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Ｔitle： 100 Years Quotes
You can’t beat entertainment for spreading the word.
Think of an unforgettable quip, a clever crack, a poignant phrase. Chances are you first heard it in a movie or saw it on the tube.
Of course, some quotes have more impact than others. The best sound fresh and relevant and still say plenty no matter how many times they’ve been played. Which is where this list comes in.
Check it out----we guarantee you’ll fall for these lines.
N0.6 Mae West
The line: ------ “Goodness, what beautiful diamonds!”
------ “Goodness had nothing to with it, dearie (dear)
Who said it: Mae West as Maudie in the 1932 film Night After Night.
The Setup: Playing one of the finest women who ever walked the streets, West tells a hatcheck girl how she came into her jewelry. The film’s star, George Raft, said of West’s screen debut: “she stole everything but the camera.”
The Playoff: Almost overnight, Diamond Lil became an immensely profitable symbol of screen naughtiness by padding her hips and uttering double-entendres without moving her upper lip. As an established playwright, West was allowed to write her own dialogue, and thus began the long list of famous Westian one-liners: “She’s the kind of girl who climbed the ladder of success, wrong by wrong”; “Is that a gun in your pocket, or are you just glad to see me?” “I used to be Snow White, but I drifted”; “Between two evils. I always pick the one I never tried before.” West didn’t invent sex; she just saw the humor in it。
No.5 James Bond
The Line: ”A medium dry martini, lemon peel. Shaken, not stirred.”
Who Said It: Although Sean Connery would make the line his own, it’s actually first voiced by archfiend Dr. No (Joseph Wiseman) in James Bond’s 1962 big-screen debut.
The Setup: An hour and a half into Dr. No, Bond and Bond-babe Ursula Andress are wined and dined in the good doctor’s underwater lair. The villain, a proper host who’s obviously read his dossier on the British super-spy, offers his guest his favorite cocktail.
The Payoff: Equal parts JFK-playboy glamour and Hugh Hefner playboy philosophy, Connery’s Bond updated the traditional action hero with modern attitudes and equipment. Although Bonds have changed, Bond Himself has endured as a cultural artifact by never really changing. As stylized as Kabuki, the formula remains stirring------without shaking its roots. Bond still astonishes headwaiters with his raffine tastes, fondles weapon and women with equal ardor and moves with eerie confidence through a world of constant cosmic peril. “My dear girl.” Bond tells a new conquest in Goldfinger, “there are some things that just aren’t done. Such as drinking Dom Perignon’53 above a temperature of 38 degrees Fahrenheit. That’s as bad as listening to the Beatles without earmuffs.”
No.4The Godfather
The line: “My father made him an offer he couldn’t refuse.”
Who Said It: Al Pacino as Michael Corleone in the 1972 film The Godfather
The Setup: Corleone relates the story of how his father, Mafia boss Vito Corleone (Marlon Brando), got a singer released from a personal-services contract with a bandleader. After the bandleader turned down Don Corleone’s $ 10，000 check, Vito’s henchman held a gun to the bandleaders head and “assured him either his brains or his signature would be on the contract.” The bandleader then released the vocalist and accepted a certified check for $1,000.
The Playoff: “Mafiosi are like urban cowboys,” wrote author Gay Talese. “〔They are〕feudal lords, and whether you like them or not, they’re fascinating father figures.” Brando played a “man of respect” who was seemingly benign, but yet a monster. He made the role warm and real enough to command belief and even empathy, yet vicious enough to deter admiration. After Vito, The Mafia was bit box office everywhere, from bookstores to toy stores, where The Godfather game sold briskly. Curiously, Brando was disappointed by his performance: “What the hell did I know about a 65-year-old Italian who smokes twisted goat-shit cigars?”
No.3 Bugs Bunny
The Line: “What’s up, Doc”
Who Said It: Bugs Bunny, upon meeting would-be assassin Elmer Fudd, in his first Tex Avery cartoon, 1940’s “A Wild Hare”
The Setup: Sounding like a Bronx sharpie with a case of adenoids, the cartoon rabbit with almost inhuman sangfroid uttered this phrase to an assortment of splenetic aggressors. He had a fast line of back tale, a keen sense of irony and an indomitable lust for survival.
The Playoff: “Until Bugs, cartoon heroes tended to be victims,” wrote critic Jay Cocks. “Only Bugs Bunny managed to triumph in his struggles without ever getting smug.” Whether staring down the double barrel of Fudd’s shotgun or outrunning some improbably hirsute monster in sneakers, Bugs simultaneously courted disaster and mocked it; His wiseacre bravado caught the tone of the times. His was the attitude of the perennial winner, so it’s not surprising Bugs found his greatest popularity during and following World War Ⅱ
No.2 Gone With the Wind
The Line: “Frankly, my dear, I don’t give a damn.”
