Shakespeare in Love

Philip Henslowe: Mr. Fennyman, allow me to explain about the theatre business. The natural condition is one of insurmountable obstacles on the road to imminent disaster. Hugh Fennyman: So what do we do? Philip Henslowe: Nothing. Strangely enough, it all turns out well. Hugh Fennyman: How? Philip Henslowe: I don't know. It's a mystery. (recurring line)

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Lord Wessex: [about Viola] Is she obedient? Sir Robert de Lesseps: As any mule in Christendom - but if you are the man to ride her, there are rubies in the saddlebag. Lord Wessex: I like her!

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Viola de Lesseps: [as Thomas Kent] Tell me how you love her, Will. William Shakespeare: Like a sickness and its cure together.

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Viola De Lesseps: I have never undressed a man before. William Shakespeare: It is strange to me, too.

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Viola De Lesseps: I would not have thought it: there IS something better than a play! William Shakespeare: There is. Viola De Lesseps: Even your play. William Shakespeare: Hmm? Viola De Lesseps: And that was only my first try.

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William Shakespeare: I'm done with theater. The playhouse is for dreamers. Look what the dream brought us. Viola De Lesseps: It was we ourselves did that. And for my life to come, I would not have it otherwise.

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