Hannah and Her Sisters Quotes

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[Frederick is talking about TV] Frederick: You see the whole culture. Nazis, deodorant salesmen, wrestlers, beauty contests, a talk show. Can you imagine the level of a mind that watches wrestling? But the worst are the fundamentalist preachers. Thir...

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Mickey's Father: How the hell do I know why there were Nazis? I don't know how the can opener works!

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Mickey: A week ago I bought a rifle, I went to the store - I bought a rifle! I was gonna, you know, if they told me I had a tumor, I was gonna kill myself. The only thing that might-ve stopped me - MIGHT'VE - is that my parents would be devastated. I...

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Frederick: You missed a very dull TV show on Auschwitz. More gruesome film clips, and more puzzled intellectuals declaring their mystification over the systematic murder of millions. The reason they can never answer the question "How could it possibl...

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Mickey: I had a great evening; it was like the Nuremberg Trials.

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Mickey: I'm afraid once they're done singing they're gonna take hostages!

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[last lines] Mickey: You know, I was talking to your father before, and I was telling him that it's ironic I, I - used to always have Thanksgiving with Hannah, and I never thought that I could love anybody else. And here it is years later and I'm mar...

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[after learning Mickey is infertile] Hannah: Could you have ruined yourself somehow? Mickey: How could I ruin myself? Hannah: I don't know. Excessive masturbation? Mickey: You gonna start knockin' my hobbies?

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Mickey's Father: And you're gonna believe in Jesus Christ? Mickey: I know - sounds funny. But, I'm gonna give it a try.

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Dr. Wilkes: Well, yes, I guess the dark side of the spectrum is... uh... brain tumor.

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Mickey: And Nietzsche, with his theory of eternal recurrence. He said that the life we lived we're gonna live over again the exact same way for eternity. Great. That means I'll have to sit through the Ice Capades again.

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Mickey: [watching joggers in Central Park] Look at all these people, trying to stave off the inevitable decay of their bodies.

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Elliot: For all my education, accomplishments and so-called wisdom, I can't fathom my own heart.

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Frederick: I'm not interested in what your interior decorator thinks, okay? Dusty: I can't commit to anything without consulting her first. That's what I have her for, okay? Frederick: This is degrading. You don't buy paintings to blend in with the s...

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Holly: Naturally I get taken home first. Well, obviously he prefers April. Of course I was so tongue-tied all night. I can't believe I said that about the Guggenheim,. My stupid rollerskating joke. I should never tell jokes. Mom can tell 'em and Hann...

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Norma: How can you act when there's nothing inside to come out?

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Mickey: Why all of a sudden is the sketch dirty? Ed Smythe: Child molestation is a touchy subject, and the affiliates... Mickey: Read the papers, half the country's doing it! Ed Smythe: Yes, but you name names. Mickey: We never-we don't name names, w...

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Gail: Two months ago, you thought you had a malignant melanoma. Mickey: Naturally, I, I- Do you know I- The sudden appearance of a black spot on my back! Gail: It was on your shirt! Mickey: I- How was I to know? Everyone was pointing back here.

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