As the World Turns Quotes
Dr. Reid Oliver: Wait. Hey. You can't just... leave him here, what-what if he trips over a nurse?
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Luke Snyder: [Sits across from Noah] Hey! [Notices his large sandwich]
Luke Snyder: Well, I guess your film editing class gives you a pretty big appetite, huh? What, the banana split I made for you wasn't big enough?
Noah Mayer: No, it was great, I just had to miss lunch because I was studying. And that sugar fix was good but no substitute for four different kinds of meat.
Luke Snyder: Well, if I didn't know better I'd say you were sublimating something.
Noah Mayer: Oh, get out, that psych class is going to your head.
Luke Snyder: My professor, Dr. Freudenheim, would say that your increased appetite was due to an acute oral fixation.
Noah Mayer: So, what, are you saying this is... all about sex?
Luke Snyder: [laughs] Oh, no, I didn't say that. *You* said that. Must be on your mind.
Noah Mayer: It is... all the time, actually. How about you?
Luke Snyder: [Later] Okay, well then, what's your fantasy first time? You know, would it be, lit by candlelight with rose petals strewn about the duvet?
Noah Mayer: I don't even know how to *spell* duvet. And as far as rose petals go, you can cut that out of my movie.
Luke Snyder: Okay, okay, so I guess the bearskin rug B&B is out of the picture. Well, what about, um... oh! What about, like, all sweaty and hot in the locker room after like a really rough game of handball?
Noah Mayer: ...Have you been watching porn?
Luke Snyder: At my grandma's house? No!
Noah Mayer: Well, you certainly have an active imagination!
Luke Snyder: That's because I'm a writer! I have to, i
Luke Snyder: Well, I guess your film editing class gives you a pretty big appetite, huh? What, the banana split I made for you wasn't big enough?
Noah Mayer: No, it was great, I just had to miss lunch because I was studying. And that sugar fix was good but no substitute for four different kinds of meat.
Luke Snyder: Well, if I didn't know better I'd say you were sublimating something.
Noah Mayer: Oh, get out, that psych class is going to your head.
Luke Snyder: My professor, Dr. Freudenheim, would say that your increased appetite was due to an acute oral fixation.
Noah Mayer: So, what, are you saying this is... all about sex?
Luke Snyder: [laughs] Oh, no, I didn't say that. *You* said that. Must be on your mind.
Noah Mayer: It is... all the time, actually. How about you?
Luke Snyder: [Later] Okay, well then, what's your fantasy first time? You know, would it be, lit by candlelight with rose petals strewn about the duvet?
Noah Mayer: I don't even know how to *spell* duvet. And as far as rose petals go, you can cut that out of my movie.
Luke Snyder: Okay, okay, so I guess the bearskin rug B&B is out of the picture. Well, what about, um... oh! What about, like, all sweaty and hot in the locker room after like a really rough game of handball?
Noah Mayer: ...Have you been watching porn?
Luke Snyder: At my grandma's house? No!
Noah Mayer: Well, you certainly have an active imagination!
Luke Snyder: That's because I'm a writer! I have to, i
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[first lines]
Emily Stewart: Ali, Ali. Come on, what are you doing? Ignoring me? Is this because I asked you to stay away from Casey?
Emily Stewart: Ali, Ali. Come on, what are you doing? Ignoring me? Is this because I asked you to stay away from Casey?
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[Aaron and Alison discuss their marriage]
Aaron: Alison, we've been through a fire in a barn. We've run from the cops. We've been in jail. Come on, compared to that, what's marriage? Gotta be a piece of cake.
Aaron: Alison, we've been through a fire in a barn. We've run from the cops. We've been in jail. Come on, compared to that, what's marriage? Gotta be a piece of cake.
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[Bickering at the food table at Kim and Bob's anniversary party]
Dr. Reid Oliver: Katie said you were going to order some food from Al's. When do we eat that?
Chris Hughes: You don't.
Dr. Reid Oliver: Katie said you were going to order some food from Al's. When do we eat that?
Chris Hughes: You don't.
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[Dusty is sitting on a bench. Lucinda approaches him eating ice cream]
Lucinda Walsh: Hey. Hey, buddy! That's my bench.
Dusty Donovan: Hey, I pay my taxes, and I was here first.
Lucinda Walsh: Now wait a minute! I had it first, I just got up for a seventh inning stretch. Okay?
Dusty Donovan: Well you didn't leave a sign so you're outta luck! [Short pause]
Dusty Donovan: Okay, I'll share. C'mere.
Lucinda Walsh: [Reluctant] Okay. I'll share. [Sits down]
Dusty Donovan: What have you got there?
Lucinda Walsh: [Holds cone away from Dusty] Yeah, but you can't have a lick of my cone. I need this.
Dusty Donovan: It's dripping.
Lucinda Walsh: I need it, you know? I need... the icy perfection!
