Memorable Quotes from Michael Douglas
84 quotesExpectations in Relationships
Nick Conklin
I usually get kissed before I get fucked.
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The Journey of Finding One's Voice
Terry Crabtree
It's comforting to know that America's children have you for a teacher.
Grady Tripp
Nobody teaches a writer anything. You tell'em what you know. You tell'em to find their voice and stay with it. You tell the ones that have it to keep at it. You tell the ones that don't have it to keep at it too because that's the only way they're gonna get to where they're going. Of course, it does help if you know where you wanna go. Helping my students figure that out...that and Sara...that's what's made these last years worthwhile.
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Questioning Boundaries in Professional Relationships
Susan Hendler
Did you have sex with her?
Tom Sanders
No! No! No!
Susan Hendler
How did her hand get into your pants?
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Authenticity in Auditioning for Chorus Roles
Zach
Let me explain what I'm doing. This is not gonna be like other auditions. I'm looking for a strong chorus... people who can work together as a group - but I'm going to try to shake you up, see who you really are. We've got some small but important parts to be played by people in the chorus. Since I need great dancers, I can't expect you all to be great actors. So I don't want anybody to try to act. You understand? Just to be exactly who you are, which is just as important to me as how well you dance.
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The Complexity of Unwanted Affection
Alex Forrest
I had a wonderful time last night. I'd like to see you again. Is that so terrible?
Dan Gallagher
No. I just don't think it's possible.
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Fear of Losing Family
Dan Gallagher
She keeps calling the apartment. Every time Beth answers the phone, she hangs up. I'm scared Jimmy, and I don't want to lose my family.
[to Jimmy]
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Lunch is for Wimps
Gordon Gekko
Lunch? Aw, you gotta be kidding. Lunch is for wimps.
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A Confession of Love Unfolds
Sara Gaskell
You didn't happen to call our house last night, did you?
Grady Tripp
I think I might have, yes.
Sara Gaskell
What do you think you might have said?
Grady Tripp
I think I might have said I was in love with you. He told you?
[pause]
Sara Gaskell
He told me.
Grady Tripp
And what did you say?
Sara Gaskell
I said it didn't sound like you.
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Unusual Contents of a Large Trunk
James Leer
Now, that is a big trunk. It holds a tuba, a suitcase, a dead dog, and a garment bag almost perfectly.
Grady Tripp
That's just what they used to say in the ads.
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The Complexity of Innocence and Perception
Hannah Green
I'm not the downy innocent you painted me as.
Grady Tripp
That's a shame, we need all the downy innocents we can get.
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Scent Association and Personal Reflection
Sara Gaskell
Is that Cristalle?
Grady Tripp
Mm.
Sara Gaskell
My God, I wear the same scent as a transvestite.
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Manipulated by Immature Individuals
Nicholas Van Orton
I'm being toyed with by a bunch of depraved children.
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A Reflection on Loss and Beauty
Antonia "Tony" Sloviak
Oh, that's such a beautiful Greenhouse.
Grady Tripp
It's Mrs. Gaskell's, it's her hobby.
Terry Crabtree
I thought you were Mrs. Gaskell's hobby.
Grady Tripp
Piss off, will ya Crabs? I lost a wife today.
Terry Crabtree
You'll find another one, you always do. She'll be younger, prettier; they always are.
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Discretion in Complicated Relationships
Alex Forrest
You must have to be discreet.
Dan Gallagher
Oh, god yeah.
Alex Forrest
Are you?
Dan Gallagher
Am I what?
Alex Forrest
Discreet?
Dan Gallagher
Yes, I'm discreet.
Alex Forrest
Me, too.
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Experimenting with Musical Rhythm
Liberace
I really thank you all for joining me in this Boogie Woogie, and I'd like to try a little experiment. I've been playing this Boogie Woogie at eight beats to the bar. I'd like to try playing it now at sixteen beats to the bar.
