"Some people without brains do an awful lot of talking." — Ray Bolger, "The Wizard of Oz" (1939)

"You think not getting caught in a lie is the same as telling the truth?" — Robert Redford, "Three Days of the Condor" (1975)

"Time wounds all heels." — Groucho Marx, "Go West" (1940)

"This is the essence of discrimination — formulating opinions about others not based on their individual merits but rather on their membership in a group with assumed characteristics." — Denzel Washington, "Philadelphia" (1993)

"You never really understand a person until you consider things from his point of view. ... Until you climb inside of his skin and walk around in it." — Gregory Peck, "To Kill a Mockingbird" (1962)

"I think once you quit hearing 'sir' and 'ma'am,' the rest is soon to foller." — Tommy Lee Jones, "No Country for Old Men" (2007)

"I wouldn't give you two cents for all your fancy rules if behind them they didn't have a little bit of plain ordinary everyday kindness and a little looking out for the other fellow, too." — James Stewart, "Mr. Smith Goes to Washington" (1939)

"Instead of telling our young people to plan ahead, we should tell them to plan to be surprised." — Steve Carell, "Dan in Real Life" (2007)

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