Quotes

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Unemployment Clerk: Next! Name? Gus Gorman: Gus Gorman. Unemployment Clerk: Ah yes, August Gorman. Have you looked for work this week, Mr. Gorman? Gus Gorman: Yeah. Unemployment Clerk: What kind? Gus Gorman: Kitchen... technician. Unemployment Clerk: Dishwasher? Any luck? Gus Gorman: Nope. But - Unemployment Clerk: Mr. Gorman, according to our records you have been unemployed for thirty-six weeks. Gus Gorman: Thirty-five. Unemployment Clerk: Not counting this week. [looks through his file] You secured employment last June as a messenger and were discharged after one day for - Gus Gorman: They said I lost it on the subway, but it ain't the truth! It was a pickpocket took it! Unemployment Clerk: A television set? Gus Gorman: It was one of them little insy-bitty two-inch screen Japanese jobs. Unemployment Clerk: The only other employment you found was in a fast-food joint which lasted... twenty-eight minutes? Well, that's some kind of record. Talk about fast. Gus Gorman: You know they 'sp

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Gus Gorman: Hey brother, got a light? Black Man: Sure. Matchbook: Earn big money! Learn about computers at Metropolis School of Technology.

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Perry White: I don't understand you, Olsen. A boring banquet and you bring me three thousand boring pictures. Yet Superman saves a man from drowning on 3rd Avenue this morning while you stand there watching the whole thing and you don't even bring me one picture. Jimmy Olsen: Chief, I didn't have my camera with me. Perry White: A photographer eats with his camera. A photographer sleeps with his camera. Lois Lane: I'm glad I'm a writer.

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Perry White: I don't have to tell you, it isn't easy for me to lose one of my best reporters. Clark Kent: Oh, that's okay. Perry White: But you deserve the vacation, Lois.

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Jimmy Olsen: Clark, I want you to keep these people distracted so they don't know what I'm doing. Clark Kent: What are you doing? Jimmy Olsen: What am I doing? Remember what the chief said? A photographer always goes after a story. Clark Kent: That could be dangerous, Jimmy. Jimmy Olsen: Danger? Goes with the territory, Mr. Kent.

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Superman: Alright, Webster, the game's over. Lorelei Ambrosia: Hi, honey. Superman: I don't know you, lady. Lorelei Ambrosia: [sad] But the other night... Superman: I'm sorry, but that wasn't me. That guy's gone. [to Webster] And you're next, Webster. Ross Webster: Never underestimate the power of computers. How do you like it? Superman: l think it's typical of people like you, Webster. Instead of helping others, the four of you just want to help yourselves. Gus Gorman: [to Superman] Four of you? You mean, Us? Four? Wait-- Hey, man! Lorelei Ambrosia: That's his last name. He likes to be called Superman. Gus Gorman: [to Superman] Oh, I see, I'm not with them, Superman. Superman: You could've fooled me, Mister.

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Ross Webster: You're a genius. You've invented a machine that can find anybody's weak spot. Congratulations, old buddy. You're going to go down in history as the man who killed Superman! Gus Gorman: I'm - no. Superman! No!