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The lines fans quote from films, TV, games, books, comics and anime, each with its scene, its speaker and the story behind it.

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— Mr. Big, Live and Let Die

Movies

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But Charlie, don't forget what happened to the man who suddenly got everything he always wanted. He lived happily ever after.
— Willy Wonka, Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory
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Listen! You smell something?
— Ray Stantz, Ghostbusters
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Three measures of Gordon's, one of vodka, half of Kina Lillet. Shake it over ice, then add a thin slice of lemon peel.
— James Bond, Casino Royale
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The stuff that dreams are made of.
— Sam Spade, The Maltese Falcon

TV

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Respect my authoritah!
— Cartman, South Park
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Release the hounds.
— Mr. Burns, The Simpsons
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Live long and prosper.
— Spock, Star Trek: The Original Series
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Baldrick, you wouldn't see a subtle plan if it painted itself purple and danced naked on top of a harpsichord.
— Blackadder

Video Games

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Foul Tarnished, in search of the Elden Ring. Emboldened by the flame of ambition.
— Margit, the Fell Omen, Elden Ring
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Oh dear, you are dead!
— Death message, RuneScape
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Falcon Punch!
— Captain Falcon, Super Smash Bros.
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Round 1. Fight!
— The announcer opening a bout, Street Fighter II (1991)

Books

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Where there's life there's hope, as my Gaffer used to say; and need of vittles, as he mostways used to add.
— Samwise Gamgee, The Two Towers
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A human being should be able to change a diaper, plan an invasion, butcher a hog... Specialization is for insects.
— Lazarus Long, Time Enough for Love
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Any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic.
— Arthur C. Clarke, Profiles of the Future
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We live in a society exquisitely dependent on science and technology, in which hardly anyone knows anything about science and technology.
— Carl Sagan, The Demon-Haunted World

Comics

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And all the whores and politicians will look up and shout “Save us!”… and I’ll look down and whisper “No.”
— Rorschach, Watchmen
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Sudo make me a sandwich.
— xkcd #149, "Sandwich" (2006)
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Who watches the Watchmen?
— Graffiti, Watchmen #1 (September 1986) and throughout
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Curse you, Red Baron!
— Snoopy, Peanuts

Anime

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People die if they are killed.
— Shirou Emiya, Fate/stay night
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We fly with our spirit.
— Kiki, Kiki's Delivery Service
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A pig who doesn't fly is just a pig.
— Porco Rosso
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Coach Anzai, I want to play basketball.
— Hisashi Mitsui, Slam Dunk

People

From the signings board
The truth always turns out to be simpler than you thought.
— Richard Feynman
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My goal is simple. It is complete understanding of the universe, why it is as it is and why it exists at all.
— Stephen Hawking
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For a successful technology, reality must take precedence over public relations, for nature cannot be fooled.
— Richard Feynman
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The best way to predict the future is to invent it.
— Alan Kay

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