chefguy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chefguy/32/138_2.png) [@Chefguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chefguy)\
**Post date:** [May 30, 2023, 10:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-speak-to-me-in-movie-quotes/914614/4947 "2023-05-30T22:30:56Z")

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Jefe, do you even know what a ‘plethora’ is?

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**Author:** ![Quondam\_Mechanic](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/quondam_mechanic/32/3404_2.png) [@Quondam\_Mechanic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quondam_Mechanic)\
**Post date:** [May 31, 2023, 1:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-speak-to-me-in-movie-quotes/914614/4948 "2023-05-31T01:55:36Z")

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You keep using that word. I do not think it means what you think it means.

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**Author:** ![Dendarii\_Dame](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/bbce88/32.png) [@Dendarii\_Dame](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dendarii_Dame)\
**Post date:** [May 31, 2023, 6:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-speak-to-me-in-movie-quotes/914614/4949 "2023-05-31T18:47:28Z")

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When you removed the book from the cradle, did you speak the words?

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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:** [May 31, 2023, 10:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-speak-to-me-in-movie-quotes/914614/4950 "2023-05-31T22:41:39Z")

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What an excellent day for an exorcism.

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**Author:** ![knoodler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)\
**Post date:** [May 31, 2023, 10:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-speak-to-me-in-movie-quotes/914614/4951 "2023-05-31T22:52:54Z")

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OK, I’ll exercise him.

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**Author:** ![Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/prof.pepperwinkle/32/13627_2.png) [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Prof.Pepperwinkle)\
**Post date:** [June 1, 2023, 11:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-speak-to-me-in-movie-quotes/914614/4952 "2023-06-01T11:21:20Z")

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This is where it pays off, the training and the discipline. No other outfit in the world could pull out of a winter battle, move a hundred miles, go into a major attack with no rest, no sleep, no hot food. God… God, I’m proud of these men!

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**Author:** ![Bayaker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bayaker/32/3454_2.png) [@Bayaker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bayaker)\
**Post date:** [June 1, 2023, 11:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-speak-to-me-in-movie-quotes/914614/4953 "2023-06-01T11:51:30Z")

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Now you men will only be risking your lives, whilst I will be risking an almost certain Academy Award nomination for Best Supporting Actor.

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**Author:** ![Dendarii\_Dame](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/bbce88/32.png) [@Dendarii\_Dame](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dendarii_Dame)\
**Post date:** [June 1, 2023, 6:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-speak-to-me-in-movie-quotes/914614/4954 "2023-06-01T18:39:35Z")

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If you want to win we’re gonna have to take risks. Blackmail, manipulation, extortion.

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**Author:** ![Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/prof.pepperwinkle/32/13627_2.png) [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Prof.Pepperwinkle)\
**Post date:** [June 1, 2023, 6:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-speak-to-me-in-movie-quotes/914614/4955 "2023-06-01T18:58:49Z")

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…stampeding cattle…

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**Author:** ![Quondam\_Mechanic](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/quondam_mechanic/32/3404_2.png) [@Quondam\_Mechanic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quondam_Mechanic)\
**Post date:** [June 1, 2023, 9:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-speak-to-me-in-movie-quotes/914614/4956 "2023-06-01T21:29:29Z")

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Sheriff murdered, crops burned, stores looted, people stampeded, and cattle raped.

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**Author:** ![Chefguy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chefguy/32/138_2.png) [@Chefguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chefguy)\
**Post date:** [June 1, 2023, 9:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-speak-to-me-in-movie-quotes/914614/4957 "2023-06-01T21:38:32Z")

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Somebody’s gotta go back and get a shitload of dimes!

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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:** [June 2, 2023, 5:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-speak-to-me-in-movie-quotes/914614/4958 "2023-06-02T05:41:58Z")

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You’ll have to answer to the Coca-Cola Company.

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**Author:** ![llikewise](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/llikewise/32/8522_2.png) [@llikewise](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/llikewise)\
**Post date:** [June 2, 2023, 3:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-speak-to-me-in-movie-quotes/914614/4959 "2023-06-02T15:33:41Z")

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You can call me the Coca-Cola kid.

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**Author:** ![Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/prof.pepperwinkle/32/13627_2.png) [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Prof.Pepperwinkle)\
**Post date:** [June 2, 2023, 6:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-speak-to-me-in-movie-quotes/914614/4960 "2023-06-02T18:55:05Z")

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Your Honor, that’s the Lemon Drop Kid. The Lemon Drop Kid was collecting money for charity without a license.

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**Author:** ![knoodler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)\
**Post date:** [June 2, 2023, 7:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-speak-to-me-in-movie-quotes/914614/4961 "2023-06-02T19:14:47Z")

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Are you really gonna kill Billy the Kid?

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