Profundity on Screen

Hi, I'm Nadine. I love movies and TV. And I love how they provide pearls of profundity when I least expect it. I share those pearls with you here, as well as some quotes that are simply witty and/or amusing. Enjoy!

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“Just because something works, doesn’t mean it can’t be improved.”

Letitia Wright as Shuri speaking to Chadwick Boseman as T’Challa in The Black Panther

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“George Banks will be redeemed. Mr. Banks and all he stands for will be saved. Now maybe not in life but in imagination. Because that’s what we storytellers do: we restore order with imagination. We instill hope again and again and again.”

- Tom Hanks as Walt Disney speaking to Emma Thompson as P.L. Travers (author of the Mary Poppins books) in Saving Mr. Banks

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Jake: I miss you.

Olivia: Says the spider to the fly?

Jake: No. I miss you.

Olivia: We can't be together because, you know, you kill my friends.

- Scott Foley and Kerry Washington in Scandal, season 3, episode 16: "The Fluffer"

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Matthew: “Mom said you used to be okay, but you got crazy.”

Johnny: “Yeah, and then you talked to yourself.”

Jasmine: “Well, there’s only so many traumas a person can withstand ‘til they take to the streets and start screaming.”

- Daniel Jenks, Max Rutherford, and Cate Blanchett in Blue Jasmine

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Steve: "Seriously Danny, what is your problem with the ocean? Huh? I mean, who hates water? Sixty percent of the human body is water."

Danny: "That explains why I hate people. Alright? You are at the top of my list."

- Alex O'Loughlin and Scott Caan in Hawaii Five-O, season 3, episode 3 - "Lana I Ka Moana (Adrift)"

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"You want society to accept you, but you can't even accept yourself."

-Michael Fassbender as Eric (Magneto) speaking to Jennifer Lawrence as Raven (Mystique) in X-Men: First Class

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"I've realized a problem. You write short stories. And I think you like living short stories. And I'm kinda ready for the novel, you know?"

-Kate Mara as Mississippi (with Josh Radnor as Sam) in Happythankyoumoreplease

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Drover: "Everything I own I can fit in my saddlebag, which is the way I like it."

Sarah: "Yes, well it's all... all very outback adventure, isn't it?"

Drover: "I'm not saying it's for everyone."

Sarah: "No, no, definitely not for everyone."

Drover: "Most people like to own things. You know, land, luggage, other people. Makes them feel secure. But all that can be taken away. But in the end, the only thing you really own is uh... is your story. Just trying to live a good one."

- Hugh Jackman and Nicole Kidman in Australia

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Mastin: "Forget it, Gibson. I hear she likes the intellectual type."

Gib: "So? I'm intellectual and stuff."

Mastin: "You're flunking English. That's your mother tongue, and stuff."

John Putch and John Cusack in The Sure Thing

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Gordon Gekko: "You know, Win, human beings... you gotta give 'em a break. We're all mixed bags."

- Michael Douglas in Wall Street: Money Never Sleeps

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Will: "What do you wanna be when you grow up? I mean, you're too smart to be making xeroxes and babysitting... or whatever else you do."

April: "Oh, I don't know. I don't know and I don't know how to know. You know?"

- Ryan Reynolds and Isla Fisher in Definitely, Maybe

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Castle: "Used to be, all she needed to feel beautiful was a pink tutu and a plastic tiara."

Martha: "We spend our whole lives trying to feel that way again."

- Nathan Fillion and Susan Sullivan in Castle, season 1, episode 9 - "Little Lost Girls"

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Leonora: "Never thought I'd be back in this place."

Gus: "Yeah, that's life. It kinda shuffles the deck and there you are with the Joker again."

Annabella Sciorra and Matt Dillon in Mr. Wonderful

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"Champagne for my real friends. Real pain for my sham friends."

- Eric Balfour as Duke Crocker in Haven

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"I don't know that he could do it. Live the normal life he's always wanted. Walk the dog. Mow the lawn. A simple life. A happy life. For most people, it's fine. It's all they need. For him it's a waste of talent. Potential. That man was born to be a leader. He was born to do this. Anything less would diminish him and deprive this country. He can talk all he wants about a regular life. Some men aren't meant to be happy. They're meant to be great."

- Jeff Perry as Cyrus Beene in Scandal

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Mother Nature: "This is good. Now you can settle down and act your age."

Rosie: "What's that supposed to mean? Easy listening and orthopedic shoes?"

Mother Nature: "That sounds about right. Yeah."

Rosie: "Nope. I don't wanna do that. I wanna stay passionate. I wanna scream at rock concerts and... and get angry at the news. And I wanna wear mini skirts."

Mother Nature: "You're gonna look ridiculous!"

Rosie: "Yeah, well, when enough people look ridiculous, it starts to look normal."

-Tracey Ullman and Michelle Pfeiffer in I Could Never Be Your Woman

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Matt: "I don't want my daughters growing up spoiled and entitled. Liz always accuses me of stinginess but I agree with my father: you give your children enough money to do something, but not enough to do nothing."

-George Clooney in The Descendants