Cat on a Hot Tin Roof - Desperation and Truth in Relationships
Brick:
Why you heard what Big Daddy said? That girl's got life in her body.
Mae:
That's a lie.
Brick:
No. No, truth is somethin desperate and Maggie's got it. Believe me, it is desperate and she has got it.
Mae: [to Gooper]
Why don't you say somethin', honey?
Gooper:
All right, honey. SHUT-UP!
Brick:
Maggie?
Maggie:
Yes?
Brick:
Come on up here.
Maggie: [at the door to their bedroom]
Yes, sir. Thank you for keepin still, for backin me up in my lie.
Brick:
Maggie, we are through with lies and liars in this house. Lock the door!
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Cat on a Hot Tin Roof - Exploring Jealousy and Betrayal in Relationships
Brick:
That's what you hated. Bein shut out.
Maggie:
Not by the crowds, baby. By you, by the man I worshipped. That's why I hated Skipper.
Brick:
You hated him so much that you got him drunk and went to bed with him.
Big Daddy: [After a long pause]
Well, is that true?
Maggie:
Oh Big Daddy, you don't think I ravished a football hero?
Brick:
Skipper was drunk.
Maggie:
So were you most of the time. I don't seem to make out so well with you.
Brick:
Are you? Are you trying to say that nothing happened between you and Skipper?
Maggie:
You know what happened!
Brick:
I don't know what happened. I don't know, Maggie. Now I wasn't there. I couldn't play that Sunday. I wasn't in Chicago. I was in the hospital...
Maggie:
But Skipper played. Oh, he played all right. Played his first professional game without Brick...Without you, Skipper was nothin'. Outside - big, tough, confident. Inside - pure jelly. You saw the game on TV. You saw what happened.
Brick:
But I didn't see what happened in Skipper's hotel room. That little episode was not on TV. Go ahead, tell Big Daddy why you were in Skipper's room.
Maggie: [pause]
He was sick, sick with drink and he wouldn't come out. He busted some furniture and the hotel manager said to stop him before he called the police. So I went to his room. I scratched on his door and begged him to let me in. He was half-crazy, violent and screamin one minute and weak and cryin the next. And all the time, scared stiff about you. So I said to him, maybe it was time we forgot about football. Maybe he ought to get a job and let me and Brick alone. I thought he'd hit me. He walked toward me with a funny sort of smile on his face. Then he did the strangest thing. He kissed me. That was the first time he'd ever touched me. And then I knew what I was gonna do. I'd get rid of Skipper. I'd show Brick that their deep true friendship was a big lie. I'd prove it by showin that Skipper would make love to the wife of his best friend. He didn't need any coaxin'. He was more than willin'. He even seemed to have the same idea. I was tryin to win back my husband. It didn't matter how. I would have done anythin - even that. At the last second, I-I got panicky. Supposin I lost you instead. Supposin you'd hate me instead of Skipper. So I ran. Nothin happened. I've tried to tell him a hundred times but he won't let me. Nothin happened.
Brick:
Hallelujah - Saint Maggie! (He raises his drinking glass)
Maggie:
I wanted to get rid of Skipper but not if it meant losin you. (To Big Daddy) He (Brick) blames me for Skipper's death. Maybe I got rid of Skipper. Skipper went out anyway. I didn't get rid of him at all. Isn't it an awful joke, honey? I lost you anyway.
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Cat on a Hot Tin Roof - Confrontation Over Past Mistakes
Maggie:
I think I made my mistake when I tried to tell you about Skipper. That's where I made my fatal error.
Brick:
Maggie...
Maggie:
I never should have confessed...
Brick:
Maggie, now you shut-up about Skipper. I mean it, you got to shut up about Skipper.
Maggie:
The laws of silence won't work about that. Not about Skipper and us. It's like lockin the door on the fire in hopes of forgettin the house is burnin - but not lookin at a fire doesn't put it out. This time, I'm gonna finish. That night in a hotel room, Skipper and I...
Brick:
I don't want to hear about it.
Maggie:
Why won't you face the truth just once about Skipper? About me? About yourself?
Brick:
Do you want me to hit you with this crutch?
Maggie:
You're still blamin me for Skipper's death.
Brick:
Now don't you know that I could kill you with this crutch?
Maggie:
Good Lord, man, d'you think I'd care if you did?
