Two-Faced Woman (1941)
Greta Garbo: Karin Blake
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Quotes
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Katherine Borg : I like older men. They're so grateful.
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Karin Borg : My name is Borg.
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Katherine Borg : This is a strange rendezvous. In fact, in my experience, unique.
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Karin Borg : No, no. Bend your knees.
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Larry Blake : What do we do when we get to the top?
Karin Borg : We come down.
Larry Blake : That seems pointless. You go up, you come down. Where does it get ya?
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Larry Blake : How about a drink?
Karin Borg : Thank you. I don't drink.
Larry Blake : Never?
Karin Borg : Never.
Larry Blake : How do you keep warm? It's very stimulating.
Karin Borg : I get my stimulation from the outdoors.
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Larry Blake : The moment I saw you, I knew I wanted special instructions.
Karin Blake : The moment I saw you, I knew I wanted to give them to you.
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Larry Blake : How's New York? How's the magazine? How's the universe? I can tell you. It's *vibrating* with happiness. Karin, can you hear it vibrating?
Karin Blake : I can hear it distinctly.
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Miss Ruth Ellis, Larry's Secretary : We thought you were lost forever.
Larry Blake : I am.
Karin Blake : Sweet.
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Karin Blake : Don't you remember in the motel? Where we spent the night?
Larry Blake : Did we spend the night in a motel?
Karin Blake : We certainly did.
Larry Blake : [slyly smiles] Oh, that's right, we did. Darling.
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Karin Blake : Do you always get yourself up like a bird of paradise just to go to bed?
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Larry Blake : It's a half-truth.
Karin Blake : I don't like half-truths.
Larry Blake : Look, my dearest, my wonderful, all life's a half-truth! A compromise.
Karin Blake : Not my life.
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Karin Blake : I can't imagine anything better than this. It seems to me this country, around here, has everything. Even pineapples! Look. The tropics in the snow.
O.O. Miller : I hate raw fruit.
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Karin Blake : I see that there are two of you.
Larry Blake : Don't talk riddles!
Karin Blake : There's the poetic young man who wants to live a simple life and Napoleon. I prefer the poetic young man.
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Katherine Borg : Mr. Miller? It is, Mr. Miller, isn't it?
O.O. Miller : Yes. I'm your father's husband. I mean, his wife is my father's wife. I mean, I'm your sister. Oh, Miss Ellis, what do I mean?
Miss Ruth Ellis, Larry's Secretary : Her sister's husband's partner.
O.O. Miller : Oh, we're all mixed up.
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Griselda Vaughn : Do you ski also, Miss Borg?
Katherine Borg : No, I don't ski.
Griselda Vaughn : What's your specialty?
Katherine Borg : Life.
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Griselda Vaughn : Did you escape in evening clothes?
Katherine Borg : Oh, these! I just slipped into these.
Griselda Vaughn : You slipped.
Dick Williams : I love the way you slip.
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Katherine Borg : I'm beyond the point where young men interest me.
O.O. Miller : Go home, Dickie. You're underage.
Dick Williams : Well, I'll wear a beard. I'll look like Santa Claus.
Katherine Borg : Why don't you just play Santa Claus. You don't have to look like him.
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Dick Williams : All I have is your's, Miss Borg.
Katherine Borg : Don't be reckless, Mr. Williams.
Dick Williams : Ah, but, it's too late to tell me that, Miss Borg.
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Griselda Vaughn : Where did you get this technique? In Scandinavia?
Katherine Borg : Oh, it's international!
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Katherine Borg : Outside of love, everything else seems to be a waste of time. I like men! Preferably, rich men.
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Katherine Borg : I see my future. I'm a flower of evil. A few more burning, flame-like years and then the end. In this harsh, new world, there is no place for me any more.
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Katherine Borg : Nice boy. He reminds me of an Englishman I met in Singapore.
Larry Blake : What became of him?
Katherine Borg : He killed himself.
Larry Blake : Over you?
Katherine Borg : So the gossip says.
Larry Blake : Oh, people don't kill themselves over women anymore. That's old stuff.
Katherine Borg : I hope you're right, Lawrence; because, incidents like that depress me.
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Karin Blake : Don't be gay.
Miss Ruth Ellis, Larry's Secretary : Oh, you daughters of joy are so gloomy. Why is that?
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Karin Blake : He doesn't love me.
Miss Ruth Ellis, Larry's Secretary : How do you know?
Karin Blake : He made love to me!
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Karin Blake : Last night taught me a great deal. I know now what my sophisticated husband wants: a smoldering siren.
Miss Ruth Ellis, Larry's Secretary : Vamps, we used to call them.
Karin Blake : Very well! I will smolder. I'll siren. I'll vamp him to a crisp!
Miss Ruth Ellis, Larry's Secretary : You love him!
Karin Blake : Love him? I'll divorce him.
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Katherine Borg : I look up the word you told me to in the dictionary: alone. I know now what it means. It means to be with you.
Larry Blake : Well, that's my idea of a charming dictionary. I'll have to give you some more words to look up.
Katherine Borg : Do!
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Katherine Borg : I would like...
Larry Blake : A star? A carpet to the moon? Some cream from the milky way? I'll ring the waiter.
Katherine Borg : What would I do with a star? A carpet to the moon is too bulky and I hate cream, it's fattening.
Larry Blake : What then?
Katherine Borg : A glass of champagne.
Larry Blake : Oh, your demands are terrific; but, I'll meet them.
Katherine Borg : I knew you would.
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Katherine Borg : [repeated line - when Larry tries to kiss her] Not yet.
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Katherine Borg : I'm far from innocent and not very good.
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Karin Blake : If the urge is so great, what are you waiting for?
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Larry Blake : While you're there, I can make up my mind which one of you I want permanently.
Karin Blake : Perhaps you want both of us?
Larry Blake : Very possibly. Say, that isn't a bad idea. You for the outdoor life and - Katherine for the...
Karin Blake : Well, never mind. Even my sister wouldn't take you on those terms.
Larry Blake : You don't know your sister. She knows men. She understands me. I understand her!
Karin Blake : Well, there's one thing you don't understand.
Larry Blake : I can't think what it is?
Karin Blake : Me!
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Larry Blake : Can't you look a this thing impersonally?
Karin Blake : That's just what I'm doing and the effect is revolting!
Larry Blake : Oh, don't take on so. Once I settle down with the two of you, I'll never look at another woman.
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Karin Blake : I am not respectable! Don't talk to me like that!