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Facing the Truth: A Call for Honesty
Zach
I'm going to ask you some questions. What I want to know is details about yourself. Things you're proud of, things you're ashamed of. So if anybody can't handle it and wants to leave, right now is the time to make up your mind.
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Identity and Humor in A Chorus Line
Connie
Connie Wong. Always Wong, never Wight.
Connie
Bad joke. I was born in Chinatown, lower east side.
Zach
How old are you?
Connie
I was born December 5th, four thousand six hundred and forty two, the Year of the Chicken.
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The Challenges of Domesticity
Meredith Johnson
I guess it can be a bit inhibiting.
[about Susan]
Tom Sanders
What's that?
Meredith Johnson
Domesticity.
Tom Sanders
Oh, you'd be surprised.
Meredith Johnson
Oh, I don't imagine you can jump her from behind just because all of sudden you get excited just by the way she bends over to pick up the soap.
Meredith Johnson
You remember that...don't you?
[looks romantically in his eyes]
Tom Sanders
Yeah, I remember that.
Meredith Johnson
And you miss it, don't you?
Tom Sanders
I have my compensations.
Meredith Johnson
Oh course...that's life. A series of trade-offs.
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The Game Beyond Money
Gordon Gekko
It's not about the money - it's about the game.
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Observation Test and Its Surprising Insights
Ed Leland
What I was going to ask you to do is stand up, turn around, and close your eyes and tell me everything you see in the room. It's an observation test. Do you really have a problem with that?
Linda Voss
Pictures of sailboats and polo ponies; fancy books and diplomas; stuffed fish on the wall; calendar set to the wrong date; bookcases that need dusting; carpets that need cleaning; and a couple of guys from Harvard who are surprised that a girl who needs a job won't be treated like a slave.
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Embracing Resilience in the Face of Adversity
Gordon Gekko
Hey, hey, stay positive, pal. Most people, they lose,they whine and quit. But you got to be there for the turns. Everybody's got good luck, everybody's got bad luck. Don't run when you lose. Don't whine when it hurts. It's like the first grade, Jerry. Nobody likes a crybaby.
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A Night of Unusual Circumstances in Pittsburgh
Grady Tripp
So there it was. Somewhere in the night, a Manhattan book editor was prowling the streets of Pittsburgh; best-selling author at his side, dead dog in his trunk.
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Love for Reading and Its Impact
Grady Tripp
Whenever I wondered what Sara saw in me, and I wondered more than once, I always came back to the fact that she loved to read. She read everything every spare moment. She was a junkie for the printed word. And lucky for me, I manufactured her drug of choice.
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Unresolved Feelings and Their Consequences
Doctor
Whatever resentment she's feeling, she probably got it out of her system.
[after Alex's suicide attempt]
Dan Gallagher
What if she didn't get it out of her system? What then?
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Transforming Scott's Appearance Through Surgery
Liberace
Now, Jack. I want to talk to you about doing some surgery on Scott here.
Scott
What?
Dr. Jack Startz
Fine. What would you like me to do as Scott?
Liberace
I want you to make Scott look like this. Can you do that?
[holds up a portrait of himself]
Dr. Jack Startz
Oh, I see. Oh, yes. I think I can do what you want. He's gonna need a nose job and I'm going to have to restructure his cheek bones and his chin with silicone implants, but its not impossible. But first, we gotta slim him down. I have a terrific diet, the California diet, guaranteed loss fifteen pounds in four weeks.
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The Compulsion to Write Despite Uncertainty
Vernon Hardapple
Why did you keep writing this book if you didn't even know what it was about?
Grady Tripp
I couldn't stop.
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Reflections on Beauty and Aging
Sheila
My mother was kind of middle-aged and frumpy.
Diana
Whose isn't?
Sheila
At fourteen she was middle-aged and frumpy.
Zach
Is that the kind of woman your father liked?
Sheila
No. My father liked them very young, tall,and filled out in all the right places.
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Hidden Secrets of the Past
Meredith Johnson
Remember all the things we did?
Tom Sanders
Yeah, I remember.
