A Tree Grows in Brooklyn (1945)
Joan Blondell: Aunt Sissy
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Quotes
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Aunt Sissy : Go on downstairs for a while, kids. Your mama's got a spanking up her sleeve and she ain't gonna feel right until somebody gets it. Might as well get it over with.
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Aunt Sissy : He sure took a shine to you, Katie.
Katie Nolan : Go on. Who'd look at me?
Aunt Sissy : He would!
Katie Nolan : Funny. Sometimes you kinda forget you are a woman.
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Francie Nolan : [to a policeman] We only borrowed them for just a minute. Honest!
Aunt Sissy : That's right. There wasn't nobody usin' 'em. And a little fun and frolic on a Saturday never hurt nobody. Bet you know all about that, don't ya?
Sheila's Mother : If you think you're gonna get out of it making eyes at the law, I don't know what the world's coming to!
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Francie Nolan : This says he's a hero. He saved some people in a fire.
Aunt Sissy : Does it say where?
Francie Nolan : The 9th Precinct, Manhattan.
Aunt Sissy : Manhattan, huh? Couldn't make the grade in Brooklyn, I guess.
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Katie Nolan : My mind's made up, so don't try to change it with any of that soft talk of yours.
Aunt Sissy : Why, I won't, Katie, not if you mean it. But let's keep on talking about you. Soft's one thing, but hard's another.
Katie Nolan : All right, it ain't nice to be hard. But my kids is gonna be somebody if I gotta turn into granite rock to make 'em!
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Aunt Sissy : Easy on the whip, kid.
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Aunt Sissy : You don't wanna frown like that, snuggle pup. The fellas don't go for that at all.
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Aunt Sissy : I'm sure glad you come along, handsome. You look like you could whip a bunch of women into line.
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Aunt Sissy : I'm proud of you, chickabiddy.
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Aunt Sissy : All right, chickabiddy. All right.
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Aunt Sissy : Well, now, if that ain't a load off my chest!