Midnight in Paris Quotes

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Helen: We saw a wonderfully funny American film last night. Inez: Who was in it? Helen: Oh, I don't know. I forget the name. Gil: Wonderful but forgettable. It sounds like a film I've seen. I probably wrote it.

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Gil: I'm jealous and I'm trusting. It's cognitive dissonance. F. Scott Fitzgerald talked about it.

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Gil: Yes, but you're a surrealist! I'm a normal guy!

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Gil: 500 francs for a Matisse? Yeah I think that sounds fair! You know, I wonder if actually I can pick up 6 or 7?

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Gil: It's understated but elegant. That's what you always say. Helen: Cheap is cheap. That's what I always say.

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Paul: Sex and alcohol. Fuels the desire kills the performance, according to the Bard.

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Gil: I'm a huge Mark Twain fan. I think you can make the case that all modern American literature comes from Huckleberry Finn. Ernest Hemingway: Do you box? Gil: No. Well... Not really, no.

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Ernest Hemingway: You'll never be a great writer if you fear dying, do you? Gil: Yeah, I do. I would say it's my greatest fear.

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Adriana: Let's go! Ernest Hemingway: One of these days I plan to steal you away from this genius [points to Picasso] Ernest Hemingway: who's great... But... he's no Miro.

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Adriana: Well, good luck with your book and your wedding Gil: Thanks, I think you would like Inez she has a, a very sharp sense of humour and attractive, I wouldn't say that we agree on everything Adriana: But the important things Gil: Yeah, or actua...

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Ernest Hemingway: If you're a writer, [slams fist on table] Ernest Hemingway: declare yourself the best writer. But your not, as long as I'm around, unless you want to put the gloves on and settle it.

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[first lines] Gil: This is unbelievable! Look at this! There's no city like this in the world. There never was. Inez: You act like you've never been here before. Gil: I don't get here often enough, that's the problem. Can you picture how drop dead go...

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Gil: You know how I think better in the shower, get all those positive ions flowing.

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Gil: They are your friends and I have to admit I'm not quite as taken with them as you are.

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Gil: She's right, I recently read a two-volume biography of Rodin, and Rose was the wife, Camille the mistress.

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[last lines] Gabrielle: By the way, my name is Gabrielle. Gil: I'm Gil, nice to meet you. It's a pretty name.

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Gil: He's a pseudo-intellectual. Just a little bit. Inez: Ah, Gil, I hardly think he'd be lecturing at the Sorbonne if he's a pseudo-intellectual.

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Gil: Thomas Stearns Eliot? T.S. Eliot? T.S. Eliot? Prufrock is like my mantra.

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