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    "Good golly miss Molly, she sure like to ball!"

    — Little Dick Penniman

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    Devlin: "A man doesn't tell a woman what to do. She tells herself."

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    "Robertson: 'He [Ronnie Hawkins] called me up and I said 'Sure, I'd like a job, what does it mean, what do I do? He said 'Well, son, you won't make much money, but you'll get more pussy than Frank Sinatra.''"

    — interview in The Last Waltz

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    Alicia: "There's nothing like a love song to give you a good laugh."

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    "I still ask, ‘Where is the server?’ How come they never got the server? Where is the server? I want to see the server. Let’s see what’s on the server.'”

    — Cicero, reported speech in his second Catiline accusatory oration.

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    Madame Sebastian: "We are protected by the enormity of your stupidity, for a time."

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    "In February [2019], for example, Google debuted a method for encrypting most low-end Android devices regardless of how piddly their processors are."

    — L. H. Newman, "The Debate Over How to Encrypt the Internet of Things," Wired 23-Nov-2019

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    Devlin: "I knew her before you, loved her before you, only I'm not as lucky as you."

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    "If the user prefer older methods to use his desktop, then GNOME is not an option. With the hot corners as well as the no minimize button, plus the other application layout method, it’ll take the most newcomers getting easily used to it." — a remarkable phrase I happened upon for a reason that is unknown to me, and whose provenance I shall not name, because it's too absurd to deserve credit.

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    Alicia: "You're sore because you've fallen for a little drunk you tamed in Miami and you don't like it. It makes you sick all over, doesn't it? People will laugh at you, the invincible Devlin, in love with someone who isn't worth even wasting the words on."

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    "Buffy: You just say: 'Hey, I got a thing, you maybe got a thing, maybe we could have a thing.
    Rupert: Well, thank you, Cyrano.
    Buffy: I'm not finished. Then you say, 'How do you feel about Mexican?'
    Rupert: About Mexicans?
    Buffy: Mexican. Food. You take her for food, for which you then pay."

    Buffy The Vampire Slayer, Season 2, Episode 2, "Some Assembly Required"

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    Madame Sebastian: "Wouldn't it be a little too much if we both grinned at her like idiots?"

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    "Xander: On a scale of one to ten? It sucked. Well, I guess it could be worse: I could have gangrene on my face."

    Buffy the Vampire Slayer Season 1, Episode 12, "Prophecy Girl"

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    Alicia: "Dev, is that you? I'm glad you're late. This chicken took longer than I expected. I hope it isn't done too much. It caught fire once."

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    "Lana: I'm sorry, have we all forgotten that he [Archer] basically sexually assaulted me with a rolled-up magazine?" — Archer Season 10, Episode 9

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    Devlin: "Dry your eyes, baby; it's out of character."

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    " I can't tell you the amount of swag I've received over my near-decade of office work, but I can tell you exactly how much of it didn't end up in a landfill: fucking zero."

    — some anonymous, illiterate, but true drivel on the self-help website crackedDotcom

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    Alicia: "Why should I?"
    Devlin: "Patriotism."
    Alicia: "That word gives me a pain."

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    "Where's the money, Lebowski? We want that money, Lebowski!"

    — some movie line I got in the habit of saying out loud when I walk into my place after dark

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    Alexander Sebastian: "An old friend is never an extra guest."

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    "Should a villain say so
    (The most resplendish'd villain in the world)"

    — Hermoione, The Winter's Tale, Act II, Sc. 1

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    Alexander Sebastian: "I'm not afraid to die."
    Devlin: "You've got your chance, here and now."

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    "Snake jazz. Ha. Idiots. Let's get moving: we got a long way to go and I'm not sharing that centipede."

    Rick and Morty, Season 4. Episode 5.

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    Alicia: "Waving the flag with one hand and picking pockets with the other, that's your 'patriotism.'"

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    "I've already been places. I just want to stay where I am."

    — Harry Dean Stanton (RIP)'s character in Twin Peaks: Fire Walk With Me

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    Alicia: "What does the speedometer say?"
    Devlin: "65."
    Alicia: "I want to make it 80 and wipe that grin off your face."

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    "Buffy: So, I think going to the dance like a normal person would be the best way to keep that secret. Giiles! Unbudge! No one likes an unbudger.
    Rupert: Fine!"

    Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Season 2, Episode 4, dialogue.

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    Alicia: "I've told you before, Mr. Devlin doesn't mean a thing to me."
    Alexander Sebastian: "I'd like to be convinced. Would you maybe care to convince me, Alicia, that Mr. Devlin means nothing to you?"

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    Mariner: -,-,-,-, Aye, my lord, and fear
    We have landed in ill time: the skies look grimly,
    And threaten present blusters."

