# 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: ![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: [July 13, 2019, 6:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/16665 "2019-07-13T18:08:28Z")

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What are you crying for? It wasn’t a Lassie story.

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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: [July 13, 2019, 8:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/16666 "2019-07-13T20:33:18Z")

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Ye’re my Lassie come home.

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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: [July 14, 2019, 4:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/16667 "2019-07-14T16:10:25Z")

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Shane! Come back! Come back, Shane!

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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: [July 14, 2019, 5:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/16668 "2019-07-14T17:00:43Z")

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I hate that word. It’s a return, a return to the millions of people who have never forgiven me for deserting the screen.

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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: [July 14, 2019, 5:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/16669 "2019-07-14T17:09:30Z")

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All right, Mr. DeMille, I’m ready for my close-up.

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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: [July 14, 2019, 9:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/16670 "2019-07-14T21:19:53Z")

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What is the point of living in L.A. if you’re not in the movie business?

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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: [July 14, 2019, 9:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/16671 "2019-07-14T21:26:04Z")

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Hi. My name is Bob. I’ll be your robber.

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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: [July 15, 2019, 4:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/16672 "2019-07-15T16:26:59Z")

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This is the sort of thing that Mafia people can do, washing money and so forth. We just don’t know about these things because we’re not criminals.

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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: [July 15, 2019, 7:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/16673 "2019-07-15T19:50:13Z")

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All right. This one time I’ll let you ask me about my affairs.

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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: [July 15, 2019, 8:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/16674 "2019-07-15T20:53:17Z")

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I’ll tell you anything you want to know.

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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: [July 15, 2019, 11:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/16675 "2019-07-15T23:27:03Z")

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Who is Keyser Soze?

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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: [July 16, 2019, 3:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/16676 "2019-07-16T15:37:08Z")

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I’m an international criminal! It always ends up like this.

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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: [July 16, 2019, 5:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/16677 "2019-07-16T17:17:05Z")

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Someone is always chasing after the Fox.

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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: [July 17, 2019, 4:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/16678 "2019-07-17T16:49:04Z")

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Why a fox? Why not a horse, or a beetle, or a bald eagle? I’m saying this more as, like, existentialism, you know? Who am I? And how can a fox ever be happy without, you’ll forgive the expression, a chicken in its teeth?

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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: [July 18, 2019, 9:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/16679 "2019-07-18T21:09:11Z")

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It’s a Buddhist meditation technique. Focuses your aggression. The monks used to do it before going into battle.

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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: [July 18, 2019, 9:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/16680 "2019-07-18T21:36:23Z")

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Who was this creature that rose like the dawn, as bewitching as the moon, radiant as the sun, terrible as an army poised for battle?

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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: [July 18, 2019, 10:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/16681 "2019-07-18T22:02:27Z")

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Hi, ho! Kermit the Frog here.

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### Author: ![Andy\_L](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/c67d28/32.png) [@Andy\_L](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Andy_L)
#### Post date: [July 18, 2019, 11:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/16682 "2019-07-18T23:08:07Z")

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There is no way I am kissing a frog and eating a bug on the same day.

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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: [July 18, 2019, 11:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/16683 "2019-07-18T23:46:07Z")

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Shoo, fly, don’t bother me.

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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: [July 19, 2019, 1:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/16684 "2019-07-19T13:09:29Z")

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Fly, you fools!

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