# Speak to me only in Movie Quotes

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882>\
**Category:** Thread Games\
**Created:** [July 20, 2012, 8:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882 "2012-07-20T20:16:37Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 20\
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**Author:** ![Bullitt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bullitt/32/5725_2.png) [@Bullitt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bullitt)\
**Post date:** [December 11, 2012, 8:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/2542 "2012-12-11T20:04:23Z")

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Look, what is it that you require of us?

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**Author:** ![Yeticus\_Rex](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/y/a698b9/32.png) [@Yeticus\_Rex](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Yeticus_Rex)\
**Post date:** [December 11, 2012, 8:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/2543 "2012-12-11T20:42:50Z")

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Thank you, Vishnu, for introducing me to Christ.

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**Author:** ![kevja](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/aeb1de/32.png) [@kevja](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kevja)\
**Post date:** [December 11, 2012, 9:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/2544 "2012-12-11T21:07:09Z")

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That’s a switch from the fags you’re usually stuck with!

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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:** [December 12, 2012, 2:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/2545 "2012-12-12T02:00:10Z")

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Quite a loony selection from a group of drunken reprobates.

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**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\
**Post date:** [December 12, 2012, 5:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/2546 "2012-12-12T05:08:21Z")

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I know you are, but what am I?

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**Author:** ![Bullitt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bullitt/32/5725_2.png) [@Bullitt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bullitt)\
**Post date:** [December 12, 2012, 5:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/2547 "2012-12-12T05:29:23Z")

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I know who you are. You’re Teddy Duchamp. Your dad’s a looney. A looney up in the nuthouse in Togus. He took your ear and he put it to a stove and burnt it off.

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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:** [December 12, 2012, 8:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/2548 "2012-12-12T08:18:47Z")

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All I remember is: He was standing over me, laughing. With those burning red eyes. And that high, squeaky voice. He disappeared into Toontown after that.

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**Author:** ![Bullitt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bullitt/32/5725_2.png) [@Bullitt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bullitt)\
**Post date:** [December 12, 2012, 12:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/2549 "2012-12-12T12:55:12Z")

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Do you know what I thought when this first came up?

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**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\
**Post date:** [December 12, 2012, 4:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/2550 "2012-12-12T16:47:50Z")

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Do I look like I give a damn?

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**Author:** ![Typo\_Negative](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/typo_negative/32/484_2.png) [@Typo\_Negative](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Typo_Negative)\
**Post date:** [December 12, 2012, 7:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/2551 "2012-12-12T19:44:52Z")

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I sometimes catch myself looking up at the Moon, remembering the changes of fortune in our long voyage, thinking of the thousands of people who worked to bring the three of us home. I look up at the Moon, and wonder when will we be going back and who will that be.

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**Author:** ![The\_Tooth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/c67d28/32.png) [@The\_Tooth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Tooth)\
**Post date:** [December 12, 2012, 7:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/2552 "2012-12-12T19:47:42Z")

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A new life awaits you in the off-world colonies. A chance to begin again in a golden land of opportunity and adventure.

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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:** [December 12, 2012, 10:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/2553 "2012-12-12T22:01:07Z")

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_Wesa going home!!!_  
(Sorry for the Jar Jar quote.)

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**Author:** ![Yeticus\_Rex](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/y/a698b9/32.png) [@Yeticus\_Rex](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Yeticus_Rex)\
**Post date:** [December 12, 2012, 10:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/2554 "2012-12-12T22:58:04Z")

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Into the garbage chute, wise guy.

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**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\
**Post date:** [December 12, 2012, 11:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/2555 "2012-12-12T23:04:29Z")

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Nobody’s perfect.

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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:** [December 13, 2012, 6:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/2556 "2012-12-13T06:43:56Z")

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_I_ am.

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**Author:** ![Bullitt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bullitt/32/5725_2.png) [@Bullitt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bullitt)\
**Post date:** [December 13, 2012, 11:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/2557 "2012-12-13T11:55:45Z")

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What?

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**Author:** ![kevja](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/aeb1de/32.png) [@kevja](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kevja)\
**Post date:** [December 13, 2012, 2:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/2558 "2012-12-13T14:04:33Z")

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Yeah, you don’t know what is like when you try, and you try, and you try, and you try, and you don’t ever get there! Because you were born perfect and I was born like this, and you’re perfect!

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**Author:** ![Bullitt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bullitt/32/5725_2.png) [@Bullitt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bullitt)\
**Post date:** [December 13, 2012, 2:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/2559 "2012-12-13T14:06:58Z")

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He’ll keep calling me, he’ll keep calling me until I come over. He’ll make me feel guilty. This is uh… This is ridiculous, ok I’ll go, I’ll go, I’ll go, I’ll go, I’ll go. What - I’LL GO. Shit.

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**Author:** ![kevja](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/aeb1de/32.png) [@kevja](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kevja)\
**Post date:** [December 13, 2012, 2:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/2560 "2012-12-13T14:21:56Z")

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Some men get the world. Others get ex-hookers and a trip to Arizona.

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**Author:** ![Bullitt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bullitt/32/5725_2.png) [@Bullitt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bullitt)\
**Post date:** [December 13, 2012, 2:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/2561 "2012-12-13T14:24:03Z")

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You’re still here? It’s over. Go home. Go!

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