    The Winter's Tale Act III, Sc. 3

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    Alicia: "If you only once had said that you loved me. Oh, Dev."
    Devlin: "Listen, you've chalked up another boyfriend, that's all. No harm done."
    Alicia: "I hate you."
    Devlin: "There's no occasion to. You're doing good work."

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    "Jacob: You don't believe in me.
    Ebenezer: I don't.
    Jacob: What evidence would you have of my reality beyond that of your own senses?
    Ebenezer: I dont know.
    Jacob: Why do you doubt your senses?
    Ebenezer; blah blah etc."

    — unknown author, film starring George C. Scott, A Chiristmas Carol from 1984.

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    Eric Mathis: "Alex, will you come in, please? I wish to talk to you."

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    "nerd n00b: Jen, you were a minute and nineteen seconds late from break.
    Me: [looks directly at Ra Tea**** standing next to me and just doing an inaudible groan and jacking-off motion with eye contact alone]."

    — some mega nerd shit from yesterday (that fool has got to learn, he can't talk to my people that way!)

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    Honey: "Uh-uh! Don't you think about running off doing no derring-do! We've been planning this dinner for two months!"
    Lucius: "The public is in danger!"
    Honey: "My evening's in danger!"
    Lucius: "YOU TELL ME WHERE MY SUIT IS, WOMAN! We are talking about the greater good!"
    Honey: "'Greater good?' I am your wife! I'm the greatest good you are ever gonna get!"

    The Incredibles

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    Harold Ramis: So, how many of you would say you speak English fairly well, but with some difficulties?
    Random guy: Son of bitch. Shit.
    All together now: Son of bitch. Shit."

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    Dash: "We're dead! We're dead! We survived but we're dead!"

    The Incredibles

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    "ARRRGH! Little Bastard! What a world!"

    — probably James Dean's last words, I'm guessing.

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    Edna: "I didn't know the baby's powers so I covered the basics."
    Helen: "Jack-Jack doesn't have any powers."
    Edna: "No? Well, he'll look fabulous anyway."

    The Incredibles

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    "Lebowski: Is it being prepared to do the right thing? Whatever the price? Isn't that what makes a man?
    Lebowski: That and a pair of testicles."

    —take a wild guess (although I have it on good authority that Hitler had only got one ball, while Goering had two, but very small)

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    Edna: "This is a horrible suit, darling. You can't be seen in this. I won't allow it. Fifteen years ago, maybe, but now? Feh!"
    Bob: "Wait, what do you mean? You designed it."
    Edna: "I never look back, darling! It distracts from the now."

    The Incredibles

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    "Lebowski: She's not my special lady, she's my fucking lady friend. I'm just helping her conceive, man!"

    — source redacted

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    Edna: "You are Elastigirl! My God... pull yourself together! 'What will you do?' Is this a question? You will show him you remember that he is Mr. Incredible, and you will remind him who you are. Well, you know where he is. Go, confront the problem. Fight! Win! [normal voice] And call me when you get back, darling. I enjoy our visits."

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    "Cordelia: Nice pet, Giles. Don't you like anything regular: golf, USA Today, anything?"

    Buffy Season 3, Episode 2, "Dead Man's Party"`

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    Mr. Incredible: "No matter how many times you save the world, it always manages to get back in jeopardy again. Sometimes I just want it to stay saved! You know, for a little bit? I feel like the maid; I just cleaned up this mess! Can we keep it clean for... for ten minutes?!?"

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    "Pitt: Here, put these [sunglasses] on. Don't cry in front of the Mexicans. Now what's wrong?
    [...]
    Leo: I got to do fucking eye-talian movies, that's a fucking problem!"

    Once Upon a Time in Hollywood

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    Edna: "Metaman, express elevator! Dynaguy, snagged on takeoff! Splashdown, sucked into a vortex! [shouts] No capes!"

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    "I have always wished for my computer to be as easy to use as my telephone; my wish has come true because I can no longer figure out how to use my telephone."

    — Bjarne Stroustrup, possibly apocyrphal.

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    Edna: [on Jack-Jack's suit] "I cut it a little roomy for free movement. The fabric is comfortable for sensitive skin... [a sheet of flame erupts in front of the suit] and it can also withstand a temperature of over 1000 degrees. Completely bulletproof... [four heavy machine guns appear and open fire on the suit, without effect] and machine washable, darling. That's a new feature."

    The Incredibles

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    "Some guy in a plane: 'Mustang, this is Maverick requesting fly-by
    Some other guy: Negative, Ghost Rider, the pattern is full."

    — some movie. some Top movie.

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    Syndrome: "Oh, no. Elastigirl? You married Elastigirl? Ho, ho, ho.... [sees the kids] Oh - and got biz-zay! It's a whole family of supers! Looks like I hit the jackpot! Oh, this is just too good!"

    The Incredibles

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