Brick:
Skipper and I had a friendship. Now why won't you let it alone?
Maggie:
It's got to be told.
Brick:
But I don't want to hear it.
Maggie:
It's got to be told and you never let me tell it. I love you, and that's worth fightin for. Not Skipper. Skipper was no good.
Brick:
Maggie!
Maggie:
Maybe I'm no good either - nobody's good. But Brick, Skipper IS DEAD! And I'M ALIVE!
Brick:
Maggie!
Maggie:
Maggie the Cat is ALIVE! I'M ALIVE! Why are you afraid of the truth?
Brick: [hurls his crutch at her but misses]
Truth!
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Cat on a Hot Tin Roof - Family Tensions and Financial Struggles
Maggie:
Oh, poor Big Daddy. I'm fond of him. I'm genuinely fond of that old man. I really am, you know. Oh, when he finds out. I wouldn't want to be the one to tell him. That's why you want to go now.
Brick:
Yeah, that's why I want to leave now. You gotta do this for me, Maggie, please.
Maggie:
And leave the field to Gooper and that wife of his? No sir. Let's face facts, baby. You're a drinker, and that takes money.
Brick:
I don't want his money.
Maggie:
Are you ready to settle for ten cent beer? Cause that's just what Gooper will dole out to you when they freeze you out. They got a plan, baby. Oh you should have heard them layin it on Big Daddy - a mile a minute. Big Mama's already on their side. You're a drinker and I'm childless. We got to beat that plan. We just got to. I-I been so disgustingly poor all my life. That's the truth, Brick.
Brick:
Have you, Maggie?
Maggie:
You-you don't know what it's like to have to suck up to people you can't stand just cause they have money. You don't know what it's like. Never havin any clothes. That dress I married you in was a hand-me-down from a snotty rich cousin I hated. You can be young without money, but you can't be old without it. Where did I fail you? Where did I make my mistake? Make that your last drink until after the party, please honey!
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Cat on a Hot Tin Roof - Family Expectations and Personal Choices
Big Mama:
Oh shoot, Maggie, you just don't like children.
Maggie:
Why that's not true! I adore them - well brought up.
Big Mama:
Well why don't you have some then and bring them up well instead of all the time pickin on Gooper's an Mae's?
Maggie:
Big Mama, what you said about havin children, it's still kind of a secret but...
Big Mama:
Oh shoot, Maggie, stop playing so dumb. I mean, is he still drinkin this stuff much?
Maggie:
Oh, well he may have had a little highball...
Big Mama:
Don't laugh about it! Some single men stop drinking when they get married. Others start. Brick never touched liquor before he was...
Maggie:
THAT'S NOT FAIR.
Big Mama:
Fair or not fair. I want to ask you a question, one question: Do ya make Brick happy? Well?
Maggie:
Why don't you ask me if he makes me happy?
Big Mama:
Cause I know that...
Maggie:
It works both ways.
Big Mama:
Somethin ain't right. You're childless and our son drinks... When a marriage goes on the rocks, the rocks are there, right there!
Maggie:
That's not fair.
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Cat on a Hot Tin Roof - Tension Between Brick and Maggie Unfolds
Brick:
Big Daddy! Now what makes him so big? His big heart? His big belly? Or his big money?
Maggie:
The heat has made you cross.
Brick:
Give me my crutch.
Maggie:
Why don't you put on your nice silk pajamas, honey, and come on down to the party? There's a lovely cool breeze.
Brick:
Give me my crutch, Maggie.
Maggie: [He turns and stiffly ignores her]
Lean on me, baby. You've got a nice smell about you. Is your bath water cool?
Brick:
No.
Maggie:
I know somethin that would make you feel cool and fresh. Alcohol rub. Cologne.
Brick:
No thanks. We'd smell alike. Like a couple of cats in the heat.
Maggie:
It's cool on the lawn.
Brick:
I'm not goin down there, Maggie, not for you and not for Big Daddy.
Maggie:
At least you can give him his present that I remembered to buy for you for his birthday. Do you think you could write a few words on this card?
Brick:
You write somethin Maggie.
Maggie:
It's got to be your handwritin'. It's your present. It's got to be your handwritin'.
Brick:
I didn't get him a present.
Maggie:
Well, what's the difference?!
