# 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:** ![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:** [September 13, 2013, 3:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/4444 "2013-09-13T15:26:38Z")

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We danced the Mamushka while Nero fiddled, we danced the Mamushka at Waterloo. We danced the Mamushka for Jack the Ripper, and now, Fester Addams, this Mamushka is for you.

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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:** [September 13, 2013, 3:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/4445 "2013-09-13T15:30:08Z")

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Look, spaghetti arms. This is my dance space. This is your dance space. I don’t go into yours, you don’t go into mine. You gotta hold the frame.

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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:** [September 13, 2013, 3:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/4446 "2013-09-13T15:44:03Z")

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We’re telling a story. The rhumba is the dance of love. Look at me like you’re in love.

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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:** [September 13, 2013, 9:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/4447 "2013-09-13T21:18:23Z")

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And when we danced…oh, I’m sure that even the prince himself couldn’t have been more wonderful.

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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:** [September 14, 2013, 5:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/4448 "2013-09-14T17:55:07Z")

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So many men and girls,  
Are in each others arms.  
It made me think we might be  
Similarly occupied.

Shall we dance?  
On a bright cloud of music shall we fly?

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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:** [September 14, 2013, 6:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/4449 "2013-09-14T18:28:34Z")

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Lina. She can’t sing. She can’t dance. She can’t act. A triple threat.

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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:** [September 14, 2013, 6:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/4450 "2013-09-14T18:34:59Z")

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Why do you think I became your choreographer?

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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:** [September 14, 2013, 8:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/4451 "2013-09-14T20:03:44Z")

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Chicks who did kicks aren’t doing kicks.  
They’re doing choreography.

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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:** [September 14, 2013, 9:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/4452 "2013-09-14T21:02:36Z")

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Listen. I can’t make you a great dancer. I don’t even know if I can make you a good dancer. But, if you keep trying and don’t quit, I know I can make you a better dancer. I’d like very much to do that. Stay?

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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:** [September 16, 2013, 8:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/4453 "2013-09-16T08:09:23Z")

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You see this jacket I’m wearing, you like it? Because I don’t really need it, because I’m cloaked in failure!

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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:** [September 16, 2013, 10:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/4454 "2013-09-16T10:50:22Z")

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Failure, eh? Ha, ha! Look at that, you pompous windbag!

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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:** [September 16, 2013, 12:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/4455 "2013-09-16T12:02:41Z")

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In this country, you gotta make the money first. Then when you get the money, you get the power. Then when you get the power, then you get the women.

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**Author:** ![JohnM](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/848f3c/32.png) [@JohnM](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JohnM)\
**Post date:** [September 16, 2013, 9:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/4456 "2013-09-16T21:41:56Z")

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I’m one of the most powerful men in this world, and if I can’t have someone shot, then what the hell does it mean to have power anymore?

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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:** [September 17, 2013, 12:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/4457 "2013-09-17T00:19:54Z")

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Big guy says, “Move 'em,” we move 'em.

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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:** [September 17, 2013, 12:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/4458 "2013-09-17T00:50:19Z")

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I Like To Move It Move It  
I Like To Move It Move It  
I Like To Move It Move It  
Ya Like To… (MOVE IT!)

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**Author:** ![JohnM](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/848f3c/32.png) [@JohnM](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JohnM)\
**Post date:** [September 17, 2013, 5:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/4459 "2013-09-17T17:06:29Z")

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Alright, cut the horseshit! We’re moving out.

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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:** [September 17, 2013, 5:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/4460 "2013-09-17T17:07:30Z")

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We’re off on the road to Morocco / This camel is tough on the spine.

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**Author:** ![JohnM](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/848f3c/32.png) [@JohnM](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JohnM)\
**Post date:** [September 17, 2013, 10:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/4461 "2013-09-17T22:25:40Z")

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I’ve seen me a lot of weird shit in my day, but I ain’t never seen a one-legged stripper. I seen me a stripper with one breast. And I seen me a stripper with twelve toes. I’ve even seen me a stripper with no brains at all, but I ain’t never seen a one-legged stripper. And I’ve been to Morocco.

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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:** [September 17, 2013, 10:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/4462 "2013-09-17T22:30:31Z")

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Clearly you’ve never been to Tortuga, mate.

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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:** [September 18, 2013, 3:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/4463 "2013-09-18T15:22:04Z")

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Oh please, Professor, why can’t we go with you and see all the Crowned Heads of Europe?

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