The Seven Year Itch

Nudism is such a worthy cause. We must bring the message to the people. We must teach them to unmask their poor suffocating bodies and let them breathe again. Clothes are the enemy. Without clothes, there'd be no sickness, there'd be no war. I ask you, sir, can you imagine two great armies on the battlefield, no uniforms, completely nude? No way of telling friend from foe. All brothers, together.

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The Girl: Do you have any kids? Richard Sherman: No. None. No kids. Well, just one. Little one. Hardly counts.

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Richard Sherman: It's just my imagination. Some people have flat feet. Some people have dandruff. I have this appalling imagination. The Girl: I think it's just elegant to have an imagination. I just have no imagination at all. I have lots of other things, but I have no imagination...Come on now, relax. You're just making this all up. Richard Sherman: Let's face it. No pretty girl in her right mind wants me. She wants Gregory Peck. The Girl: Is that so?...How do you know what a pretty girl wants?...You and your imagination. You think every girl's a dope. You think a girl goes to a party, and there's some guy - a great big lunk in a fancy striped vest, strutting around like a tiger, giving you that 'I'm so handsome, you can't resist me' look, and from this, she's supposed to fall flat on her face. Well, she doesn't fall on her face. But there's another guy in the room, way over in the corner. Maybe he's kind of nervous and shy, perspiring a little. First, you look past him, but then you

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The Girl: [in his fantasy] Rachmaninoff... It isn't fair... Every time I hear it, I go to pieces... It shakes me, it quakes me. It makes me feel goose-pimply all over. I don't know where I am or who I am or what I'm doing. Don't stop. Don't stop. Don't ever stop! Why did you stop? Richard Sherman: You know why, because now I'm going to kiss you, very quick and very hard.

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Elaine: What is this strange animal thing you have? It bothers me. It's bothered me since the first time l saw you. And it'll bother me always, from here to eternity. [also referencing From Here to Eternity, which featured a similar scene to that of The Blue Lagoon, with Burt Lancaster and ] Richard Sherman: You must fight it, Elaine. Remember, l belong to another! Elaine: Richard! Richard Sherman: [running off into the surf] This can never be. l have a devoted, trusting wife at home and a freckle-faced little space cadet. Elaine: Richard!

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Richard Sherman: Tell me doctor, are you very expensive? Dr. Brubaker: Very! Richard Sherman: I'm sure you occasionally make exceptions. Dr. Brubaker: Never! Richard Sherman: Well I mean, once in a while, a case must come along that really interests you. Dr. Brubaker: At $50 an hour, all my cases interest me.

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