An Ideal Husband (1947)
Paulette Goddard: Laura Cheveley
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Quotes
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Laura Cheveley : Do you think it is quite charming of you to be so rude to a woman in your own house?
Viscount Arthur Goring : In the case of a very fascinating woman, sex is a challenge, not a defense.
Laura Cheveley : I suppose that is meant as a compliment. Oh my dear Arthur, women are never disarmed by compliments. Men always are. That's the difference between the two sexes.
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Laura Cheveley : An acquaintance that begins with a compliment, is sure to develop into a real friendship. It starts in the right manner.
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Sir Robert Chiltern : And what prizes did you get, Mrs. Cheveley?
Laura Cheveley : My prizes came a little later on in life. I don't think any of them were for good conduct.
Sir Robert Chiltern : I'm sure they were for something charming.
Laura Cheveley : I don't know that women are always rewarded for being charming. I think they are usually punished for it.
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Viscomte de Nanjac : You are a young girl and more beautiful than ever. How do you manage it?
Laura Cheveley : By making it a rule only to talk to perfectly charming people like yourself.
Viscomte de Nanjac : Ha Ha. Ah, you flatter me. You, a, "butter" me, as they say in England.
Laura Cheveley : Oh, do they say that here? How dreadful of them.
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Laura Cheveley : Money is not what I want.
Viscount Arthur Goring : What do you want then, Mrs. Cheveley?
Laura Cheveley : [after a long pause contemplating what she'll say, then smiling seductively] Why don't you call me Laura.
Viscount Arthur Goring : [sitting next to her] I don't like the name.
Laura Cheveley : You used to *adore* it.
Viscount Arthur Goring : Yes... that's why.
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Laura Cheveley : And are you still a bachelor?
Viscount Arthur Goring : I believe so.
Laura Cheveley : How very romantic.
Viscount Arthur Goring : Oh, I'm not at all romantic. I'm not old enough. I leave romance to my seniors.