The Commitments

Steve Clifford: [In the confessional] And there's these three girls with the band, I've had lustful thoughts about all of them. Natalie Murphy: What do you think, Jimmy, they'll be eatin' chips out of our knickers? Joey 'The Lips' Fagan: [to Dean] Are you doing what I told you? Are you thinking of that reed as a woman's nipple?

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Unemployment Official: Mr. Rabbitte, you've been collecting unemployment benefit for two years. Are you trying to tell me you can't get a job? Jimmy Rabbitte: We're a third world country - what can you do?

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Jimmy Rabbitte: What do you play? Failed Drug Buyer: I used to play football in school. Jimmy Rabbitte: I mean what instrument. Failed Drug Buyer: I don't. Jimmy Rabbitte: Then what are you doing here? Failed Drug Buyer: Well, I saw everyone else lining up, so, uh.... I thought you were sellin' drugs.

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Smiths' Song Singer: [singing, auditioning for Jimmy] I was happy in the haze of a drunken hour, but heaven knows I'm miserable now... Jimmy Rabbitte: Yeah, I know how you feel.

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Jimmy Rabbitte: Elvis is not soul. Jimmy Rabbitte, Sr.: [defensively] Elvis is God. Jimmy Rabbitte: I never pictured God with a fat gut and corset singing "My Way" at Caesar's Palace.

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Jimmy Rabbitte: What do you call yourselves? Derek: "And And And." Jimmy Rabbitte: "And And fuckin' And?" Derek: Well, Ray's thinking of putting an exclamation mark after the second "and." Says it'd look deadly on the posters. Jimmy Rabbitte: Psshh... Outspan Foster: You don't like it? You think it should go at the end? Jimmy Rabbitte: I think it should go up his arse. Outspan Foster: Well, we're not married to it.

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