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[first lines] Charlie: [voice-over] Dear Friend. I am writing to you because she said you listen and understand and didn't try to sleep with that person at that party even though you could have. Please don't try to figure out who I am. I don't want y...

The Perks of Being a Wallflower

[first lines] Jake La Motta: I remember those cheers / They still ring in my ears / After years, they remain in my thoughts. / Go to one night / I took off my robe, and what'd I do? I forgot to wear shorts. / I recall every fall / Every hook, every j...

Raging Bull

[first lines] 40-Year-Old Mattie: People do not give it credence that a young girl could leave home and go off in the wintertime to avenge her father's blood. But it did happen. I was just 14 years of age when a coward by the name of Tom Chaney shot ...

True Grit

[Derek is leaving prison] Lamont: 'Sup, man? You getting outta here? Well, c'mon man! What the fuck you waiting on? Derek Vinyard: Yeah, you know, I got this funny feeling. Lamont: Oh yeah? What's that? Derek Vinyard: I'm thinking the only reason I'm...

American History X

[first lines] Narrator: I shall tell you of William Wallace. Historians from England will say I am a liar, but history is written by those who have hanged heroes. The king of Scotland had died without a son, and the king of England, a cruel pagan kno...

Braveheart

She lost her grip Heard a voice so familiar, she tripped Over the 1000 promises that lay on the floor 1000 and 1…there’s hardly room for more And everyone seems to know better Everyone seems to understand so much…but forget her Misplace the fac...

Yesenia Barkley

Being with you never felt wrong. It's the one thing I did right. You're the one thing I did right.

Crescendo

I want the difficult stories, the ones that aren’t easy to believe, the twisted ones, the sorrowful ones, the ones that need telling most of all.

Green Heart

The one thing I was good at was winning scholarships and prizes, and that era was coming to an end.

The Bell Jar

The one thing that the racist can never manage is anything like discrimination: he is indiscriminate by definition.

Hitch-22: A Memoir

But then one regrets the loss even of one's worst habits. Perhaps one regrets them the most. They are such an essential part of one's personality.

The Picture of Dorian Gray

One day at a time, sweet Jesus. Whoever wrote that one hadn’t a clue. A day is a fuckin’ eternity

Paula Spencer

One should hold fast one's heart; for when one letteth it go, how quickly doth one's head run away!

Thus Spoke Zarathustra

We've all known a John Tucker. We've either known one, dated one or our best friend has dated one. I think a lot of men at one point or another have been a John Tucker.

Sophia Bush

Luckily, in my case, I have managed, by writing, to do the one thing that I always wanted to do.

Jonathan Coe

For it is one thing to declare one's love for someone and quite another to accept that loving that person requires sacrificing one's dreams.

Nicholas Sparks

One should never trust a woman who tells one her real age. A woman who would tell one that would tell one anything.

Oscar Wilde

Of course, married life is merely a habit, a bad habit. But then one regrets the loss even of one's worst habits. Perhaps one regrets them the most. They are such an essential part of one's personality.

Oscar Wilde

Make no mistake: one is not a better Quebecer because one speaks French. One is not less of a Quebecer because one speaks English. We all share the same rights.

Pierre Moreau

Command that in no way there be in your household any who make strife, discord or divisions in the hostel, but all shall be of one accord, of one will as of one heart and one soul.

Robert Grosseteste

What is important is that one utilizes one's intellect and not to be 100 percent sure about one's convictions. One should always leave room for doubt.

Shirin Ebadi