Meredith Johnson
Things nobody knows about you and me.
Meredith Johnson
All... our secrets.
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Dinner with Unexpected Consequences
Alex Forrest
You're here with a strange girl being a naughty boy.
Dan Gallagher
I don't think having dinner with anybody's a crime.
Alex Forrest
Not yet.
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Truth and Lies in Reputation Management
Gordon Gekko
Stop telling lies about me and I'll stop telling the truth about you.
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The Dangers of Idealism in Business
Gordon Gekko
Idealism kills every deal.
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Frustration in Communication and Expression
Zach
Dammit, now can't ANYBODY up there hear me! Just let your hair down! Can't you talk? All of you, just talk, to me, to each other!... Jeez!
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Understanding the Boogie Woogie Break
Liberace
As the next part of the Boogie Woogie is so strange that it calls for an explanation, is called a Boogie Woogie break. And when I'm playing it and, like, stop at a certain point, you're going to think I forgot the music. But I didn't forget the music; there's just no music written for that part. That's why they call it a break.
[while performing the Boogie Woogie]
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Contemplating Life Beyond Dance
Zach
Do you ever think about what you're gonna do if you stop dancing?
Connie
For me?
Zach
Yeah.
Connie
Real life, I guess.
Zach
Well, what? Getting married, having babies?
Connie
Go off my diet.
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Finding Direction After Loss
Grady Tripp
As for me, I lost everything: my wife, my book, my job, everything that I thought was important. But I finally knew where I wanted to go. And now I have someone to help me get there.
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The Legalization of Greed in Society
Gordon Gekko
Someone reminded me I once said "Greed is good". Now it seems it's legal. Because everyone is drinking the same Kool-Aid.
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A Tough Decision in a Complicated Relationship
Linda Voss
If you don't let me go, I'll quit!
Ed Leland
I'll miss you.
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Inspiration Behind the Dance Journey
Zach
What made you start dancing?
Mike Cass
Because of my sister. She was a girl. So, my Mom decided she's the one to get all the dancing lessons. So, very Saturday my mother would take her. Once in a while she'd take me along.
Zach
How old were you?
Mike Cass
Four. Five. I'd sit there all eager and... I'm watchin sis, go pitter-pat, Said, "I can do that", "I can do that"...
[singing]
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A Complicated Relationship Confrontation
Dan Gallagher
Look, Alex... I like you. And maybe if I wasn't with somebody else, I'd be with you. But I am.
Alex Forrest
Please don't justify yourself, it's pathetic. You'd tell me to fuck off, I'd have more respect for you.
Dan Gallagher
All right, then fuck off.
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The Nature of Successful Investment Mindset
Gordon Gekko
Ever wonder why fund managers can't beat the S&P 500? Cause they're sheep, and sheep get slaughtered. I been in the business since 69. Most of these Harvard MBA types, they don't add up to dog shit. Gimme guys who are poor, smart and hungry. And no feelings. You win a few, you lose a few, but you keep on fighting . . . and if you need a friend, get a dog.
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Misunderstandings and Regrets in Relationships
James Leer
You're mad at me, aren't you? You're mad because I shot your girlfriend's dog.
Grady Tripp
It wasn't her dog, it was her husband's... Who said anything about a girlfriend?
[looking at James]
Grady Tripp
Okay, James, I wish you hadn't shot my girlfriends dog. Even though Poe and I were not exactly what you'd call simpatico, that's no reason he should've taken two in the chest.
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The Impact of Choices in Writing
Hannah Green
Grady, you know how in class you're always telling us that writers make choices?
Grady Tripp
Yeah.
Hannah Green
And even though your book is really beautiful, I mean, amazingly beautiful, it's... it's at times... it's... very detailed. You know, with the genealogies of everyone's horses, and the dental records, and so on. And... I could be wrong, but it sort of reads in places like you didn't make any choices. At all. And I was just wondering if it might not be different if... if when you wrote you weren't always... under the influence.
