National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation - Acknowledging the Lack of Twinkling Lights
Art:
The little lights aren't twinkling.
Clark:
I know, Art. And thanks for noticing.
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National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation - A Family Debate on Holiday Spending
Art: [sarcastically]
Beautiful, Clark.
Frances:
Talk about pissing your money away. I hope you kids see what a silly waste of resources this was.
Audrey:
He worked really hard, Grandma.
Art:
So do washing machines.
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National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation - Family Tensions During Christmas Gathering
Audrey Griswold:
Would it be indecent to ask the grandparents to stay at a hotel?
Ellen Griswold:
I don't know what to say, except it's Christmas and we're all in misery.
Ellen Griswold:
Welcome to our home - what's left of it.
Art:
Hurry up, Clark. I'm freezing my baguettes off.
Mr. Shirley: [picks up the phone receiver]
Get me somebody. Anybody. And get me somebody while I'm waiting.
Clark W. Griswold, Sr.: [extreme close-up]
SQUIRREL!!!
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Nixon - Nixon's Struggle with Public Life
Richard Nixon:
I hate these cocktail parties. John, I'm in hell. I'll be mentally dead in two years and physically dead in four.
John Mitchell: [[Barry Goldwater|Goldwater; [w:Nelson Rockefeller|Rockefeller; [John F. Kennedy|Kennedy]
Make some money, Dick. Prove yourself to the Wall Street crowd. Let ] and ] take the fall against ].
Richard Nixon:
I don't know why. I miss making love to the people. I miss entering a room. I miss the pure acting of it, John. I gotta get back in the arena.
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Absolute Power - Facing the Truth of a Dark Night
Luther Whitney: [about the night when Christy was killed]
A lot of crap is coming down tonight, sir. Do you want to be a player, or not? Do you want to know what happened that night, or don't you? Because I was there.
Walter Sullivan:
I want to know.
Luther Whitney:
Do you think you can, stand hearing about it, how he beat her, tried to strangle her, you want to really know about that?
Walter Sullivan:
I could walk through the fire.
Luther Whitney:
Well, I was in the vault when they came in, they were drunk. He started knocking her around, but she fought back, then he started getting really rough, she tried to defend herself, while he started screaming, like the sniveling SIMP HE IS.
Walter Sullivan:
Who else was in my house?
Luther Whitney:
The Secret Service, they're the ones who shot her.
Walter Sullivan:
Nonsense!
Luther Whitney:
And Gloria Russell she handled the cover up.
Walter Sullivan:
STOP THIS!
Luther Whitney:
Don't you want to know who it was?
Walter Sullivan:
IT WAS YOU!
Luther Whitney:
Oh come on Mr. Sullivan, we're too old to bullshit each other.
Walter Sullivan:
WHO WAS IT THEN?
Luther Whitney: [Mr. Sullivan nods his head]
You know? Don't shake your head at me. When you're alone at night, and your rage takes over and you want to avenge her. What face do you put with your enemy?
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Absolute Power - Unexpected Substitution in the Driver's Seat
Walter Sullivan:
Are you taking your shortcut, Tommy?
Luther Whitney:
I'm your substitute drive tonight, Mr. Sullivan. Oh don't worry about Tommy; he's just fine.
Walter Sullivan:
It's very unusual. What do I call you?
Luther Whitney:
Luther, sir.
Walter Sullivan:
Are you familiar with to get to my townhouse, Luther?
Luther Whitney:
Oh yes, sir I know where all your houses are. I'm the man who robbed you. And you're the man who tried to kill me.
Walter Sullivan:
I'm sorry I've missed. I believe in the Old Testament, sir. There's nothing wrong for an eye for an eye for when a terrible deed has been done. A deed such as yours.
Luther Whitney:
Which you'd like to believe, wouldn't ya? That'd be simple for you to believe that. What do you think that I have to gain by being here?
Walter Sullivan:
I have no idea. Are you going to rob me again?
Luther Whitney:
Oh I don't need your money, Mr. Sullivan. Now did you check your vault lately? I put everything back.
Walter Sullivan:
I'm afraid we're a little late for an attempt at leniency.
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Absolute Power - Wealth and Waiting in Uncertain Times
Walter Sullivan:
I don't yet know who it is I'm after. Until I do, you'll have to wait in Washington for instructions.
Michael McCarty:
I'm afraid that's out of the question. Mine is not particularly creative work, and I do it only because I enjoy living beyond my means. I can't afford to just sit around.
Walter Sullivan:
My father died when I was nine years old. He was a miner. He died of lung disease. I became rich at twenty-five, and the first thing I did was to buy that mine, close it down, and give every miner fifty thousand dollars to retire on. You *will* wait in Washington, Mr. McCarty. You will choose a penthouse suite, and I will put one million dollars into a Swiss bank of your choosing. And when the time comes... two million dollars a bullet.
Michael McCarty:
...You are a salesman, sir.
Walter Sullivan:
Selling sin is easy.
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Absolute Power - Struggles of Reputation and Responsibility
Walter Sullivan:
For eighty years, I've tried to live... a decent life. I've given a billion dollars to charity. If this comes to trial... none of that will be remembered. I'll just go out... the joke of the world.
Seth Frank:
I understand, sir. I'll do what I can.
Walter Sullivan: [chuckles]
Will you listen to me whine? I apologize, Mr. Frank. Bother me all you want, just do your job. And I'll try to do mine.
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