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The Way We Were Quotes

PG 1973 · 1h 58m 70 Audience
19 quotes
Timeless Connection of Two Iconic Stars
Taglines Streisand and Redford together!
A Question About Pie
Hubbell Gardiner What kind of pie?
The Complexity of Youth and Aging
Katie Wouldn't it be wonderful if we were old? Then we could say we survived all this. Everything thing would be uncomplicated, the way it was when we were young?
Hubbell Katie, it was never uncomplicated.
Embracing Individuality in Relationships
Katie I don't have the right style for you, do I?
Hubbell No, you don't have the right style.
Katie I'll change.
Hubbell No, don't change, you're your own girl, you have your own style.
Katie But then I won't have you. Why can't I have you?
Hubbell Because you push too hard, every damn minute. There's no time to ever relax and enjoy living. Everything's too serious to be so serious.
Katie If I push too hard it's because I want things to be better, I want us to be better, I want you to be better. Sure I make waves you have I mean you have to. And I'll keep making them till you're everything you should be and will be. You'll never find anyone as good for you as I am, to believe in you as much as I do, or to love you as much.
Hubbell I know that.
Katie Well, then why?
Hubbell Do you think if I come back it's going to be okay by magic? What's going to change? What's going to be different? We'll both be wrong. We'll both lose.
Katie Couldn't we both win?
Unfulfilled Love and Self-Doubt in Relationships
Katie You'll never find anyone as good for you as I am, to believe in you as much as I do or love you as much!
Hubbell I know that.
Katie Well then, why?
Reflections on Love and Importance
Taglines Everything seemed so important then .. even love!
The Burden of Overworking
Hubbell Gardiner The trouble with some people is they work too hard.
Embracing Uncertainty in Life's Experiences
Hubbell Gardiner Maybe something terrible will happen - maybe you'll have a good time.
[when Katie doesn't want to go to a party with Hubbell's friends]
Unconventional Order at a Fast Food Joint
Hubbell A... two cheeseburgers and four Cokes.
Katie Onion?
Hubbell Yeah, in the Cokes.
The Blinding Effects of Love
Hubbell Gardiner When you love someone, from Roosevelt to me, you go deaf, dumb and blind.
Resilience in Competition and Acceptance
Hubbell You never give up, do you?
Katie Only when I'm absolutely forced to. But I'm a very good loser...
Hubbell Better than I am.
Katie Well, I've had more practice.
People and Principles in Conflict
Hubbell I’m telling you that people—people are more important than any goddamn witch hunt. You and me! Not causes. Not principles.
Katie Hubbell, people are their principles.
Celebrating Rosh Hashana with Joy
Katie Morosky Gardiner Happy Rosh Hashana.
Understanding Different Perspectives in Relationships
Hubbell I don't see how you can do it.
[discussing advocacy for political causes]
Katie And I don't see how you can't.
Struggles with Commitment and Emotion
Hubbell Gardiner You hold on and I don't know how. And I wish I did. Maybe you were born committed... I can't get negative enough. I can't get angry enough. And I can't get positive enough.
[To Katie]
Enduring Nature of Memories
Taglines Some memories last forever.
Comparison of Difficulties in Life
Hubbell Gardiner You think you're easy? Compared to what, the Hundred Years War?
The Importance of Commitment in Relationships
Hubbell Gardiner You're unhappy unless you do something. Because of me, you're trying to lay out, but that's wrong... wrong for you. Commitment is part of you. Part of what makes you attractive, part of what attracted me to you.
[Katie proposes chucking politics in order to save their marriage]
A Compliment to a Loved One
Katie Morosky Gardiner Your girl is lovely, Hubbell.