“I don't trust any bastard who doesn't drink. People who don't drink are afraid of revealing themselves.”
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“The only point in making money is, you can tell some big shot where to go.”
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“I should never have switched from Scotch to Martinis.”
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“You're not a star until they can spell your name in Karachi.”
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“Things are never so bad they can't be made worse.”
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“Nothing beats making love. It's the most fun you can have without laughing.”
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“Louis, this looks like the beginning of of a beautiful friendship.”
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“- Ilsa Lund: I said I would never leave you.
- Rick Blaine: And you never will. But I've got a job to do, too. Where I'm going, you can't follow. What I've got to do, you can't be any part of.”
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“I'm the only cause I'm interested in.”
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“Of all the gin joints, in all the towns, in all the world, she walks into mine.”
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“We'll always have Paris.”
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“- Norris: Are you attempting to tell me my duties, sir?
- Marlowe: No, just having fun trying to guess what they are.”
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“- Vivian: Do you always think you can handle people like, uh, trained seals?
- Marlowe: Uh-huh. I usually get away with it too.
- Vivian: How nice for you.”
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“- General Sternwood: Do you like orchids?
- Marlowe: Not particularly.
- General Sternwood: Nasty things. Their flesh is too much like the flesh of men. Their perfume has the rotten sweetness of corruption.”
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“- Marlowe: Did I hurt you much, sugar?
- Agnes Lowzier: You and every other man I've ever met.”
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“- Vivian: You go too far, Marlowe.
- Marlowe: Those are harsh words to throw at a man, especially when he's walking out of your bedroom.”
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“- General Sternwood: How do you like your brandy, sir?
- Marlowe: In a glass.”
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“- Vivian: Why did you have to go on?
- Marlowe: Too many people told me to stop.”
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“- Vivian: I don't like your manners!
- Marlowe: I'm not crazy about yours. I didn't ask to see you. I don't mind if you don't like my manners. I don't like 'em myself. They are pretty bad. I grieve over them long winter evenings, and I don't mind your ritzing me, or drinking your lunch out of a bottle. But don't waste your time trying to...” (continue) (continue reading)
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