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Quotables #112: First Dates
We've all been there before - the awkwardness, the small talk, the lies that are shared when meeting a potential mate for the first time. The movies have been there, too. Each of the following quotes or snippets of dialogue are spoken by characters during their first dates. Your job is to guess which movies they're from.

Woman: What a beautiful view, Mr. [name deleted].
Man: I know. I love this city. It's a - it's a fact. It's the greatest city in the history of mankind. Discovered by the Germans in 1904, they named it 'San Diago,' which, of course, in German means 'a whale's vagina.'
Woman: N - no, there's no way that's correct.
Man: I'm sorry. I was trying to impress you.
Woman: Oh.
Man: I don't know what it means. I'll be honest. I don't think anyone knows what it means anymore. Scholars maintain that the translation was lost hundreds of years ago.
Woman: Doesn't it mean 'Saint Diego?'
Man: No. No.
Woman: No, that's - that's what it means. Really.
Man: Well, agree to disagree.
Movie 1:
Man: Actually, I wasn't in education first. I was pre-law. My dad's a lawyer, and my grandfather's a lawyer, and uh, it just wasn't for me, so I picked a new major. And the parents weren't too pleased, you know?
Woman: Yeah. I think it, um - I think it takes a pretty strong person to do that.
Man: Well, you know everything about me, then. I'm a pretty strong, vegetarian teacher over at Lincoln Park. I don't know anything about you, except you're Greek. Hey...would you like to go have Greek food?
Woman: Oh, that's okay.
Man: No, listen. I know this really great place, you probably know it, Zorba's something. Um, anyway, I'd like to take you there, if you'd like to go.
Woman: I don't wanna go there.
Man: What do you mean? Why not?
Woman: Um, that place...Dancing Zorba's -
Man: Dancing Zorba's!
Woman: Um, my family owns that restaurant.
Man: Really? ...I remember you. You're that waitress.
Woman: Seating hostess, actually.
Man: I remember you.
Woman: I was kind of going through a phase...up 'til now...and uh...I was Frump Girl.
Man: I don't remember Frump Girl, but I remember you.
Movie 2:
Woman: So, umm, how's your business going? Did you sell all that pudding?
Man: ...That pudding is not a sales item.
Woman: Why?
Man: ...It's not for sale.
Woman: Really? Uh, why is that?
Man: I'd rather not say, if that's okay.
Woman: Oh, I'm sorry. Was it, like, a secret pudding?
Man: Uh, let's just keep it between you and I, if that's possible?
Woman: Sure, sure.
Man: Healthy Choice and American Airlines got together for this promotion. If you buy any ten of Healthy Choice's products, they will award you 500 frequent flyer miles. With this special coupon, they'll up it to a thousand miles. So, I think they're trying to push their teriyaki chicken, which is $1.79. But I went to the supermarket, looked around, and saw that they had...pudding for 25 cents a cup, comes in packages of four. But insanely, the bar codes are on the individual cups. So, a quarter a cup - say you bought $2.50 worth. That's worth 500 miles. With the coupon, it's a thousand miles. It's a marketing mistake, but I'm taking advantage of it. If you were to spend $3,000, that would get you a million frequent flyer miles. You would never have to pay for a ticket the rest of your life.
Woman: So you bought all that pudding so you could get frequent flyer miles?
Man: I know, yes.
Woman: That's insane.
Man: I'm guessing it was a mistake. But I'm taking advantage of it while it's offered. Who knows how long it'll last if too many people start doin' it.
Movie 3:
Girl: Wow, it's a really beautiful night tonight. It's a perfect night for horseback riding. I was going with a guy who had horses once.
Boy: Oh, yeah? I had a couple of horses myself.
Girl: Really?
Boy: Mm, I used them for hunting. I do a lot of hunting.
Girl: Hmm.
Boy: Yeah, deer mostly. Got a couple of bear last year. Yeah, those were good ponies. Had to train 'em special myself. Took a lot of time.
Girl: Yeah? Do you still have 'em? We can go for a ride.
Boy: No, no. I had to sell 'em to get these wheels. And a Jeep. Um, I got a Jeep pickup with four-wheel drive, and it's got a gun rack on it, and I use that for hunting.
Girl: Why do you kill little animals? I think that's terrible.
Boy: Oh, well, yeah. I figure with bears, though, it's...me or them.
Movie 4:
Man: God, I haven't felt like this since I was with Stella Adler in New York. You just - you're, you're so real.
Woman: I don't think you've ever mentioned this Stella to me before.
Man: Oh, haven't I?
Woman: Mm-mm. See, I would remember the name Stella. The only Stella I ever knew was a parrot. ...So was that before Leslie? Before us?
Man: I've never met anyone like you, [name deleted].
Woman: Well, that's why we're meant to be together.
Man: Your dedication scares me.
Woman: Oh, it's easy to be dedicated when you care about something.
Man: 'When I met you, it was like a warm breeze that's suddenly blown into my life.' You remember that line? I said that to Leslie during her funeral. I love that line.
Woman: Well, you said it to her, but you meant it for me, didn't you?
Man: ...Yeah...Maybe I did.
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