Quotes

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Selma: You're fantastic. You just have to listen to your heart, Cvalda. Kathy: I don't want you to call me Cvalda. Selma: You're Cvalda to me.

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Selma: [in the cinema, asking description of the movie because she can't see] How is she doing? Kathy: It's when she cannot keep up, and she's going to faint. Ah, she fainted. Angry man: Please be quiet. Kathy: Oh, give us a break. She doesn't see that well. Angry man: I paid good money to see this film. Kathy: Well, so did she. Selma: I love it when they dance. Angry man: For Pete's sake, it's a musical. Of course they're dancing! Kathy: We know that! Angry man: Oh, you're so smart. Kathy: Yes. Selma: I think you made friends, Kathy. [laughing]

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Selma: Would it make you feel better If I told you a secret? Bill: What secret could you tell me? Selma: I'm going blind. Not yet, but... soon. Maybe sometime this year. Bill: Blind... Selma: It's not as bad as it sounds. It's, uh... It's a family thing. Bill: But, blind? Selma: I've always known it. From... when I was a little girl, I knew. Bill: And you're okay? Selma: Well, I came to America because in America, they can give Gene an operation.

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Selma: You know when the camera goes really big and it comes up out of the roof, and you just know that it's gonna end? I hate that. I used to cheat on that when I was a little girl back in Czechoslovakia. I would leave the cinema just after the next to last song, and the film would just go on forever. It's lovely, isn't it? Bill: That is lovely.

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Jeff: Look, I don't understand. In musicals... why do they start to sing and dance all of a sudden? I mean, I don't suddenly start... to sing and dance. Selma: No... You're right, Jeff. You don't.

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Jeff: You can't see, can you? Selma: What is there to see?

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Brenda: Why don't you try to think of something nice, all right? Selma: It's just so quiet here. Brenda: What's that got to do with it, Selma? Selma: You know, when I used to work in the factory... I used to dream that I was in a musical... Because, in a musical, nothing dreadful ever happens.

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Kathy: But he needs his mother, you know, alive, no matter where! Selma: You don't understand! He needs his eyes! Kathy: He needs his mother! Selma: No! Kathy: Yes! Alive! Selma: NO!! Kathy: Listen to reason for once, Selma! Selma... Selma: I listen to my heart...

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Jeff: Why did you have him? You knew he would have the same disease as you. Selma: I just wanted to hold a little baby... just in my arms.