1984 Movie Quotes

• War is peace. Freedom is slavery. Ignorance is strength.

  George Orwell

  Strength, Peace, Freedom

  Nineteen Eighty-Four pt. 1, ch. 1 (1949)

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• If you want a vision of the future, imagine a boot stamping on a human face - forever.

  George Orwell

  Time, Freedom, Future

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• It's not so much staying alive, it's staying human that's important. What counts is that we don't betray each other.

  George Orwell

  Important, Alive, Betray

  "Fictional character: Winston Smith". "1984", www.imdb.com. 1984.

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• The war is not meant to be won, it is meant to be continuous.

  George Orwell

  War, East Asia, Meant To Be

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• Carpe diem. (Seize the day.)

  Horace

  Movie, Wise, Latin

  Horace, Jeffrey H. Kaimowitz (2008). “The Odes of Horace”, p.27, JHU Press

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• I'm going to make him an offer he can't refuse.

  Marlon Brando

  Movie, Film History, Hollywood Films

  "Fictional character: Don Vito Corleone". "The Godfather", www.imdb.com. March 14, 1972.

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• We shall meet in the place where there is no darkness.

  George Orwell

  Darkness, Nineteen, 1984 Important

  George Orwell, A.M. Heath (2003). “Animal Farm and 1984”, p.127, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

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• It's a beautiful thing, the destruction of words.

  George Orwell

  Beautiful, Language, Absurd

  George Orwell, A.M. Heath (2003). “Animal Farm and 1984”, p.151, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

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• May the Force be with you.

  George Lucas

  Movie, Film History, Psychics

  Star Wars (motion picture) (1977)

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• I'll make him an offer he can't refuse.

  Mario Puzo

  Movie, Hollywood Films, Film History

  The Godfather ch. 1 (1969)

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• Frankly, my dear, I don't give a damn.

  Clark Gable

  Movie, Badass, Wind

  "Fictional character: Rhett Butler". "Gone with the Wind", 1939.

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• You're gonna need a bigger boat.

  Peter Benchley

  Inspirational, Movie, Radio News

  "Fictional character: Chief Martin Brody". "Jaws", www.imdb.com. June 20, 1975.

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• After all, tomorrow is another day.

  Margaret Mitchell

  Birthday, Movie, Hope

  Gone with theWind pt. 5, ch. 63 (1936) See Proverbs 302

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• Under the spreading chestnut tree I sold you and you sold me--

  George Orwell

  Tree, Nineteen, Chestnuts

  Nineteen Eighty-Four pt. 1, ch. 7 (1949)

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• Keep your friends close, but your enemies closer.

  Mario Puzo

  Inspirational, Movie, Hollywood Films

  The Godfather: Part II (motion picture) (1974). Coauthored with Francis Ford Coppola.

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• For the taxable investor, indexing means never having to say you're sorry.

  William J. Bernstein

  Love, Movie, Romantic

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• Vasectomy means never having to say you're sorry.

  Larry Adler

  Love, Movie, Romantic

  Larry Adler, Philip Judge (1994). “Me and My Big Mouth”, Blake Pub

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• Avant-garde means never having to say you're sorry.

  Marc Ribot

  Love, Movie, Romantic

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• I am big. It's the pictures that got small.

  Billy Wilder

  Movie, Great Year, Hollywood Films

  Billy Wilder (1999). “Sunset Boulevard”, p.22, Univ of California Press

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• When someone asks if you're a god, you say YES!

  Ernie Hudson

  Books And Movies, Geek, War Games

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• Gentlemen, you can't fight in here! This is the War Room.

  Peter Sellers

  Inspirational, Funny, Movie

  "Fictional character: President Merkin Muffley". "Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb", www.imdb.com. 1964.

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• Mrs. Robinson, you're trying to seduce me... aren't you?

  Dustin Hoffman

  Movie, Hollywood Films, Great Year

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• You can't handle the truth!

  Jack Nicholson

  Movie, Memorable, Great Year

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• They may take our lives, but they'll never take our freedom!

  Mel Gibson

  Movie, Veterans Day, Freedom

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• I wish I knew how to quit you.

  Annie Proulx

  Movie, Romantic, Real Love

  Annie Proulx (2005). “Brokeback Mountain”, p.42, Simon and Schuster

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