Who Said It: Clark Gable as Rhett Butler in the 1939 Gone with the Wind.
The Setup: After the death of the noble Melanie (Olivia de Havilland)’ the long-suffering, exhausted Butler sits morosely in a chair in a chair in his bedroom. He is worn out by the constant rejections and manipulations and selfishness of his ambitious wife, Scarlett O’Hara (Vivien Leigh), and is unwilling to suffer her any longer. Clearly exasperated, Butler levels O’Hara with the words that would become movie Dom’s quintessential kiss-off
The Playoff: In the mid 1930s Hollywood embraced a rigid code of self-censorship. Long kisses were forbidden, adultery always had to be severely punished and double beds were for sinners in New York City. Even happily married couples had to sleep in widely separated twin beds, clad top to bottom in pajamas or nightgowns. Such innocuous four-letter words as “hell” and “damn” were proscribed. Gone with the Wind’s filmmakers fought a long and bitter struggle to let Gable utter his onscreen “damn”, which shocked and titillated audiences------and assured the movie’s status as a certified blockbuster.
No.1 Star Wars
The lines: “May the Force be with you.”
Who Said It: Alec Guinness as Ben Kenobi-among others-in 1977’s Star wars.
The Setup: George Lucas’ Star Wars franchise became a cinematic entity that made Hollywood history with a prequel, two sequels and about $4 billion in licensed merchandise, ranging from miniature spaceships to wallpaper.
The Payoff: In 1978, a paper presented at the eighth annual convention of the popular culture Association reported 46 percent of Americans were baffled by the concept of “the Force,” a confusion widely shared by the organization’s 2,000members. Some academics saw it as simple Manichaean dualism, others as Orthodox Christianity or Hollywood Zen. Fraser Snowden of Louisiana’s Northwestern State University argued with some passion that the Force derives from “the impersonal bipolar absolute of Chinese Taoism and the all-encompassing ki energy field of the Japanese art of aikido.” He offered to teach how to experience the Force. Most conventioneers decided they had other engagements.
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百年妙语
就语言的传播来说，娱乐界可以说是所向披靡。
想想那些让人无法忘怀的妙语，高明，尖锐的短语。你会发现它们大多都在电影中或是电视屏幕上出现过。
当然，这其中有的警言有着很大的影响力。那些名言不管用过多少次，当它们再次出现时，听上去总还是新鲜的，中肯的。以下列的就是这些名言。
