# NEW! Speak to me in Movie quotes

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-speak-to-me-in-movie-quotes/914614>\
**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:** [August 21, 2024, 9:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-speak-to-me-in-movie-quotes/914614/6842 "2024-08-21T21:13:41Z")

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You understand? You get a job, you become the job.

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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:** [August 21, 2024, 9:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-speak-to-me-in-movie-quotes/914614/6843 "2024-08-21T21:20:40Z")

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I know he can _get_ the job, but can he _do_ the job?

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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:** [August 21, 2024, 10:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-speak-to-me-in-movie-quotes/914614/6844 "2024-08-21T22:57:13Z")

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I am your _employee_ and, as such, I expect to be treated equally, with a little dignity and a little respect!

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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:** [August 22, 2024, 11:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-speak-to-me-in-movie-quotes/914614/6845 "2024-08-22T23:46:02Z")

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[_clears her throat_] I, uh, I expect you to call me Tess. I don’t expect you to fetch me coffee unless you’re getting some for yourself. And, um, the rest we’ll just make up as we go along. O.K.?

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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:** [August 23, 2024, 12:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-speak-to-me-in-movie-quotes/914614/6846 "2024-08-23T00:29:23Z")

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Oh, yes, you’re the new Emily.

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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:** [August 23, 2024, 9:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-speak-to-me-in-movie-quotes/914614/6847 "2024-08-23T21:06:45Z")

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Emily, how did you write Wuthering Heights?

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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:** [August 23, 2024, 9:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-speak-to-me-in-movie-quotes/914614/6848 "2024-08-23T21:55:31Z")

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I write these words with a rusty iron point dipped in scrapings of soot and charcoal from the chimney, mixed with blood.

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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:** [August 24, 2024, 9:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-speak-to-me-in-movie-quotes/914614/6849 "2024-08-24T21:04:26Z")

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There’s the whole world at your feet. And who gets to see it but the birds, the stars, and the chimney sweeps.

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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:** [August 25, 2024, 4:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-speak-to-me-in-movie-quotes/914614/6850 "2024-08-25T16:21:43Z")

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Top of the world, ma!

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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:** [August 25, 2024, 8:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-speak-to-me-in-movie-quotes/914614/6851 "2024-08-25T20:25:16Z")

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Oh, Mommie, you won!

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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:** [August 25, 2024, 11:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-speak-to-me-in-movie-quotes/914614/6852 "2024-08-25T23:12:05Z")

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The only way to prove you’re a good sport is to lose.

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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:** [August 26, 2024, 9:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-speak-to-me-in-movie-quotes/914614/6853 "2024-08-26T21:49:06Z")

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Listen, I don’t mean to be a sore loser, but when it’s done, if I’m dead, kill him.

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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:** [August 27, 2024, 12:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-speak-to-me-in-movie-quotes/914614/6854 "2024-08-27T00:52:59Z")

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As you all know, first prize is a Cadillac El Dorado. Anyone wanna see second prize? Second prize is a set of steak knives. Third prize is you’re fired. Get the picture?

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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:** [August 27, 2024, 3:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-speak-to-me-in-movie-quotes/914614/6855 "2024-08-27T15:06:23Z")

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All right, everybody, stay in focus.

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**Author:** ![Buck\_Godot](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/buck_godot/32/6573_2.png) [@Buck\_Godot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Buck_Godot)\
**Post date:** [August 27, 2024, 4:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-speak-to-me-in-movie-quotes/914614/6856 "2024-08-27T16:14:00Z")

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Stay on target!  
We’re too close!  
Stay on target!

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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:** [August 27, 2024, 8:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-speak-to-me-in-movie-quotes/914614/6857 "2024-08-27T20:55:14Z")

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You want to move that target back so it’s a fit distance for men to shoot at?

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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:** [August 27, 2024, 10:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-speak-to-me-in-movie-quotes/914614/6858 "2024-08-27T22:26:22Z")

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Target or arrow, I shall have her.

_ **-“BB”-** _

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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:** [August 27, 2024, 10:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-speak-to-me-in-movie-quotes/914614/6859 "2024-08-27T22:43:28Z")

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Cool it, lover boy. Your heart’s running away with your head.

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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:** [August 29, 2024, 3:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-speak-to-me-in-movie-quotes/914614/6860 "2024-08-29T15:34:54Z")

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If I give my heart to you, I’ll have none and you’ll have two.

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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:** [August 29, 2024, 3:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-speak-to-me-in-movie-quotes/914614/6861 "2024-08-29T15:54:21Z")

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‘My brilliant research in brain transplantation is unsurpassed, and will probably make my name live beyond eternity’.

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