Grady Tripp
Well... thank you for the thought, but shocking as it may sound, I am not the first writer to sip a little weed. Furthermore, it might surprise you to know that one book I wrote, as you say, "under the influence," just happened to win a little something called the Pen Award. Which, by the way, I accepted under the influence.
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The Quest for Dreams and Happiness
Liberace
To dream the impossible dream. To be better far than you are. To try, when your arms are too weary. To reach the unreachable star. This is my quest to follow that star. No matter how hopeless. No matter how far. Be willing to give and there's no more to give. Be willing to die so that honor and justice may live and I know and I'll only be true to this glorious quest. My heart, shall lie peaceful and calm, when I'm laid to my rest. Thank you. Thank you. You have made me the happiest piano player who has ever lived and no matter what I still believe and always will. Too much of a good thing is wonderful.
[Scott imagines seeing Liberace performing one last time. Last lines]
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Unclear Ownership of a Collateral Car
Terry Crabtree
Let me get this straight. Jerry Nathan owes you money, so as collateral he gives you his car.
Grady Tripp
Only I'm beginning to think that the car wasn't exactly Jerry's to give.
Terry Crabtree
Ah, so whose car was it?
Grady Tripp
My guess? Vernon Hardapple.
Terry Crabtree
The hood jumper?
Grady Tripp
He said a few things that lead me to believe that the car was his.
Terry Crabtree
Such as?
Grady Tripp
That's my car, motherfucker.
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The Value of Money in Actions
Gordon Gekko
What's worth doing is worth doing for money.
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The Value of Information in Business
Gordon Gekko
The most valuable commodity I know of . . . is information.
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The Consequences of Greed in Trading
Gordon Gekko
Bulls make money. Bears make money. Pigs? They get slaughtered.
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The Relentless Nature of Money
Gordon Gekko
Money is a bitch that never sleeps!
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A Conversation About Dance and Identity
Zach
Tell me about the Bronx.
Diana
What's to tell about the Bronx? It's uptown and to the right.
Zach
What made you start dancing?
Diana
Who knows? I'm Puerto Rican. We jump around a lot.
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Superstitions and Their Unusual Forms
James Leer
It's just... for good luck. Some people carry rabbits feet...
Grady Tripp
...You carry firearms.
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The Dangers of Speculation in Finance
Gordon Gekko
The mother of all evil is speculation.
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Reciprocity in Unconventional Exchanges
Nick Conklin
One good hand job deserves another.
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A Solution to Your Problems
Nick Conklin
Sugai-san, I am the solution... to your problems.
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Betting on Certainty in Uncertain Markets
Gordon Gekko
The public's out there throwing darts at a board, sport. I don't throw darts at a board – I bet on sure things.
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Confronting a Counterfeiting Situation
Nick Conklin
Now, you got a counterfeiting ring going on and you should talk to your partner before you go to the suits. So fuck you very much!
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A Tense Moment of Reluctance and Desire
Meredith Johnson
Put it in.
Tom Sanders
Oh God, I can't do this.
[Looking at a mirror]
Meredith Johnson
Come on. I want you inside me.
Tom Sanders
Oh no no no. I can't do this. I'm not gonna do this.
Meredith Johnson
Now, Now!
Tom Sanders
No. No. NO! NO!
Meredith Johnson
You can't stop. You just can't stop!
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Corruption in Washington Compared to Calcutta
Robert Wakefield
What's Washington like? Well its like Calcutta, surrounded by beggars. The only difference is the beggars in Washington wear 1500 dollar suits and they don't say please or thank you.
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The Need for Rescue in Uncertain Times
Grady Tripp
I had no business trudging up to James Leer's parents house in the middle of the night. Not when all that really mattered was trying to make things right with Sarah. But we had decided to rescue James Leer. I wasn't quite sure from what because I was pretty much convinced that everything that came out of James mouth was basically horseshit. But maybe that really didn't matter. Sometimes people just need to be rescued.