来看看吧——我们相信你们会喜欢上这些句子的。
N0.6梅·韦斯特
名言：—— “上帝啊，多么漂亮的钻石啊！”
——“亲爱的，这与上帝没有关系。”
说话人：梅·韦斯特在1932年电影《夜复一夜》中饰演的毛迪
背景：韦斯特扮演街头的一个最漂亮的妓女，告诉一个戴帽子的女孩她怎样弄到那些珠宝。影星，乔治·拉夫特，在韦斯特初次演出时曾这样说过：“她，除了照相机，什么都偷。”
高潮：几乎是一夜之间，钻石利尔变成了一个越来越会赚钱的银屏淘气包。她拍拍屁股，嘴皮都不用动就能说出一连串妙语。作为一个作家，韦斯特自己写对白，从而创造了一系列的“韦斯特”妙言：“她是那种历经种种挫折，一步一步走向成功的人。“你口袋里装了枪吗，还只是你见着我开心？”， “我以前是白雪公主，但是我现在不是了”，“如果让我在两件坏事间做选择的话，我会去尝试以前没有做过的。”韦斯特不是假装性感，只是觉得那样很幽默。
No.5 詹姆士·邦德
名言：“中干的马提尼，柠檬皮。晃一下，不要搅。”
说话人：虽然肖恩·康纳利声称这是他的名言，但是事实上是魔王撒旦《诺博士》（约瑟夫·维斯曼）在1962年《詹姆士·邦德》开演时说的。
背景：一个半小时的《诺博士》中，邦德和邦德女郎乌苏拉·安德丝在博士水下房间喝酒吃饭。一个正式的主人，可能在英国超级间谍读了他的档案，请他喝他的最爱鸡尾酒。
高潮:拥有着 《惊天大刺杀》中花花公子的魔力和休·海夫纳的花花公子头脑, 康纳利饰演的邦德用现代的观念和设备重新演绎了传统英雄. 虽然邦德改变了,但邦德他自己作为一种人造文化并没有真的改变。作为一类歌舞技，这种模式很刺激又不会动摇它的根基。邦德还是因为他的挑剔的品种让餐厅领班吃了一惊、热衷于玩先进的武器如同热衷于女人，用可怕的自尊心面对一个长期处于危险的世界。“我亲爱的女孩”邦德在《金手指》中又成了一个征服者， “这还有些事情没做完。喝温度超过华氏38度的53年份Dom Perignon（一种葡萄酒）就象听披头士音乐不戴耳机一样糟糕。”
No.4 教父
名句：“我父亲向他提出的条件他无法拒绝。”
出处：艾尔.帕西诺饰演的迈克·科莱昂在1972年影片《教父》中说的
背景：科莱昂讲述了他父亲——黑手党维托·唐·科莱昂(马龙.白兰度饰演)，如何与乐队负责人谈判让他与一个歌手解除一份私人服务合同。当这乐队负责人拒绝唐·科莱昂的1万美元支票时，维托的追随者拔出枪，指着他的脑袋说“你是要脑袋，还是要签名？”而后，这位负责人就放了那个歌手，接受了1千美元支票。
高潮: “ Mafiosi就像都市牛仔,” 盖·特立斯写道，“他们是封建地主，不管你喜不喜欢他们，他们就是充满神秘色彩的教父。”在影片中白兰度饰演一个受人尊敬，看起来很慈祥，而事实上却是一个恶魔的人。他让这个角色温暖而真实，能够坚持信念和平静的态度，然而也邪恶得让人无法苟同。继维托之后，黑手党市场一路走好，从书店到玩具店，教父游戏都大卖。奇怪的是，白兰度并不满意他自己的表演：“我怎么会了解一个抽螺旋形山羊牌雪茄的65岁的意大利老人呢。”
No.3兔巴哥
名句：“出了什么事，多克”
出处：，在泰斯·艾佛路的第一部卡通片1940年“流氓兔”里，兔巴哥见到那个刺客时说的。
背景：听起来就像布朗克斯区腺状肿, 卡通兔子几乎是冷酷的。这个卡通兔用非人的冷静对那个坏脾气的入侵者说出这句话，带着一种尖锐的讽刺，和一种不屈不挠的求生意志。
高潮：“卡通英雄从未成功过，直到巴哥的出现”批评家这样写道，“只有巴哥成功在争斗中获胜，而且一点也不骄傲。”不管是在福德的枪口下，或是从那些穿着运动鞋少毛的怪物手里逃脱时，巴哥疯狂地寻求挑战，笑看灾祸。他的自以为聪明，逞威风的作风却正好迎合了那个时期人们的喜好。他有着那种永不认输的态度，因此，他能在二战时期的二战之后风靡一时根本不足为奇。
No.2乱世佳人
名句：“坦白说，亲爱的，我不在乎。”
出处：1939经典影片《乱世佳人》中克拉克·盖博饰演的白瑞德说的。
背景：高贵的媚兰（奥莉薇·德哈佛兰饰演）离开人世后，结束了种种痛苦的折磨，精疲力竭的白瑞德忧郁地坐在他卧室的椅子上。他那野心勃勃又自私的妻子——思嘉丽（费雯丽饰演）总是拒绝他、操纵他，他觉得心力交瘁，不愿再继续下去。显然，他很生气，他对思嘉丽说的这句话，成为电影王国经典再见宣言。
高潮：二十世纪30年代，好莱坞有着一种自制。在纽约，不允许长时间的接吻，通奸则要受到严厉的惩罚，罪人要睡双人床。即使是那些幸福地结合的夫妻也要睡隔得很远的对床，全身上下穿着睡衣。那些无伤大雅的词，如“该死”、“诅咒”都是禁止使用的。《乱世佳人》的制片人是经过了长时间的痛苦挣扎才决定让盖博在银幕上说出那句名言的。这既让人震惊，又大快人心，同时保证了这部影片轰动一时的地位。
No.1星球大战
名句：“原力将与你同在”
出处：在1977年的《星球大战》亚历克·吉尼斯饰演的本·克诺比说的。
背景：乔治·卢卡斯的《星球大战》特许权，它开创了好莱坞前传、两集续集和40亿美元的收入先河，经营范围从小型飞船到墙纸，
高潮：在 1978 年，在第八届流行文化年度例会上，一份报告指出46%的美国人受到“原力”概念的困扰，组织里的2000个成员都对此迷惑不解。有些学者认为那只是简单的善恶二元论；其他人认为是传统的基督教或是好莱坞禅宗。路易丝安娜西北部州立大学的弗雷泽·斯诺登认为原力来源于“中国道家与日本的合道气（包罗所有KI能源领域）”他提出要教大家如何体验原力。大多数的与会者持不同意见。 | 
[自己的译文]100 Years Quotes
