How to Marry a Millionaire (1953)
William Powell: J.D. Hanley
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Quotes
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J.D. Hanley : [on why Schatze stopped their wedding] There was a last minute decision in your favor.
Tom Brookman : Did you tell her about me?
J.D. Hanley : No. So far as she knows you're still hustling a gas pump.
Tom Brookman : Are you kidding?
J.D. Hanley : Well let's go ask her.
Tom Brookman : Wait a minute JD! Do you think I ought to tell her?
J.D. Hanley : Are you nuts? She clearly prefers gas pump jockeys to millionaires. What do you want to do? Disillusion the poor girl?
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J.D. Hanley : There'll be dancing and drinks and a few laughs, perhaps.
Pola Debevoise : Sounds just *creamy*, to me.
Loco Dempsey : I like laughs.
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J.D. Hanley : There's quite a party of us up from Texas.
Schatze Page : All men?
J.D. Hanley : Oh, some wives too. You met some of them this evening. The others went to a show. You know how the women are when they get to New York.
Schatze Page : I know.
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Schatze Page : Has he got on a tie?
J.D. Hanley : No tie.
Schatze Page : And at a formal ceremony! You see what I mean?
J.D. Hanley : De gustibus non est disputandum.
Schatze Page : Well, you can certainly say that again.
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J.D. Hanley : That's just one of the few advantages of age. Disappointments become a normal part of life.