Best movie quotes of 1971

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Escape from the Planet of the Apes picture

Tailor: May I measure your inside leg, sir?
Cornelius: No.

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Diamonds Are Forever picture

Plenty: Hi, I'm Plenty.
James Bond: But of course you are.
Plenty: Plenty O'Toole.
James Bond: Named after your father, perhaps?

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The Last Picture Show picture

Sam the Lion: You boys can get on out of here, I don't want to have no more to do with you. Scarin' a poor, unfortunate creature like Billy just so's you could have a few laughs - I've been around that trashy behavior all my life, I'm gettin' tired of puttin' up with it. Now you can stay out of this pool hall, out of my cafe, and my picture show too - I don't want no more of your business.

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Le Mans picture

David Townsend: Michael, I want you to drive flat out. I want Porsche to win Le Mans.

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Dr Jekyll & Sister Hyde picture

Professor Robertson: It's a queer business, Sergeant. Very queer.

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Brian's Song picture

Surgeon: Mr. Piccolo, we're gonna put you to sleep now.
Brian Piccolo: That - could be the - worst choice of words I've ever heard in my life.

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Mary, Queen of Scots picture

William Cecil: But with Dudley comes the future crown of England. No true monarch will turn her back on that, not even Mary of Scotland.
Queen Elizabeth: That monarch is first a woman.
William Cecil: You would never ignore such an offer for a pretty fellow.
Queen Elizabeth: This woman is first a monarch.

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Zaat picture

Dr. Leopold: Nets are no longer for fish. We may use them on you humans - if any survive.

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Carry On at Your Convenience picture

Sid: How about some food?
Beattie: Well I could make you some beans on toast or something?
Sid: No, nothing too elaborate, thank you.

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The Boy Friend picture

Tommy: You know the double-trip maxie ford with the knickerbocker break.

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Murphy's War picture

Murphy: Louis, the doctor lady... she's a Quaker. That's like bein' a bloody nun, isn't it?
Brezan: No, I don't think so.
Murphy: Why couldn't she be any young nurse? Something practical.

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White Boy: That's the trouble with all these series. You always know the superhero is going to get away with it. That's the trouble with Batman and in The Saint. You always know he's going to win all the fights in the end. That's the trouble with all these series. Even Bugs Bunny wins all the time! If we were superheroes, we would definitely win.
The Girl: Yes.
White Boy: Are we superheroes?
The Girl: I don't know. I hope so.
White Boy: So do I.

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Death In Venice picture

Gustav von Aschenbach: You know sometimes I think that artists are rather like hunters aiming in the dark. They don't know what their target is, and they don't know if they've hit it. But you can't expect life to illuminate the target and steady your aim. The creation of beauty and purity is a spiritual act.
Alfred: No Gustav, no. Beauty belongs to the senses. Only to the senses.

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Captain Henry: We must move on or the Injuns will start makin' our decisions for us.

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