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John Mayer

John Clayton Mayer (born October 16, 1977) is an American Grammy Award-winning singer-songwriter and guitarist.

Quotes

 * Who I am as a guitarist is defined by my failure to become Jimi Hendrix.
 * From his essay on Jimi Hendrix for Rolling Stone 946
 * Mayer, John (2004). "Jimi Hendrix" RollingStone.com (accessed March 21, 2007)

 * Everybody enjoys arguing about the current state of music because it feels as if you are talking about something incredibly important, yet it requires little understanding of the subject matter at hand. It's like world politics meets the pink questions in Trivial Pursuit. Points are made but nothing gets accomplished.
 * Esquire, in the column "The Resident Rock Star: JOHN MAYER" (July 1, 2004)

 * Songs can be Trojan horses, taking charged ideas and sneaking past the ego's defenses and into the open mind.
 * Esquire magazine (November 1, 2004)

 * I love the Grammy nominations this year. Anybody who really loves what they do got rewarded for it. It's not a death match between Ray Charles and Jessica Simpson.
 * No byline (2004-12-20), "John Mayer". Newsweek. 144 (25):71

 * There's a real self-serving element to hip-hop that threatens its life span.
 * AIM Celebrity Interview (November 2005)

 * If I had done things differently, I'd probably have the paparazzi waiting around for me. At the studio where I've been recording, Jessica Simpson is working there, too. The paparazzi are outside waiting for her to come out. That's the result of her decisions. My decisions have led me to the point that when I walk out in front of the paparazzi, I'm considered a waste of film.
 * How he shows self-restraint with his fame
 * Small, Mark (2005). "John Mayer '98: Running with the Big Dogs" Berlee.edu (accessed February 11, 2010)

 * I am not in Us Weekly. I'd have to be going out with someone who is in there to be in there myself.
 * The (now ironic) quote on how he shows self-restraint with his fame
 * Small, Mark (2005). "John Mayer '98: Running with the Big Dogs" Berlee.edu (accessed February 22, 2007)

 * The saddest kind of sad is the sad that tries not to be sad. You know, when Sad tries to bite its lip and not cry and smile and go, "No, I'm happy for you?" That's when it's really sad.
 * Rolling Stone magazine/iTunes podcast (December 2005)
 * On the "chin-up sad" tone of one of his new songs on his upcoming album "Continuum"

 * I won't ever get on stage at a comedy club when people know about it.
 * John at his MySpace blog
 * (2006). "John Mayer, Stand Up Comedian?" Comedy Central Insider (accessed August 15, 2006)

 * If you told me I was going to live to 240, I would take 10 years off and try and act. I don't have that kind of time, so I'd much rather stick to playing guitar.
 * On why he has no plans to go into acting any time soon
 * AP (2006). "John Mayer looks for magic, sneakers" CNN.com (accessed September 22, 2006)

 * Sheryl's heroes are in black and white photos, and so are mine.
 * Mayer on why he agreed to tour with Sheryl Crow, despite the fact that he considers her more established and successful
 * Mervis, Scott (2006). "Music Preview: John Mayer takes strides with new record" Post-Gazette.com (accessed August 23, 2006)

 * I went to my library, right? And I started to research the Bill of Rights and I did not technically find anything that said all Americans shall eat shrimp with whoever they like, but I found some things that are close enough to infer that I am within my legal rights to enjoy seafood with whomever I choose.
 * On being questioned about having a meal with Jessica Simpson in November 2006
 * (2006). "John Mayer Speaks About Eating With Jessica" AccessHollywood.com (accessed January 11, 2007)

 * It was so frightening at the time to be seventeen and have heart monitors hooked up to you. That was the moment the songwriter in me was born. I discovered a whole other side of me. I came home that night and started writing lyrics. I discovered it all at once: It was like opening up a lockbox, and inside was a depth that I didn't even know I had as a person, or a writer — incredible creativity and vision and neurosis, complete neurosis. They all go together in a package.
 * On the effects of having a critical cardiac arrhythmia at age 17
 * Hiatt, Brian (2006-09-21), "My Big Mouth Strikes Again". Rolling Stone. (1009): 66-70

 * I never worked with T.I. Here's the back story to that Wikipedia nugget: I was a guest on TRL and happened to get my hands on the list of goofy, un Andrew-Miller-like questions I was going to be asked before I walked on set. One of the questions was "Who do you like more, T.I. or [I forgot the other southern rap artist]?" So I snuck to the bathroom and searched "T.I." on my Blackberry. I memorized as much information as I could and then announced that we were working together.
 * On how rumors got started that he was working with rapper T.I. (and how they made it to Wikipedia).
 * Mayer, John (2007). "10 ANSWERS FOR ANDREW MILLER" JohnMayer.com (accessed January 25, 2007)

 * What I've learned in my life, it's a very interesting social study for me, to go back and forth between being the guy at home and being the guy on the road and being the guy in studio and being the guy in the interview. The environment around you has so much to do with your character, and when I'm home, my character really changes quite a bit. I become very domesticated, it becomes riding my bike, and the music thing — the music thing doesn't leave but it's kind of less put upon me by other people as a musician.
 * On whether or not he misses being home with friends and family when he is on tour.
 * Savino, Jessi, et al (2007) "John Mayer talks life on the road, latest album" NU-News.com (accessed February 14, 2007)

 * I find myself in situations that I know would be unbelievable pictures and I have to gauge, Is this worth taking the camera out? Am I gonna lose the moment? Am I gonna get a dirty look from Sting?
 * On the split-hair decisions of photography
 * Ellwood, Mark (2007). "Nikon Podcast #3: Exclusive Interview with John Mayer" (listen) NikonUSA.com. Retrieved September 10, 2007

 * I know if it was the Time 99, I would've been off the list.
 * On making the 2007 TIME 100
 * Graff, Gary (July 2, 2007). "Summer tour is hardly work for now laid-back heartthrob" (accessed July 2, 2007)

 * Sometimes it feels like my life is just one long day.
 * On rediscovering his huge collection of Jimi Hendrix and Stevie Ray Vaughan posters he had as a teenager
 * Mayer, John (October 4, 2007). "Proof" Honeyee.com. Retrieved September 4, 2007

 * The first thing I said was a question: Does this really come from the family? I think that was essential to me sort of processing the honor. And when I found out that, in fact, it had, it took me about 48 hours to sort of strike the balance in how I was going to approach being -- you know, being invited to this unbelievable event without actually having the proximity to Michael Jackson personally. I'd never met him.
 * Mayer on performeing Human Nature at Michael Jackson's Memorial service
 * "Episode title unknown". Larry King Live. July 7, 2009. No. unknown, season 24.

 * It wasn’t as direct as me saying “I now make the choice to bring the paparazzi into my life.” I really said, “I now make the choice to sleep with Jessica Simpson.” That was stronger than my desire to stay out of the paparazzi’s eye.
 * On deciding to date Jessica Simpson
 * (February 10, 2010), "John Mayer: Playboy Interview" Playboy. Retrieved February 10, 2010.

 * I was smart enough to know it would probably make me a salable item for the paparazzi. I knew I’d have to move to a home that had a gate. But that pearl of possibility that lives in your heart when you meet somebody you want to know more about has such a different molecular density than everything else that you have to pursue it.
 * On deciding to date Jennifer Aniston
 * (February 10, 2010), "John Mayer: Playboy Interview" Playboy. Retrieved February 10, 2010.

The Playboy interview (2010)
(February 10, 2010 ), John Mayer: Playboy Interview Playboy. Retrieved February 10, 2010.

 * Someone asked me the other day, “What does it feel like now to have a hood pass?” And by the way, it’s sort of a contradiction in terms, because if you really had a hood pass, you could call it a nigger pass. Why are you pulling a punch and calling it a hood pass if you really have a hood pass? But I said, “I can’t really have a hood pass. I’ve never walked into a restaurant, asked for a table and been told, ‘We’re full.’”
 * Explaining why black people love him.

 * I don’t think I open myself to it. My dick is sort of like a white supremacist. I’ve got a Benetton heart and a fuckin’ David Duke cock. I’m going to start dating separately from my dick.
 * In answer to the question, "Do black women throw themselves at you?"

 * Sexually it was crazy. That’s all I’ll say. It was like napalm, sexual napalm.
 * In answer to the question, "You were addicted to Jessica Simpson?"

 * Absolutely, because during sex, I’m just going to run a filmstrip. I’m still masturbating.
 * In answer to the question, "Masturbation for you is as good as sex?"

Song lyrics

 * All lyrics by John Mayer, unless as noted.

