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Friendship and Frustration Amongst Young Adults
Joey
Hey, Tony, Double J's been in the car twenty five minutes with some chick!
Tony Manero
So?
Joey
So, I can't get the selfish prick out!
Tony Manero
These guys can't do nothin without me.
[to Annette]
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Life After the Music Ends
Taglines
Where do you go when the record is over...
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A Cry for Freedom and Justice
Tony Manero
]! Attica! Attica! Attica!
[[Al Pacino]
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Shared Initials and Marriage Monograms
Tony Manero
You know, you and I got the same last initial.
Stephanie Mangano
Wow. Does that mean when we get married, I won't have to change the monogram or my luggage?
[sarcastically]
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Dance Skills and Partner Dynamics
Tony Manero
She can dance, you know that? She's got the wrong partner of course, but she can dance.
Joey
So then why don't you ask her?
Tony Manero
Fuck you.
Joey
Which position?
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The Meaning of Having Your Life Together
Stephanie Mangano
I'm sick of guys who ain't got their shit together.
Tony Manero
Well, all ya need is a salad bowl, and a potato masher, and you got your shit together!
[mimics stirring in a bowl]
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Recognition and Validation in Everyday Life
Tony
I don't see no one givin you a raise down at unemployment.
Frank Manero Sr
Four dollars? Shit!
Tony Manero
I knew you'd piss on it. Go on, just piss on it. A raise says like you're good, you know? You know how many times someone told me I was good in my life? Two! Twice! Two fuckin times! This raise today, and dancing... dancin at the disco! You sure as hell never did!
[gets up and walks out of the room]
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Self-Destructive Choices Beyond Physical Harm
Tony Manero
There's ways of killing youself without killing yourself.
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Confrontation Over Personal Boundaries
Tony Manero
Why are you such a cocktease?
Stephanie Mangano
Don't you call me no goddamned cocktease!
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Dance Floor Confidence and Bedroom Misunderstandings
Connie
So, are you as good in bed as you are on that dance floor?
Tony Manero
You know, Connie, if you're as good in bed as you are on the dance floor, then you're one lousy fuck.
Connie
Then how come they always send me flowers the next morning?
Tony Manero
Cause most guys don't know a lousy fuck when they've have one. Or I dunno. Maybe they thought you was dead.
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Choices Defining Female Identity in Youth
Tony Manero
Are you a nice girl or a cunt?
Annette
I don't know. Both?
Tony Manero
No. You can't be both. It's a decision a girl's gotta make early in life, if she's gonna be a nice girl or a cunt.
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Creativity Inspired by Television Influence
Stephanie Mangano
Nice move. Did you make that up?
Tony Manero
Yeah, well, I saw on TV first, then I made it up.
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The Conflict Between Present and Future Planning
Fusco
You can save a little, build a future.
Tony Manero
To hell with the future!
Fusco
No, Tony! You can't fuck the future. The future fucks you. It catches up with you and it fucks you if you ain't planned for it!
Tony Manero
Look, tonight is the future, and I am planning for it. There's this shirt I gotta buy, a beautiful shirt.
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Confrontation and Frustration in Tony's Statement
Tony Manero
You know what, Gus? I feel like breaking your broken legs!
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Controversial Remarks on Race and Sexuality
Tony Manero
(On the way into the 2001 Odyssey discothèque) Would you put your dick in a spic? Does it get bigger in a nigger?
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A Playful Exchange on Seating Choices
Annette
Ain't ya gonna ask me to sit down?
Tony Manero
No, cause you would do it.
Annette
Bet you'd ask me to lay down.
Tony Manero
No, you would not do it.
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Perceptions of Dance and Relationships
Tony Manero
You make it with some of these chicks, they think you gotta dance with them.
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Concern for Hair Care
Tony Manero
Would ya just watch the hair? Ya know, I work on my hair a long time and you hit it. He hits my hair.
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Confidence in Connection
Tony Manero
Couldja dig it? I knew that ya could.
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Finding Your Own Path to Happiness
Doreen
Can I wipe your forehead?
Bobby C.
My girlfriend, she loves the taste of communion wafers.
Double J.
What did you say your name was?
[to a girl he just got done having sex with]
Frank Manero Jr.
Tony, the only way you're gonna survive is to do what you think is right, not what they keep trying to jam you into. You let them do that and you're gonna be nothing but miserable.
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Promoting Saturday Night Fever and Its Stars
Taglines
We want everyone to see John Travolta's performance... Because we want everyone to hear the #1 group in the country, the Bee Gees... Because we want everyone to catch "Saturday Night Fever".
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Unexpected Kiss at the Disco
Girl in Disco
Kiss me.
Girl in Disco
Kiss me!
Girl in Disco
Ohh, I just kissed Al Pacino!
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A Clash Over Time Off at Work
Tony Manero
I gotta have an afternoon off, and I'm takin it.
Fusco
If you do, you're fired.
Tony Manero
I'm doin it!
Fusco
Then you're fired!
Tony Manero
Then fuck you, asshole!
Fusco
And the horse you rode in on.
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A Lighthearted Exchange About a Finger Injury
Tony Manero
Hey, you know you assholes almost broke my pussy finger!
Gus
Oh yeah, you wouldn't know which one it was.
Tony Manero
I know, my middle one.
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