Xanadu (1980) - Quotes

Moments and Eternity in Conversation

Mnemosyne: Maybe just one moment darling…

Zeus: …well maybe just one moment or forever, I keep getting them mixed up too.

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Attempting the Impossible Rescue

Sonny: I've come to take you out of here.

Kira: It can't be done. No one's ever taken anyone out of here. Not in the whole history of... the whole history!

Sonny: I'll make them let you go. Zeus! Zeus, you hear me?

Kira: Oh, God.

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A Promise for the First Dance

Danny: Kira, I want you to promise me one thing.

Kira: Anything!

Danny: On opening night, I get the first dance.

Kira: Okay.

Sonny: You're gonna dance?

Danny: Oh, I've been known to twinkle a toe or two.

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Facing Nerves Before a Club Opening

Danny: Don't tell anyone, but I'm nervous.

Kira: What about?

Danny: I haven't had a club opening since... 1945. Wow.

Kira: Then just pretend it's 1945 all over again.

Danny: [looks fondly at Kira] I don't have to pretend. It is 1945 all over again.

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The Meaning of Muse Explained

Kira: Look up "muse" in the dictionary. Go on, page seven twenty-eight. Read it!

Sonny: [reading] Okay, all right. I'll read it. "Muse; any one of the nine sister...

Kira: Like the album cover? Mm-hmm?

Sonny: [reading] Any one of the nine sister goddesses in Greek mythology, presiding over song, and poetry, and the arts and do you believe me now, Sonny?" How'd you do that? What's going on?

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The Nature of Inspiration and Muses

Kira: Have you ever heard the expression "kissed by a muse"? Well, that's what I am. I'm a muse.

Sonny: Well, I'm glad someone's having a good time.

Kira: Oh, don't make jokes; I'm serious.

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A Conversation About Personal Lives

Sonny: I want to know more about you.

Kira: You already know enough about me. Any more and you're going to get a headache.

Sonny: Are you living with someone?

Kira: Yes. I told you I live with my sisters.

Sonny: I know. In an apartment on the second floor. All right, then. What's your last name?

Kira: Same as my mother's and father's.

Sonny: And what's that?

Kira: Which one, my mother's or my father's?

Sonny: Either!

Kira: The same as mine!

Sonny: I get it. No questions.

Kira: No questions, no lies.

Sonny: No questions, no truth, either.

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Coincidental Encounters and Artistic Inspiration

Sonny: Hey I've been asking about you all day. You may not believe this but I'm painting an album cover and you're on it.

Kira: Why shouldn't I believe it?

Sonny: Because before today I never laid eyes on you. Now I've seen you 3 times in one day. That's a little too coincidental.

Kira: Sounds like you don't believe it.

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Artistic Expectations and Personal Distractions

Simpson: It is supposed to look exactly like the album cover I gave you! Is that too difficult?

Sonny: If you want me to work, I'll work. If you want stand there and argue, I can get into that, too.

Simpson: Don't be a wiseass, Malone. That painting should be done; what are you wasting all this time on the girl for?

Sonny: Because that's how she really looks.

Simpson: I don't give a damn how she really looks, just get it FINISHED! Now, when are you gonna have it done?

Sonny: Well, I'd say it probably will be done...when it's done, but that's only an approximate guess.

Simpson: Five minutes, my office. If it's six, keep walking.

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Generational Clash Over Musical Preferences

Danny: Kid can you imagine it?

Sonny: Imagine what?

Danny: A bandstand. Right over there in that corner. And a big band, like in the 40's

Sonny: Nah, nah, nah. Bandstands went out with running boards. Over there. A great rock n roll band. This is the 80's!

Danny: Real smooth dancers... wild trombone... the band decked out in tuxedos.

Sonny: Six guys wearing electric orange... synthesizer... heavy percussion... electric guitar.

Danny: Lots of glamour. Everybody dressed in elegance and style.

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The Fate of Dreams in Our Hands

Sonny: Dreams die.

Danny: No. No, no, no. Not by themselves. We - we kill them!

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Reflections on Retirement from the Music Business

Danny McGuire: You know, I used to be in the music business, but now I'm what you might call retired. It's a refined name for bum.

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The Essence of Xanadu Revealed

Kira: [[Jeff Lynne] * "Xanadu" written by ]

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The Timeless Dream of Xanadu

Kira: The love, the echoes of long ago you needed the world to know They are in Xanadu The dream that came through a million years That lived on through all the tears, it came to Xanadu

The Power of Inspiration and Creation

Kira: [[w:Xanadu (Electric Light Orchestra and Olivia Newton-John song)|Xanadu; [Jeff Lynne] * "]" written by ]

Discovering the Reality of Xanadu

Kira: A place where nobody dared to go the love that we came to know They call it Xanadu And now, open your eyes and see what we have made is real We are in Xanadu A million lights are dancing and there you are, a shooting star An everlasting world and you're here with me, eternally Xanadu

Timeless Moments in Xanadu

Kira: [[w:John Farrar|John Farrar] * "Suspended in Time" by ]

Suspended in Time: A Love's Plea

Kira: [[miracle] But how can our love succeed A ] is what we need And so I appeal to you To keep me suspended in time with you Don't let this moment die I get a feeling when I'm with you None of the rules apply But I know for certain Goodbye is a crime So love if you need me Suspend me in time

The Power of Imagination and Inspiration

Kira: [[w:John Farrar|John Farrar] * "Magic" by ]

Guidance and Promise in the Journey

Kira: From where I stand you are home free, the planets align so rare There's promise in the air, and I'm guiding you

The Essence of Magic

Kira: [[w:John Farrar|John Farrar] * "Magic" by ]

Believing in Magic and Dreams

Kira: [[believe; [magic; [hopes; [destiny] You have to ] we are ], nothin can stand in our way You have to believe we are magic, don't let your aim ever stray And if all your ] survive, ] will arrive I'll bring all your dreams alive, for you

Embracing creativity and inspiration in life

Kira: [[w: Magic (Olivia Newton-John song)|Magic; [w:John Farrar|John Farrar] * "]" by ]

Guidance and Dreams in Xanadu

Kira: [[hand; [mind; [kind] Come take my ], you should know me, I've always been in your ] You know I will be ], I'll be guiding you Building your dream has to start now, There's no other road to take You won't make a mistake, I'll be guiding you.

The Role of Muses in Inspiration

Kira: [[Michelangelo; [Shakespeare; [Beethoven] We've been painted by ]. ]'s written sonnets about us. ]'s played music for us. We're not supposed to feel emotion or show any feelings. Muses are just supposed to inspire.