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Luck and Success: A Question of Factors
Gordon Gekko
You gonna tell me the difference between that guy and this guy is luck?
[Pointing to a homeless man and a businessman standing on a street corner]
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A Conversation About Smoking and Self-Perception
Ed Leland
When did you start smoking?
[she lights a cigarette]
Linda Voss
I don't know.
Ed Leland
That was a silly thing to do, don't you think?
Linda Voss
I'm a silly girl, Ed. I think you're living proof of that.
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Consequences of Action and Responsibility
Nick Conklin
If you pull it, you better use it.
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Government's Power and Control Over Wealth
Gordon Gekko
I tell you, the government's worse than a wife. They got all the power, they got half the money. Now they're working on getting the other half.
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Power Dynamics in Sexual Harassment
Tom Sanders
Sexual harassment is about power. When did I have the power? When?
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Conflicted Emotions in a Troubled Relationship
Dan Gallagher
Why are you trying to hurt me?
Alex Forrest
I'm not trying to hurt you Dan, I love you!
Dan Gallagher
You what?
Alex Forrest
I love you!
Dan Gallagher
You don't even know me
Alex Forrest
How can you say that?
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Gordon Gekko's Threatening Retaliation
Gordon Gekko
When I get a hold of the son of a bitch who leaked this, I'm gonna tear his eyeballs out and I'm gonna suck his fucking skull.
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Desire and Consent in Workplace Dynamics
Tom Sanders
You wanna get fucked? Huh? Is that what you want?
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A Proposal for Employment and Skills
Liberace
You know what? I have a great idea. Why don't you come work for me?
Scott
As what?
Liberace
Well, you can be my secretary.
Scott
I don't type.
Liberace
Hell, Scott. I can pay people to type. I need a companion, a bodyguard, someone to keep people off my back. Someone I can talk to, the way we talked tonight. You can be my right hand man. You can take care of the animals. Please, say yes, Scott.
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Confronting Stereotypes of Power and Privilege
Tom Sanders
Why don't I just admit it? Admit that I'm that evil white guy everyone is always complaining about? Hey Chau-Minh, come down here so I can exercise my patriarchal urge!
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A Moment of Self-Discovery
Greg
Finally I got a girl who was actually willing to do it. So, there I am, making out in the backseat with Sally Ketchum. A little of this, a little of that - very little of that. Well, after about an hour she said, "Don't you want to do anything else?" I suddenly thought to myself, "No, I don't.
Zach
Did this come as a big surprise to you?
Greg
I guess. Yeah. It was the moment I realized I was gay.
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Confronting Loneliness and Desperation in Relationships
Dan Gallagher
You're so sad. You know that, Alex? Lonely and very sad.
Alex Forrest
Don't you ever pity me, you smug bastard.
Dan Gallagher
I'll pity you... I'll pity you. I'll pity you because you're sick.
Alex Forrest
Why? Because I won't allow you treat me like some slut you can just bang a couple of times and throw in the garbage?
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The Value of Time Over Money
Gordon Gekko
Payback. Except I'm not in that business anymore - because the one thing I learned in jail is that money is not the prime asset in life. Time is.
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The Price of Success in Wall Street
Gordon Gekko
Wake up, will ya, pal? If you're not inside, you're outside, okay? And I'm not talking a $400,000 a year working Wall Street stiff flying first class and being comfortable, I'm talking about liquid. Rich enough to have your own jet. Rich enough not to waste time. Fifty, a hundred million dollars, buddy. A player, or nothing. Now, you had what it took to get into my office; the real question is whether you got what it takes to stay.
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Support and Understanding in Family Challenges
Robert Wakefield
My name is Robert. And my wife, Barbara and I are here to support our daughter Caroline. And we're here to listen.
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Confrontation Over Codeine Use
Grady Tripp
What do we have here? This looks like... that's our old friend Mr. Codeine. That should take the old pinch out of the ankle. Want one?
James Leer
No, thanks. I'm fine without them.
