Quotes

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I was in Paris once with my wife... boy am I glad she's dead.

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Hi, I'm Gary Cooper, but not the Gary Cooper that's dead.

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Gib, you want a relationship? That's fine. Just remember that every relationship starts with a one night stand. You came 3,000 miles for a reason didn't you? Would you look at that reason. Go for it Gib, you've earned it.

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Three thousand miles just to get laid. I really respect that.

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Professor Taub: [commenting on students' papers] Miss Bradbury. You, on the other hand, you express your ideas very clearly. Except that, your paper is dry, Alison. There's not enough of *you* coming through. Loosen up, Alison. Have some fun! Yes, sleep when you feel like it, not when you think you should. Eat food that is bad for you - at least once in a while. Have conversations with people whose clothes are not color coordinated. [class laughs] Make love in a hammock! [class hoots, hollers, and high-fives] Life is the ultimate experience, and you have to live it to write about it. Professor Taub: Yes, Alison? Alison: What did you say after "hammock?"

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Gib's friend: [about Alison] Forget her, I hear she only likes intellectuals Gib: So? I'm intellectual and stuff. Gib's friend: You're flunking English. That's your mother tongue, and stuff.

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Alison: [checking her calendar] Let's see, Friday. 5:30, dinner. 6:00, Calculus. 7:00, news. 7:30, shower. 7:45, phone call. Eight o'clock? Gib: [sarcastic] Gee, I don't know. That's when I rearrange my sock drawer.

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Gib: [suddenly appearing from hiding in the back of the pick-up and hopping into the passenger seat] Thanks for the ride. I've been out here all day. I'm not interrupting anything am I? Pick-Up Driver: [holding Alison] Me and the wife just having a little squabble, OK. Gib: Oh. It's not easy getting rides. Do you know what I mean? I mean most people are real afraid to pick up hitchhikers. I mean you never know who you might pick up. I mean I could be some crazed slime ball. I mean a real deranged, violent psycho. You know what I mean? I mean a guy who would rip out your heart and eat it just for pleasure. I'm talking about a total maniac! You know what I mean? DO YOU KNOW WHAT I MEAN? Pick-Up Driver: [unsettled] Yeah... Gib: [looks around nervously] Why aren't we moving? Don't you want to give me a ride? Pick-Up Driver: I'm only goin' about another mile. Gib: [flipping out] Then what the hell did you pick me up for? You think I got nothing better to do with my life then to sit here and

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Alison: You can't go in there. Gib: Yes I can. This is America, you can go anywhere.

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Gib: [encounters a padlocked trailer while attempting to get out of the rain] It's locked! Good! This is very good! It's important that this place should have an air-tight security system... in the middle of nowhere! Alison: [digs through her bag] I might have a nail file... I have a credit card. I have a credit card! Gib: Credit cards work on a completely different kind of lock. Alison: No, you don't seem to understand. I have a credit card! Gib: You have a credit card? Alison: I have a credit card! Gib: [relieved] You have a credit card. Alison: [suddenly crestfallen] Oh. My dad told me specifically I can only use it in case of an emergency. Gib: [sarcastically] Well, maybe one will come up.

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Alison: What are you doing? Gib: I'm going to bed. Alison: Not with me you're not. Gib: I'm not going to bed with you, I'm going to bed in a bed you happen to be in also.

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Sure Thing: Come on, Giblet. One more time. One more time. Gib: I can't. Tomorrow, I promise. Sure Thing: It was so good. It was so masterful. Relentless, but with a delicate touch. Confident, creative. I was overwhelmed. You're a true artist. Gib: Just let me sleep a while, regain my strength. Five minutes. A grace period, if you will. Sure Thing: Please. Gib: Ah, what the heck.

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Alison: [ranting about Gib] And you should see the crap he eats! Cheese balls and beer for breakfast! Jason: [shocked] How do you know what he eats for breakfast?

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Gib: [dancing with the Sure Thing, shouting over the loud party music so Alison will hear] So, what else did Lance say about me? Sure Thing: [loudly] He said you're a virgin. Gib: What? Sure Thing: [the music stops just as she says] He thinks you might be gay. Gib: [pretends to laugh, then mutters] Don't say that! Sure Thing: I didn't say it, Lance said it! Gib: [loud] Excuse me won't you, I have to go and kick the shit out of someone. Just one second.

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Alison: You didn't sleep with her? Gib: Still seeing Jason? Alison: Broke up. Gib: That's too bad. Alison: You didn't sleep with her. Gib: Wasn't my type.