The Duchess (2008)
Ralph Fiennes: The Duke
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Quotes
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Duke of Devonshire : This will be the mistake of your life.
Georgiana, The Duchess of Devonshire : No, I made that many years ago. I trust you can see yourself out.
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Georgiana, The Duchess of Devonshire : [speaking about Charles Grey] We love each other.
Duke of Devonshire : I do not doubt it; he is a dreamer like yourself. You both dream of another world that does not exist, and never will.
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Duke of Devonshire : How wonderful to be that free.
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Duke of Devonshire : [Dryly to a servant after a drunken Georgina's wig has caught on fire] Please put out her grace's hair.
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Duke of Devonshire : Over the years I have acted in ways that you have judged... harsh. Well, I do not wish for you to undergo any further suffering.
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Duke of Devonshire : I don't make deals. Why would I? I'm in charge of it all.
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[from trailer]
Duke of Devonshire : I love you in the way I understand love.
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Duke of Devonshire : I asked for two things when we wed, loyalty, and male heir.
Georgiana, The Duchess of Devonshire : The same as your dogs!
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Duke of Devonshire : [with a degree of frustration after taking off G's elaborate corseting on their wedding night] For the life of me, I could never understand why women's clothes must be so complicated.
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Duke of Devonshire : I know that you've never thought much of my manners or my itellect, G. But in fact, I never do anything that serves no purpose.