Best drama movie quotes of 1979

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General Lord Chelmsford: For a savage, as for a child, chastisement is sometimes a kindness.
Sir Henry Bartle Frere: Let us hope, General, that this will be the final solution to the Zulu problem.

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Jack the Ripper: We don't belong here? On the contrary, Herbert. I belong here completely and utterly. I'm home.

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Maxwell: You had better learn how to play the game, and I don't mean just the game of football.

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Jesus: Forgive them father, for they don't know what they do.

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Count Dracula: Death is not the worst. There are things more horrible than death.

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David Halloran: You've got to go to him, and I've got to turn and walk away.

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Peter O'Neill: Last night I woke up in a cold sweat, I dreamt I was being chased by a giant banana.

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Castorp: Why is Crate 16 so important?
Captain Stefan Svevo: Only one other person knew the answer to that, and that's why she had to die.

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Rose: What are we ladies? What are we? We are waitresses at the banquet of life! Get into that kitchen and rattle them pots and pans - and you better look pretty good doin' it too, 'else you gonna lose you good thing. And why do we do that, I'll tell you why we do that? We do that to find love - Oh I love to be in love - don't you love to be in love?

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