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Dragon: The Bruce Lee Story picture

Bruce Lee: The key to immortality is first living a life worth remembering.

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Cadillac Records picture

Muddy Waters: You and me not gonna wake up every morning and get everything we want. Mostly we got to take what come. And half the time, that's gonna be a bunch of bullshit.

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MacArthur picture

Gen. Douglas MacArthur: The days of the frontal attack are over. Only a mediocre commander would use it. Your good commanders do not turn in heavy losses.

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The Ron Clark Story picture

Ron Clark: Hey Mr. Turner, this is fun.
Principal Turner: You really think it appropriate to do this with the students?
Ron Clark: Well, I'm certainly not gonna Double Dutch with you.

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Cleopatra picture

Agrippa: Well versed in the natural sciences and mathematics. She speaks seven languages proficiently. Were she not a woman one would consider her to be an intellectual.

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Men of Honour picture

Mr. Pappy: Two tablespoons of machine oil can contaminate an entire ship's fresh water supply.

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Cry Freedom picture

Judge: Why do you people call yourselves black? You look more brown than black.
Steve Biko: Why do you call yourselves white? You look more pink than white.

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BlacKkKlansman picture

Kwame Ture: All power to all people.

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The Big Short picture

Mark Baum: I don't get it. Why are they confessing?
Danny Moses: They're not confessing.
Porter Collins: They're bragging.

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Phar Lap picture

Sub Editor: We have two versions ready to go. If he wins, "Australian wonder horse beats the world."
News writer: And if he loses?
Sub Editor: "New Zealand horse fails in Mexico."

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El Cid picture

Moutamin: And thus the Cid rode out of the gates of history into legend.

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Dolemite Is My Name picture

Rudy Ray Moore: Dolemite is my name, and fuckin' up motherfuckers is my game.

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Cinderella Man picture

Jim Braddock: I have to believe that when things are bad I can change them.

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Monster picture

Will: You wanna call me "Daddy" while I fuck you, huh?
Aileen: I'll try. Why? You like to fuck your kids?

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Peter Handcock: Well, they say a slice off a cut loaf is never missed.

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Bar Amand: The Messiah has come! A man was dead but now he lives.
Uriah: I was crippled, and now I walk.
Old Aram: I was blind, and now I see.
Soldier: Who has done this?
Old Aram: The man called Jesus.

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I, Tonya picture

Tonya Harding: There's no such thing as truth. It's bullshit. Everyone has their own truth, and life just does whatever the fuck it wants.

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Allen Ginsberg: Some things, once you've loved them, become yours forever./And if you try to let them go... /They only circle back and return to you./They become part of who you are.
Lucien Carr: ...or they destroy you.

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Gerry Conlon: What I remember most about my childhood is holding your hand. My wee hand in your big hand, and the smell of tobacco. I remember, I could smell the tobacco in the palm of your hand. When I want to feel happy, I try to remember the smell of tobacco.
Giuseppe Conlon: Hold my hand.

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