The Young Lions (1958)
Montgomery Clift: Noah Ackerman
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Quotes
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Michael Whiteacre : Sometimes I think I give off a scent or something, you know, rouses the female.
Noah Ackerman : Hmm?
Michael Whiteacre : Those girls.
Noah Ackerman : Where?
Michael Whiteacre : Oh now wait a minute. You mean to tell me that you didn't--Oh your antenna's turned off.
Noah Ackerman : No, I frankly didn't notice.
Michael Whiteacre : Oh, you're sick.
Michael Whiteacre : Have you ever had a girl?
Noah Ackerman : Have I ever had a girl?
Michael Whiteacre : That's what I thought!
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Noah Ackerman : New York City, I must say, does have some beautiful women. Flashy, some of them, but, you know, I'm told European women are more mature emotionally.
Hope Plowman : They are?
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Hope Plowman : I suppose that you think that you're such an attractive young man that any girl would just fall all over herself to let you kiss her.
Noah Ackerman : Oh, God.
Hope Plowman : Never in all my days have I met such an opinionated, self-centred young man. Good night, Mr Ackerman.
Noah Ackerman : No, don't. Uh - Hope?
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Noah Ackerman : I - I don't know why I kissed you, I - I just couldn't help it. I guess - I guess I wanted to impress you. I was afraid that if I was myself, you wouldn't look at me twice. lt's been a very confusing night. I don't think I've ever been through anything so confusing.
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Michael Whiteacre : Listen, Ackerman, tonight I'm givin' a party - you know: girls, females, broads. And you will attend. You will capture one and carry her off to your cave. You will attend?
Noah Ackerman : Sure, yeah. Yeah!
Michael Whiteacre : Good. Let us not discuss this sort of topic any longer. Let us discuss - alcohol.
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Noah Ackerman : Oh, you taste good.
Hope Plowman : I love you.
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Noah Ackerman : Did you ever imagine it could be like that?