Room for Squares (2001)

 * "Welcome to the real world", she said to me Condescendingly. Take a seat, Take your life Plot it out in black and white. Well I never lived the dreams of the prom kings And the drama queens. I'd like to think the best of me Is still hiding Up my sleeve. They love to tell you: Stay inside the lines, But something's better On the other side.
 * No Such Thing, written by John Mayer and Clay Cook

 * I want to run through the halls of my high school, I want to scream at the Top of my lungs. I just found out there's no such thing as the real world, Just a lie you've got to rise above.
 * No Such Thing

 * I am driving up '85 in the Kind of morning that lasts all afternoon, Just stuck inside the gloom. 4 more exits to my apartment but I am tempted to keep the car in drive And leave it all behind. Because I wonder sometimes About the outcome Of a still verdictless life.
 * Why Georgia

 * Something about the way your hair falls in your face I love the shape you take when crawling towards the pillowcase You tell me where to go and Though I might leave to find it, I'll never let your head hit the bed Without my hand behind it. And if you want love, We'll make it. Swim in a deep sea Of blankets. Take all your big plans And break them, This is bound to be a while.
 * Your Body Is a Wonderland

Heavier Things (2003)

 * Yes, I'm grounded, got my wings clipped, I'm surrounded by all this pavement. Guess I'll circle while I'm waiting For my fuse to dry. Someday I'll fly, someday I'll soar, Someday I'll be so damn much more. Cause I'm bigger than my body gives me credit for.
 * Bigger Than My Body

 * I know a girl; She puts the color inside of my world. But she's just like a maze Where all of the walls all continually change. And I've done all I can To stand on her steps with my heart in my hands. Now I'm starting to see Maybe it's got nothing to do with me. Fathers, be good to your daughters, Daughters will love like you do. Girls become lovers who turn into mothers, So mothers, be good to your daughters too.
 * Daughters

Continuum (2006)

 * Me and all my friends We're all misunderstood. They say we stand for nothing and There's no way we ever could. Now we see everything that's going wrong With the world and those who lead it. We just feel like we don't have the means To rise above and beat it. So we keep waiting, Waiting on the world to change. We keep on waiting, Waiting on the world to change. It's hard to beat the system When we're standing at a distance. So we keep waiting, Waiting on the world to change.
 * Waiting on the World to Change

 * Now if we had the power To bring our neighbors home from war, They would have never missed a Christmas, No more ribbons on their door. And when you trust your television, What you get is what you got. Because when they own the information, oh They can bend it all they want.
 * Waiting on the World to Change

 * Belief is a beautiful armor But makes for the heaviest sword. Like punching underwater, You never can hit who you're trying for. Some need the exhibition And some have to know they tried, It's the chemical weapon for the war that's ragin' on inside.
 * Belief

 * Gravity is working against me, And gravity wants to bring me down. Oh, twice as much ain't twice as good And can't sustain like one half could. It's wanting more that's gonna send me to my knees.
 * Gravity

 * When you’re dreaming with a broken heart, The waking up is the hardest part.
 * Dreaming with a Broken Heart

From the film The Bucket List (2007)

 * Have no fear for giving in, Have no fear for giving over. You'd better know that in the end It's better to say too much Than never say what you need to say again. Even if your hands are shaking And your faith is broken, Even as the eyes are closing, Do it with a heart wide open.
 * Say

Battle Studies (2009)

 * Lightning strikes Inside my chest to keep me up at night. Dream of ways To make you understand my pain.
 * Heartbreak Warfare

 * I was born in the arms of imaginary friends, Free to roam, made a home out of everywhere I've been. Then you come crashing in, like the realest thing, Trying my best to understand all that your love can bring. Oh half of my heart's got a grip on the situation; Half of my heart takes time. Half of my heart's got a right mind to tell you That I can't keep loving you (can't keep loving you) Oh, with half of my heart.
 * Half of My Heart

 * Who says I can’t be free? From all of the things that I used to be. Re-write my history. Who says I can’t be free?
 * Who Says

Born and Raised (2012)

 * Goodbye cold, goodbye rain, Goodbye sorrow, and goodbye shame. I'm headed out west with my headphones on, Boarded a flight with a song in the back of my soul And no one knows I just found out her ghost left town The queen of California is stepping down, down.
 * Queen of California

 * Did you know that you could be wrong And swear you’re right? Some people been known to do it All their lives. But you find yourself alone Just like you found yourself before. Like I found myself in pieces On the hotel floor. Hard times help me see. I’m a good man with a good heart; Had a tough time, got a rough start. But I finally learned to let it go, Now I’m right here, and I’m right now. And I’m hoping, knowing somehow That my shadow days are over. My shadow days are over now.
 * Shadow Days

Paradise Valley (2013)

 * Oh, you can't make yourself stop dreaming Who you're dreaming of. If it's who you love, Then it's who you love.
 * Who You Love, written by John Mayer and Katy Perry

The Search for Everything (2017)

 * You be the DJ, I'll be the driver, You put your feet up in the getaway car. I'm flying fast like a, a wanted man. I want you, baby, like you can't understand. Oh, love on the weekend, Love on the weekend. We found a message in a bottle we were drinking.
 * Love on the Weekend

About Mayer

 * He was over at my house every day between fifth grade and eighth grade.
 * James Blake on his childhood relationship with Mayer (From ESPN The Magazine)

 * John wanted to take it in more of a pop direction than I did. It was like a marriage that we both knew would go bad once we started touring.
 * Clay Cook, on why he and Mayer's two-man band, Lo-Fi Masters, broke up
 * Guthrie, Blake (2002). "One degree of John Mayer" CreativeLoafing.com (accessed February 22, 2007)

 * Neither punk nor prom king, Mayer was a tall kid from Connecticut, driving on the freeways, chasing slippery techno women, inhabiting a world of parents and slipcovers and holidays and gracious Southeastern metropolises; he was smart, inquisitive, articulate, a touch off in places.
 * Hunter, James (2003-10-02), "Corduroy Boy". Rolling Stone. (932):116 Retrieved October 2, 2003

 * John Mayer is a very talented brother and you don't know where your blessings are going to come from.
 * The rapper Common on working with Mayer on the song "Go." (From MTV.com)

 * He words stuff with a real, I guess it's a witty, intelligent, very human [sensibility]. I would like to grab some of those qualities...I wish he was my friend.
 * Kanye West on Mayer (2004) (From MTV.com)

 * Me and John, we just cool, period. ... We get in the studio and we vibe and then we make music from that point.
 * Kanye West on Mayer (2004) (From MTV.com)

 * One time I saw him perform live and he switched up his song at the end, like, [improvised] different chords — he remixed it...He's just not your typical guitar player. He's trying to push the envelope for the way guitarists and vocalists are heard. ... I just respect his musicality.
 * Chad Hugo (of N.E.R.D.) on Mayer (From MTV.com)

 * You know, the dude is a real musician. It's like anything you ever loved in Joe Jackson or anything you ever loved in any '70s rock. You're gonna get it out of this dude. He's a real student, and it comes through in his music.
 * Pharrell Williams (of N.E.R.D.) on Mayer (From MTV.com)

 * I was astonished at how well he played live. I had no idea he was that good.
 * Eric Clapton, on seeing Mayer perform at the Crossroads Music Festival in 2004. (2005) (From Cleaveland.com)

 * What song do I hate? I think "Daughters," by John Mayer, would be a good candidate. I don't know why he bugs me so bad.
 * Brandon Flowers on what song would be playing if he went to hell. (2005) (Rolling Stone Magazine)

 * Before that it was Halo, and no one could beat him. That's pretty much his MO if he finds an interest in something -- it doesn't matter how incidental it is.
 * Chad Franscoviak on Mayer's desire to be the best at everything
 * Hiatt, Brian (2006-09-21), "My Big Mouth Strikes Again". Rolling Stone. (1009): 66-70

 * No musician is indifferent to the public's perception of him, but the exuberant, logorrheic Mayer takes self-awareness to new postmodern heights. Like a football player providing color commentary on his own career, he muses constantly on his own abilities and his place in the taxonomy of pop.
 * Barrett, Ruth Shaut (ELLE)(2006). "Blues Brother" J-mayer.org (accessed August 3, 2006)

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Common (rapper)

Common (formerly Common Sense, born Lonnie Rashid Lynn, Jr. on March 13, 1972, in Chicago, Illinois) is a Chicago-based hip hop artist.

