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Quotes from the movie American Beauty
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I see you're smoking pot now! I'm so glad. I think using illegal psychotropic substances is a very positive example to set for our daughter.
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There happens to be a lot about me that you don't know, Mr. Smarty Man. There's plenty of joy in my life.
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I refuse to be a victim!
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I need a father who's a role model, not some geek-boy who's gonna spray his shorts every time
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I bring a girlfriend home from school.
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I know you think my dad's harmless, but you're wrong.
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Welcome to America's weirdest home videos.
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I didn't mean to scare you. I just think you're interesting.
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I'm not obsessing. I'm just curious.
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It was one of those days when it's a minute away from snowing and there's this electricity in the air, you can almost hear it. And this bag was, like, dancing with me. Like a little kid begging me to play with it. For fifteen minutes. And that's the day I knew there was this entire life behind things, and... this incredibly benevolent force, that wanted me to know there was no reason to be afraid, ever. Video's a poor excuse, I know. But it helps me remember... and I need to remember... Sometimes there's so much beauty in the world I feel like I can't take it, like my heart's going to cave in.
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My dad thinks I paid for all this with catering jobs. Never underestimate the power of denial.
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[To Angela on Jane] She's not your friend. She's just someone you use to feel good about yourself.
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[To Jane on Ricky] I don't believe him. I mean, he didn't even like, look at me once!
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It's that psycho next door. Jane, what if he worships you? What if he's got a shrine with pictures of you surrounded by dead people's heads and stuff?
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You total slut, you have a crush on him. You're defending him, you love him, you wanna have, like, ten thousand of his babies.
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I don't think that there's anything worse than being ordinary.
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