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2005-12-10 22:38:08
From: JJ
(San Francisco)
"In Italy for 30 years under the Borgias they had warfare, terror, murder, and bloodshed, but they produced Michelangelo, Leonardo da Vinci, and the Renaissance. In Switzerland they had brotherly love - they had 500 years of democracy and peace, and what did that produce? The cuckoo clock."
-The Third Man
| 2005-12-09 00:37:42: raye
(Beijing)The biggest fish in the river gets that way by never being caught.
--Big Fish
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| 2005-12-09 17:56:59: JJ
(San Francisco)ha, that's a good one.
The other day i was talking to a friend, and she said, "How come in general there are more good looking women than good looking men?"
"Natural selection." I replied.
:)
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| 2005-12-11 21:53:40: Orpheus
From that post-modern masterpiece, "Swingers":
Trent: "Look at this, OK? I want you to remember this face. This is the guy behind the guy behind the guy."
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| 2005-12-11 22:07:01: Orpheus
From Tarantino, Master of the Cleverly Profane, in "Pulp Fiction":
Marsellus: "You see, this profession is filled to the brim with unrealistic motherfuckers. Motherfuckers who thought their ass would age like wine. If you mean it turns to vinegar, it does. If you mean it gets better with age, it don't. "
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| 2005-12-11 22:15:49: Orpheus
From "Philadelphia Story":
Margaret Lord: "The course of true love... "
Macaulay Connor: "...gathers no moss. "
C. K. Dexter Haven: "The moon is also a goddess, chaste and virginal. "
Tracy Lord: "Stop using those foul words. "
George Kittredge: "I'm going to build you an ivory tower with my own two hands. "
Tracy Lord: "Like fun you are. "
Tracy Lord: "These stories are beautiful. Why, Mike, they're almost poetry. "
Macaulay Connor: "Don't kid yourself, they are. "
And the immortal line: "Where's my wandering parakeet? "
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| 2005-12-12 14:44:06: JJ
(San Francisco)From "Gosford Park":
Henry Denton: You British really don't have a sense of humor do you?
Elsie (Head Housemaid): We do if something's funny.
Henry Denton: He's a vegetarian. He doesn't eat meat.
Mrs. Croft: Doesn't eat meat? He comes to a shooting party and doesn't eat meat?
Mrs. Wilson: Now, now Mrs. Croft, we don't want to be thought unsophisticated. Mr. Weissman's an American. They do things differently there.
[Many years ago, Sylvia and Louisa cut cards to decide which of them would marry Sir William. Louisa lost]
Constance: Anyone care for a game of bridge after dinner? Louisa, how about you?
Louisa Stockbridge: Oh, I don't think so. I've rather gone off cards. I've never been very lucky with them.
Sir William McCordle: Me too.
Constance, Countess of Trentham: He's still got that vile little dog, I see.
Lady Sylvia McCordle: Yes, the ones we hate last forever.
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| 2005-12-15 21:34:51: Orpheus
Does an HBO serial count? Anyway, here it is, from the "Desperate Housewives" that I saw last night:
Bree: "Romantic love is great; but at this point of my life, I'd rather go to the opera."
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| 2005-12-17 13:49:14: JJ
(San Francisco)Ha. The funny thing is, isn't opera the day-time soap in the 17th century?
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| 2005-12-18 17:22:51: Orpheus
Sort of. But the last two centuries have filtered out those really pulpy ones that cannot stand the test of time.
Which is more than we can say about the day-time soap.
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| 2005-12-20 23:03:42: JJ
(San Francisco)true. Good Point.
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| 2005-12-27 20:37:26: Orpheus
Woody Allen the One-Liner is here. Are you ready?
- "Cloquet hated reality but realized it was still the only place to get a good steak. "
- "A fast word about oral contraception. I asked a girl to go to bed with me, she said 'no'. "
- "Dying is one of the few things that can be done as easily lying down. "
- "His lack of education is more than compensated for by his keenly developed moral bankruptcy. "
- "And my parents finally realize that I'm kidnapped and they snap into action immediately: They rent out my room. "
- "Basically my wife was immature. I'd be at home in the bath and she'd come in and sink my boats. "
- "I am not afraid of death, I just don't want to be there when it happens. "
- "A ''Bay Area Bisexual'' told me I didn't quite coincide with either of her desires. "
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