Brick:
Then if there's no difference, you write the card.
Maggie:
And have him know you didn't remember his birthday?
Brick:
I didn't remember.
Maggie:
Well, you don't have to prove it to him. Just-just write Love, Brick for heaven's sakes.
Brick:
NO!
Maggie:
You've got to.
Brick:
I don't have to do anything I don't want to! Now you keep forgettin the conditions on which I agreed to stay on livin with you.
Maggie:
I'm not living with you. We occupy the same cage, that's all. You know, that's the first time you've raised your voice in a long time. Crack in the stone wall? I think that's a fine sign. Mighty fine.
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Cat on a Hot Tin Roof - A Birthday Visit Sparks Family Tension
Big Daddy:
Why did you and Brick suddenly decide to drive up from New Orleans?
Maggie:
For your birthday, what else?
Big Daddy:
I had a birthday last year and the year before. I didn't see ya then.
Maggie:
Well, you know how Brick is sometimes.
Big Daddy:
Maybe he thought he was comin to my funeral instead of my birthday?
Maggie:
Why, Brick loves you! Well he does.
Big Daddy:
But does he love you?
Maggie:
What do you want - Truth?
Big Daddy:
If I was married to you three years, you'd have the livin proof. You'd have three kids already and the fourth in the oven.
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Cat on a Hot Tin Roof - Struggles of Love and Desperation
Maggie:
Why can't you lose your good looks, Brick? Most drinkin men lose theirs. Why can't you? I think you've even gotten better-lookin since you went on the bottle. You were such a wonderful lover... You were so excitin to be in love with. Mostly, I guess, cause you were... If I thought you'd never never make love to me again... why, I'd find me the longest, sharpest knife I could and I'd stick it straight into my heart. I'd do that. Oh, Brick, how long does this have to go on? This punishment? Haven't I served my term? Can't I apply for a pardon?
Brick:
Lately, that finishin school voice of yours sounds like you was runnin upstairs to tell somebody the house is on fire.
Maggie:
Is it any wonder? You know what I feel like? I feel all the time like a cat on a hot tin roof.
Brick:
Then jump off the roof, Maggie, jump off it. Now cats jump off roofs and they land uninjured. Do it. Jump.
Maggie:
Jump where? Into what?
Brick:
Take a lover.
Maggie:
I don't deserve that! I can't see any man but you. With my eyes closed, I just see you. Why can't you get ugly, Brick? Why can't you please get fat or ugly or somethin so I can stand it?
Brick:
You'll make out fine. Your kind always does.
Maggie:
Oh, I'm more determined than you think. I'll win all right.
Brick:
Win what? What is, uh, the victory of a cat on a hot tin roof?
Maggie:
Just stayin on it, I guess. As long as she can.
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Cat on a Hot Tin Roof - Perceptions of gazes and intentions
Maggie:
Why are you looking at me like that?
Brick:
Like what, Maggie?
Maggie:
Like you were just lookin'.
Brick:
I wasn't conscious of lookin at you, Maggie.
Maggie: [seductively; He coldly turns from her and rises on his crutches]
I was conscious of it. If you were thinkin the same thing I was...
Brick:
No, Maggie.
Maggie:
Why not?!
Brick:
Will you please keep your voice down.
Maggie:
No! I know you better than you think. I've seen that look before. And I know what it used to mean. And it still means the same thing now.
Brick:
You're not the same woman now, Maggie.
Maggie:
Oh, don't you think I know that? Don't you think I know that...
Brick:
Know what, Maggie?
Maggie:
That I've gone through this horrible transformation, that I've become hard and frantic and cruel...Oh Brick, I get so lonely.
Brick:
Everybody gets that.
Maggie:
Living with somebody you love can be lonelier than living entirely alone - if the one you love doesn't love you.
Brick:
Would you like to live alone, Maggie?
Maggie:
No! No, I wouldn't.
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Cat on a Hot Tin Roof - Maggie's Perspective on Power and Desire
Maggie:
We've got one thing on our side. No, two things. Are my seams straight? Big Daddy dotes on you, honey. He just can't stand Brother Man and his wife...that fertility monster. She's odious to him. I can tell. Just like I can tell he likes me. That's the second thing we've got on our side. He likes me. The way he looks me up and down, and over... He's still got an eye for girls.
Brick:
That kind of talk is disgusting.