Grady Tripp
Right. That's why you were standing in the chancellor's backyard spinning that "cap gun" of yours. You're fine. Yeah, you're just as fit as a fuckin fiddle.
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Choreography's Rooted in Dance Experience
Sheila
You were a rotten dancer.
Zach
Why do you think I became your choreographer?
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Confronting Unexpected Consequences and Uncertainty
James Leer
Professor Tripp? Can I ask you a question?
Grady Tripp
Yeah, James.
James Leer
What are we going to do with... it?
Grady Tripp
I don't know. I'm still trying to figure out how to tell the Chancellor I murdered her husband's dog.
James Leer
You?
Grady Tripp
Trust me, James, when the family pet's been assassinated, the owner doesn't want to hear one of her students was the trigger man.
James Leer
Does she want to hear it was one of her professors?
Grady Tripp
...I've got tenure.
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Embracing the Idea of Fate
Liberace
Well, this must be fate.
[to Scott]
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A Musical Tribute to Family Appreciation
Liberace
I love it! That was terrific! Ya see, George. I told you, men do come to my concerts. Well, I really appreciate it and I know somebody else out in the audience that appreciates it too. And that's my mom. Mom, I'll tell you what. Let them hear it from you and I'll play it just for you. Okay, mom?
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Isolation After Loss and Betrayal
Gordon Gekko
They took my life - and when I got out - who's waiting for me? Nobody!
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The Value of Reputation in Business
Nicholas Van Orton
And you really believe that just because you publish children's books, people are going to care about my reputation? You can have pictures of me wearing nipple rings, butt-fucking ]. The only thing they care about is the stock and whether that stock is up or down!
[[w:Captain Kangaroo|Captain Kangaroo]
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Misunderstanding in a Workplace Encounter
Tom Sanders
I did NOT have sex with her!
Susan Hendler
Oh, then what was it Tom? She was trying to quit smoking?
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The Complexity of Family in the Drug War
Robert Wakefield
If there is a war on drugs, then many of our family members are the enemy. And I don't know how you wage war on your own family.
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Civilized Conversations Amidst War Tensions
Ed Leland
You can come to work for me while I'm here, I can always use a good secretary.
[seeing Linda for the first time in six months after their passionate affair, and he has come strolling in with a stunning burnette]
Linda Voss
This is all so civilized, Edward. That's what you like isn't, it? Civilized people, polite ladies with pedigrees who look good at the opera, and never make you laugh too hard, and never make you feel too much. I've had a lot of time to think about this and don't tell me it's the war, when I've been waiting for six months to hear whether you're dead or alive and you waltz into a nightclub.
Ed Leland
Linda, I came in last night and I was going to call you.
Linda Voss
Oh, go to hell.
Linda Voss
Careful, Ed. You might have to admit you know me.
Ed Leland
Linda, it is the war.
Linda Voss
You're so noble, Ed.
Ed Leland
Did I promise you something? If I did, I'd like to know.
Army SSG in Canteen
Excuse me, sir. I thought the young lady might like to dance.
Ed Leland
The lady is busy.
Linda Voss
I'd love to dance.
Ed Leland
I'm cutting in.
Linda Voss
Don't let him.
Army SSG in Canteen
Excuse me, sir. But I don't think the young lady wants to dance with you.
Ed Leland
Don't try it, or I'll leave here with your Adam's Apple in my pocket.
Linda Voss
What do you want from me?
Ed Leland
I want you to stop feeling sorry for yourself.
Linda Voss
No, you want me to stop feeling, like you... You didn't love me, didn't you? I could have been wrong.
Ed Leland
You weren't.
Linda Voss
Well then. How do you stop, or want to?
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Reflections on Dreams and Lighting Choices
Zach
Is there anything you want to tell me?
Sheila
What do I want to be when I grow up?
Zach
Okay.
Sheila
Young. That light - don't you have anything softer?
Zach
Come closer.
Sheila
Can I sit on your lap?
Zach
Do you always come on like this?
Sheila
No. Sometimes I'm aggressive.
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