Meet Me in St. Louis - The Importance of Togetherness and New Beginnings
Esther Smith:
New York is a wonderful town. Everybody dreams about going there. But we're luckier than lots of families because we're really going. Wait until you see the fine home we're going to have and the loads and loads of friends we'll make. Wonderful friends. But the main thing, Tootie, is that we're all going to be together just like we've always been. That's what really counts. We could be happy anywhere as long as we're together.
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Meet Me in St. Louis - Last Dance in St. Louis
Esther Smith: [to her Grandpa]
You're the first human being I've danced with all evening. It's our last dance in St. Louis. I feel like I'm going to cry.
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Meet Me in St. Louis - Betrayal and Disconnection in Esther's Words
Esther Smith: [after finding out that Tootie had lied about John Truett]
You're the most deceitful, horrible, sinful creature I ever saw, and I don't ever want to have anything to do with you again.
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Meet Me in St. Louis - Esther's Stand Against Bullying
Esther Smith:
John Truett. I've come here to ask you something...What do you mean hitting a five-year-old child?...The next time you want to hit somebody, pick on somebody your own size. If there's anything I hate, loathe, despise, and abominate, it's a bully.
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Meet Me in St. Louis - A Heart Lost on the Trolley
Esther Smith: [singing]
I went to lose a jolly, hour on the trolley, and lost my heart insteadWith his light brown derby and his bright green tieHe was quite the handsomest of menI started to yen, then I counted to ten, then I counted to ten again.
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Meet Me in St. Louis - The Sounds of Anticipation and Emotion
Esther Smith: [singing]
Clang, clang, clang went the trolley,Ding, ding, ding went the bell.Zing, zing, zing went my heartstrings,As we started for Huntingdon dell.
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Meet Me in St. Louis - A Unique Long-Distance Call in St. Louis
Esther Smith:
Well, I'll bet there isn't another girl in St. Louis who's had a Yale man call her long-distance just to inquire about her health.
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Meet Me in St. Louis - A Missed Marriage Proposal Consequence
Esther Smith: [to Mr. Smith, after he hangs up on a caller]
You've just ruined Rose's chance to get married, that's all...That was Warren Sheffield calling long-distance to propose.
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Meet Me in St. Louis - Questioning Career Choices and Happiness
Esther Smith: [to Mr. Smith]
Well, Papa, if losing a case depresses you so, why don't you quit practicing law and go into another line of business?
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Meet Me in St. Louis - Unrequited Love for the Boy Next Door
Esther Smith: [singing]
How can I ignore the Boy Next Door?I love him more than I can say.Doesn't try to please me, doesn't even tease me.And he never sees me glance his way.And though I'm heartsore, the Boy Next Door,Affection for me won't display.I just adore him, so I can't ignore him,The Boy Next Door.
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Meet Me in St. Louis - Unrequited Love and Idealization in Dreams
Esther Smith: [singing]
The moment I saw him smileI knew he was just my style.My only regret is we've never met,Though I dream of him all the while.
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A Star Is Born - The Struggle of Love and Despair
Vicki Lester:
He's in a sanitarium. He really wants to stop drinking, Oliver. He's trying very hard. I know he is. What is it? What is it that makes him want to destroy himself? You've known him longer than anyone else. Tell me what it is. Please. I don't care but just tell me.
Oliver Niles:
Don't you think I've tried through the years to know why, to help him? I don't know, Esther. I don't know what the answer is.
Vicki Lester:
Well, I've got to find the answer. You don't know what it's like to watch somebody you love just crumble away bit by bit and day by day in front of your eyes and stand there helpless. Love isn't enough. I thought it was. I thought I was the answer for Norman. But love isn't enough for him. And I'm afraid of what's beginning to happen within me... because... sometimes I hate him. I hate his promises to stop and then the watching and waiting to see it begin again. I hate to go home to him at night and listen to his lies. My heart goes out to him because he tries - he does try. But I hate him for failing. I hate me, too. I hate me cause I've failed, too. I have. I don't know what's going to happen to us, Oliver. No matter how much you love somebody... how do you live out the days?