Maggie:
Anybody ever tell you you were a back-aching Puritan? I think it's mighty fine how that old fellow, on death's doorstep takes in my shape with what I consider deserved appreciation.
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Father of the Bride - Choosing the Perfect Wedding Date
Ben Banks:
Can't be June. I've got my final. Why not May?
Ellie Banks:
May's too early.
Tommy Banks:
July's out. I'm going to camp.
Kay Banks:
This isn't a kids party. It's my wedding and my friends.
Stanley T. Banks:
Ellie, what did you mean by?
Kay Banks:
No one has to raise a finger. When the time comes, I'll do everything. And I mean everything.
Ellie Banks:
I can imagine that.
Ben Banks:
I'm not going.
Kay Banks:
Listen! I don't care if you come or not!
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Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? - Bunny Honey's Playful Exchange with Friends
Nick:
Here we are.
Honey:
Hip, hop! Hip, hop! Hip, hop! Hip, hop!
Nick:
Are you a bunny, Honey?
Honey: [giggles]
Bunny Honey!
George:
Well, now, how's the bunny?
Honey: [giggles]
Bunny funny!
George:
Bunny funny. Good for bunny!
Martha:
Come on, George!
George:
Honey, funny bunny.
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Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? - The Struggle Between Truth and Illusion
Martha:
Truth and illusion, George; you don't know the difference.
George:
No, but we must carry on as though we did.
Martha:
Amen.
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Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? - Perceptions of Success and Personal Discontent
Nick:
To you, everybody's a flop! Your husband's a flop, I'm a flop…
Martha:
You're all flops. I am the Earth Mother, and you are all flops.
Martha:
I disgust me. You know, there's only been one man in my whole life who's ever made me happy. You know that? One.
Nick:
What, the gym instructor or something?
Martha: [pause]
No, no, no, no. George. My husband?
Nick:
You're kidding.
Martha:
Am I?
Nick:
You must be! Him?
Martha:
Yep.
Nick:
George, sure!
Martha:
You don't believe it.
Nick:
Well, of course I do!
Martha:
You always deal in appearances?
Nick:
Oh, for God's sake.
Martha:
George, who is out somewhere there in the dark. Who is good to me. Whom I revile. Who can keep learning the games we play as quickly as I can change them. Who can make me happy and I do not wish to be happy. Yes, I do wish to be happy. George and Martha — sad, sad, sad.
Nick:
Sad.
Martha:
Whom I will not forgive for having come to rest, for having seen me and having said, "Yes, this will do". Who has made the hideous, the hurting, the insulting mistake of loving… me. And must be punished for it. George and Martha — sad, sad, sad.
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Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? - Confrontation and Threat in a Turbulent Relationship
Martha:
I looked at you tonight and you weren't there! Finally snapped! And– and I'm gonna howl it out! And I'm not gonna give a damn what I do, and I'm gonna make the biggest goddamn explosion you've ever heard!
George:
You try and I'll beat you at your own game.
Martha:
Is that a threat, George, huh?
George:
That's a threat, Martha.
Martha:
You're gonna get it, baby.
George:
Be careful, Martha. I'll rip you to pieces.
Martha:
You're not man enough. You haven't the guts!
George:
Total war?
Martha:
Total!
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Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? - Conflict and Self-Identity in Relationships
George:
You're a monster. You are.
Martha:
I'm loud, and I'm vulgar, and I wear the pants in the house because somebody's got to… but I am not a monster! I'm NOT!
George:
You're a spoiled, self-indulgent, willful, dirty-minded, liquor-ridden…
Martha: [Crap!]
It went SNAP! I-I-I'm not gonna try to get through to you anymore. There was a second back there — yeah, there was a second, just a second — when I could have gotten through to you, when maybe we could have cut through all this, this CRAP! But it's past, and I'm not gonna try.
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Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? - Familiar Dance Among Friends and Tension
Honey:
They're dancing like they danced before.
George:
It's a familiar dance, Monkey Nipples. They both know it.
Honey: [drunkenly]
I don't know what you mean.
Martha: [sighs]
I like the way you move.
Nick:
I like the way you move, too.
George: [to Honey]
They like the way they move.
Honey: [drunkenly]
That's nice.
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Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? - The Joy of Dancing Together
Honey: [drunkenly]
I want some! I want some dancing!
