AFI's 100 greatest movie quotes
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Awards shows are in full swing and that makes us think of our favorite movies and quotes.
This list was made in 2005, so recent favorites are not here, but see how many you recognize.
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"My mother thanks you. My father thanks you. My sister thanks you. And I thank you." 1942.
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"Carpe diem. Seize the day, boys. Make your lives extraordinary." 1989.
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"Cinderella story. Outta nowhere. A former greenskeeper, now, about to become the Masters champion. It looks like a mirac...It's in the hole! It's in the hole! It's in the hole!" 1980.
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"Tell 'em to go out there with all they got and win just one for the Gipper." 1940.
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"Listen to me, mister. You're my knight in shining armor. Don't you forget it. You're going to get back on that horse, and I'm going to be right behind you, holding on tight, and away we're gonna go, go, go!" 1981.
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"Sawyer, you're going out a youngster, but you've got to come back a star!" 1933.
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"Yo, Adrian!" 1976.
(Sorry, we could not find a clip from the 1976 movie. This is from one of the later Rocky movies.)
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Striker: "Surely you can't be serious."
Rumack: "I am serious...and don't call me Shirley." 1980.
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"Of all the gin joints in all the towns in all the world, she walks into mine." 1942.
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"One morning I shot an elephant in my pajamas. How he got in my pajamas. I don't know." 1930.
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"You've got to ask yourself one question: 'Do I feel lucky?' Well, do ya, punk?" 1971.
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"My mama always said life was like a box of chocolates. You never know what you're gonna get." 1994.
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"Today, I consider myself the luckiest man on the face of the earth." 1942.
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"Badges? We ain't got no badges. We don't need no badges! I don't have to show you any stinkin' badges!" 1948.
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"You know how to whistle, don't you, Steve? You just put your lips together and blow." 1944.
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The nominations for the 87th Academy Awards were announced Thursday, Jan. 15, 2015.
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