# 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:** ![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:** [June 25, 2018, 1:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/14965 "2018-06-25T13:35:50Z")

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Do these characters have a name?

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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:** [June 25, 2018, 7:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/14966 "2018-06-25T19:52:21Z")

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I always thought it would be better to be a fake somebody than a real nobody.

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**Author:** ![Leo\_Bloom](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/leo_bloom/32/10377_2.png) [@Leo\_Bloom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leo_Bloom)\
**Post date:** [June 26, 2018, 2:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/14967 "2018-06-26T02:20:52Z")

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The truth is I’m not a doctor or a lawyer. I’m not an airline pilot. I’m nothing really. I’m just a kid in love with your daughter.

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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:** [June 26, 2018, 11:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/14968 "2018-06-26T11:46:34Z")

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I’m the dude playin’ the dude, disguised as another dude!

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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:** [June 26, 2018, 12:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/14969 "2018-06-26T12:38:29Z")

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The Dude abides.

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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:** [June 26, 2018, 8:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/14970 "2018-06-26T20:09:48Z")

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Don’t worry about this guy, okay? I know exactly what to do with him.

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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:** [June 26, 2018, 9:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/14971 "2018-06-26T21:22:31Z")

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If I know you, I know what you’ll do: you’ll love me at once, the way you did once upon a dream.

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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:** [June 26, 2018, 9:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/14972 "2018-06-26T21:49:49Z")

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You know, you don’t act like a scientist.

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**Author:** ![Leo\_Bloom](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/leo_bloom/32/10377_2.png) [@Leo\_Bloom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leo_Bloom)\
**Post date:** [June 26, 2018, 11:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/14973 "2018-06-26T23:26:27Z")

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It’s ALIVE!!

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**Author:** ![MonkeyMensch](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/82dd89/32.png) [@MonkeyMensch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MonkeyMensch)\
**Post date:** [June 27, 2018, 3:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/14974 "2018-06-27T03:05:44Z")

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it comes down a simple choice: Get busy living, or get busy dying.

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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:** [June 27, 2018, 12:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/14975 "2018-06-27T12:30:20Z")

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There’s ways of killing yourself without killing yourself.

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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:** [June 27, 2018, 1:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/14976 "2018-06-27T13:05:07Z")

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Thank You For Smoking

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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:** [June 27, 2018, 1:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/14977 "2018-06-27T13:25:12Z")

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I love the smell of napalm in the morning.

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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:** [June 27, 2018, 8:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/14978 "2018-06-27T20:12:48Z")

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It’s not safe!

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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:** [June 27, 2018, 8:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/14979 "2018-06-27T20:20:56Z")

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Why did you try to kill 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:** [June 28, 2018, 11:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/14980 "2018-06-28T11:03:04Z")

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You’re a sexist, egotistical, lying, hypocritical bigot.

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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:** [June 28, 2018, 1:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/14981 "2018-06-28T13:42:44Z")

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I deserve good things, I am entitled to my share of happiness. I refuse to beat myself up. I am an attractive person. I am fun to be with.

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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:** [June 28, 2018, 6:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/14982 "2018-06-28T18:35:48Z")

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I’ve no plans to call on you, Clarice. The world is more interesting with you in it.

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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:** [June 28, 2018, 8:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/14983 "2018-06-28T20:06:32Z")

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Killing is very personal. Once it gets started, it’s hard to stop.

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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:** [June 28, 2018, 8:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/14984 "2018-06-28T20:52:52Z")

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I always keep my promises when they’re to muscle-bound whack-jobs who will kill me if I don’t.

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