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The Madness of King George picture

George III: No life is without its regrets yet none is without its consolations.

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Cleopatra picture

Agrippa: Well versed in the natural sciences and mathematics. She speaks seven languages proficiently. Were she not a woman one would consider her to be an intellectual.

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The King's Speech picture

King Edward VIII: Sorry, I've been terribly busy.
King George VI: Doing what?
King Edward VIII: Kinging.

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We Were Soldiers picture

Lt. Colonel Hal Moore: To follow your instincts and to inspire your men, by your example, you have to be with 'em. Where the metal meets the meat.

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The Wind That Shakes the Barley picture

Damien: It's easy to know what you are against, but quite another to know what you are for.

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The Lion in Winter picture

Prince Geoffrey: I know. You know I know. I know you know I know. We know Henry knows, and Henry knows we know it. We're a knowledgeable family.

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Kama Sutra: A Tale of Love picture

The King: One day you are your father's property. One day you are your husband's property. It must be difficult.

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Archy Hamilton: I'll see you when I see you.
Frank Dunne: Yeah. Not if I see you first.

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The Untouchables picture

Jimmy Malone: He pulls a knife, you pull a gun. He sends one of yours to the hospital, you send one of his to the morgue. That's the Chicago way!

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The Libertine picture

Rochester: I shall never forgive you for teaching me how to love life.

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Dalai Lama: We have a saying in Tibet: If a problem can be solved there is no use worrying about it. If it can't be solved, worrying will do no good.

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Intertitle: Second Part - Reconstruction. The agony which the South endured that a nation might be born. The blight of war does not end when hostilities cease.

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The Social Network picture

Tyler Winklevoss: I'm six-five,220 pounds, and there are two of me.

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Detroit picture

Carl: When you're black, it's almost like having a gun pointing right at your face.

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Ivan Cooper: I just want to say this to the British Government... You know what you've just done, don't you? You've destroyed the civil rights movement, and you've given the IRA the biggest victory it will ever have. All over this city tonight, young men... boys will be joining the IRA, and you will reap a whirlwind.

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Steve: Don't fuck with the Jews.

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Father Valignano: An army of two.

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The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society picture

Juliet Ashton: Do you suppose it's possible for us to already belong to someone before we've met them?

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Dan: Can I be honest with you? I am bad fucking news. I'm not your friend. I'm not gonna help you. I'm gonna break you. Any questions?

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