# 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:** [October 8, 2017, 2:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/13864 "2017-10-08T02:32:04Z")

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They may torture my body, break my bones, even kill me, then they will have my dead body. NOT MY OBEDIENCE!

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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:** [October 8, 2017, 7:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/13865 "2017-10-08T19:51:35Z")

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So Ella now knew why she’d always obeyed, but she never stopped fighting to have things her way.

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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:** [October 9, 2017, 11:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/13866 "2017-10-09T23:35:18Z")

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You’re always making things difficult!

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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:** [October 10, 2017, 12:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/13867 "2017-10-10T00:03:17Z")

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Why didn’t I take the blue pill?

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**Author:** ![Ignatz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/3be4f8/32.png) [@Ignatz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ignatz)\
**Post date:** [October 10, 2017, 12:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/13868 "2017-10-10T00:21:44Z")

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Cut the blue wire!

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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:** [October 10, 2017, 11:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/13869 "2017-10-10T11:26:09Z")

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Today Pepperland goes blue!

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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:** [October 10, 2017, 8:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/13870 "2017-10-10T20:17:07Z")

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I shouldn’t be alive… unless it was for a reason. I’m not crazy, Pepper. I just finally know what I have to do. And I know in my heart that it’s right.

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**Author:** ![buddha\_david](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ee7513/32.png) [@buddha\_david](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/buddha_david)\
**Post date:** [October 10, 2017, 8:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/13871 "2017-10-10T20:31:58Z")

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Waiter, there is too much pepper on my paprikash. But I would be proud to partake of your pecan pie!

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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:** [October 10, 2017, 11:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/13872 "2017-10-10T23:37:20Z")

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The Leith police dismisseth us,  
They thought we sought to stay;  
The Leith police dismisseth us,  
They thought we’d stay all day.  
The Leith police dismisseth us,  
We both sighed sighs apiece;  
And the sighs that we sighed as we said goodbye  
Were the size of the Leith police.

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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:** [October 11, 2017, 6:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/13873 "2017-10-11T18:28:27Z")

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So what made you want to become a policeman?

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**Author:** ![backsidejohnny](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/backsidejohnny/32/280_2.png) [@backsidejohnny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/backsidejohnny)\
**Post date:** [October 11, 2017, 7:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/13874 "2017-10-11T19:41:56Z")

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What, are you trying to be funny? I do it because I believe in the United Nations and Southeast Asia, and - you think it’s funny if your life depends on what goes through the Panama Canal? What about the English pound? I’ll tell you something - as long as there’s a Siberia, you’ll find Lew Harper on the job.

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**Author:** ![buddha\_david](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ee7513/32.png) [@buddha\_david](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/buddha_david)\
**Post date:** [October 11, 2017, 8:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/13875 "2017-10-11T20:27:45Z")

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Wherever there’s a cop beatin’ up a guy, I’ll be there.

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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:** [October 12, 2017, 6:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/13876 "2017-10-12T18:58:29Z")

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I wanted to see exotic Vietnam… the crown jewel of Southeast Asia. I wanted to meet interesting and stimulating people of an ancient culture… and kill them. I wanted to be the first kid on my block to get a confirmed kill!

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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:** [October 12, 2017, 7:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/13877 "2017-10-12T19:27:38Z")

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Team, this is all my fault. I was overzealous in Cairo. I let racism cloud my judgment. I was so sure the ultimate terrorist was Middle Eastern, but I didn’t realize he was a goddamn Gook. I’ll never be a racist again.

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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:** [October 12, 2017, 8:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/13878 "2017-10-12T20:15:55Z")

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I was thinking what I’d do on my first day living in Cairo.

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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:** [October 13, 2017, 11:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/13879 "2017-10-13T11:25:20Z")

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Of all the gin joints, in all the towns, in all the world, she walks into mine.

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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:** [October 13, 2017, 12:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/13880 "2017-10-13T12:54:23Z")

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One often meets his destiny on the road he takes to avoid it.

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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:** [October 13, 2017, 1:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/13881 "2017-10-13T13:09:08Z")

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Destiny! Destiny! No escaping death for me!

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**Author:** ![KneadToKnow](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kneadtoknow/32/3999_2.png) [@KneadToKnow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KneadToKnow)\
**Post date:** [October 13, 2017, 4:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/13882 "2017-10-13T16:48:29Z")

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I’m your density.

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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:** [October 16, 2017, 12:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/13883 "2017-10-16T00:22:58Z")

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That’s right, you assumed wrong.

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