Memorable Quotes from Natalie Wood
12 quotesGender and Perception in Achievement
Maggie DuBois
You mean amazing because I'm a woman.
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Embracing Confidence and Self-Beauty
Maria
I feel pretty, oh so pretty, I feel pretty and witty and gay,And I pity, any girl who isn't me today.I feel charming, oh so charming, it's alarming how charming I feel.And so pretty, that I hardly can believe I'm real.
[sings]
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Memory and Trauma in Youth
Plato
I used to lie in my crib at night and I'd listen to them fight.
Jim
Can you remember back that far? I can't remember what happened yesterday. I can't. How do you do it?
[laughs]
Plato
Oh, I had to go to a headshrinker. Boy, he made me remember.
Jim
Did he?
Plato
Then my mother said it cost too much, so she went to Hawaii instead.
Jim
Well, what's your problem?
Plato
Oh, I don't know. But, but I'm happy now, here. Oh, I wish we could stay here.
Judy
Plato, where's your father now?
Plato
Oh, he's dead. He was a hero in the China Sea.
Jim
You told me he was a big wheel in New York.
Plato
I did? Aw, what's the difference? He might as well be dead anyway.
Judy
It's all right.
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Communication Challenges Among Friends
Chino
It is bad.
[about the "Rumble"]
Maria
Very bad?
Chino
You see,...
Maria
It will be easier if you say it very fast.
Chino
There was a fight. And Nardo... Somehow, a knife... And Nardo and someone, they...
Maria
Tony! What happened to Tony?
Maria
Chino, tell me! Is Tony all right?!
Chino
HE KILLED YOUR BROTHER!!
Maria
You are lying! Chino! Why do you lie to me?! Chino! Chino! Chino, it's true! You are lying! Why?! Why do you lie to me, Chino?! Chino!
[runs downstairs]
Boy
Mama! Mama! Bernardo está muerto!
Mother
Bernardo, muerto?!
Maria
NO!!
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A Night of Love and Miracles
Maria
Tonight, tonight, it all began tonight, I saw you and the world went away.Tonight, tonight, there's only you tonight, what you are, what you do, what you say.
[sings]
Tony
Today, all day I had the feeling a miracle would happen, I know now I was right.
Tony and Maria
For here you are and what was just a world is a star tonight.
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Love and Escape in Adversity
Tony
I didn't believe hard enough.
Maria
Loving is enough.
Tony
Not here. They won't let us be.
Maria
Then we'll get away.
Tony
Yeah. We can?
Maria
Yes.
Tony
We will?
Maria
Yes. Hold my hand and we're halfway there. Hold my hand and I'll take you there. Somehow, someday, some... .
[sings; Tony dies. As she lays him down on the ground gently, the Jets start towards Chino and the Sharks advance towards them]
Maria
Stay back! . How do you fire this gun, Chino? Just by pulling this little trigger?! How many bullets are left, Chino? Enough for you? And you? All of you! You all killed him, and my brother, and Riff! Not with bullets and guns, but with HATE! Well, I can kill now too, because now I have hate! How many can I kill, Chino? How many -- and still have one bullet left for me? Oh No! DON'T YOU TOUCH HIM! . Te adoro, Anton.
[The gangs stop. Maria walks over to Chino and takes the gun from him; Points the gun at the Sharks, who move back; Unable to fire the gun, she drops it and breaks down in tears. Schrank and Krupke arrive, and Schrank starts towards Tony's body. Maria runs over and covers Tony; Schrank steps back. Maria gently kisses Tony]
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Multilingual Skills of Maggie DuBois
Maggie DuBois
I speak, read, and write French... Russian... and Arabic.
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Exploring Plato's Castle with Friends
Plato
Well, what do you think of my castle?
Jim and Judy
Wow. Shoo. Gee. Wow.
Jim
Well, now. There, then. Uh, I think we'll take it for the summer.
Plato
Right this way.
Jim
Oh. Uh-huh. Would you like to rent it, or are you more in the mood to buy, dear?
[to Judy]
Judy
You decide, darling.
Jim
Oh, yes. Yes.
Judy
Remember our budget.
Plato
Oh, don't give it a thought. It's, uh, only three million dollars a month.
Jim
What?
Judy
Oh, we can manage that. I'll scrimp and I'll save and I'll work my fingers to the bone.
Jim
You see, we're newlyweds.
Judy
Yes. Oh, there's just one thing. What about...
Plato
Children? Right this way.
Judy
Yes.
Plato
See, we really don't encourage them. They're so noisy and troublesome. Don't you agree?
Jim
Ugh. Drown em like puppies. Ugh.
Plato
This is a wonderful arrangement. They can carry on and you'll never even notice.
[leading them to an empty swimming pool]
Jim
Oh, a sunken nursery.
Plato
In fact, if you lock them in, you'll never have to see them again, much less talk to them.
Judy
Talk to them — heavens!
Jim
Nobody talks to children.
Judy
No, they just tell them.
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A Brother’s Plea for Recognition
Martin
Debbie... Debbie, Debbie, don't you remember? I'm Martin, I'm Martin, your brother, remember? Debbie, remember back.
[''speaking to Debbie for the first time in five years'']
Martin
Do you remember how I used to let you ride my horse? And tell you stories?
Martin
Oh don't you remember me, Debbie?
Debbie Edwards
I remember, from always. At first I prayed to you to come and get me, take me home. You didn't come.
[''sad'']
Martin
But I've come now, Debbie.
Debbie
These are my people... Go. Go, Martin, please!
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Unity in Love Amidst Adversity
Tony
Make of our hands one hand, Make of our hearts one heartMake of our vows one last vow, Only death will part us now.
[sings]
Maria
Make of our lives one life, Day after day one life
Tony and Maria
Now it begins, now we startOne hand, one heart, even death won't part us now.
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A Vision of Hope and Togetherness
Tony
There's a place for us, Somewhere a place for usPeace and quiet and open air wait for us, Somewhere.
[sings]
Maria
There's a time for us, Some day a time for usTime together with time to spare, time to look, time to care, Someday.
Tony
Somewhere we'll find a new way of living.
Maria
We'll find a way of forgiving, Somewhere.
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Emancipation Through Mutual Support and Empowerment
Maggie DuBois
Women have to emancipate themselves in order to emancipate men. So they can emancipate each other where it counts the most.
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