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I had the advantage of reading the book, and when the script was first submitted to me, it was just another gangster story - the east side taking over the west side and all that.


Edward G. Robinson

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KELLY JONES Take that rage, put it on a page, take the page to the stage, blow the roof off the place.
THE SCRIPT Policeman says, "Son you can't stay here"
I said, "There's someone I'm waiting for if it's a da...
THE SCRIPT They're kicking us out saying it's time to close
We're leaning on each other try'na beat the c...
THE SCRIPT We have tears in our eyes
As we wave our goodbyes,
We so loved being with you, we three. ROALD DAHL I don't know if I have a favorite color.
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KATE MIDDLETON The rules only applied to
people who couldn’t afford different rules.
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Just for a moment, just see you,

I wish I could h...
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QUEEN ELIZABETH II What were once only hopes for the future have now come to pass; it is almost exactly 13 years since ...
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QUEEN ELIZABETH II To all those who have suffered as a consequence of our troubled past I extend my sincere thoughts an...
QUEEN ELIZABETH II Grief is the price we pay for love.
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QUEEN ELIZABETH II At its heart, engineering is about using science to find creative, practical solutions. It is a nobl...
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QUEEN ELIZABETH II I declare before you all that my whole life, whether it be long or short, shall be devoted to your s...
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PRINCE WILLIAM Family is the most important thing in the world.
PRINCESS DIANA You philosophers are lucky men. You write on paper and paper is patient. Unfortunate Empress that I ...
CATHERINE THE GREAT With the right help, children have a good chance of overcoming their issues while they are still you...
KATE MIDDLETON As iron sharpens iron, so a friend sharpens a friend.
KING SOLOMON I don't mind a big fascinator. I think there is more scope for artwork in a fascinator rather th...
ZARA PHILLIPS I was always told from the hat-makers that you should have your hair up because it shows the hat mor...
ZARA PHILLIPS I don't think I'll still be riding at 40. There are a couple of people who are still riding ...
ZARA PHILLIPS My dad's not a big talker.
ZARA PHILLIPS My dad can be pretty critical sometimes.
ZARA PHILLIPS I'd love to have kids, but not at the moment.
ZARA PHILLIPS You cannot make horses 'safe.'
ZARA PHILLIPS Virtually everything that gets printed about me is wrong anyway, so it doesn't really matter wha...
ZARA PHILLIPS It's stupid to say that I don't like being in the public eye, but I don't like doing stu...
ZARA PHILLIPS I'm an affectionate person.
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ZARA PHILLIPS Taking part in an Olympics on home ground is something you dream about.
ZARA PHILLIPS My brother and I have been able to get on and have been very lucky to do things with our family that...
ZARA PHILLIPS I don't think about the media.
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ZARA PHILLIPS I hate having my picture taken.
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ZARA PHILLIPS The senior members of the royal family work very hard and I don't think people quite realise tha...
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ZARA PHILLIPS I don't have a stylist, and I do most of my shopping online, just because it's easier. I don...
ZARA PHILLIPS I think Facebook's dangerous. So many people I know get into trouble with Facebook... I'd ra...
ZARA PHILLIPS I'm not a princess anyway so I find that quite weird to be labelled as one.
ZARA PHILLIPS Smoking is hateful to the nose, harmful to the brain, and dangerous to the lungs.
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WALLIS SIMPSON I am so anxious for you not to abdicate and I think the fact that you do is going to put me in the w...
WALLIS SIMPSON I hate this place. I shall hate it to my grave.
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WALLIS SIMPSON Never explain, never complain.
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WALLIS SIMPSON I have always had the courage for the new things that life sometimes offers.
WALLIS SIMPSON For a gallant spirit there can never be defeat.
WALLIS SIMPSON Forgive me for not writing but this man is exhausting.
WALLIS SIMPSON You can never be too rich or too thin.
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NATE ROBINSON There's so many kids in the world who are told, 'You can't do this, you can't do tha...
NATE ROBINSON Actually, I'm 5-8 and change without shoes. With shoes, 5-9.
NATE ROBINSON I don't like one-foot jumpers like LeBron James. It looks better jumping off two feet. Every tim...
NATE ROBINSON My least favorite subject? Uh... I didn't have a least favorite subject because, I mean, high sc...
NATE ROBINSON Guys back in the day, we didn't have wallets. I never kept my money in my pocket; my money alway...
NATE ROBINSON I'm going to be me, regardless of anything.
NATE ROBINSON I always wanted to play with Kobe Bryant. I used to tease him all the time. Every time I was a free ...
NATE ROBINSON You don't have to be the biggest, tallest, strongest guy to do whatever you want to do. You can ...
NATE ROBINSON That's because we did not set out to make black music. We set out to make quality music that eve...
SMOKEY ROBINSON I felt unhappy and trapped. If I left baseball, where could I go, what could I do to earn enough mon...
JACKIE ROBINSON My brother told me I was going to be a poet. I had a good brother. He did a lot of good brotherly wo...
MARILYNNE ROBINSON A new breed of Republicans has taken over the GOP. It is a new breed which is seeking to sell to Ame...
JACKIE ROBINSON The Committee supports the idea that there should be, within the University of California, a campus ...
ABRAHAM ROBINSON On June 22, 1793, Vancouver's Discovery and Chatham anchored in Klekane Inlet. Archibald Menzies...
EDEN ROBINSON The main reserve of the Haisla Nation hugs the northwest coast of British Columbia, about 500 miles ...
EDEN ROBINSON The First Nations Financial Transparency Act insulted the integrity of the very people in our commun...
EDEN ROBINSON I'm a novelist from the Haisla and Heiltsuk First Nations of British Columbia, both small coasta...
EDEN ROBINSON The Haisla named this point Obela. Not so long ago, the bay was lined with longhouses and canoes, to...
EDEN ROBINSON Where I come from, people will spit at you if they think you support Enbridge.
EDEN ROBINSON The land and the ocean are living, breathing entities that supported us, clothed us, fed us, and nur...
EDEN ROBINSON A potlatch is similar to a court case in that both are prohibitively expensive; both involve lengthy...
EDEN ROBINSON I guess you'd call me an independent, since I've never identified myself with one party or a...
JACKIE ROBINSON Co-ops are one of the few affordable housing options for students that want life close to campus.
ALAN ROBINSON Blood is not all that important. It's what you have in your heart and how you carry it.
ALAN ROBINSON I didn't know much about my Native American ancestry, but as I got older I became more interested in...
ALAN ROBINSON We had about 20 people and cooked two turkeys.
ALAN ROBINSON