Memorable Quotes from David Hemmings
18 quotesDesire for Freedom and Wealth
Thomas
I'm fed up with those bloody bitches. I wish I had tons of money. Then I'd be free.
Ron
Free to do what?
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The Dilemma of Guinevere
Pellinore
Forgive the interruption. Anyone here seen a beast with the head of a serpent, the body of a boar and the tail of a lion, baying like forty hounds?
Mordred
What a magnificent dilemma! Let her die, your life is over; let her live, your life's a fraud. Which will it be, Arthur? Do you kill the Queen or kill the law?
[to Arthur about Guenevere]
Company
Guinevere, Guinevere.In that dim, mournful yearSaw the men she held so dearGo to war for Guinevere.
[singing]
Company
Guinevere, GuinevereOh, they found GuinevereIn the dying candle's gleamCame the sundown of a dream.
[singing]
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A Desire for Change and Adventure
Thomas
Why are you selling?
Shop-owner
I'd like to try something different — get off some somewhere. I'm fed up with antiques.
Thomas
Get off where?
Shop-owner
To Nepal.
Thomas
Nepal is all antiques.
Shop-owner
Is it? Perhaps I better try … Morocco.
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Secret Password Reveal in Barbarella
Dildano
Our rendezvous point will be at 1600 hours. And our password will be… "]".
[[w:Llanfairpwllgwyngyllgogerychwyrndrobwllllantysiliogogogoch|Llanfairpwllgwyngyllgogerychwyrndrobwllllantysiliogogogoch]
Barbarella
You mean, the secret password is "Llanfairpwllgwyngyllgogerychwyrndrobwllllantysiliogogogoch"?
Dildano
Exactly.
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Confusion Over Political Identity and Password
Dildano
The password — quickly!
Barbarella
I don't understand!
Dildano
Are you not a political prisoner?
Barbarella
I don't think so.
Dildano
Then you're not one of us.
Barbarella
I'm from Earth.
Dildano
Earth! Planet of the ]s! W-w-will you join our cause?
[[revolution]
Barbarella
What cause? Who are you?
Dildano
I-I'm Dildano, head of the revolutionary forces. This is our headquarters.
Barbarella
I suppose you realize you've saved my life.
Dildano
A life without cause is a life without effect.
Barbarella
Well, I-I'm sure I could get you a substantial recompense from my government.
Dildano
Earth woman. Shall I tell you what I would like?
Barbarella
I think I know.
Dildano
No! No, not like that! Like on Earth, on-on-on Ea— on Earth! The pill! I-I-I have the pill!
Barbarella
But… uh… Couldn't we do it your way? I don't want to change your ]s.
[[tradition]
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Time Constraints in a Busy Situation
Blonde woman
Couldn't you give us just a couple of minutes?
Thomas
Couple of minutes? I haven't even got a couple of minutes to have my appendix out.
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Embracing chaos for clarity in life
Jane
My private life's already a mess. It would be a disaster if…
Thomas
So what? Nothing like a little disaster for sorting things out.
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Barbarella - Dialogue 17
Dildano
The time is right! The Queen is in her Chamber of Dreams.
Barbarella
What about the key?
Dildano
Ah, the key.
Dildano
There is the secret key.
Dildano
Where?
Dildano
It's invisible, of course. Only an invisible key can open an invisible wall.
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Questioning the value of personal art
Thomas
What's so important about my bloody pictures?
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A Promise to Deliver the Pictures
Thomas
You'll get your pictures. I promise. I always keep my word.
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Complicated Relationships and Perceptions of Beauty
Jane
Why should I speak to her?
[handing him back the phone]
Thomas
Sorry love, the bird I'm with won't talk to you. … She isn't my wife, really. We just have some kids. … No, no kids, not even kids. Sometimes, though, it feels as if we had kids. … She isn't beautiful, she's... easy to live with. … No, she isn't. … That's why I don't live with her. … But even with beautiful girls, you look at them and that's that.
[hangs up the phone, and walks around the room]
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The Meaning of Names and Intimacy
Thomas
What's your name? Oh, forget it — what's the use of a name? What do you they call you in bed?
Brunette woman
I only go to bed to sleep.
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Compliment on Modeling Potential
Thomas
You ever do any modeling? Fashion stuff, I mean. You've got it.
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Perception and Reality in New Encounters
Thomas
Don't let's spoil everything, we've only just met.
Jane
No, we haven't met — you've never seen me.
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Secret Keys and Military Ambitions
Dildano
She sleeps alone in a room above the Mathmos, surrounded by a wall of impenetrable energy, to which she alone has the secret key. There exists, however, a second secret key, which my agents have located, and is now in my possession. You want to discover the whereabouts of Durand Durand. I want to capture the Black Queen. You follow my meaning.
Barbarella
If you really do have the second secret key… why haven't you used it already?
Dildano
Ah!
Dildano
Ah. Ah — ah! Because our forces have not as yet been strong enough! The capture of the Black Queen, ah… has to be associated with a military… coup! Hmm. With your weaponry and spacecraft, this can be brought about. With the Black Queen in your control, you can get her to divulge the whereabouts of Durand Durand!
Barbarella
Yes, I see.
Dildano
Good.
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Unexpected Revelations at a London Party
Thomas
] at a London party] I thought you were supposed to be in Paris.
[seeing [[w:Veruschka von Lehndorff|Verushka]
Verushka
I am in Paris.
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Perception and Reality in a Park Encounter
Ron
What did you see in that park?
Thomas
Nothing.
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The Ethics of Photography in Public Spaces
Jane
What are you doing? Stop it! Stop it! Give me those pictures. You can't photograph people like that.
Thomas
Who says I can't? I'm only doing my job. Some people are bullfighters, some people are politicians. I'm a photographer.
Jane
This is a public place — everyone has the right to be left in peace.
Thomas
It's not my fault if there's no peace. You know, most girls would pay me to photograph them.
Jane
I'll pay you.
Thomas
I overcharge. There are other things I want on the reel.
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