Best drama movie quotes of 1980

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Urban Cowboy picture

Sissy: You a real cowboy?
Bud: Well that depends on what you think a real cowboy is?
Sissy: Know how to do 2-step?
Bud: You bet.
Sissy: Wanna prove it?

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The Elephant Man picture

John Merrick: No! I am not an animal! I am a human being! I. Am... A man!

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Somewhere In Time picture

Richard Collier: Please, don't leave. You have no idea how far I've come to be with you.

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The Final Countdown picture

Captain Yelland: If the United States falls under attack our job is to defend her in the past, present and future.
Lasky: And after that?
Captain Yelland: After that, we take our orders from the Commander in Chief of the United States Armed Forces.
Lasky: Franklin Delano Roosevelt?

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My Bodyguard picture

Clifford Peache: What does your dad do?
Ricky Linderman: He watches T.V.

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Raging Bull picture

Jake La Motta: Who's an animal? Your mother's an animal, ya son of a bitch.

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'Breaker' Morant picture

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

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McVicar picture

John McVicar: Make sure you're not involved, woncha? Cos I'll put a tool right in your belly.

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Fame picture

Doris Finsecker: I'm about as flamboyant as a bagel.

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The Stunt Man picture

Eli Cross: It's not what he's eating, but what's eating him that makes it... sort of interesting.

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Bronco Billy picture

Lorraine Running Water: He's like all men... a big kid in a man's body.

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Prom Night picture

Alex: I know they did it, they killed her, they, killed her... Robin, Robin.

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The Long Good Friday picture

Harold: The Mafia? I've shit 'em.

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Night of the Juggler picture

Sean Boyd: Hey, listen! You've picked the wrong kid.

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Atlantic City picture

Lou: You should have seen the Atlantic Ocean back then.

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Coal Miner's Daughter picture

Loretta Lynn: Dadgum it, Doo! You never ask me nothing! You just say, "Hey baby, here's the deal, take it or leave it." Well, it's drivin' me crazy, Doo.
Doolittle Lynn: Well, hell, then let's go up to the house, call a lawyer and get a divorce. I'm tired of this bullshit.
Loretta Lynn: I don't want no divorce! I just want the dadgum bedroom in the back of the house.

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Kagemusha picture

Shingen Takeda: Even with this resemblance, Nobukado, he is so wicked as to be sentenced to crucifixion. How could this scoundrel be my double?
Kagemusha: I only stole a few coins. A petty thief. But you've killed hundreds and robbed whole domains. Who is wicked, you or I?

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Big Red One picture

Griff: Hey did you ever figure out what those palm trees are doing way over here in Belgium?
Zab: Yeah, that monk had a yen for 'em.

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American Gigolo picture

Michelle Stratton: How many languages do you speak?
Julian Kaye: Five or six.
Michelle Stratton: Plus the, uh, international language?
Julian Kaye: That's right.

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Ordinary People picture

Calvin "Cal" Jarrett: I should have gotten a handle on it somehow.
Conrad "Con" Jarrett: You know I used to think you had a handle for everything. I really admire you for that sometimes.
Calvin "Cal" Jarrett: Well, don't admire people too much. They'll disappoint you sometimes.
Conrad "Con" Jarrett: I'm not disappointed. I love you.
Calvin "Cal" Jarrett: I love you too.

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