Resurrection (1994)

 * My style is too developed to be arrested It's the freestyle, so now it's out on parole They tried to hold my soul in a holding cell so I would sell but I bonded with a break and had enough to make bail
 * "Resurrection" (Track 1)

 * But once the man got you well he altered the native Told her if she got an image and a gimmick That she could make money, and she did it like a dummy Now I see her in commercials, she's universal She used to only swing it with the inner-city circle Now she be in the burbs lickin' rock and dressin' hip And on some dumb shit
 * "I Used to Love H.E.R." (Track 2)

One Day It'll All Make Sense (1997)

 * I fight, with myself in the ring of doubt and fear The rain ain't gone, but I can still see clear As a child, given religion with no answer to why Just told believe in Jesus cause for me he did die Curiosity killed the catechism Understanding and wisdom became the rhythm that I played to And became a slave to master self A rich man is one with knowledge, happiness and his health My mind had dealt with the books of Zen, Tao the lessons of the Koran and Bible, to me they all vital And got truth within 'em, gotta read them boys You just can't skim 'em, different branches of belief But one root that stem 'em, but people of the venom try to trim 'em And use religion as an emblem When it should be a natural way of life Who am I or they to say to whom you pray ain't right? That's who got you doin' right and got you this far Whether you say "in Jesus name" or "Al hum du'Allah" Long as you know it's a being that's supreme to you You let that show towards others in the things you do Cause when the trumpets blowin', 24 elders surround the throne Only 144,000 gon get home
 * "G.O.D. (Gaining One's Definition)" (Track 7)

Like Water for Chocolate (2000)

 * Granted we known each other for some time but it don't take a whole day to recognize sunshine
 * "The Light" (Track 7)

 * The revolution will not be televised The revolution is here
 * "The 6th Sense" (Track 9)

 * The perseverence of a rebel, I drop heavier levels of unseen or heard, a king with words Can't knock the hustle, but I've seen street dreams deferred Dark spots in my mind where the scene occurred Some say I'm too deep, but I'm in too deep to sleep
 * "The 6th Sense" (Track 9)

 * I'm the truth, across the table from corporate lies Immortilized by the realness I bring to it If revolution had a movie I'd be theme music My music, you can either fight, fuck, or dream to it
 * "The 6th Sense" (Track 9)

 * This industry will make you lose intensity
 * "The 6th Sense" (Track 9)

 * Cause federal and state was built for a black fate Her emptiness was filled with beatings and court dates They fabricated cases, hoping one would stick And said she robbed places that didn't exist In the midst of threats on her life and being caged with Aryan whites Through dark halls of hate she carried the light
 * "A Song for Assata" (Track 15)

Be (2005)

 * The chosen one from the land of the frozen sun, where drunk nights get remembered more than sober ones
 * "Be (Intro)" (Track 1)

 * Never looking back, or too far in front of me. The present is a gift, and I just wanna be.
 * "Be (Intro)" (Track 1)

 * We got arms but wont reach for the skies
 * "Be (Intro)" (Track 1)

 * Be the author of your own horoscope
 * "Be (Intro)" (Track 1)

 * We write songs about wrong cause its hard to see right
 * "The Corner" (Track 2)

 * I look into my daughter's eyes. And realize that I'ma learn through her. The Messiah, might even return through her. If I'ma do it, I gotta change the world through her
 * "Be (Intro)" (Track 1)

Compilations, Singles, and Cameos

 * Yo...on the amen, corner I stood lookin' at my former hood Felt the spirit in the wind, knew my friend was gone for good Threw dirt on the casket, the hurt, I couldn't mask it Mixin down emotions, struggle I hadn't mastered I choreographed seven steps to heaven and hell, waiting to exhale and make the bread leavened Veteran of a cold war its Chica-i-go for What I know or, whats known
 * "Respiration", Black Star (1998)

 * Tried to call, or at least beep the lord, but didn't have a touch-tone
 * "Respiration", Black Star (1998)

 * Let the truth be told from young souls that become old From days spent in the jungle, where must one go To find it, time is real, we can't rewind it Out of everybody I met, who told the truth? Time did
 * "The Truth", Pharoahe Monch Internal Affairs (1999)

 * Took a picture of the truth and tried to develop it Had proof, but it was only recognized by the intelligent Took the negative and positive, cause niggas got to live Said I got to get more than I'm given Cause truth'll never be heard in religion After searching the world, on the inside what was hidden? It was the truth
 * "The Truth", Pharoahe Monch Internal Affairs (1999)

 * This is street rad-i-o, For unsung hero, Driving in the regal, trying to stay legal, My daughter found Nemo, I found the new primo, Yeah, you know how we do, we do it for the people."
 * "The People", Finding Forever

Interviews

 * I think and speak clearer since I cut the dairy out. I can breathe better and perform at a better rate, and my voice is clearer. I can explore different things with my voice that I couldn’t do because of my meat and dairy ingestion. I am proud and blessed to be a vegetarian, everything became clear.
 * From the documentary Holistic Wellness for the Hip-Hop Generation (2003); as quoted in "Common, Sticman, Badu Featured In New Health Documentary",  (13 August 2003).

 * I went to the movies — it was Kanye, myself and John Mayer, and we went to see "Ray." We were watching it, and I was just inspired by the movie, just as a musician and as an artist, I felt inspired. We left there and went straight to the studio. Kanye started cooking up this beat and started doing this chant, like, "Go, go, go," and while we were sitting there thinking what to write, John Mayer said, "You could write about your fantasy." And I was like, "Am I going to let John Mayer come up with the concept for this joint? This is hip-hop." But John Mayer is a very talented brother and you don't know where your blessings are going to come from. He was singing, and we made him a sample on it, going 'Go.' So it all came together and now we have the song 'Go!,' which is about going to my fantasy.
 * On working with Kanye West and John Mayer on the track "Go." (2004) (From MTV.com)

 * Recently, John and I got to go to Selma and perform “Glory” on the same bridge that Dr. King and the people of the civil rights movement marched on 50 years ago. This bridge was once a landmark of a divided nation, but now is a symbol for change. The spirit of this bridge transcends race, gender, religion, sexual orientation, and social status. The spirit of this bridge connects the kid from the South Side of Chicago, dreaming of a better life, to those in France standing up for their freedom of expression, to the people in Hong Kong protesting for democracy. This bridge was built on hope, welded with compassion, and elevated by love for all human beings.
 * The 87th Oscars ceremony, 22 February, 2015.

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The Lady from Shanghai

The Lady from Shanghai is a 1947 American film about a man who follows a beautiful woman and joins a bizarre yachting cruise but ends up mired in a complex murder plot.
 * Written and directed by Orson Welles, based on the novel by Sherwood King.

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Michael O'Hara

 * I've always found it very... sanitary to be broke.
 * New York is not as big a city as it pretends to be.
 * When I start out to make a fool of myself, there's very little can stop me. If I'd known where it would end, I'd never let anything start, if I'd been in my right mind, that is. But once I'd seen her, once I'd seen her, I was not in my right mind for quite some time...me, with plenty of time and nothing to do but get myself in trouble. Some people can smell danger, not me.
 * That's how I found her, and from that moment on, I did not use my head very much, except to be thinking of her.
 * Personally, I don't like a girlfriend to have a husband. If she'll fool her husband, I figure she'll fool me.
 * Talk of money and murder. I must be insane, or else all these people are lunatics.
 * I never make up my mind about anything at all until it's over and done with.
 * Once, off the hump of Brazil I saw the ocean so darkened with blood it was black and the sun fainting away over the lip of the sky.We'd put in at Fortaleza, and a few of us had lines out for a bit of idle fishing. It was me had the first strike. A shark it was. Then there was another, and another shark again, 'till all about, the sea was made of sharks and more sharks still, and no water at all. My shark had torn himself from the hook, and the scent, or maybe the stain it was, and him bleeding his life away drove the rest of them mad. Then the beasts took to eating each other. In their frenzy, they ate at themselves.You could feel the lust of murder like a wind stinging your eyes, and you could smell the death, reeking up out of the sea. I never saw anything worse... until this little picnic tonight. And you know, there wasn't one of them sharks in the whole crazy pack that survived.
 * [describing Acapulco] There's a fair face to the land, surely, but you can't hide the hunger and guilt. It's a bright, guilty world.
 * [voiceover] It was early October when we made San Francisco, and dropped anchor across the bay from the city in Sausalito. It had been a most interesting cruise, all very rich and rare and strange. But I had had no stomach for it. To begin with, living on a hook takes away your appetite. You have no taste for any pleasure at all but the one that's burnin' in you. But even without an appetite, I had heard it's quite amazing how much a fool like me can swallow.
 * [Michael's pre-signed confession note] I, Michael O'Hara, in order to live in peace with my God, do freely make the following confession...We arrived at the boat landing at approximately 10:20. Mr. Grisby said he heard a sound, something suspicious. He said he was frightened of a hold-up and asked me to get the gun out of the side pocket of the car just in case. I reached in and got the gun, but I had hardly taken hold of it when the gun went off by accident in my hand, and I saw that Mr. Grisby was all covered with blood. It took me a minute to realize that Mr. Grisby was dead, to realize that I, Michael O'Hara, had killed him.
 * [voiceover] I began to ask myself if I wasn't out of my head entirely. The wrong man was arrested. The wrong man was shot. Grisby was dead and so was Broome. And what about Bannister? He was going to defend me in a trial for my life. And me, charged with a couple of murders I did not commit. Either me or the rest of the whole world is absolutely insane.
 * I was right. She was the killer. She killed Grisby. Now she was going to kill me. Her servant Li and his friends smuggled me out into the darkness and hid me where I'd be safe from the cops, not safe from her. One of the Chinese worked in an amusement park. It was closed for the season. An empty amusement park makes a good hide-out and she wanted me hidden. Well, I came to in the Crazy House and for a while there, I thought it was me that was crazy. After what I'd been through, anything crazy at all seemed natural. But now I was sane on one subject - her. I knew about her. She planned to kill Bannister, she and Grisby. Grisby was to do it for a share of Bannister's money. That's what Grisby thought, but of course, she meant to kill Grisby too after he'd served his purpose. Poor howling idiot, he never even did that. He went and shot Broome, and that was not part of the plan. Broome might have got to the police before he died. And if the cops traced it to Grisby, and the cops made Grisby talk, he'd spill everything and she'd be finished. So she had to shut up Grisby but quick. And I was the fall guy.
 * I went to call the cops, but I knew she'd be dead before they got there and I'd be free. Bannister's note to the DA would fix it. I'd be innocent officially, but that's a big word - innocence. Stupid's more like it. Well, everybody is somebody's fool. The only way to stay out of trouble is to grow old, so I guess I'll concentrate on that. Maybe I'll live so long that I'll forget her. Maybe I'll die trying.