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A Star Is Born - A Moment of Vulnerability and Hope
Vicki Lester: [accepting an Academy Award]
When something like this happens to you and I'm not going to lie to you and tell you I didn't keep hoping it would happen. All the speeches that you've made up in your bedroom or in the bathtub go out of your mind completely and you find that, out of all the words in the world, just two stick in your mind - thank you. And all I can do is say them to you from my heart and...
Norman Maine: [clapping loudly]
Congratulations, my dear. I made it just in time, didn't I? May I borrow the end of your speech to make a speech of my own? My method for gaining your attention may seem a little uncon-unconventional, but, uh, hard times call for harsh measures. My - I had my speech all prepared, but I - it's gone right out of my head. Let me see - why, it's silly to be so formal, isn't it? I-I know most of you sitting out there by your first names, don't I? I made a lot o money for you gentlemen in my time through the years, didn't I? Well, I need a job now. Yeah, that's it. That-that-that-that's the speech. That's the - I need a job. That's what I wanted to say. I - I need a job. It's as simple as that. I - I need a job, that's all. My talents, I may say, are not confined to dramatic parts. I can play comedy, too.
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A Star Is Born - Understanding Feelings in a Relationship
Vicki Lester:
Norman, don't you know how I feel about you?
Norman Maine:
Yes, yes I do.
Vicki Lester:
Well, then dear, don't you know that nothing about you could make any difference?
Norman Maine:
It's too late.
Vicki Lester:
No, it isn't.
Norman Maine:
It is, I tell you...Now listen to me. I destroy everything I touch. I always have. Forget me. I'm a bad loss.
Vicki Lester:
I don't believe that.
Norman Maine:
You've come too late.
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Easter Parade - Misunderstandings in Affection and Timing
Jonathan Harrow III:
He seems under the impression that you aren't too fond of him.
Hannah Brown:
But I am! Terribly!
Jonathan Harrow III:
Well, I'm afraid it's a little late.
Hannah Brown:
A little late? Little late? Well, that can't be! What'll I do?
Jonathan Harrow III:
Well, if I loved someone, I'd find a way to let them know it.
Hannah Brown:
Well, it's different with a man.
Jonathan Harrow III:
Why?
Hannah Brown:
I don't know. It just is, that's all. It's easier.
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Easter Parade - Seeking Solitude Amidst Conversations
Mike the Bartender:
What are you doing here by yourself?
Hannah Brown:
Oh, I don't know. I just wanted to get away for awhile.
Mike the Bartender:
Sure. Well, if there's anything I can do, breaking one's neck or anything like that, just say the word.
Hannah Brown:
No thanks, Mike. There isn't anything anyone can do.
Mike the Bartender:
Ah, don't say that. No man is that important. Plenty of fish left in the sea. You know it's always darkest just...
Hannah Brown:
Oh, Mike. I don't think you have a motto for my kind of problem.
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Easter Parade - Encouragement in Dance and Performance
Hannah Brown:
Was I too terrible?
Don Hewes:
No. No.
Hannah Brown:
I've never really danced before.
Don Hewes:
You're going to be fine.
Hannah Brown:
Mr. Hewes, Mr. Hewes... You know you don't have to go on with this.
Don Hewes:
Now look...
Hannah Brown:
No, I mean it. You're the most wonderful dancer I've ever seen. You could get anyone to dance with you. You could get the very best.
Don Hewes:
I don't want the very best. I want you.
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Easter Parade - Exotic Dancers and Their Fruit Comparisons
Don Hewes:
A girl dancer has to be exotic; she has to be - a peach.
Hannah Brown:
I suppose I'm a lemon!
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Easter Parade - A Question About Eye Color
Hannah Brown: [her eyes are closed]
What color are my eyes?
Don Hewes: [kissing her, causing her to open her eyes in surprise]
Brown.
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Easter Parade - Misunderstandings About Dancing Talent
Don Hewes:
Miss Brown, what idiot ever told you you were a dancer?
Hannah Brown:
You did.
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