Best drama movie quotes of 1997

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Touched by Evil picture

Ellen: What happened?
Det. Duvall: Burglery... She lost a lot of jewelry. Not to mention the house trashed, the cat eviscerated.

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The Apostle picture

Sonny: I'm a genuine, Holy Ghost, Jesus-filled preachin' machine this mornin'.

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The House of Yes picture

Jackie-O: Sorry about that, by the way, I didn't mean to maim you. I only meant to kill you.
Marty: These things happen.

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The Ice Storm picture

Ben Hood: Well, that's the whole point of the holidays, Paul. So you and your sister can mope around the house, and your mother and I can wait on your hand and foot, while the two of you occasionally grunt for more food from behind the hair in your faces. Believe it or not, we actually enjoy it.

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The Brave picture

Father Stratton: You sold your soul.
Raphael: No, father, I sold my body. Like a whore.

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Paradise Road picture

Rosemary Leighton-Jones: Love is like a flame, it burns and is visible to all.

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Kundun picture

Dalai Lama: I will liberate those not liberated. I will release those not released. I will relieve those unrelieved. And set living beings in nirvana.

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Regeneration picture

Capt. William Rivers: I find it interesting that you don't stutter.
Billy Prior: I find it even more interesting that you do.

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The Spanish Prisoner picture

Jimmy Dell: I'm a problem solver, with a heart of gold.

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Digging to China picture

Harriet: My mother says I was born with an angel on my shoulder. This is supposed to bring me luck and happiness. I think she lied.

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Free Willy 3: The Rescue picture

Jesse: I'm not a whaler.
Max: So?
Jesse: I'm sort of the opposite.
Max: A whale?

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Wag The Dog picture

Winifred Ames: How are we going to explain that when the world is watching?
Stanley Motss: Fuck the world. Try a ten a.m. script meeting, coked to the gills, no sleep and you haven't even read the treatment.

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12 Angry Men picture

Juror #10: I've lived among them all my life. They're born liars.

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The Shining picture

Jack: Give that man a cigar and a blow torch to light it with.

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Love! Valour! Compassion! picture

Bobby Brahms: So, is he attractive?
Arthur Pape: I'm not supposed to notice these things, but I believe the word is "hot."

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Gummo picture

Tummler: I'm pretty smart, if I say so myself.
Huntz: Why is that?
Tummler: This afternoon, we walked into a fruit store, and the clerk thinks I'm some out-of-town hick. "Those apples will be two bucks each," he tells me. That's where I outsmarted him. I pass over a five. And as he's about to give me a dollar change, I say, "Keep it, we're even. On the way in, I stepped on a grape."

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Amistad picture

Calderon: What's most bewildering to Her Majesty... is this arrogant independence of the American courts. After all, if you cannot rule the courts, you cannot rule.
Martin Van Buren: SeƱor Calderon, as any true American will tell you, it's the independence of our courts that keeps us free.

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End of Evangelion picture

Asuka Langly Soryu: You don't understand anything. You just stay away from me.
Shinji Ikari: I do understand.
Asuka Langly Soryu: You couldn't possibly - you jerk! You really think you can ever know me? You think you can even help me? Don't make me laugh! You're such a moron! You will never understand.
Shinji Ikari: How can I ever understand you if you won't say anything? You never talk to me, but you expect me to understand you! That's impossible.

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Deconstructing Harry picture

Harry: The ironic thing is that the school that kicked me out is honoring me soon.
Shrink: Why did they kick you out?
Harry: Because I wasn't interested in college. I wanted to be a writer and that's all I cared about. Also, I tried to give the Dean's wife an enema. They didn't take kindly to that.

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