Best action movie quotes of 1980

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The Blues Brothers picture

Elwood: It's 106 miles to Chicago, we got a full tank of gas, half a pack of cigarettes, it's dark and we're wearing sunglasses.
Jake: Hit it.

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Star Wars: Episode V - The Empire Strikes Back picture

Luke: All right, I'll give it a try.
Yoda: No. Try not. Do, or do not. There is no try.

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Superman II picture

General Zod: I win. I always win. Is there no-one on this planet to even challenge me?

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Flash Gordon picture

Dr. Hans Zarkov: We are only interested in friendship. Why do you attack us?
The Emperor Ming: Why not? Pathetic earthlings. Hurling your bodies out into the void, without the slightest inkling of who or what is out here. If you had known anything about the true nature of the universe, anything at all, you would've hidden from it in terror.

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Smokey and the Bandit II picture

[Justice tries to shoot the Bandit with Junior's gun only to find it's not loaded.]
Justice: Junior! Why didn't you have your gun loaded?
Junior: Well, when I put bullets in it, daddy, it gets too heavy.

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The Gods Must Be Crazy picture

Narrator: They live in the vastness of the Kalahari in small family groups. One family of Bushmen might meet up with another once in a few years, but for the most part they live in complete isolation, unaware there are other people in the world. In the deep Kalahari, there are Bushmen who have never seen or heard of civilized man.

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Any Which Way You Can picture

Wyoming Trooper: Son, you are a walking violation of the laws of nature, but we don't enforce them laws.

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The Sea Wolves picture

Col. Lewis Pugh: I want everyone here to smell like a distillery.

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Super Fuzz picture

Willy Dunlop: I'm standing... on top of the world.

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L'Uomo puma picture

Kobras: I always perfer to strike first.

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The Return of the King picture

Peregrin 'Pippin' Took: Fine time to fall asleep.
Bilbo Baggins: Who's asleep? Just resting my eyes.

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Big Red One picture

Griff: Hey did you ever figure out what those palm trees are doing way over here in Belgium?
Zab: Yeah, that monk had a yen for 'em.

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Below the Belt picture

Terrible Tommy: "Come on runt."
Rosa Carlo: "Stop calling me that."

Rob245

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Night of the Juggler picture

Sean Boyd: Hey, listen! You've picked the wrong kid.

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