Quotables from Week Ending Jan 8, 2015
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Our writers captured the following memorable quotes for the week ending Jan. 8, 2015.
1. "That's right, pick the only two times in history where things got messy." The Simpsons
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Homer: Look at all these knobs and buttons. They're clearly a superior race. Maybe that means they'll be nice to us. ~
Lisa: You mean like Europeans were to the Native Americans or the Belgians were to The Congo? ~
Homer: That's right, pick the only two times in history where things got messy.
2. "Let's start with words beginning with A." Marvel's Agent Carter
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Peggy: What kind of thing is that, Agent Thompson, the alphabet? I can teach you. Let's start with words beginning with "A."
3. "I've never played basketball." The Mindy Project
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Jeremy: I've never played basketsball. I'm sure I'll pick it up. Who's going to be goalie?
4. "I'm not here to redecorate." Forever
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Jo: Hi val, remember me? I'm not here to redecorate.
5. "I don't like to get in the middle of these things..." Chicago Fire
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Herrmann: Dawson, I don't like to get in the middle of these things, but you sound like someone who's trying to convince themselves they made the right decision.
6. "No. I don't want to." NCIS
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Palmer: No. I don't want to. ~
Ducky: You don't want to what, Mr. Palmer? ~
Palmer: I don't want to know how much her liver weighs. I don't want to catalogue her scars. Most of all, I don't want to cut open another friend. Think I've had my limit.
7. "Reality. It's the shared narrative we agree to believe." The Librarians
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Jacob: Reality. It's the shared narrative we agree to believe.
8. "And then tonight, you will join me in my bed." Galavant
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King Richard: And then tonight, you will join me in my bed. ~
Madelena: Yes, my king. ~
King Richard: Then, we're going to do it. ~
Madelena: Yes. ~
King Richard: And we're not just going to sit in bed and open gifts and talk about how much fun the wedding was. Okay? We're. Doing. It.
9. "All games must come to an end." Person of Interest
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Greer: All games must come to an end.
10. "Yep, that's the language we landed on." Marry Me
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Jake: We have decided to start thinking about talking about... ~
Annie: ... being prepared for a time in the future when we may want to consider starting to talk about having kids. ~
Jake: Yep, that's the language we landed on.
11. "I eat a lot of fiber." Pretty Little Liars
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Grunwald: How do you live in such a psychically constipated environment. ~
Hanna: I eat a lot of fiber.
12. "This is what happens when you use the b-word!" NCIS: New Orleans
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Brody: This is what happens when you use the b-word!
13. "My blood is basically Red Bull." Scorpion
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Toby: I'm rocking so much adrenaline right now. My blood is basically Red Bull.
14. "No, you just need a beer." The Taste
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Ludo: That is not so salty that you need to send back your food. ~
Nigella: No, you just need a beer.
15. "I'll look them up... Oh, son of a biscuit!" The Big Bang Theory
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Sheldon: There were plenty of ways to pass the time before smartphones were invented. ~
Leonard: That's true. ~
Sheldon: I'll look them up... Oh, son of a biscuit!
16. "Have some fun, you know?" Parenthood
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I mean, God, Millie. How the hell did we end up here, like this? I just wish we could go back a couple of years, just, you know, you and me. Have some fun, you know?
17. "Drip, drip, drip of existence." Elementary
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Sherlock: Now I think if I were to use drugs again, it would, in fact, be an anticlimax. It would be a surrender to the drip, drip, drip of existence.
18. "Did I miss anything on the way here? Like Texas seceding?" Madam Secretary
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Elizabeth: Did I miss anything on the way here? Like Texas seceding?