Quotes from one of the saddest/funniest movies of all time:
Steel Magnolias
Alphabetical by Character, if it's a dialog, it's by the first speaker.
Annelle
Clairee
Drum
M'lynn
Ouiser
Shelby
Truvy
About the Wedding, in Truvy's shop (I put this seperate because it's such a long scene, and involves most of the cast.)
About Clairee's Nephew, Marshall (Seperate for the same reason as above.)
Annelle's Lines:
Annelle - "Sammy Wayne DeSoto, what is this in my fridgidaire?"
Sammy - "Beer."
Annelle - "Beer? I don't care what you keep in your refridgerator, but I will not have liquor in mine." (pours beer out)
Sammy - "Aw Annelle, for Christ's sake."
Annelle - "What did you say?"
Sammy - "Christ."
Annelle - "What?"
Sammy - "Christ, Christ, Christ."
Annelle - "Are you speaking of our Lord? Is that who's name you're taking in vain?"
Sammy - "That's the one."
Annelle - "Well, I'm sorry, but I do not intend to spend the next 50 years of my life with someone I will not run into in the hereafter."
Sammy - "God dammit, Annelle."
Annelle - "I think we should pray."
Sammy (walking out the door) - "Oh, I'd rather eat dirt."
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Clairee's Lines:
"If you can't say something nice, come sit by me."
"Ouiser can't stay mad at me...she worships the quicksand I walk on."
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Drum's Lines:
"I have about a billion birds to scare away before my daughter's reception or I'm gonna have to deal with my wife, and I make it a point never to have to deal with my wife."
"MM..nothin like a good piece of ass."
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M'lynn's Lines:
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Ouiser's Lines:
"The only reason people talk to me is because I have more money than God."
"I'm not crazy M'lynn, I've just been in a very bad mood for 40 years!"
"I just figured Sammy wouldn't mind your reading the Bible in bed as long as you were wearing something inspirational. Yuk Yuk Yuk. Put down crotchless panties."
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Shelby's Lines:
"Mama? Mama! This nail polish is drying way to dark. Passionate Pink my foot. It looks like a stuck pig bled all over my hands."
"I'd rather have 30 minutes of wonderful than a lifetime of nothing special."
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Truvy's Lines:
Truvy: "It takes a lot of work to look this good."
Annelle: "Oh, I can see that."
"I'm a CHAIN!!"
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About the Wedding, in Truvy's Shop:
Shelby - "My colors are blush and bashful."
M'lynn - "Her colors are pink and pink."
Shelby - "My colors are blush and bashful. I have chosen two delicate shades of pink, one much deeper than the other."
M'lynn - "How precious is this wedding gonna get, I ask you?"
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About Clairee's nephew, Marshall...with interuppting Dialog included.
Clairee - "So he tells his parents, 'I've got a brain tumor. I've got 3 months to live.' Well, of course Drew and Belle were devastated. Then he says, 'Hey folks, I'm only kidding. I'm just gay.'"
Shelby - "That was his idea of breaking the news gently?"
Clairee - "Well, Marshall always was very dramatic."
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