Martha:
That's not such a bad idea.
Honey:
I love dancing, don't you.
Martha:
With the right man.
Honey:
I dance like the wind.
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Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? - Responsibility and Blame in Relationships
Martha:
Well, aren't you going to apologize?
George:
Wasn't my fault — the road should've been straight.
Martha:
Not that! For making her throw up.
George:
I did not make her throw up.
Martha:
You most certainly did.
George:
I did not.
Honey: [still drunk]
No, now, no…
Martha:
Well, who do you think did? Sexy, back there? You think he made his own wife sick?
George:
Well, you make me sick.
Martha:
That's different.
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Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? - Animal Noises in a Forest Setting
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Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? - Martha's Frustration with George's Stagnation
Martha: [chuckles]
George is bogged down in the history department. He's an old bog in the history department. That's what George is. A bog. A fen. A GD swamp!
Martha: [to George]
A swamp! Hey, swamp! Hey swampy!
George:
Yes, Martha? Can I get you something?
Martha:
Ah… well, sure! You can, um, light my cigarette, if you're of a mind to.
George: [Nick's]
No. There are limits. I mean, a man can put up with only so much without he descends a rung or two on the, uh, old evolutionary ladder, which is up your line. Now, I will, uh, hold your hand when it's dark and you're afraid of the boogeyman, and I will tote your gin bottles out after midnight so no one can see, but I will not light your cigarette. And that, as they say, is that.
Martha:
Jesus!
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Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? - Jealousy and Impressed Reactions in Conversation
George:
I'm very impressed.
Martha:
You're damn right!
George:
I said I was impressed. I'm beside myself with jealousy. What do you want me to do, throw up?
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Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? - Martha's Influence on Relationships and Perceptions
Nick: [to Honey]
We'll go in a little while.
George:
Oh no! No, you mustn't! Martha is changing, and Martha is not changing for me! Martha hasn't changed for me in years! If Martha is changing, that means we're going to be here for days. You're being accorded an honor. You mustn't forget that Martha is the daughter of our beloved boss. She is his right… arm, heh heh. I was going to use another word, but we'll leave that sort of talk to Martha.
Martha:
What sort of talk?
Nick:
Well, now.
George:
Why, Martha! Your Sunday chapel dress!
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Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? - The Challenges of Marriage and Opportunity
George:
Let me tell you a secret, baby — there are easier things in this world, if you, uh… happen to be teaching at a university, there are easier things than being married to the daughter of the president of that university. There are easier things in this world.
Martha:
It should be an extraordinary opportunity. For some men, it would be the chance of a lifetime.
George:
There are, believe me, easier things in this world.
Martha:
Some men would give their right arm for the chance!
George:
Alas, Martha, in reality, it works out that the sacrifice is of a somewhat more private portion of the anatomy.
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Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? - The Nature of Humor in Relationships
Martha: [laughs uproariously, then settles]
I bust a gut! George didn't think it was funny at all.
George:
Martha thinks that unless you, as she demurely puts it, "bust a gut", you're not amused, you know. Unless you're… carrying on like a hyena, you're not having any fun.
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Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? - Choosing Drinks Among Friends
Martha:
Fix the kids a drink, George. What would you like to drink, kid– kid.
Nick:
Honey? what would you like?
Honey:
Ohhhh, I don't know, dear, a little brandy maybe. "Never mix, never worry!
George:
Brandy? Just brandy? Simple, simple…
George:
What about you, em… em… em…
Nick:
Bourbon on the rocks, if you don't mind.
George:
Mind? I don't mind. I don't think I mind. Martha? Rubbing alcohol for you?
Martha:
Sure! "Never mix, never worry!
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Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? - Art and Relationships in Conversation
Nick:
Ah, who, ah… who did the painting?
Martha:
That? Oh, that's by…
George: [laughs stiffly]
… some Greek with a moustache Martha attacked one night in a, in a…
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Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? - Drinking and Banter Between Martha and George
Martha:
Oh-ho, you pig.
George:
Oink, oink.
Martha:
Fix me another drink… lover.
George:
My God, you can swill it down, can't you?
Martha:
Well, I'm thirsty.
George:
Oh, Jesus.
Martha:
Look, sweetheart, I can drink you under any goddamn table you want, so don't worry about me.
