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Forrest Gump: [narrating] You know, it's funny what a young man recollects. 'Cause I don't remember being born. I, I don't recall what I got for my first Christmas and I don't know when I went on my first outdoor picnic. But, I do remember the first time I heard the sweetest voice in the wide world. Young Jenny: You can sit here if you want. Forrest Gump: [narrating] I had never seen anything so beautiful in my life. She was like an angel. Young Jenny: Well, are you gonna sit down, or aren't ya? Young Jenny: What's wrong with your legs? Young Forrest: Um, nothing at all, thank you. My legs are just fine and dandy. Young Jenny: Then why do you have those shoes on? Young Forrest: Momma says my back is as crooked as a question mark. These shoes are gonna make me as straight as an arrow. They're my magic shoes. Forrest Gump: [narrating] I just sat next to her on that bus and had conversation all the way to school. And next to Momma, no one ever talked to me or asked me questions. Young Jen

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Forrest Gump: Hello. I'm Forrest, Forrest Gump. Recruit Officer: [shouting] Nobody gives a horse's shit who you are, fuzzball! You're not even a low-life, scum-sucking maggot! Get your faggoty ass on the bus, you're in the Army now! Recruit #1: Seat's taken. Recruit #2: Taken. Forrest Gump: [describing his induction] At first it seemed like I made a mistake, seeing how it was my induction day and I was already gettin' yelled at. Bubba Blue: You can sit down... if you want to. Forrest Gump: [narrating] I didn't know who I might meet or what they might ask? Bubba Blue: Have you ever been on a real shrimp boat? Forrest Gump: No, but I've been on a real big boat. Bubba Blue: I'm talkin' about a shrimp-catchin' boat. I've been workin' on shrimp boats all my life. I started out on my uncle's boat, that's my mother's brother, when I was maybe about nine. I was just lookin' into buyin' a boat of my own and got drafted. My given name is Benjamin Buford Blue, but people call me "Bubba." Just lik

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Drill Sergeant: GUMP! What's your sole purpose in this Army?! Forrest Gump: To do whatever you tell me, Drill Sergeant! Drill Sergeant: God damn it, Gump! You're a goddamned genius! That's the most outstanding answer I have ever heard! You must have a goddamned I.Q. of 160! You are goddamned gifted, Private Gump! Listen up, people... Forrest Gump: [narrating] Now for some reason I fit in the Army like one of them round pegs. It's not really hard. You just make your bed real neat and remember to stand up straight and always answer every question with "Yes, Drill Sergeant!" Drill Sergeant: This is one very intelligent individual! You lock your scuzzy bodies up behind that private and do exactly what he does, and you will go far in this man's Army! Is that clear?! Forrest Gump, Recruits: YES, DRILL SERGEANT!

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Forrest Gump: Done, Drill Sergeant! Drill Sergeant: [off screen] GUMP! [Hurrying over] Why did you put that weapon together so quickly, Gump?! Forrest Gump: You told me to, Drill Sergeant. Drill Sergeant: [Looks at a stopwatch he is holding] Jesus H. Christ! This is a new company record. If it wouldn't be a waste of such a damn fine enlisted man, I'd recommend you for OCS, Private Gump! You are gonna be a general someday, Gump! Now, disassemble your weapon and continue!

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Lt. Dan Taylor: Have you found Jesus yet, Gump? Forrest Gump: Uh, I didn't know I was supposed to be looking for him.

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Lt. Dan Taylor: There are two standing rules in this outfit. One, take care of your feet. Two, don't go doing something stupid, like getting yourself killed! Forrest Gump: [to Bubba] I sure hope I don't let him down.

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Bubba Blue: I'm gonna lean up against you, you just lean right back against me. This way, we don't have to sleep with our heads in the mud. You know why we a good partnership, Forrest? 'Cause we be watchin' out for one another. Like brothers and stuff. Hey, Forrest, there's somethin' I've been thinkin' about. I got a very important question to ask you. How would you like to go into the shrimpin' business with me? Forrest Gump: Okay. Bubba Blue: Man, I tell you what, I got it all figured out, too. So many pounds of shrimp to pay off the boat, so many pounds for gas, we can just live right on the boat. We ain't got to pay no rent. I'll be the captain; we can just work it together. Split everything right down the middle. Man, I'm tellin' you, fifty-fifty. And, hey, Forrest, all the shrimp you can eat. Forrest Gump: That's a fine idea. [narrating] Bubba did have a fine idea.

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Dick Cavett: Here he is, Forrest Gump. Right here. Mr. Gump, have a seat. Forrest Gump, John Lennon. John Lennon: Welcome home. Cavett: You had quite a trip. Can you, uh, tell us, uh, what was China like? Forrest Gump: Well, in the land of China, people hardly got nothing at all. Lennon: No possessions? Gump: And in China they never go to church. Lennon: No religion, too? Cavett: Ah, it's hard to imagine. Lennon: Well, it's easy if you try, Dick. Gump: [narrating] Some time later, that nice young man from England was coming home to see his little boy, and he was signin' some autographs when, for no reason at all, somebody shot him.

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Forrest Gump: What's the matter, Momma? Mrs. Gump: I'm dyin', Forrest. Come on in, sit down over here. Forrest Gump: Why are you dyin', Momma? Mrs. Gump: It's my time. It's just my time. Oh, now, don't you be afraid, sweetheart. Death is just a part of life. It's something we're all destined to do. I didn't know it, but I was destined to be your momma. I did the best I could. Forrest Gump: You did good, Momma. Mrs. Gump: Well, I happened to believe you make your own destiny. You have to do the best with what God gave you. Forrest Gump: What's my destiny, Momma? Mrs. Gump: You're gonna have to figure that out for yourself. Life is a box of chocolates, Forrest. You never know what you're gonna get. Forrest Gump: [narrating] Momma always had a way of explaining things so I could understand them. Mrs. Gump: I will miss you, Forrest. Forrest Gump: [narrating] She had got the cancer and died on a Tuesday. I bought her a new hat with little flowers on it. And that's all I have to say about th

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Jenny: Isn't he beautiful? Forrest Gump: He's the most beautiful thing I've ever seen...but... [uneasily] is- is he s- smart, or is he... [gesturing towards self] Jenny: He's very smart. He's one of the smartest in his class.