Arthur Bannister

 * That's the first time anyone ever thought enough of you to call you a shark. If you were a good lawyer, you'd be flattered.
 * Mike's got a lot of blarney but he knows how to hurt a man when he gets mad.
 * [to Michael] This is one case I've enjoyed losing. I'm coming to see you in the Death House, Michael, every day. Our little visits will be great fun. I'm going to ask for a stay of execution, and I really hope it will be granted. I want you to live as long as possible before you die...I've got an edge. I know you're going to the gas chamber.
 * I knew I'd find you two together. If I hadn't, Elsa, I might have gone on playing it your way. You didn't know that, but you did plan for me to follow you...I presume you think that if you murder me here, your sailor friend will get the blame and you'll be free to spend my money. Well, dear, you aren't the only one who wants me to die. Our good friend, the District Attorney, is just itching to open a letter that I left with him. The letter tells all about you, lover. So you'd be foolish to fire that gun. With these mirrors, it's difficult to tell. You are aiming at me, aren't you? I'm aiming at you, lover. Of course, killing you is killing myself. It's the same thing. But you know, I'm pretty tired of both of us.
 * [to Elsa, as he is dying] You know, for a smart girl, you make a lot of mistakes. You should have let me live. You're gonna need a good lawyer.

George Grisby

 * Mr. Bannister tells me you once killed a man. You are Michael, aren't you?...I'm very interested in murders. Forgive me if I seem inquisitive, but where'd it happen?...How'd you do it? No, let me guess. You did it with your hands, didn't you? Does it ever bother you when you think about it? What did he do to you?...You just killed him for the fun of it, eh?...Then it wasn't murder, I suppose. Tell me, would you do it again? Would you mind killing another man?...Would you kill me if I gave you the chance? I may give you the chance.
 * This is going to be murder and it's going to be legal. I want to live, but I want to vanish. I want to go away and change my name and never be heard of again. But that costs money and it isn't as easy nowadays. If they're looking for you, they'll find you, unless they think you're dead. They'll find you even on the smallest island in the South Seas. That's where I'm gonna be, fella, on that smallest island...I want to live on that island in peace. That won't be possible unless the world is satisfied that I don't exist. You know, the law's a funny thing, fella. The state of California will say I'm dead, officially dead, if somebody will say they murdered me. [He chuckles.] That's what I'm paying you for...You swear you killed me, but you can't be arrested. That's the law. Look it up for yourself. There's no such thing as homicide unless they find a corpse. It just isn't murder if they don't find a body. According to the law, I'm dead IF you say you murdered me. But you're not a murderer unless I'm dead. Silly, isn't it?
 * Just tell 'em you're taking a little tarrrr-get practice.

Others

 * Mrs. Elsa Bannister: You need more than luck in Shanghai.

 * Jake: What's a tough guy?...A guy with an edge...A gun or a knife, a nightstick, or a razor, somethin' the other guy ain't got. Yeah, a little extra reach on a punch, a set of brass knuckles, a stripe on the sleeve, a badge that says cop on it, a rock in your hand, or a bankroll in your pocket. That's an edge, brother. Without an edge, there ain't no tough guy.
 * Bessie: You heard him, Mr. Poet. I need the money.
 * Sidney Broome: There's gonna be a murder. Ain't gonna be no fake murder, not this time. Somebody's gonna be killed...Yeah, your husband. Maybe he's the one who's gonna be knocked off...Could be? You'd better get down to his office if you want to do anything about it.
 * Sidney Broome: [to Michael] Get down to the office, Montgomery Street. You was framed. Grisby didn't want to disappear. He just wanted an alibi - and you're it. You're the fall guy. Grisby's gone down there to kill Bannister, now.

Dialogue

 * Mrs. Elsa Bannister : I don't know how to shoot.

 * You've been traveling around the world too much to find out anything about it.

 * Michael O'Hara: It's easy, you just pull the trigger.

 * Elsa: Will you help me? Give me a cigarette? I'm learning to smoke now. Ever since that night in the park, I've been getting the habit.
 * Michael: Do all rich women play games like this?
 * Elsa: [she draws near to kiss him] Call me Rosalie.
 * [He slaps her]
 * Elsa: [She sticks the cigarette between her trembling lips and lights it. She draws a puff.] I didn't think you would do that.
 * Michael: I didn't either.
 * Elsa: You're scared, aren't you? You're scared. I'm scared too.
 * Michael: You think you're needing me to help you. You're not that kind. If you need anything, you help yourself.
 * Elsa: I'm not what you think I am. I just try to be like that.
 * Michael: Keep on trying. You might make it.
 * Elsa: Oh, Michael, what are we scared of?
 * [They kiss]

 * Arthur: Are you independently wealthy?
 * Michael: I'm independent.
 * Arthur: Of money. Before you start that novel Elsa says you're going to write, you'd better learn something. You've been traveling around the world too much to find out anything about it....
 * Michael: I've always found it very sanitary to be broke.
 * Arthur: ...Money cannot bring you health and happiness, etc. Is that it? Without money, I'd be flat on my back in the ward of a county hospital...Each man has his own idea of happiness, of course, but money is what all of us have in common...You call yourself independent. Come around and see me five years from now.

 * Michael: Love. Do you believe in love at all, Mrs. Bannister?
 * Elsa: I was taught to think about love in Chinese.
 * Michael: The way a Frenchman thinks about laughter in French?
 * Elsa: The Chinese say, it is difficult for love to last long. Therefore, one who loves passionately is cured of love, in the end.
 * Michael: Sure, that's a hard way of thinking.
 * Elsa: There's more to the proverb: Human nature is eternal. Therefore, one who follows his nature keeps his original nature, in the end.

 * Elsa: He isn't really a steward...He's a detective, Michael. My husband hires him to watch me. He wants to fix it so I'll never be able to divorce him...I haven't a cent, Michael. He wants to cut me off without a cent.
 * Michael: Does that matter so much, I shouldn't think it would?
 * Elsa: Oh, I told you, sweet, you don't know anything about the world.
 * Michael: Well lately, I've been rounding out my education.

 * Grisby: That's what I need you for, Michael. To see to it that I'm not around. How'd you like $5,000?...I'll fill in the details later...It's yours. All you have to do is kill somebody.
 * Michael: Who, Mr. Grisby? I'm particular who I murder...You know, I wouldn't like to kill just anybody. Is it someone I know?
 * Grisby: Oh, yeah, but you'll never guess...It's me...I want you to kill me!

 * Michael: Sure, I'm gonna take you where there aren't any spies.
 * Elsa: Michael, where?
 * Michael: A long way off. Somewhere in the far places.
 * Elsa: Far places? We're in one of them now. Anyway, it doesn't work. I tried it. Everything's bad, Michael, everything. You can't escape it or fight it. You've got to get along with it. Deal with it, make terms. You're such a foolish knight errant, Michael. You're big and strong, but you just don't know how to take care of yourself. So how could you take care of me?

 * Arthur: Your Honor, the District Attorney isn't cross-examining, he's making speeches.
 * District Attorney: That simply isn't so.
 * Arthur: I move for a declaration of mistrial be sought on the grounds that the jury is being prejudiced.
 * District Attorney: These are some of the great Bannister's 'trial tactics.' In an appeal for sympathy...
 * Arthur: The District Attorney is beginning to get vicious.
 * Judge: When you two gentlemen get over your argument, tell me who won. Then I'll decide on the objection. [Laughter] Objection sustained.

