Forrest Gump
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Forrest Gump: I may not be a smart man, but I know what love is.

Drill Sergeant: Why did you put that gun together so fast, Private?
Forrest Gump: Because you told me to, Drill Sergeant!

Forrest Gump: Bit me directly in the but-tocks. They said it was a million dollar wound, but the Army must keep that money, 'cause I still ain't seen a nickel of that million dollars.

Lt. Dan: Gump, Have you found Jesus?
Forrest Gump: I didn't know I was suppose to be looking for him, sir.

Jenny: Run, Forrest, run!

Bubba: The name's Benjamin Buford Blue, people call me Bubba.
Forrest: My name's Forrest Gump, people call me Forrest Gump.

Doctor: His legs are strong, Miss Gump. As strong as I've ever seen. But, his back is as crooked as a politician.

Forrest Gump: Momma always said, life was like a box of chocolates. You never know what you're gonna get.

Mrs Blue: Are you crazy? Or just plain stupid?
Forrest Gump: Stupid is as stupid does, ma'm.
Mrs Blue: I guessed.

Forrest Gump: What are you doing here, Lieutenant Dan?
Lieutenant Dan: I thought I'd try out my sea legs.
Forrest Gump: But you ain't got no legs, Lieutenant Dan.

Forrest: A promise is a promise, Lieutenant Dan.

Principal: Boy, your momma sure does care about your schooling, son. Mm mm mm.

Revealing mistake: When Forrest finally catches shrimp on the boat, the net drops shrimp on the deck which are not only already dead, they're headless and very obviously processed for shipment to market. (01:32:30)

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Question: What does Jenny die of? And is it mentioned anywhere in the film at all?

Answer: It's not specified in the film, but in the sequel book "Gump & Co" the author mentions that Jenny dies from Hepatitis C as a former drug addict in the early 70s. Hepatitis C was an unknown disease until 1989.

Answer: In 1981, when Forrest meets Jenny again, she says she has a virus that doctors don't know. This virus was the HIV virus, as 1981 marks the AIDS outbreak in the World.

Answer: It could have been HIV or Hepatitis C or something else. Maybe someone related to the story or even Winston Groom himself told this at some other place. Nonetheless, it's false that it appears in that book.

It absolutely appears in the second book, 'Gump and Company'.

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