Memorable Quotes from Michael Paré
18 quotesThe Still Point of a Turning World
Adult Trip Fontaine
She was the still point of the turning world, man.
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Reflection on Lost Connection and Change
Adult Trip Fontaine
I liked her a lot, but it was different out on the field. I never saw her again.
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Struggling with Loss and Performance Expectations
Eddie Wilson
The other day, I buried one of my best friends. He was the best sax player I ever heard. And they tell me I gotta come up here and entertain you people now. I don't think I'll be able to do that.
[to the audience, a few days after Wendell Newton's death; walks off the stage]
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The Desire for Lasting Music
Eddie Wilson
Joann was telling me you write music, thinks that might be good. I can give you a try. What I want is songs that echo. The stuff we're doing now is like somebody's bedsheets. Spread em out, soil em, ship em out to laundry, you know? But our songs... I want to be able to fold ourselves up in them forever. You understand? That's the most you'll ever get out of me, Wordman, ever.
[to Frank; Frank nods]
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Shifting Alliances in Global Politics
David Herdeg
I can't believe this! Germany and Japan are our friends, and Russia's the enemy now?
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Perceptions of Television in Different Eras
Major Clark
So, what did you think of 1984?
David Herdeg
Television was great.
Major Clark
You didn't see enough of it.
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Exploring the Allure of the Dark Side
Eddie Wilson
The dark side is calling now, nothing is real / She'll never know just how I feel / From out of a shadow, she walks like a dream / Makes me feel crazy, makes me feel so mean / Ain't nothing gonna save you from a love that is blind / Slip to the dark side across that line / On the dark side, oh yeah / On the dark side, oh yeah
[singing]
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Conflict Over Creative Aspirations and Reality
Doc Robbins
Damn it. What the hell are you doing?
Lew Eisen
I've heard enough. Tell him to just relax.
Doc Robbins
There's nothing can't be fixed, am I right?
[about Eddie's album]
Lew Eisen
This won't fix, this is a disaster. You want to be a poet? Try Greenwich Village.
[to Eddie]
Doc Robbins
Listen, Lew, another couple of weeks. We've been working for months.
Lew Eisen
Doc, take six weeks. I still wouldn't know what to do with it.
Eddie Wilson
You want to know what you can do with it? I'll tell you what you can do with it, you son of a bitch!
[angrily to Lew, with Sal and Kenny holding him back]
Lew Eisen
Hey! I put up ten grand, and I expect something for my money. This is what I've waiting a year for? A bunch of jerk-offs making weird sounds? You're not gonna see a red penny!
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Nerves Before a College Performance
Sal Amato
Hey, Wordman, this shindig tonight. How are we suppose to dress?
Frank Ridgeway
Hey, wait a minute. What is the big deal? We've played at colleges before.
Eddie Wilson
Yeah, sure, we played at "St. Something" down in Delaware and "Fairly Ridiculous" up in Madison, but we ain't never played at no finishing school like this. This is a mistake, we don't belong here. These people are different.
Frank Ridgeway
I'm telling you they're gonna eat us up. They're just a bunch of college kids, no better than you...
Eddie Wilson
Hey! I didn't say better, I said different. You oughta remember that.
[interrupting]
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Navy Back Pay Claim by David Herdeg
David Herdeg
You know, I got it all figured out... Navy owes me 40 years back pay.
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Navy Service and Romance Expectations
Allison Hayes
Why'd you join the Navy?
David Herdeg
You know the old saying: girl in every port.
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Questioning the Possibility of the Experiment
David Herdeg
This now, this time, it's not ours. We weren't here when it happened. The experiment took place on a ship in a Philadelphia harbor. It was - 1943, October. Does this sound... crazy? You know, or is this sort of thing possible now?
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Striving for Greatness Amidst Doubt and Disagreement
Doc Robbins
Are you crazy? We had the money in our hands and you blew it. You blew it!
[to Eddie; Eddie pushes him far back]
Sal Amato
Eddie, you're wrong! You're wrong! Now listen to me, I love you. I've known you longer than anyone else. But you're wrong. They want "On the Dark Side"! Why are we giving them some damn opera? I don't even know what you're after!
Eddie Wilson
I want something great. I want something that nobody's ever done before!
Sal Amato
Why? We ain't great. We're just some guys from Jersey.
Eddie Wilson
If you can't be great, than there's no sense in ever playing music again, Sal.
Sal Amato
Blame this on you. It was you! We were doing good till you came along. And you got us all screwed up!
[to Frank]
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Reality Check During a Television Speech
David Herdeg
] giving a speech on television] Hey, I know this guy. Is this another movie?
[sees [[Ronald Reagan]
Allison Hayes
No, David, it's not another movie.
[smiles]
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Celebrating the Illusion of Greatness
Eddie Wilson
You actually believe that you could build a castle out of a bunch of junk. What a crock. Holy shit. What a phony. Here we are, guys. Right where we belong. You got your Edsels,... Norges,... Dumonts... and Eddie Wilson. Together at last, creating our own incredible monument to nothing! Here's to nothing, fellas! Here's to nothing!
[looks at the mirror; smashes the mirror; shouts and claps his hands]
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Mirage in the Desert
Jim Parker
Isn't that - water up ahead?
David Herdeg
No. This is a desert. And that's a mirage.
Jim Parker
How much longer you think this mirage is gonna last?
[later, walking through the flooded plain]
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Questioning Morality in Legal Representation
Detective Kurlen
How does someone like you sleep at night with all the scum you represent?
[to Haller in crowded elevator]
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Disagreement Over Song Tempo
Eddie Wilson
Let's get on with the music. 1, 2, 1, 2, 3, 4. Hold it, hold it! Wait a minute, wait a minute!
[getting ready to practice "Betty Lou's Got a New Pair of Shoes"; starts the song]
Sal Amato
What the matter?
Eddie Wilson
What's the matter, where you racing to, where's the fire?
Sal Amato
No fire. That's the way the song was written, it goes that way: upbeat. What's the problem?
Eddie Wilson
The problem is I'm just saying words. You know, you got to give me a little room so people will know what I'm singing about.
Sal Amato
Hey, you lose the beat, people miss a step, we want them to dance.
Eddie Wilson
Lose a beat, miss a step. What a you a moron, Sal?
Sam Amato
Do you believe this guy?
Eddie Wilson
Look, Sal, I like your stuff. But it just ain't what I was looking for. You understand?
Sal Amato
Forget it, you had your mind made up before you ever started. So what am I knocking myself out for?
Eddie Wilson
Look, I don't want to argue with you, Sal. Do you want to get another opinion on the subject?
Sal Amato
No! Forget it.
Eddie Wilson
Joann, what do you think?
Sal Amato
What are you asking her for?
Eddie Wilson
Why not ask her, she's got brain?
Sal Amato
I don't know anything? She knows, huh? Everybody you bring into this band is an expert, except Sally. Sally's just a dumb guinea, right?
Eddie Wilson
You dumb guinea. Hey, kid, come here.
[looking at Frank]
Frank Ridgeway
Who, me?
Eddie Wilson
Yeah, you, come here.
Eddie Wilson
Now, you heard what we're talking about. What do you think?
Frank Ridgeway
I think he's right, I think it needs a caesura.
[agreeing with Eddie]
Eddie Wilson
See, my way with a caesurian.
[pointing to himself]
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