 * Elsa: Why don't you try and understand? George was supposed to take care of Arthur, but he lost his silly head and shot Broome. After that, I knew I couldn't trust him. He was mad. He had to be shot.
 * Michael: And what about me?
 * Elsa: We could have gone off together.
 * Michael: Into the sunrise? You and me, or you and Grisby?
 * Elsa: I love you.
 * Michael: One who follows his nature keeps his original nature in the end. But haven't you heard ever of something better to follow?
 * Elsa: No.

 * Elsa: [gasping, as she is dying] He and George, and now me!
 * Michael: Like the sharks, mad with their own blood. Chewing away at their own selves.
 * Elsa: It's true. I made a lot of mistakes.
 * Michael: You said the world's bad. We can't run away from the badness. And you're right there. But you said we can't fight it. We must deal with the badness, make terms. And then the badness'll deal with you, and make its own terms, in the end, surely.
 * Elsa: You can fight, but what good is it? Goodbye.
 * Michael: You mean we can't win?
 * Elsa: No, we can't win. Give my love to the sunrise.
 * Michael: We can't lose, either. Only if we quit.
 * Elsa: And you're not going to.
 * Michael: Not again!
 * Elsa: Oh Michael, I'm afraid. [He strolls away] Michael, come back here. Michael! Please! I don't want to die! I DON'T WANT TO DIE!

Taglines

 * "I told you... you know nothing about wickedness"
 * "Do all rich women play games like this?"
 * The Story Of A Reckless Woman!

Cast

 * Rita Hayworth - Elsa 'Rosalie' Bannister
 * Orson Welles - Michael O'Hara
 * Everett Sloane - Arthur Bannister
 * Glenn Anders - George Grisby
 * Ted de Corsia - Sidney Broome
 * Erskine Sanford - Judge
 * Gus Schilling - 'Goldie' Goldfish
 * Carl Frank - Dist. Atty. Galloway
 * Louis Merrill - Jake
 * Evelyn Ellis - Bessie (Bannister maid)

title: The Lady from Shanghai


text: User:KimonAndreou~enwikiquote

title: User:KimonAndreou~enwikiquote


text:
Shadow of a Doubt

Shadow of a Doubt is a 1943 film noir about a young woman who thinks her uncle, for whom she is named, may be a serial killer.
 * ''Directed by Alfred Hitchcock. Written by Thornton Wilder, Sally Benson, and Alma Reville, based on a story by Gordon McDonell.

Dialogue

 * Charlie: I've come to the conclusion that I give up. I simply give up.
 * Joseph: What are you going to give up?
 * Charlie: Have you ever stopped to think that a family should be the most wonderful thing in the world and that this family's just gone to pieces?
 * Joseph: We have?
 * Charlie: Of course we have. We just sort of go along and nothing happens. We're in a terrible rut. It's been on my mind for months. What's gonna be our future?
 * Joseph: Oh, come now, Charlie. Things aren't as bad as that. The bank gave me a raise last January.
 * Charlie: Money. How can you talk about money when I'm talking about souls? We eat and sleep and that's about all. We don't even have any real conversations. We just talk...
 * Joseph: ...and work.
 * Charlie: Yes, poor mother, she works like a dog, just like a dog...When she comes back, it will be the same thing. Dinner, then dishes, then bed. I don't see how she stands it. You know, she's really a wonderful woman. I mean, she's not just a mother. And I think we ought to do something for her. Don't you think we should?
 * Joseph: Yeah. What were you thinking of doing for her?
 * Charlie: Oh, nothing I suppose. I guess we'll just have to wait for a miracle - or something...I don't believe in good intentions anymore. All I'm waiting for now is a miracle.

 * Charlie: Mrs. Henderson, do you believe in telepathy?
 * Mrs. Henderson: Well I ought to, that's my business.
 *  Charlie: Oh, not telegraphy, mental telepathy. Like, well, suppose you have a thought, and suppose the thought's about someone you're in tune with. And then across thousands of miles, that person knows what you're thinking about and answers you - and it's all mental.
 * Mrs. Henderson: I don't know what you're talkin' about. I only send telegrams the normal way.

 * Charlie: I can't explain it but you came here and Mother's so happy and I'm glad that she named me after you and that she thinks we're both alike. I think we are too. I know it. It would spoil things if you should give me anything.
 * Uncle Charlie: You're a strange girl, Charlie. Why would it spoil things?
 * Charlie: Because we're not just an uncle and a niece. It's something else. I know you. I know that you don't tell people a lot of things. I don't either. I have the feeling that inside you somewhere, there's something nobody knows about.
 * Uncle Charlie: Something nobody knows?
 * Charlie: Something secret and wonderful and - I'll find it out.
 * Uncle Charlie: It's not good to find out too much, Charlie.
 * Charlie: But we're sorta like twins, don't you see? We have to know.

 * Uncle Charlie: I've never been photographed in my life and I don't want to be.
 * Emma: But Charles, how can you talk that way? I had a photograph of you. I gave it to Charlie.
 * Uncle Charlie: I tell you there are none.
 * Emma: I guess you've forgotten this one...It was taken the Christmas you got your bicycle, just before your accident.
 * Charlie: Uncle Charlie, you were beautiful!
 * Emma: Wasn't he, though? And such a quiet boy, always reading. I always said Papa never should have bought you that bicycle. You didn't know how to handle it. Charlie, he took it right out on the icy road and skidded into a streetcar. We thought he was going to die.
 * Charlie: I'm glad he didn't.
 * Emma: Well he almost did. He fractured his skull. And he was laid up so long. And then - when he was getting well, there was no holding him. It was just as though all the rest he had was, well, too much for him, and he had to get into mischief to blow off steam. He didn't do much reading after that, let me tell you. It was taken the very day he had his accident. And then a few days later, when the pictures came home, how Mama cried. She wondered if he'd ever look the same. She wondered if he'd ever be the same.
 * Uncle Charlie: What's the use of looking backward? What's the use of looking ahead? Today's the thing. That's my philosophy. Today.
 * Emma: Well, if today is the thing, then you'd better finish your breakfast and get down to the bank because Joe will be waiting.

 * Uncle Charlie: I got in the habit of carrying a lot of cash with me when I was traveling.
 * Mr. Green: Dangerous habit, Mr. Oakley.
 * Uncle Charlie: Never lost a penny in my life, Mr. Green. I guess heaven takes care of fools and scoundrels.

 * Jack: What does your brother do?
 * Emma: Oh, he's just in business. You know the way men are.

 * Charlie: You know, your picking us as an average family kind of gave me a funny feeling...I guess I don't like to be an average girl in an average family.
 * Jack: Average families are the best. Look at me. I'm from an average family.
 * Charlie: As average as ours?
 * Jack: Sure. Besides, I don't think you're average.
 * Charlie: That's because you see me now instead of a few days ago. I was in the dumps, and then Uncle Charlie came and everything changed.
 * Jack: But your mother said he only got here last night. Maybe you just think that...
 * Charlie: I don't think, I know. It's funny, but when I try to think of how I feel, I-I always come back to Uncle Charlie. Are you trying to tell me I shouldn't think he's so wonderful?

 * Charlie: I know what you are really. You're a detective. There's something the matter and you're a detective...
 * Jack: Charlie, listen.
 * Charlie: I don't want to listen. You're not in a survey at all. You lied to us. You lied to mother. You just wanted to get in our house. That's what it is. What do you want with us? What are you doing around here lying to us?
 * Jack: Look, Charlie, you've got to listen to me. You've got to trust me.
 * Charlie: When you've done nothing but lie?
 * Jack: I had to. When I came here to this town to find a man. I hadn't counted on you. I hadn't counted on your mother or your family...There's a man loose in this country. We're after him. We don't know much about him. We don't even know what he looks like...This man we want may be your uncle.
 * Charlie: I don't believe you. Go away and leave me alone.
 * Jack: We're after one man. Your uncle may be that man. We followed him. We think he is. But in the east, there's another man who's being hunted too, hunted through Massachusetts and into Maine. He may be the one.

 * Uncle Charlie: Women keep busy in towns like this. In the cities it's different. The cities are full of women, middle-aged widows, husbands dead, husbands who've spent their lives making fortunes, working and working. Then they die and leave their money to their wives. Their silly wives. And what do the wives do, these useless women? You see them in the hotels, the best hotels, every day by the thousands, drinking the money, eating the money, losing the money at bridge, playing all day and all night, smelling of money. Proud of their jewelry but of nothing else. Horrible, faded, fat, greedy women.
 * Charlie: They're alive! They're human beings!
 * Uncle Charlie: Are they? Are they, Charlie? Are they human or are they fat wheezing animals, hmm? And what happens to animals when they get too fat and too old?

