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Simple Men (1992) More at IMDbPro »

Ned Riffle: I want adventure. I want romance.
Bill McCabe: Ned, there is no such thing as adventure. There's no such thing as romance. There's only trouble and desire.
Ned Riffle: Trouble and desire.
Bill McCabe: That's right. And the funny thing is, when you desire something you immediately get into trouble. And when you're in trouble you don't desire anything at all.
Ned Riffle: I see.
Bill McCabe: It's impossible.
Ned Riffle: It's ironic.
Bill McCabe: It's a fucking tragedy is what it is, Ned.
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Ned: What is that thing?
Bill: That's the Blessed Virgin, Ned.
Ned: She's pretty, huh?
Bill: Not only is she pretty, but she's got a nice personality, and she's the mother of God.
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Sheriff: Why do women exist?
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Ned: Nothing like a machine to make a man feel insignificant.
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Dennis McCabe: I've never been to Long Island.
Bill McCabe: Yes you have.
Dennis McCabe: I have?
Bill McCabe: Yeah. You've been to Queens. Queens is Long Island.
Dennis McCabe: Queens is a part of New York City. I don't think it's really considered part of Long Island.
Bill McCabe: It's part of New York City, but it's on Long Island.
Dennis McCabe: Queens is a borough.
Bill McCabe: A borough, on Long Island.
Dennis McCabe: A borough of New York City.
Bill McCabe: Right.
Dennis McCabe: Long Island's a terminal moraine.
Bill McCabe: A what?
Dennis McCabe: A terminal moraine. It's the earth that's deposited by a receding glacier.
Bill McCabe: Well, shit, what are we waiting for, huh? Come on.
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Elina: [after Dennis kisses her] You shouldn't do that.
Dennis McCabe: Why not?
Elina: Because I'm your father's girlfriend?
Dennis McCabe: My father's a womanizer. He's a married man and he stood you up.
Elina: You have no respect for your father.
Dennis McCabe: I don't know him. But I respect his taste in women.
Elina: So then go make love to your mother.
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