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Favorite Lines from Books and Movies
Kerry:
--- Quote from: serious crayons on January 13, 2010, 11:11:39 am ---
Thanks for the tip, Kerry! I have this book but haven't read it yet.
I loved The Quiet American, and enjoyed Our Man in Havana and The Comedians.
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Cheers, Katherine! I'll put them on my to-read list. :)
Jeff Wrangler:
How about this line from a movie?
"Mother of Jefferson Davis! She's passin' the fox!"
;D
(Mother Burnside on Mame's riding in the fox hunt in Auntie Mame)
Kerry:
There was nothing on telly tonight, so I went through my DVD collection, looking for something to take my fancy.
Why is it that whenever I do this, I never seem to be able to find something to watch? Same thing happens when I feel like listening to some music. I scour my CD collection and can never find something I feel like listening to at that particular time. So I turn on the radio and guess what? What's playing on the radio when I turn it on is exactly what I feel like listening to! Funny that.
But I did have success this evening, when I happened upon "The Naked Civil Servant," the brilliant film of the life of British high-camp eccentric and raconteur par excellence, Quentin Crisp, based on his autobiography of the same name.
Which brings me to my favourite quote from "The Naked Civil Servant." Towards the end of the film, John Hurt, outstanding in the title role as "the naked civil servant"; i.e., Quentin Crisp; declares:
"I am one of the stately homo's of England!"
Jeff Wrangler:
"And then I stepped on the ping pong ball! Well, it was just ghastly!"
Gloria Upson, in Auntie Mame. ;D
Jeff Wrangler:
--- Quote from: Kerry on January 14, 2010, 08:14:41 am ---"I am one of the stately homo's of England!"
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That's a wonderful line! I'm thinking that it could have been applied to the late John Gielgud or presently to Sir Ian McKellen. ;D
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