Salome (1953)
Rita Hayworth: Princess Salome
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Quotes
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Princess Salome : What does he say, Marcellus? Tell me!
Marcellus Fabius : [reading] Remember the law, learned Senator, a Roman may marry only a Roman and I need not tell you the Princess Salome is held in ill repute.
Princess Salome : Ill repute? Because I enjoyed life here?
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Marcellus Fabius : I cannot ask you to marry me if I had no more status than a slave.
Princess Salome : I would join you as a slave!
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Princess Salome : So, I - I am banished from Rome. To make certain that Caesar's nephew marry's a Roman - not a "barbarian".
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Princess Salome : Do not touch me! I'm a "barbarian". Do not defile your hands!
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Princess Salome : My noble Roman, with a heart of pure marble. You all come out of the same quarry!
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Princess Salome : Another gallant Roman. Governors, Senators, Commanders. All alike. Men of iron, made to rule. All heartless liars.
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Princess Salome : Remind him I do not want a Roman in here. I can bathe without his supervision.
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King Herod : The blossom does justice to the bud.
Princess Salome : Thank you, Your Majesty.
King Herod : Or, should I say the radiant flower that bloomed in Rome: beautiful, beyond my expectations.
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Princess Salome : Your Majesty need not trouble. I will find ways to make the time pass.
King Herod : I'll help you!
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Commander Claudius : What is the measure of love?
Princess Salome : What is asked of another and what is granted.
Commander Claudius : Anything.
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Princess Salome : [King Herod presents a jeweled necklace] It is more fitting that you give it to the Queen.
King Herod : It is mine to give as I wish.
Princess Salome : Not mine, to accept.
King Herod : Then wear it for me. That will be a token between us, that you may know how much - how much you please me.
Princess Salome : Allow the Queen to please Your Majesty.
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King Herod : Am I to be denied what I want above all? One woman with whom I can find forgetfulness.
Princess Salome : Your Majesty takes much for granted, even though he is King, and he forgets - the Queen is my mother.
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Queen Herodias : You can persuade him.
Princess Salome : How?
Queen Herodias : With your matchless beauty! Dance for him tonight.
Princess Salome : Dance for him? Mother you know who dances for the King, becomes his possession.
Queen Herodias : Yes, I know the custom.
Princess Salome : You would have me give myself to...
Queen Herodias : For the throne, yes!
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Princess Salome : All my life I've been surrounded by wickedness. I have lived by false standards. I have held myself unaccountable to anyone. And I have known evil. For the first time, I see there is good in the world.
John the Baptist : To see good is to be awakened to the Lord.