Cinderella Liberty (1973)
Marsha Mason: Maggie Paul
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Quotes
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John Baggs Jr. : Would you describe yourself as a, uh, "Champagne cocktail-sippin', cock-teasin', downtown barroom whore"?
Maggie Paul : [bursting into tears] Second generation!
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Maggie Paul : Why is it everybody else gets chicken and I always get the feathers?
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John Baggs Jr. : We love each other.
Maggie Paul : Love is shit with sugar on it.
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Maggie Paul : [to John] You got a terrific knack for being nice and a prick all at the same time.
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[as they are walking outside late at night, John places his arm around Maggie]
Maggie Paul : I ain't cold.
John Baggs Jr. : I hope not.
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Maggie Paul : That's either a cue stick, or a real man just fell in here by mistake.
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John Baggs Jr. : Yes, ma'am?
Maggie Paul : Eight ball in the corner pocket.
John Baggs Jr. : Yeah, I know that.
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Maggie Paul : Ain't nobody here knows how to stroke a good stick?
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Maggie Paul : Mama, your little girl's been hustled again.
John Baggs Jr. : Listen, I don't, uh, I don't mean to rush you none, but I'm on Cinderella Liberty, and if I don't get back to the hospital by 12 o'clock, why, I turn into a pumpkin.
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John Baggs Jr. : [at the pool table] Well, uh, maybe we could work somethin' out. Tell you what I'll do. I'll, uh, I'll play you 50 bucks against somethin'.
Maggie Paul : I ain't got nothin' worth 50 bucks.
John Baggs Jr. : Haven't you?
Maggie Paul : Sailor, I don't even know you.
John Baggs Jr. : Well, that won't take long.
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Maggie Paul : You know how many sailors I've been with?
John Baggs Jr. : No. How many?
Maggie Paul : A lot.
John Baggs Jr. : Now me too, huh?
Maggie Paul : Now you too.
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John Baggs Jr. : Win a few, lose a few.
Maggie Paul : Win a few, lose a lot.
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Maggie Paul : You're enough to piss off the Pope.
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John Baggs Jr. : What's the matter with you? What kind of Mother are you?
Maggie Paul : I give up. What kind am I?
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Maggie Paul : I want you out of my room. I want you out of my place. I want you out of my life!
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Maggie Paul : Don't jump in over your head, Daddy.
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Maggie Paul : Thanks a lot, Miss Watkins. You're a friggin' peach.
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Maggie Paul : I think you better go.
John Baggs Jr. : If you say so.
Maggie Paul : I'll see you tomorrow.
John Baggs Jr. : I might not be by tomorrow.
Maggie Paul : Okay. I'll see you when you do come by.
John Baggs Jr. : I'll be by tomorrow.
Maggie Paul : I might not be here.
John Baggs Jr. : I'll see you when you are.
Maggie Paul : I'll be here.
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Maggie Paul : It really is better in New Orleans. Hell, a phone call only costs a nickel.
John Baggs Jr. : I don't care. I got no one I care to talk to except you.
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Maggie Paul : You sure are some fast worker. Already we're kissing on the mouth.
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Maggie Paul : I knew that you'd act like this! You don't care about me and you don't care about my kid! All you care about is getting laid for free! You're nothing but a lousy sailor and I hate you! I hate all sailors.
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John Baggs Jr. : There are a lot of people that will tell you what's possible and what ain't. A lot.
Maggie Paul : Especially if you're a woman.
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Maggie Paul : Delicious. Who made this?
John Baggs Jr. , Doug : He did.
Maggie Paul : Well, what I don't drink I can use to kill roaches.
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John Baggs Jr. : What do you wanna name the kid?
Doug : Eldridge.
John Baggs Jr. : Eldridge?
Maggie Paul : Yeah. He wants to name the baby after Eldridge Cleaver.
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John Baggs Jr. : Why'd you name Doug Doug?
Doug : You ain't gonna believe it.
John Baggs Jr. : Yeah, I will.
Maggie Paul : I named him after Douglas MacArthur.
John Baggs Jr. : What?
Maggie Paul : Well, it seemed like a good idea at the time.
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Maggie Paul : What do you think about me going back to the bars and picking up some dough?
John Baggs Jr. : Nothin' doin'.
Maggie Paul : Well, some - Um, Dougie, could I have some hot coffee, please?
[Doug leaves the table]
Maggie Paul : Some fellas go for pregnant...
John Baggs Jr. : I don't wanna hear it. If you wanna work, that's fine with me. Get yourself a nice job in Woolworth's or something.
Maggie Paul : Well, they don't take pregnant chicks neither.
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Maggie Paul : Let's not have secrets.
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John Baggs Jr. : I been, uh, rackin' my brain here.
Maggie Paul : I know you have. Don't worry. Somethin' will shake loose soon.
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Maggie Paul : Oh, uh, could he come with me?
John Baggs Jr. : What?
Maggie Paul : Don't you want to watch your child being born?
John Baggs Jr. : They don't allow that, do they?
Examining Nurse : Sometimes. I can check with the doctor.
Maggie Paul : Okay.
John Baggs Jr. : I didn't know they allowed that.
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Maggie Paul : Oh, Johnny, you have a way about you.
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John Baggs Jr. : You just gotta trust me.
Maggie Paul : Trust you? Trust you? Keep me out of your lousy pipe dreams! Please!