 * Uncle Charlie: Well, Charlie?
 * Charlie: Well?
 * Uncle Charlie: You think you know something, don't you? That young fellow told you something.
 * Charlie: Yes. Why should he know something about you?
 * Uncle Charlie: Now look, Charlie, something's come between us. I don't want that to happen. Why, we're old friends. More than that. We're like twins. You said so yourself. [He takes Charlie's hand and she pulls away]
 * Charlie: Don't touch me Uncle Charlie.
 * Uncle Charlie: What did he tell you? What did that boy tell you?
 * Charlie: It's got nothing to do with it. I hope he never knows anything about you.
 * Uncle Charlie: Charlie, you're a pretty understanding sort of girl. You've heard some little things about me. I guess you're a woman of the world enough to overlook them. You're the head of your family, Charlie, anyone can see that. I'm not so old. I've been chasing around the globe since I was sixteen. I guess I've done some pretty foolish things. And some pretty foolish mistakes. Nothing serious, just foolish. [pause] Aw, Charlie now, don't start imagining things.
 * Charlie: How could you do such things? You're my uncle, my mother's brother. We thought you were the most wonderful man in the world. The most wonderful and the best.
 * Uncle Charlie: Charlie, what do you know?
 * [She takes the emerald ring from her pocket and places it on the table]
 * Louise: I'm sorry I was so long with these. [places drinks on the table] Whose is it? Ain't it beautiful. I'd just die for a ring like that. Yes sir, for a ring like that, I'd just about die. I love jewelry, real jewelry. You notice I didn't even have to ask if it was real? You can tell...I can.
 * Uncle Charlie: Bring me another brandy.
 * [Charlie tries to leave]
 * Uncle Charlie: Sit down. Sit down. You think you know something, don't you? You think you're the clever little girl who knows something. There's so much you don't know. So much. What do you know, really? You're just an ordinary little girl living in an ordinary little town. You wake up every morning of your life and you know perfectly well that there's nothing in the world to trouble you. You go through your ordinary little day and at night you sleep your untroubled, ordinary little sleep filled with peaceful, stupid dreams. And I brought you nightmares! Or did I, or was it a silly inexpert little lie. You live in a dream. You're a sleepwalker, blind. How do you know what the world is like? Do you know the world is a foul sty? Do you know if you rip the fronts off houses you'd find swine? The world's a hell. What does it matter what happens in it? Wake up, Charlie! Use your wits. Learn something.
 * [Charlie runs out, then is caught by her uncle near her house]
 * Uncle Charlie: Charlie, will you help me?
 * Charlie: Help you?
 * Uncle Charlie: The same blood flows through our veins, Charlie. A week ago, I was at the end of my rope. Oh, I'm so tired, Charlie. There's an end to the running a man can do. You'll never know what it's like to be so tired. I was going to- well, then I got the idea of coming out here. It's my last chance, Charlie. Give it to me! Graham and the other fellow, they don't know. There's a man in the East. They suspect him too. And if they get him, I-- Charlie, give me this last chance.
 * Charlie: Take your chance. Go.
 * Uncle Charlie: I'll go, Charlie, I'll go. Just give me a few days. Think of your mother. It'll kill your mother.
 * Charlie: Yes, it would kill my mother. Oh, take your few days. See that you get away from here.
 * Uncle Charlie: Do you realize what it will mean if they get me? The electric chair. Charlie, you've got to help me. I count on you. You said yourself we're no ordinary uncle and niece, no matter what I've done.

 * Jack: I guess I like you whatever you do. I guess I like you.
 * Charlie: I'm glad. I like you too.
 * Jack: Funny how you happen to meet someone and like them and - like them. Charlie...I suppose it couldn't ever really happen some day that you'd tell your father, you know, about marrying someone, a detective, I mean.
 * Charlie: I don't know.
 * Jack: I didn't mean to tell you. I wanted to wait until you'd forgotten all the mess we've been through together so you could stop thinking of me as something unpleasant and frightening. I wanted to wait and come back and then tell you. But I can't help it. I want to tell you now. I love you, Charlie. I love you terribly. I know it's no time to tell you now and I'm sorry. Do you mind?
 * Charlie: I don't mind.
 * Jack: Do you think you could think about it?
 * Charlie: About your loving me?
 * Jack: And perhaps your loving me?
 * Charlie: I'd like us to be friends. I know that. Well, we are friends. I'd like to have that to think about.
 * Jack: And nothing more?
 * Charlie: I don't know, Jack, I-I just don't know yet.

 * Charlie: When are you leaving, Uncle Charlie?
 * Uncle Charlie: Oh come now, Charlie. That other business - it's all over. I'd like to forget it. We're all happy here.
 * Charlie: When are you leaving?
 * Uncle Charles: I'm not going, you see. Not yet, I'm not going. I want to settle down. Live in a place where people know me. Have some money in the bank, some sort of business. Be a part of this family.
 * Charlie: Oh, I see.
 * Uncle Charlie: The most sensible thing for you to do is to be friends with me. I can do a lot for you, Charlie. A lot for all of you.
 * Charlie: No, not you. We don't want anything from you. I wish I'd told my mother about you. I wish I had.
 * Uncle Charlie: Oh, I know what you've been thinking. How do you think your mother would have felt? What would it do to her now? How about your father's job at the bank? What would become of all of you if everything came out?
 * Charlie: I know. You needn't be afraid. I can't tell them.
 * Uncle Charlie: I'm not afraid, Charlie. What would you tell? Who would believe you? A waltz runs through your head. You don't like the initials in a ring and you connect it all up with a newspaper clipping. And now you haven't even got the ring. I don't know what became of it.
 * Charlie: You have it.
 * Uncle Charlie: I? I gave it to you.
 * Charlie: I don't want you here, Uncle Charlie. I don't want you to touch my mother. So go away, I'm warning you. Go away or I'll kill you myself. See, that's the way I feel about you.

 * Uncle Charlie: Charlie, just a minute. I want you to know I think you were right to make me leave. It's best for your mother. Best for all of us. You saw what happened to her last night. She's not very strong, you know. I don't think she could stand the shock. I remember once when she was a little girl... [The train begins moving faster, but he seizes her as she panics and tries to break away.] No, listen Charlie, I want you to forget all about me. Forget that I ever came to Santa Rosa.
 * Charlie: Your hands! Let me go, Uncle Charlie. Let me go.
 * [She struggles into the space between the cars, while he grips her mouth and throat and opens the door to fling her onto the tracks.]
 * Uncle Charlie: I've got to do this, Charlie, so long as you know what you do about me. [He lifts her off the ground - her legs dangle in the air.] Not yet, Charlie, let it get a little faster! Just a little faster! Faster! Now!
 * [Struggling with him, she is able to reverse position with him and pushes him in front of the oncoming train]

 * Charlie: I'm glad you were able to come, Jack. I couldn't have faced it without someone who knew. I did know more. I couldn't tell you.
 * Graham: I know.
 * Charlie: He thought the world was a horrible place. He couldn't have been very happy ever. He didn't trust people. He seemed to hate them. Hated the whole world. You know, he said that people like us had no idea what the world was really like.
 * Graham: Well, it's not quite as bad as that, but sometimes it needs a lot of watching. It seems to go crazy every now and then, like your Uncle Charlie.

Cast

 * Teresa Wright - Charlie Newton
 * Joseph Cotten - Uncle Charlie Oakley
 * Macdonald Carey - Det. Jack Graham
 * Henry Travers - Joseph Newton
 * Patricia Collinge - Emma Newton
 * Hume Cronyn - Herbie Hawkins
 * Wallace Ford - Det. Fred Saunders
 * Edna May Wonacott - Ann Newton
 * Charles Bates - Roger Newton

title: Shadow of a Doubt


text:
Ralph Merkle

Ralph C. Merkle (born 2 February 1952) is a pioneer in public key cryptography, and more recently a researcher and speaker on molecular nanotechnology and cryonics.

Quotes

 * Developing nanotechnology will be a major project -- just as developing nuclear weapons or lunar rockets were major projects. We must first focus our efforts on developing two things: the tools with which to build the first molecular machines, and the blueprints of what we are to build. This will require the cooperative efforts of researchers across a wide range of disciplines: scanning probe microscopy, supramolecular chemistry, protein engineering, self assembly, robotics, materials science, computational chemistry, self replicating systems, physics, computer science, and more. This work must focus on fundamentally new approaches and methods: incremental or evolutionary improvements will not be sufficient. Government funding is both appropriate and essential for several reasons: the benefits will be pervasive across companies and the economy; few if any companies will have the resources to pursue this alone; and development will take many years to a few decades (beyond the planning horizon of most private organizations). We know it's possible. We know it's valuable. We should do it.
 * Merkle's website

title: Ralph Merkle


text:
Katamari Damacy

Katamari Damacy is a video game series. In the original, the King of All Cosmos had the vast majority of the dialogue. However, in the sequel, We ♥ Katamari, many fans of the King of All Cosmos get to say additional things.

