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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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 Elephant Man picture

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

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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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Bronco Billy picture

Dr. Canterbury, Head of Sanatorium: Billy, my considered diagnosis is that you have the worst ailment known to man - no money.

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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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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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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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Atlantic City picture

Lou: Yes, it used to be beautiful - what with the rackets, whoring, guns.

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Coal Miner's Daughter picture

Patsy Cline: People want to know who you've been sleeping with that you've been on so many times.
Loretta Lynn: Who's been a sayin' that?
Patsy Cline: Gals that have been sleepin' with everybody and still ain't been on yet.

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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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Brubaker picture

Henry Brubaker: What happened? What happened to your eye?
Abraham Cook: Oh, got hit.
Henry Brubaker: With what?
Abraham Cook: With a baseball bat, a trace chain, and a rope with knots in it.

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