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If all that's going on in your scenes is what's going on in your scenes, think about it a long time.
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Never argue with your wife about hostility when she's a certified Freudian.
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I love you, Buttercup said. I know this must come as something of a surprise, since all I've ever done is scorn you and degrade you and taunt you, but I have loved you for several hours now, and every second, more.
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Look, are you just fiddling around with me or what?" "I just want you to feel you're doing well. I hate for people o die embarrassed.
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Fezzik's in trouble, bubble bubble, His brain is just not in the pink, His mind is rubble, rub-a-dub double, Because everyone needs him to think.
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Let's look on the bright side: we're having an adventure, Fezzik, and most people live and die without being as lucky as we are.
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Ha, ha! You fool! You fell victim to one of the classic blunders. The most famous is: "Never get involved in a land war in Asia." But only slightly less well-known is this: "Never go against a Sicilian when death is on the line!"
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There are always too few perfect breasts in this world; leave yours alone.
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Enough about my beauty," Buttercup said. "Everybody always talks about how beautiful I am. I've got a mind, Westley. Talk about that.
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See?" Fezzik pointed then. Far down, at the very bottom of the mountain path, the man in black could be seen running. "Inigo is beaten." Inconceivable!" exploded the Sicilian. Fezzik never dared disagree with the hunchback. "I'm so stupid," Fezzik nodded. "Inigo has not lost to the man in black, he has defeated him. And to prove it he has put on all the man in black's clothes and masks and hoods and boots and gained eighty pounds.
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I've been saying it so long to you, you just wouldn't listen. Every time you said 'Farm Boy do this' you thought I was answering 'As you wish' but that's only because you were hearing wrong. 'I love you' was what it was, but you never heard.
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The Queen's Pride was his ship, and he loved her. (That was the way his sentences always went: It is raining today and I love you. My cold is better and I love you. Say hello to Horse and I love you. Like that.)
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You are trying to kidnap what I have rightfully stolen, and I think it quite ungentlemanly.
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You're an enemy of art and I pity your ignorance," Domingo said.
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As far as the filmmaking process is concerned, stars are essentially worthless — and absolutely essential.
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While he was watching the ships, Buttercup shoved him with all her strength remaining. Down went the man in black. "You can die too for all I care," she said, and then she turned away. Words followed her. Whispered from afar, weak and warm and familiar. "As...you...wish...
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Good night, Westley. Good work. Sleep well. I'll most likely kill you in the morning.
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This is my favorite book in all the world, though I have never read it.
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You could concentrate much more deeply when you were alone with agony.
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The first morning after Westley's departure, Buttercup thought she was entitled to do nothing more than sit around moping and feeling sorry for herself. After all, the love of her life had fled, life had no meaning, how could you face the future, et cetera, et cetera.
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I suppose I was dying again, so I asked the Lord of Permanent Affection for the strength to live the day. Clearly, the answer came in the affirmative." "I didn't know there was such a Fellow," Buttercup said. "Neither did I, in truth, but if He didn't exist, I didn't much want to either.
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You seem a decent fellow," Inigo said. "I hate to kill you." You seem a decent fellow," answered the man in black. "I hate to die.
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Just because you're beautiful and perfect, it's made you conceited.
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There were some things you did, no matter what, and when a friend needed help, you helped them.
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Sonny, true love is the greatest thing in the world — except for a nice MLT — mutton, lettuce and tomato sandwich, where the mutton is lean and the tomato is ripe.
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Be a sinner and sin strongly, but more strongly have faith and rejoice in Christ.
Martin Luther
William Goldman
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Born:
August 12, 1931
Died:
November 16, 2018
(aged 87)
Bio:
William Goldman was an American novelist, playwright, and screenwriter. He came to prominence in the 1950s as a novelist, before turning to writing for film.
Known for:
The Princess Bride (1973)
Adventures in the Screen Trade (1983)
Boys and Girls Together (1964)
Which Lie Did I Tell? (2000)
The Temple of Gold (1957)
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