Characters

 * "B-U-T, first things first, does the Prince like vibration? Meaning the moving and the shaking."

 * "Here we are. Earth. Full of things as usual."

 * "Woo, tangent."

 * "Maybe We'll invent a Cosmic Esperanto."

 * "So, we were thinking about working out."

 * " No ... It was indeed not a dream . We really did it. The King of All Cosmos has really done it. A sky full of stars... We broke it. Yes, We were naughty. Completely naughty . So, so very sorry. But just between you and Us, It felt quite good. ♥ Not that We can remember very clearly, but We were in all Nature's embrace. We felt the beauty of all things, and felt love for all. That's how it was. Did you see? We smiled a genuine smile. Did you see? The stars splintering in perfect beauty. So many there used to be, almost a nuisance. Now there's nothing but darkness. Hee... 'Tis but a dream... Hee... But a beautiful one."

 * "It is not your fault. It is our fault for believing in you."

 * "Sending Things to Earth - trees... elephants... hopes... dreams..."

 * (Referring to the constellation Virgo) "What is it...? It's lacking a certain something... Oh, yes! We get it! Prettiness! This sky is not pretty at all. It's rough and masculine. Possibly sweaty. What We really want is pure, girlish prettiness. There should be loads of maidens like those on Earth."

Quotes about Katamari Damacy

 * [A man is driving in a car, and the radio turns on]
 * Man: [singing along] Naaaa na na nana na na Katamari Damacy
 * [later]
 * Woman: And that's when you veered into the mailbox?
 * Man: It looked smaller than me. It was just instinct.
 * Randall Munroe in xkcd 161

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User talk:Anamanfan

--Aphaia 21:55, 29 September 2005 (UTC)

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User talk:Esprit15d

--Aphaia 21:55, 29 September 2005 (UTC)

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User talk:Watkyn

Anthony Donovan Eichelberger (July 11, 2002 – ???) Anthony is a wonderful little boy with an inquisitive mind. Lots of questions he asks are real stumpers. His little brother is Joey.

 * "What is an egg like?"

 * "What is a building?"

 * "What is the last number?"

 * "Construction workers are good?"

 * "Stars are mammals?"

 * "Daddy said pork chops make everybody sick."

 * "Joey - you lizard. Go away lizard."

 * "Joey is a mascot"

 * "Mascots eat?"

"This is a sharpener?" Mom: Yes "It doesn't sharpen my hand?" Mom: No "It just sharpens knives?" Mom: Yes
 * Conversations with his mom:

"Mommy, there is an animal in my nose." Mom: Do you want a kleenex? "No, I got it out with my finger."

 * While laying down on the floor at the bottom of the stairs, "I'm pretending I'm concrete"

Purpose of pages
Thanks for registering and moving the Anthony quotes to your own page. Note that by convention, such content would be on your User page, and not here, on your talk page. There is no problem with the quotes being here, except that this page is the one others edit when they wish to send you messages (like I'm doing right now), and you probably don't want your son's (I assume) quotes and the discussion to get mixed up. Thanks again for the co-operation, and I wish you a pleasant stay here on wikiquote ~ MosheZadka (Talk) 08:33, 1 October 2005 (UTC)

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Manisha Koirala

Manisha Koirala (born August 16, 1970) is a Bollywood actress from Nepal.

Quotes

 * I'm basically tired of doing what I have been doing for the last 10 years. My interest level was dipping. I was doing a fairly good job, when compared to others. The standards I have set for myself are higher. When I watched the Broadway show Miss Saigon, I was ashamed of being called an actress. The leading lady's performance was outstanding. I was ashamed that I am in the same profession but could not touch those heights.
 * Manisha Koirala on FILMBUG

 * People appreciating my performance is good enough for me. I don't care much for awards and have never given it much thought. And anyway, I can't play the games people play to win awards.
 * Manish Koirala on Pyara.com

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User:Grenavitar

Hello, I am Grenavitar from the English wikipedia. I don't really do anything here.

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Talk:The Muppet Show

Huh. I thought there'd be many more quotes from a classic show like this.

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User:Telso

I'm w:en:User:Telso.

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Talk:Roger Nash Baldwin

Verified

 * "I am for socialism, disarmament, and ultimately for abolishing the State itself as an instrument of violence and compulsion. I seek social ownership of property the abolition of the propertied class, and sole control by those who produce wealth. Communism is the goal."
 * -Affidavit of Roger N. Baldwin, December 31, 1938, Investigation of un-American propaganda activities in the United States. Hearings before a Special Committee on Un-American Activities, House of Representatives, 75th-78th Congress, pp. 10000000000

All those who think the ACLU is simply an American institution that has strayed to the left should read this. The ACLU is more of threat to this country than UBL.--68.56.46.134 09:53, 30 September 2005 (UTC)David Gray

Unsourced
Wikiquote no longer allows unsourced quotations, and they are in process of being removed from our pages (see Wikiquote:Limits on quotations); but if you can provide a reliable and precise source for any quote on this list please move it to.

 * I regard the principle of conscription of life as a flat contradiction of all our cherished ideals of individual freedom, democratic liberty and Christian teaching.... I cannot consistently, with self respect, do other than I have, namely, to deliberately violate an act which seems to me to be a denial of everything which ideally and in practice I hold sacred.
 * Statement at his draft trial.
 * Do steer away from making it look like a Socialist enterprise. Too many people have already gotten the idea that it is nine-tenths a Socialist movement... We want also to look like patriots in everything we do. We want to get a good lot of flags, talk a good deal about the Constitution and what our forefathers wanted to make of this country, and to show that we are really the folks that really stand for the spirit of our institutions.
 * Baldwin's advice in 1917 to Louis Lochner of the socialist People's Council in Minnesota
 * Silence never won rights. They are not handed down from above; they are forced from pressures from below.
 * They have rights who dare defend them.
 * I seek the social ownership of property, the abolition of the propertied class, and the sole control of those who produce wealth. Communism is the goal.

Failed verification

 * I have continued directing the unpopular fight for the rights of agitation, as director of the American Civil Liberties Union.... I am for socialism, disarmament and ultimately for abolishing the state itself as an instrument of violence and compulsion. I seek the social ownership of property, the abolition of the propertied class and sole control by those who produce wealth. Communism is, of course, the goal.
 * From the Harvard Class Book of 1935, entitled "Thirty Years Later", spotlighting Baldwin's class of 1905 on its thirtieth anniversary, as quoted in a 1997 Insight on the News article.

I've marked this as "failed verification" due to the discussion on Snopes. BUSTED REFERENCE] Until someone can access the original source, and provide an unedited version, this is not a verified quotation. Will Beback 11:34, 22 November 2010 (UTC)
 * "I am for socialism, disarmament, and ultimately for abolishing the State itself as an instrument of violence and compulsion. I seek social ownership of property the abolition of the propertied class, and sole control by those who produce wealth. Communism is the goal."
 * -Affidavit of Roger N. Baldwin, December 31, 1938, Investigation of un-American propaganda activities in the United States. Hearings before a Special Committee on Un-American Activities, House of Representatives, 75th-78th Congress, pp. 3081-3082.

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Talk:John Locke

Update of date of letter containing quote
"To love truth for truth's sake is the principal part of human perfection in this world, and the seed-plot of all other virtues." is attributed to "Letter to Anthony Collins (30 October 1703)." In fact, it would appear this quote is from a letter the day earlier, as found on page 270 of The Works of John Locke, vol. 9 (link to PDF version).

Should this be updated to reflect the actual date of the letter? I cannot find any letter from October 30—only from the 29th.

 * I agree. Well researched; I thank you. I have made the appropriate changes to the page. IOHANNVSVERVS (talk) 19:48, 16 August 2015 (UTC)

Deletion of erroneous quote
One of the sourced quotes for Locke was the following:

"This primitive accumulation plays in Political Economy about the same part as original sin in theology. Adam bit the apple, and thereupon sin fell on the human race. Its origin is supposed to be explained when it is told as an anecdote of the past. In times long gone-by there were two sorts of people; one, the diligent, intelligent, and, above all, frugal elite; the other, lazy rascals, spending their substance, and more, in riotous living. ... Such insipid childishness is every day preached to us in the defence of property. ... In actual history it is notorious that conquest, enslavement, robbery, murder, briefly force, play the great part."

