High Society (1956)
Celeste Holm: Liz Imbrie
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Quotes
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Liz Imbrie : Mike, if I ever am in your way. Don't honk, just run over me.
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Liz Imbrie : Well, since Mike's disappeared too I may as well go home.
C. K. Dexter-Haven : Well, what about me taking you home, then, everybody come look for us?
Liz Imbrie : Oh, that's the nicest thing I've heard all night.
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Liz Imbrie : Were you by any chance playing footsie with me at lunch?
Mike Connor : From where I sat?
Liz Imbrie : I didn't think your reach was that good. Seth Lord has a roving eye *and* foot.
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C. K. Dexter-Haven : Liz, you're in love with Connor aren't you?
Liz Imbrie : People ask the darnedest questions.
C. K. Dexter-Haven : Why don't you marry him?
Liz Imbrie : I'm gonna pretend I didn't hear that.
C. K. Dexter-Haven : I said why don't you marry him?
Liz Imbrie : He's still got a lot to learn. I don't want to get in his way for a while.
C. K. Dexter-Haven : Supposing some other girl comes along in the meantime.
Liz Imbrie : I guess I'd just scratch her eyes out. Unless that is she was marrying someone else the next day.
C. K. Dexter-Haven : You're quite a girl Liz.
Liz Imbrie : I don't know. I take nice pictures though.
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Mike Connor : Who wants to be a millionaire?
Liz Imbrie : I don't.
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Uncle Willie : I can't find Liz.
C. K. Dexter-Haven : I think I just saw someone wander out on to the terrace. Alone.
Uncle Willie : You don't say. The little vixen!
[leaves]
C. K. Dexter-Haven : Ollie ollie oxen free!
[Liz comes out of hiding]
C. K. Dexter-Haven : What's the matter? Uncle Willie giving you a little trouble?
Liz Imbrie : That man's gonna wind up a juvenile delinquent mark my words.
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Mike Connor : Liz, I know I'm not destiny's dream man but...
Liz Imbrie : Mike, I think I'd better grab you. You're likely to get in trouble one of these days.
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Liz Imbrie : Elegant junk.
Mike Connor : It's shiny.
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Liz Imbrie : [checking out a silver ice bucket] Plate.
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Mike Connor : Would you have four footmen bring me a large ashtray.
Liz Imbrie : Mike, be careful what you say. We may be wired for sound.
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Liz Imbrie : You know something professor, I think you dropped a loop.
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Mike Connor : She can't be for real.
Liz Imbrie : Who was doing the interviewing?
Mike Connor : You think she was born that way?
Liz Imbrie : Nah. Takes years.
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Tracy Lord : Oh, I think men are wonderful.
Liz Imbrie : The little dears.
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Liz Imbrie : Mike, I don't like this assignment.
Mike Connor : Neither do I, Liz, but I like to eat.
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Mike Connor : Hey, Liz.
Liz Imbrie : Huh?
Mike Connor : Look at all the loot they've collected.
Liz Imbrie : They must run a hockshop on the side.
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Mike Connor : This joint's full of spies.
Liz Imbrie : That should make us feel at home.
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Mike Connor : You think she was born that way?
Liz Imbrie : No - takes years.
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Lords' Butler : The family will be here directly to welcome you.
Liz Imbrie : I wonder what with.
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Liz Imbrie : You know, one of the prettiest sights in this pretty world is the sight of the privileged class enjoying its privileges.
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Liz Imbrie : Well, I come from a long line of Swedes. We have an old saying too - "When the cat's away, why should the mouse act like a rat?"
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Mike Connor : I'd have more respect for this dame if she'd throw us out.
Liz Imbrie : Don't make snap judgments. You were wrong about me, remember?
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Liz Imbrie : My name is Elizabeth Imbrie.
Tracy Lord : Elizabeth Imbrie. It sounds like a medieval saint who was burned to death.
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Mike Connor : You're quite a girl, Liz.
Liz Imbrie : You know, that's the second time in the last 24 hours that a man has said that to me. I guess I must be getting either booky, hippy, or toothy.