George:
I gave you the prize years ago, Martha. There isn't an abomination award going that you haven't won.
Martha:
I swear to God George, if you even existed I'd divorce you.
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Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? - Conflict in Communication between Martha and George
Martha:
You make me puke!
George: [That]
wasn't a very nice thing to say, Martha.
Martha:
That wasn't what?!
George:
A very nice thing to say.
Martha:
Oh, I like your anger. I think that's what I like about you most. Your anger.
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Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? - Perceptions of Humor in Relationships
Martha: [To "Who's Afraid of the Big Bad Wolf"]
Who's afraid of Virginia Woolf / Virginia Woolf, Virginia Woolf / Who's afraid of Virginia Woolf…
Martha:
What's the matter? Didn't ya think that was funny? I thought it was a scream.
Martha:
You laughed your head off when you heard it at the party.
George:
I smiled. I didn't laugh my head off.
Martha:
You laughed your goddamn head off.
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Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? - A Dispute Over a Famous Phrase
Martha: [pauses]
What a dump. Hey, w-what's that from? "What a dump!
George:
How would I know?
Martha:
Oh, come on, what's it from? You know!
George:
Martha…
Martha:
What's it from, for chrissake?!
George:
What's what from?
Martha:
I just told you. I just did it. "What a dump!" Huh? What's that from?
George:
I haven't the faintest idea.
Martha:
Dumbbell.
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Cleopatra - A Lighthearted Exchange on Physical Features
Cleopatra: [kicking a cushion off her dais for Caesar to kneel on during her coronation]
You have such bony knees.
Caesar:
Not only bony, but unaccustomed to this sort of thing.
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Cleopatra - Approval and Dissent in Political Alliances
Cleopatra:
Catullus doesn't approve of you... why haven't you had him killed?
Caesar:
Because I approve of him.
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Cleopatra - Divine Identity and Historical Rivalry
Julius Caesar:
Ah, yes. I seem to recall some mention of an obsession you have about your divinity... Isis, is it not?
Cleopatra:
I shall have to insist that you mind what you say. I am Isis. I am worshiped by millions who believe it. You are not to confuse what I am with the so-called divine origin which every Roman general seems to acquire together with his shield. It was, uh, Venus you chose to be descended from, wasn't it?
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Cleopatra - Awakening from a Long Dream
Cleopatra: [''After the Asp has bitten her'']
How strangely awake I feel. As if living had been just a long dream. Someone else’s dream. Now finished at last...
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Cleopatra - Acceptance of Death by Cleopatra
Cleopatra:
Octavian, when I am ready to die, I will die.
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Cleopatra - The Unusual Silence of Cleopatra
Cleopatra: [''On Antony's death'']
Strange, there has never been... such a silence.
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Cleopatra - Cleopatra on Roman Tactics Against the Vulnerable
Cleopatra:
That’s how Romans frighten little girls. They like to frighten little girls!
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Cleopatra - The Pain of Love's Betrayal
Cleopatra:
How it hurts. How love can stab the heart.
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Cleopatra - A New Beginning for Cleopatra's Relationship
Cleopatra:
We'll make this our beginning. Beginning with tonight... You must never envy Caesar, or anyone, anything else again.
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Cleopatra - The Burden of Royal Time
Cleopatra:
There are never enough hours in the days of a queen, and her nights have too many.
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Cleopatra - Defending Knowledge Against Barbarism
Cleopatra:
How dare you and the rest of your barbarians set fire to my library? Play conqueror all you want, Mighty Caesar! Rape, murder, pillage thousands, millions of human beings! But neither you nor any other barbarian has the right to destroy one human thought!
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Cleopatra - Embracing Fertility and Identity as Cleopatra
Cleopatra:
I am the Nile. I will have sons. Isis has told me… My breasts are full of love and life. My hips are rounded and well apart. Such women, they say, have sons.
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Cleopatra - Assertion of Freedom and Independence
Cleopatra:
I will not be told where I can go and where I cannot go!
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Cleopatra - Cleopatra's Confidence in Caesar's Expectations
Cleopatra:
We must not disappoint the mighty Caesar! The Romans tell fabulous tales of my baths and handmaidens... and my morals!
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Cleopatra - Facing Darkness with Confidence
Cleopatra:
The corridors are dark, gentlemen… but you mustn't be afraid. I am with you.
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