# 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:** ![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:** [July 27, 2023, 6:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-speak-to-me-in-movie-quotes/914614/5242 "2023-07-27T18:30:07Z")

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Star light, star bright, first star I see tonight, I wish I may, I wish I might, have the wish I make tonight.

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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:** [July 27, 2023, 7:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-speak-to-me-in-movie-quotes/914614/5243 "2023-07-27T19:37:26Z")

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I’m from Iowa. I only work in outer space.

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**Author:** ![Bicycle\_Bill](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bicycle_bill/32/6208_2.png) [@Bicycle\_Bill](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bicycle_Bill)\
**Post date:** [July 27, 2023, 8:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-speak-to-me-in-movie-quotes/914614/5244 "2023-07-27T20:18:34Z")

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They’ll just decide to take a vacation, see? And they’ll come to Iowa City. They’ll think it’s really boring.  
_**(I’ve always wondered how the residents and adminitration of Iowa City felt about that line…)**_

_ **-“BB”-** _

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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:** [July 27, 2023, 8:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-speak-to-me-in-movie-quotes/914614/5245 "2023-07-27T20:53:46Z")

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As falls Wichita, so falls Wichita Falls.

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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:** [July 27, 2023, 10:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-speak-to-me-in-movie-quotes/914614/5246 "2023-07-27T22:42:31Z")

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When stands the Bank of England, England stands.

When falls the Bank of England… ENGLAND FALLS!

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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:** [July 28, 2023, 12:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-speak-to-me-in-movie-quotes/914614/5247 "2023-07-28T12:34:42Z")

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Niagara Falls! Slowly I turn… step by step… inch by inch…

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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:** [July 28, 2023, 2:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-speak-to-me-in-movie-quotes/914614/5248 "2023-07-28T14:47:41Z")

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Maroni? He’s a fall guy. I’m the brains of the organization.

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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:** [July 28, 2023, 8:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-speak-to-me-in-movie-quotes/914614/5249 "2023-07-28T20:42:07Z")

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He ain’t no brain surgeon, all right?

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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:** [July 29, 2023, 5:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-speak-to-me-in-movie-quotes/914614/5250 "2023-07-29T17:49:46Z")

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And stupid, huh? Never read a book in her life. I to… wh… She read one book, “The Carpetbaggers.” End of six months, she was on page 19.

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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:** [July 29, 2023, 9:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-speak-to-me-in-movie-quotes/914614/5251 "2023-07-29T21:03:36Z")

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I have nothing about books! I am curious about the books in your trunk.

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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:** [July 29, 2023, 9:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-speak-to-me-in-movie-quotes/914614/5252 "2023-07-29T21:23:46Z")

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- I’d like to dedicate this to my grandpa, who showed me these moves.

- Aww, that is so sweet. Is he here? Where’s your grandpa right now?

- the trunk of our car.

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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:** [July 29, 2023, 9:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-speak-to-me-in-movie-quotes/914614/5253 "2023-07-29T21:26:35Z")

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Whatcha got in the trunk?

Oh… You don’t wanna look in there.

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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:** [July 30, 2023, 2:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-speak-to-me-in-movie-quotes/914614/5254 "2023-07-30T14:29:03Z")

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You didn’t happen to see my suit in there, did you?

Yeah, it was taking up too much room, so we sold it.

Did you get anything for it?

A dollar forty.

That’s my suit all right.

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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:** [July 30, 2023, 4:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-speak-to-me-in-movie-quotes/914614/5255 "2023-07-30T16:26:08Z")

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Is my Aunt Minnie in here?

You can come in and prowl around if you want to. If she isn’t in here, you can probably  
find somebody just as good.

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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:** [July 30, 2023, 5:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-speak-to-me-in-movie-quotes/914614/5256 "2023-07-30T17:54:41Z")

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You-hoo! Where are you?

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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:** [July 30, 2023, 9:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-speak-to-me-in-movie-quotes/914614/5257 "2023-07-30T21:05:14Z")

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It might have been in County Down,  
Or in New York, in Gay Paree,  
Or even London town!

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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:** [July 30, 2023, 9:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-speak-to-me-in-movie-quotes/914614/5258 "2023-07-30T21:22:37Z")

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Could we reserve judgment on Bruges until we’ve seen the fucking place?

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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:** [July 30, 2023, 11:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-speak-to-me-in-movie-quotes/914614/5259 "2023-07-30T23:07:40Z")

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You remember the name of the town, don’t you?

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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:** [July 31, 2023, 2:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-speak-to-me-in-movie-quotes/914614/5260 "2023-07-31T14:55:00Z")

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No-Name City! No-Name City! The Lord don’t like it here.

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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:** [July 31, 2023, 3:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-speak-to-me-in-movie-quotes/914614/5261 "2023-07-31T15:03:07Z")

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Remember where you are. This is Thunderdome. Death is listening, and will take the first man that screams.

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