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D.J. 1: Okay, campers, rise and shine and don't forget your booties, 'cause it's cold out there today! D.J. 2: It's cold out there every day! What is this, Miami Beach? D.J. 1: Not hardly. And you know, you can expect hazardous travel later today with that, you know, that, uh, that blizzard thing. D.J. 2: That blizzard - thing. That blizzard - thing. Oh, well, here's the report! The National Weather Service is calling for a "big blizzard thing"! D.J. 1: Yessss, they are. But you know, there's another reason why today is especially exciting. D.J. 2: Especially cold! D.J. 1: Especially cold, okay, but the big question on everybody's lips... D.J. 2: On their chapped lips... D.J. 1: On their chapped lips, right: Do ya think Phil is gonna come out and see his shadow? D.J. 2: Punxsutawney Phil! D.J. 1: That's right, woodchuck-chuckers - it's... D.J. 1 and D.J. 2: [in unison] GROUNDHOG DAY! D.J. 1: Get up and pull that hog out!

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Ned: Phil?! Hey! [runs up to him] Phil? Phil? Phil Connors? Phil Connors, I thought that was you! Phil: Hi, how are you doing? Thanks for watching. Ned: Hey, hey! Now don't you tell me you don't remember me 'cause I sure as heckfire remember you! Phil: Not a chance. Ned: Ned! Ryerson! "Needlenose Ned"? "Ned the Head"? Come on, buddy, Case Western High! Ned Ryerson - I did the whistling belly-button trick at the high school talent show? Bing! Ned Ryerson - got the shingles real bad senior year, almost didn't graduate? Bing again! Ned Ryerson - I dated your sister Mary Pat a couple of times until you told me not to anymore? Well? Phil: Ned Ryerson? Ned: Bing! Phil: Bing. So did you turn pro with that whole belly-button thing Ned or-? Ned: No, Phil, I sell insurance. Phil: What a shock. Ned: Do you have life insurance? Because if you do you could always use a little more. Am I right or am I right or am I right? Right? Right? Right? Phil: Ned, I'd love to stand here and talk with you...but

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Phil: What would you do if you were stuck in one place, and every day was exactly the same, and nothing that you did mattered? Ralph: That about sums it up for me.

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Phil: What if there were no tomorrow? Gus: No tomorrow? That would mean there would be no consequences. There would be no hangovers. We could do whatever we wanted! Phil: That's true. We could do whatever we want.

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Phil: It's the same thing your whole life. "Clean up your room! Stand up straight! Pick up your feet! Take it like a man! Be nice to your sister! Don't mix beer and wine, ever! Oh yeah, don't drive on the railway tracks!" Gus: [sobering up] Well, Phil, that's one I happen to agree with. Phil: [driving into the rail tracks] I don't know, Gus...Sometimes, you just have to take the big chances. [a train approaches] I'm betting he's going to swerve first...

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Rita: There is something so familiar about this. Do you ever have déjà vu? Phil: Didn't you just ask me that?

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Rita: I'm amazed. And I'm not easily amazed. Phil: About what? Rita: About how you can start a day with one kind of expectation and end up so completely different. Phil: Well, do you like how the day is turning out? Rita: Very much. You couldn't plan a day like this. Phil: Well, you can. It just takes an awful lot of work.

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Rita: I'm sorry? What was that again? Phil: I'm a god. Rita: You're God. Phil: I'm a god - I'm not the God, I don't think. Rita: Because you survived a car wreck? Phil: I didn't just survive a wreck; I wasn't just blown up yesterday. I have been stabbed, shot, poisoned, frozen, hung, electrocuted and burned. Rita: Oh, really? Phil: [nods] Every morning I wake up without a scratch on me, not a dent in the fender: I am an immortal. Doris: Special today is blueberry waffles— Rita: Why are you telling me this? Phil: Because I want you to believe in me. Rita: You're not a god. You can take my word for it; this is 12 years of Catholic school talkin'. Phil: How do you know I'm not a god? How do you know? Rita: Because it's not possible!

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Rita: What about me, Phil? Do you know me too? Phil: I know all about you. You like producing, but you hope for more than Channel 9 Pittsburgh. Rita: Well, everyone knows that! Phil: You like boats, but not the ocean. You go to a lake in summer with your family up in the mountains. There's a long wooden dock and a boathouse with boards missing from the roof, and a place you used to crawl underneath to be alone. You're a sucker for French poetry and rhinestones. You're very generous. You're kind to strangers and children, and when you stand in the snow you look like an angel. Rita: How are you doing this? Phil: I told you. I wake up every day, right here, right in Punxsutawney, and it's always February 2nd, and there's nothing I can do about it.

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Phil: [talking to a sleeping Rita] I think you're the kindest, sweetest, prettiest person I've ever met in my life. I've never seen anyone that's nicer to people than you are. [kisses her cheek] The first time I saw you...something happened to me. I never told you but...I knew that I wanted to hold you as hard as I could. I don't deserve someone like you. But if I ever could, I swear I would love you for the rest of my life. Rita: [waking up a bit] Did you say something? Phil: Good night. Rita: [going back to sleep] Good night.

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Piano teacher: Not bad, Mr. Connors! You say this is your first lesson? Phil: Yes, but my father was a piano mover, so...

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Rita: Why can't I see it? Phil: I just want to give you your money's worth. You paid top dollar for me. Rita: Well...I think you were a bargain. Phil: It's sweet of you to say. You're probably right.

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Phil: Something is...different. Rita: Good or bad? Phil: Anything different is good. But this could be real good. [kisses Rita] Why are you here? Rita: I bought you. I own you. Phil: But why are you still here? Rita: You said, "Stay," so I stayed. Phil: I said, "Stay," so you stayed? I can't even make a collie stay.

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Phil: Do you know what today is? Rita: No, what? Phil: Today is tomorrow! It happened! You're here! Rita: I'm here. [Phil kisses her over and over, realizing that he has finally passed Groundhog Day] Oh Phil, why weren't you like this last night? You just fell asleep. Phil: It was the end of a very long day.