Best biography movie quotes of 1999

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Girl, Interrupted picture

Susanna: I didn't try to kill myself.
Dr. Potts: What were you trying to do?
Susanna: I was trying to make the shit stop.

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The Hurricane picture

Rubin 'Hurricane' Carter: He who bemoans the lack of opportunity, forgets that small doors many times open up into large rooms.

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Bill Gates: Think they're hookers?
Paul Allen: Either that or motel inspectors. I saw one of them go into the room next to ours about a dozen times yesterday.

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Topsy-Turvy picture

Gilbert: Every theatrical performance is a contrivance by its very nature.
Sullivan: Yes, but this piece consists entirely of an artificial and implausible situation.
Gilbert: If you wish to write a Grand Opera about a prostitute, dying of consumption in a garret, I suggest you contact Mr Ibsen in Oslo. I am sure he will be able to furnish you with something suitably dull.

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Joan of Arc picture

Bishop Cauchon: Poor, deluded Joan. She has no idea she has put a monster on the throne. Those are my last words as Your Majesty's spiritual advisor.

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October Sky picture

Homer: You know, it, uh, won't fly unless somebody pushes the button. It's yours, if you want it.

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The Insider picture

Sharon Tiller: Get some perspective, Lowell.
Lowell Bergman: I got perspective.
Sharon Tiller: No, you do not.
Lowell Bergman: From my perspective, what's been going on and what I've been doing is ridiculous. It's half-measures.
Sharon Tiller: You're not listening. Really know what you're gonna do before you do it.

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Yolande of Aragon: Don't worry, Charles. If God is still with her, she will be victorious.
Charles VII: But her army is so much smaller.
Yolande of Aragon: Then her faith will have to be bigger.

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The Straight Story picture

Alvin Straight: I want to thank you for your kindness to a stranger.
Danny Riordan, Clermont Resident: It's been a genuine pleasure having you here, Alvin. Write to us some time.
Alvin Straight: I will.

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Man on the Moon picture

Tony Clifton: I think you sat in some cottage cheese. Oh, pardon me, that's your ass.

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