Best drama movie quotes of 1983

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Sleepaway Camp picture

Billy: Eat shit and die, Ricky.
Ricky: Eat shit and live, Bill.

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WarGames picture

David Lightman: [On the computer] Hello, are you still playing the game?
Joshua: Of course. I should reach Defcon 1 and release my missiles in 28 hours. Would you like to see some projected kill ratios?
David Lightman: Sixty-nine percent of the housing destroyed. Seventy-two million people dead. [Types into computer] Is this a game or is it real?
Joshua: What's the difference?

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Steve: Beer for breakfast there, Two-Bit?

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The Big Chill picture

Michael: [At the wake.] Great tradition! They throw a great party for you on the one day they know you can't come!

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Lone Wolf McQuade picture

Dakota: How would you like to bite that in the butt, develop lockjaw, and be dragged to death?

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Emma Horton: Some people say Des Moines is the best city in Iowa.

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Local Hero picture

Townsman: I thought all this money would make me feel different.

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Risky Business picture

Joel Goodson: Looks like the University of Illinois.

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The Thorn Birds picture

Ralph de Bricassart: How will we live without him?
Meggie Cleary: We will. Your God gathers in the good ones... and leaves the living to those of us whom fail. Your greedy God! There is no peace with him.

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Donald Quinelle: I'm sorry I'm gonna have to blow a large hole in your skivvy heart.

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Jack Butler: Honey, you gave me some real good advice once, so let me give you some of my own. It's real easy to forget what's important, so don't."

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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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Jack Ridley: Put the spurs to her, Chuck.

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Flashdance picture

Nick: When you give up your dream, you die.

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Col. F.E. Cochrane: You threatening me, Murphy?
Frank Murphy: No, I'm telling you. Back off.

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