This was mentioned as being in Karl Marx, Capital, vol.I, ch.26. This, however, was not Marx quoting Locke, as can be seen from the following document:

http://www.marxists.org/archive/marx/works/1867-c1/ch26.htm

In short, the quote was by Marx himself and not Locke. Therefore I have deleted it from the article on Locke quotes. InvisibleSun 12:35, 30 September 2005 (UTC)

 * Excellent work! It might get re-added under "misattributed" if there can be found evidence of wide attribution of that quote to Locke. In that case, especially, the information above would prove useful. Thanks ~ MosheZadka (Talk) 13:15, 30 September 2005 (UTC)

Art
I'm trying to source this quote found at the end of the article on randomness:

"That which is static and repetitive is boring. That which is dynamic and random is confusing. In between lies art." —John A. Locke

I have not been able to find it in all his texts available online. thank you.

 * I had the same experience several months ago when I was going through the attributed Locke quotes, finding the ones that could be sourced and discovering one that was misattributed. I feel positive that this quote is not Locke.  Not only doesn't it sound like him, it doesn't sound as if it could have been from anyone in the seventeenth century.  Did the word "dynamic" exist then?  Even the word "boring" doesn't sound right; it would far more likely have been "tedious" or "wearisome."  I would be surprised if the quote was made any earlier than the twentieth century.  The closest to finding anything like it online was the following quote, said to be from Wendy Carlos' liner notes to "Switched-On Bach" (2000):  "1. Every parameter that you can control, you must control. 2. What is full of redundancy or formula is predictably boring.  What is free of all structure or discipline is randomly boring.  In between lies art. 3. If you find that a worthwhile task requires much more work to do really well than you ever dreamed, you're probably doing it correctly. If you make it look easy, you're definitely doing it correctly."  The sentences which I have italicized here have a certain resemblance to the attributed Locke quote; but it's far from an exact resemblance.  The problem with attributed quotes, as seen in this example, is that you can only get rid of them if you can find a source for them.  If not, then they remain as attributed quotes.  I suspect that "John A. Locke" is a different person from John Locke.  The next time I'll be visiting a local university library (probably some time this week), I'm going to see if I can find out whether there isn't another John Locke; and if so, whether they have anything by him in which the quote may be found.  InvisibleSun 17:48, 26 December 2005 (UTC)

(Considering the word "dynamic" comes from "dynamo," a term arising out of the Industrial Revolution, it is impossible that dynamic was used there. Good show InvisibleSun.)

 * Update: quote placed in Misattributed section along with reasons for placing it there. InvisibleSun 02:20, 4 February 2006 (UTC)

 * I found one reference for this quote to "John A. Dix", but it doesn't sound military enough. I also found several persons named John A. Locke, one a recent Massachusetts congressman (b. 1952) and one an actor (b. 1957 per IMDB). I can't find any body of material from either of them, but it seems likely that this actually came from one of those gentlemen.Vanhorn

I've never seen a Wikipedia page treated like a blog or forum before.

Query.
Why does the below quote act as the caption for a painting of Jesus? The quote is from a work called An Essay Concerning Human Understanding, for which the work's own lede says: "An Essay Concerning Human Understanding is a work by John Locke concerning the foundation of human knowledge and understanding." This does not seem to sound particularly religious.

Also, I have a format question. The captioned quote begins with a capital letter instead of an ellipsis or another device to indicate that it's not a complete sentence. Is that WP style?

Quote: "There is reason to think, that, if men were better instructed themselves, they would be less imposing on others."

Thank you, Wordreader (talk) 07:00, 23 June 2016 (UTC)

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Rope (film)

Rope is a 1948 film about two young men who commit a murder just to see if they can get away with it, then hold a party with the body hidden inside a chest that serves as the centerpiece in their living room. As the evening continues, their old teacher begins to suspect foul play.
 * Directed by Alfred Hitchcock. Adapted by Hume Cronyn and Arthur Laurents from the play Rope's End by Patrick Hamilton.

Nothing ever held you like Alfred Hitchcock's Rope. taglines

Brandon Shaw

 * The good Americans usually die young on the battlefield, don't they? Well, the Davids of the world merely occupy space, which is why he was the perfect victim for the perfect crime.

 * We killed for the sake of danger and for the sake of killing.

 * Nobody commits a murder just for the experiment of committing it. Nobody except us.

 * Of course, he was a Harvard undergraduate. That might be grounds for justifiable homicide.

 * Good and evil, right and wrong were invented for the ordinary average man, the inferior man, because he needs them.
 * I've always wished for more artistic talent. Well, murder can be art, too.

 * The power to kill could be just as satisfying as the power to create.

Rupert Cadell

 * You're quite a good chicken strangler as I recall!

 * Brandon, till this very moment, this world and the people in it have always been dark and incomprehensible to me. I’ve tried to clear my way with logic and superior intellect. And you’ve thrown my own words right back in my face, Brandon. You were right, too. If nothing else, a man should stand by his words. But you’ve given my words a meaning that I never dreamed of! And you’ve tried to twist them into a cold, logical excuse for your ugly murder! Well, they never were that Brandon, and you can't make them that. There must have been something deep inside you from the very start that let you do this thing, but there’s always been something deep inside me, that would never let me do it – and would never let me be a party to it now.

 * I mean that tonight you’ve made me ashamed of every concept I ever had of superior or inferior beings. But I thank you for that shame, because now I know that we are each of us a separate human being, Brandon. With the right to live and work and think as individuals, but with an obligation to the society we live in. By what right do you dare to say that there's a superior few to which you belong? By what right did you decide that that boy in there was inferior and could be killed? Did you think you were God, Brandon? Is that what you thought when you choked the life out of him? Is that what you thought when you served food from his grave?! I don't know who you are but I know what you've done. You've murdered! You choked the life out of a fellow human being who could live and love as you never could, and never will again!

Phillip Morgan

 * I never strangled a chicken in my life!

Dialogue

 * Brandon Shaw: I've always thought that it was out of character for David to drink anything as corrupt as Whiskey.
 * Phillip Morgan: Out of character for him to be murdered, too.

 * Kenneth Lawrence: We're drinking champagne? Is it somebody's birthday?
 * Brandon Shaw: You might say it's quite the opposite.

 * Phillip Morgan: Rupert only publishes books he likes... usually philosophy.
 * Janet Walker: Oh. Small print, big words, no sales.
 * Brandon Shaw: Rupert's extremely radical. Do you know that he selects his books on the assumption that people not only can read but actually can think?

 * Janet Walker: Who is this Rupert?
 * Kenneth Lawrence: [to Brandon Shaw] He used to tell you the weirdest things, didn't he?
 * Brandon Shaw: I suppose Kenneth means Rupert's impatience with social conventions. For example, he thinks murder is a crime for most men but--
 * Phillip Morgan: a privilege for the few.

 * Brandon Shaw: [to Rupert] It's awfully good to see you again.
 * Rupert Cadell: Why?

 * Rupert Cadell: Brandon has told me a lot about you.
 * Janet Walker: Did he do me justice?
 * Rupert Cadell: Do you deserve justice?

 * Janet Walker: Well, now, you don't really approve of murder, Rupert? If I may?
 * Rupert Cadell: You may... and I do. Think of the problems it would solve: unemployment, poverty, standing in line for theatre tickets...

 * Mrs. Atwater: Do you know when I was a girl I used to read quite a bit.
 * Brandon Shaw: We all do strange things in our childhood.

 * Brandon Shaw: Determined to get drunk, aren't you?
 * Phillip Morgan: I am drunk.
 * Brandon Shaw: And just as childish now as you were earlier when you called me a liar.
 * Phillip Morgan: You had no business telling that story.
 * Brandon Shaw: Why did you lie anyway?
 * Phillip Morgan: I had to! Have you ever bothered for one minute to consider how another person might feel. Have you considered the feelings for others?
 * Brandon Shaw: I'm not sentimental if that's what...
 * Phillip Morgan: No, that's not what I mean; but it doesn't matter. Nothing matters... except that Mr. Brandon liked the party. Mr. Brandon gave the party. Mr. Brandon had a delightful evening. Well, I had a rotten evening!
 * Brandon Shaw: Keep drinking, and you'll have a worse morning.
 * Phillip Morgan: At least if I have a hangover, it will be all mine!

 * Brandon Shaw: What are you doing?
 * Rupert Cadell: It's not what I'm going to do, Brandon. It's what society is going to do. I don't know what that will be, but I can guess, and I can help. You're going to die, Brandon. Both of you. You are going to die.

Taglines

 * Nothing ever held you like Alfred Hitchcock's Rope

 * It's his most nerve-stretching thriller!

 * It begins with a shriek... It ends with a shot!

Cast

 * James Stewart - Rupert Cadell
 * John Dall - Brandon Shaw
 * Farley Granger - Phillip Morgan
 * Cedric Hardwicke - Mr. Kentley
 * Constance Collier - Mrs. Atwater
 * Douglas Dick - Kenneth Lawrence
 * Edith Evanson - Mrs. Wilson
 * Dick Hogan - David Kentley
 * Joan Chandler - Janet Walker

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