Quotes

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Captain Cummings: Haven't you ever met a man that could make you happy? Lady Lou: Sure, lots of times.

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Captain Cummings: Well, surely you don't mind my holding your hand? Lady Lou: It ain't heavy - I can hold it myself.

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Lady Lou: Yes, I wasn't always rich. Pearl: No? Lady Lou: No, there was a time I didn't know where my next husband was coming from.

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Captain Cummings: You bad girl. Lady Lou: Mmm, you'll find out.

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Frances Kelly: You know, ever since I sang that song it's been haunting me. Rag Time Kelly: It SHOULD haunt you: You murdered it.

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Serge Stanieff: I am delighted. I have heard so much about you. Lady Lou: Yeah, but you can't prove it.

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Serge Stanieff: I swear I shall make you happy. I shall die to make you happy. Lady Lou: Mmm, but you wouldn't be much use to me dead.

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Lady Lou: Come up again - any time. Serge Stanieff: I shall, then I hope you will be alone. Lady Lou: So do I, warm, dark and handsome.

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Captain Cummings: I'm sorry you think more of your diamonds than you do of your soul. Lady Lou: I'm sorry you think more of my soul than you do of my diamonds.

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Gus Jordan: So you met a man who wouldn't fall for you, eh? Lady Lou: Who wants him to fall? Why he'd be the kind the woman'd have to marry to get rid of.

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Russian Rita: My pin! What do you mean by taking my pin? Lady Lou: I didn't take your pin, he gave it to me. Russian Rita: Well, I want it back right now! Lady Lou: You try and get it. I wouldn't give you this here thing now for spite. If you asked me for it the right way you coulda had it. I got all the rocks I want, but I'll keep this here thing now to remember you by.

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Dan Flynn: She sure is a handsome girl, Gus. I wonder you don't get jealous, all the men are so crazy about her. Gus Jordan: Well, I do get kind of mad at the attention some of them show her. But it ain't bad, havin' a girl that all the men are after. Shows I must be pretty good, eh, Flynn?

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Sally: How did you know there was a man? Lady Lou: There always is. It takes two to get one in trouble.

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Pearl: What I means is, you ain't never been in the circumstances where the wolf came to your door. Lady Lou: The wolf at my door? Why, I remember when he came right into my room and had pups.

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Lady Lou: What was he? Married? Sally: Yes, but I didn't know. Lady Lou: Makes no difference to me whether you did or not. Men's all alike, married or single. It's their game. I happen to be smart enough to play it their way. You'll come to it.

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Pearl: He ain't like the other men you done made history of. Lady Lou: No, that's what makes him kinda interestin'. Wouldn't hurt me any to have a new kind of man added to my record, would it? Pearl: Goodness me, Miss Lou.