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The Perks of Being A Wallflower (Patrick)

The Perks Of Being A Wallflower

Mean Girls (Regina George)

Mean Girls

Heathers (Heather Chandler)

Heathers

The Departed (Captain George Ellerby)

The Departed (Captain George Ellerby)

This unit is new, and you are the newest members of it. You have been selected from the basis of intelligence and aptitude. This is an elite unit. Our job is to smash, or marginally disrupt, organized crime in the city by enhanced cooperation of the FBI, represented here today

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Monster (Aileen Wuornos)

Monster (Aileen Wuornos)

I always wanted to be in the movies. When I was little, I thought for sure, one day, I could be a big big star. Or maybe just beautiful. Beautiful and rich. Like the women on TV. I had a lot of dreams. And I guess you could call me

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Waiting for Guffman (Corky St. Clair)

Waiting for Guffman (Corky St. Clair)

So what I’m understanding here, correct me, if I’m wrong, is that you’re not givin’ me any money. So now I’m left basically with nothin’. I’m left with zero, in which, in which, what can I do with zero, you know? What can I … I can’t do anythin’ with

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Adventureland (Tired-Looking Guy)

Adventureland (James)

JAMES: What can I get?! I”m not even qualified for manual labor. (reading down column) carpenter… dishwasher… mechanic… septic waste removal – they won”t even hire me. The only place I know I can get a job is where Frigo”s working. I”m “O” for twenty-two. I majored in comparative literature

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Mr. Smith Goes to Washington (Jefferson Smith)

Mr. Smith Goes to Washington (Jefferson Smith)

I guess this is just another lost cause, Mr. Paine. All you people don’t know about the lost causes. Mr. Paine does. He said once they were the only causes worth fighting for. And he fought for them once, for the only reason that any man ever fights for them.

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