Best drama movie quotes of 1989

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Fat Man and Little Boy picture

Richard Schoenfield: Hey Oppenheimer! Oppenheimer! You oughta stop playing God, 'cause you're no good at it, and the position's taken.

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Dead Bang picture

Jerry Beck: I'm telling you something's going on here. I'm telling you something big is happening here, and all that grabs you is my language? What the fuck is the matter with you?

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Do the Right Thing picture

Da Mayor: Doctor, those that'll tell don't know, and those that know won't tell.

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Drugstore Cowboy picture

Rick: Jesus, Bob, you never told us anything about not mentioning dogs.
Bob: The reason nobody mentioned dogs, Rick, is that to mention the dog would have been a hex in itself.
Rick: All right, well, now we are on the subject, are there an other stupid things we aren't supposed to mention that will affect our future?

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Great Balls of Fire! picture

Jerry Lee: England can kiss my ass.

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The Killer picture

Joe (Cantonese) /Jeffrey (English): Are you always so determined?
Lee: Yes, it's my style.
Joe (Cantonese) /Jeffrey (English): Mine too.

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Say Anything... picture

Jim Court: You're not a permanent part of her life. You're a distraction.
Lloyd Dobler: I'm the distraction that's going with her to England, sir.

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The Karen Carpenter Story picture

Agnes Carpenter: Karen, you're not eating. You look too thin, if you ask me.
Karen Carpenter: Mother, how can anybody be too thin?

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Valmont picture

Valmont: You want me to seduce a little girl, who has seen nothing, who knows nothing, who'll probably flop on her back out of simple curiosity? You don't need me for that. Anyone can do that.

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Gleaming the Cube picture

Brian Kelly: I don't know what's worse: getting blown up in nuclear war or having a 7-11 on every corner.

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Wired picture

Arnie Fromson: You can't do this. You can't abuse yourself.
John Belushi: Look, I don't pay you to be my best friend. I don't ask you what you do after six o'clock, don't ASK ME! nobody tells ME what to DO.
Arnie Fromson: You can't tell me what to do with you either. I'm not talking about business now, John. I'm talking about your life.

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Always picture

Al Yackey: My engine's on fire! Can you believe that? And I was in such a good mood.

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Gross Anatomy picture

Dr. Rachel Woodruff: And now, now I just wonder about some of these brilliant doctors of mine, you know, with their minds for medicine and their hearts for, what, real estate. You know, I wonder what they'd say to some lonely terrified patient, who grabs their hand and says, "Can you explain this to me? Can you help me accept this? Can you at least sit with me so I don't feel so alone?" Well, I bet they don't say anything because I didn't teach them to.

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Crimes and Misdemeanors picture

Barbara: You told me it's been plutonic a year. And I say, once the sex goes, it all goes.
Cliff Stern: It's true. The last time I was inside a woman was when I visited the Statue of Liberty.

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A Dry White Season picture

Ian McKenzie: Justice and law, Mr. Du Toit, are often just... well they're, I suppose they can be described as distant cousins. And here in South Africa, well, they're simply not on speaking terms at all.

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The Winter War picture

Jussi Kantola: They ordered us to drive the Russians away from our positions. I'm going to the headquarters to ask them: with what men?

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