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Post by Pippen on Jan 20, 2024 3:43:38 GMT
Julian Osborne: The war started when people accepted the idiotic principle that peace could be maintained by arranging to defend themselves with weapons they couldn't possibly use without committing suicide. ON THE BEACH
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Post by Doghouse6 on Jan 20, 2024 3:49:07 GMT
More timely, indeed. And what's really confounding is that you can quote George to anyone across the political spectrum and they'll wholeheartedly agree, but will have entirely opposing ideas of "what's gone wrong" at each end. SO true! And it’s probably a quote applicable to every country on Earth. Well, maybe not Finland. We hear so much these days about nations becoming more polarized than ever. I'm not 100% sure how true that is, but I'm sure of this much: on any given issue, that polarization takes hold more rapidly than ever before. One of the prices of technological progress. I'm reminded of some movie wisdom from Inherit the Wind: "Progress has never been a bargain. You have to pay for it. Sometimes I think there's a man who sits behind a counter and says, 'All right, you can have a telephone, but you lose privacy and the charm of distance. Madam, you may vote but at a price: you lose the right to retreat behind the powder puff or your petticoat. Mister, you may conquer the air, but the birds will lose their wonder and the clouds will smell of gasoline.'"
Nearly a century on, we might add, "Citizens, you may have the internet, world-wide-web and instant mass communication through social media, but your ability to discern lies from the truth will erode."
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Post by Pippen on Jan 20, 2024 3:53:28 GMT
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Post by Pippen on Jan 20, 2024 3:56:21 GMT
Also from Inherit The Wind
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Post by Doghouse6 on Jan 20, 2024 3:57:50 GMT
Julian Osborne: The war started when people accepted the idiotic principle that peace could be maintained by arranging to defend themselves with weapons they couldn't possibly use without committing suicide. ON THE BEACH You know how I love the musicals, but that's the best role he ever had.
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Post by Pippen on Jan 20, 2024 4:01:39 GMT
and for a more serious courtroom quote
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Post by Doghouse6 on Jan 20, 2024 4:05:28 GMT
Scarlett was a pioneer of compartmentalization.
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Post by Rufus-T on Jan 20, 2024 4:16:23 GMT
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Post by Doghouse6 on Jan 20, 2024 4:18:04 GMT
and for a more serious courtroom quote Good ol' Judge Haller. And at one point, he rather echoes your Strother Martin submission from Cool Hand Luke on page 2: "Once again, the communication process has broken down."
Lucky for Vinny the judge didn't have a billy club.
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Post by Pippen on Jan 20, 2024 4:22:43 GMT
another handy quote for everyday usage
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Post by Doghouse6 on Jan 20, 2024 4:24:47 GMT
Fraternal twin to, "Don't believe your own publicity."
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Post by Pippen on Jan 20, 2024 4:37:20 GMT
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Post by Doghouse6 on Jan 20, 2024 4:56:03 GMT
Hard to beat the knife-edged sharpness of the cafe society/hipster dialogue in this film, and I love pretty much every line of it. Few of these people are ones I'd want to know, but they're fascinating at the distance from a screen to a viewing seat.
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Post by mikef6 on Jan 20, 2024 5:41:36 GMT
The Maltese Falcon (1941) is filled with wisdom. Here is a sample:
Kasper Gutman: “The best goodbyes are short. Adieu.”
Sam Spade: “When a man's partner is killed, he's supposed to do something about it. It doesn't make any difference what you thought of him. He was your partner and you're supposed to do something about it. And it happens we're in the detective business. Well, when one of your organization gets killed, it's-it's bad business to let the killer get away with it, bad all around, bad for every detective everywhere.”
Kasper Gutman: “Here's to plain speaking and clear understanding.”
Detective Tom Polhaus: [picks up the falcon] “Heavy. What is it?” Sam Spade: “The, uh, stuff that dreams are made of.”
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Post by Rufus-T on Jan 20, 2024 5:43:17 GMT
Rocky
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