My Left Foot (1989)
Daniel Day-Lewis: Christy Brown
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Quotes
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Christy Brown : I've had nothing but Platonic love all me life. Do you know what I say? FUCK PLATO! And fuck all love that's not a hundred percent commitment!
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[writing a suicide note]
Christy Brown : All is nothing, therefore nothing must end.
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Christy Brown : Fuck off.
Dr. Eileen Cole : With speech therapy, I could teach you how to say "fuck off" more clearly.
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[sarcastically offering congratulations to Eileen, his beloved therapist]
Christy Brown : Con... Con... Con... gra... tu... la... tions, Peter and Eileen on the won... wonderful news. I'm glad you taught me how to speak so I could say that, Eileen.
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[last lines]
Christy Brown : What'll we drink to?
Mary : Let's drink to Dublin.
Christy Brown : To Dublin? Why?
Mary : Because Christy Brown was born there.
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Christy Brown : I need a light
Mary : What?
Christy Brown : I need a light.
Mary : I don't smoke.
Christy Brown : I need a light.
Mary : I'm not deaf, I can hear you. I haven't got any matches, so you'll just have to wait here while I go and get one... Don't think I'm your mother just because I'm looking after you for the evening.
Christy Brown : I don't need a fucking psychology lesson, I just need a fucking light.
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Christy Brown : What are you going to do about it, Peter? You're a nice man. What are you going to do about it?
Peter : I'm gonna wheel you out of this restaurant.
Christy Brown : Yeah?
[starts beating his head on the table]
Christy Brown : [chanting] Wheel out the cripple! Wheel out the cripple!
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Christy Brown : Wreck the pub!
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Peter : Tim. Let Christy try the wine.
Christy Brown : Introibo ad altare Dei.
Petra : What's he saying?
Peter : The Latin mass.
Christy Brown : I thought that was James Joyce.