Lucinda Walsh: Hey. Hey, buddy! That's my bench.
Dusty Donovan: Hey, I pay my taxes, and I was here first.
Lucinda Walsh: Now wait a minute! I had it first, I just got up for a seventh inning stretch. Okay?
Dusty Donovan: Well you didn't leave a sign so you're outta luck! [Short pause]
Dusty Donovan: Okay, I'll share. C'mere.
Lucinda Walsh: [Reluctant] Okay. I'll share. [Sits down]
Dusty Donovan: What have you got there?
Lucinda Walsh: [Holds cone away from Dusty] Yeah, but you can't have a lick of my cone. I need this.
Dusty Donovan: It's dripping.
Lucinda Walsh: I need it, you know? I need... the icy perfection!
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[Luke is attempting to keep an injured Noah conscious]
Luke Snyder: Noah. Noah, y-you have to wake up, I have a question for you. Do you remember that film we watched a couple nights ago, you know, the one from your-from your film class? The uh, the four hours of Light on the Seer's Tower. You told me that it was a masterpiece, but I didn't get it so, so you have to explain to me what-what I missed.
Noah Mayer: [Slurring] Uh... the film is light, it's uh... it's the emotional palette of the artist and it's used to, um... [coughs]
Luke Snyder: To what? To what? It's the emotional palette of the artist, it's used to what?
Noah Mayer: Uh... to express... his vision. And the broader the spectrum, the broader... [Begins to lose consciousness]
Luke Snyder: [Tittering] Come on! Hey, hey! Hey, I'm about to fall asleep, too! Come on! I just insulted existential film making! You gonna let me get away with it? Noah? Noah, come on!
Luke Snyder: Noah. Noah, y-you have to wake up, I have a question for you. Do you remember that film we watched a couple nights ago, you know, the one from your-from your film class? The uh, the four hours of Light on the Seer's Tower. You told me that it was a masterpiece, but I didn't get it so, so you have to explain to me what-what I missed.
Noah Mayer: [Slurring] Uh... the film is light, it's uh... it's the emotional palette of the artist and it's used to, um... [coughs]
Luke Snyder: To what? To what? It's the emotional palette of the artist, it's used to what?
Noah Mayer: Uh... to express... his vision. And the broader the spectrum, the broader... [Begins to lose consciousness]
Luke Snyder: [Tittering] Come on! Hey, hey! Hey, I'm about to fall asleep, too! Come on! I just insulted existential film making! You gonna let me get away with it? Noah? Noah, come on!
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[Luke is wheelchair bound]
Noah Mayer: Let's just... let's do something physical.
Luke Snyder: [Playfully] Like what?
Noah Mayer: Like your physical therapy. [Luke looks defeated]
Noah Mayer: Let's just... let's do something physical.
Luke Snyder: [Playfully] Like what?
Noah Mayer: Like your physical therapy. [Luke looks defeated]
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[Reid is having a panic attack]
Luke Snyder: Alright, um, Dr. Oliver, you-you need to focus. Um... think about some place that you like, some place that makes you feel safe.
Dr. Reid Oliver: Where'd you pick up this load of crap, magazines at your dentist's office?
Luke Snyder: Well, does it matter if it works?
Dr. Reid Oliver: Yeah, it's just a bogus pop psychology.
Luke Snyder: Well, do you have anything better to do, like put your fist through the wall and ruin your career forever?
Dr. Reid Oliver: Yeah, not to mention ruin your mom's elevator.
Luke Snyder: Oh, don't worry. You'd get the bill. You know how stingy rich people are.
Dr. Reid Oliver: Okay. Okay, I-I-I have a place.
Luke Snyder: Okay, well, what is it? [Silence from Reid]
Luke Snyder: Doctor. What is the place you're thinking of?
Dr. Reid Oliver: It's the brain.
Luke Snyder: [chuckles] Figures.
Dr. Reid Oliver: Well, i-if I'd told you it was this... green meadow with tadpoles and dancing cows you'd know I was lying, so...
Luke Snyder: Well, is it any brain in particular?
Dr. Reid Oliver: I-I don't... each one's different. [sighs]
Dr. Reid Oliver: They're all amazing, though. It has this tangled... mass of... grey spaghetti, it's totally alien. But... it's not much to look at to the naked eye, but... yet it makes us... walk and talk, think... remember, smell... love. It produced the Sistine Chapel. Chocolate. Theory of relativity. Godfather, parts one and two. Not so sure about three, but...
Luke Snyder: Alright, um, Dr. Oliver, you-you need to focus. Um... think about some place that you like, some place that makes you feel safe.
Dr. Reid Oliver: Where'd you pick up this load of crap, magazines at your dentist's office?
Luke Snyder: Well, does it matter if it works?
Dr. Reid Oliver: Yeah, it's just a bogus pop psychology.
Luke Snyder: Well, do you have anything better to do, like put your fist through the wall and ruin your career forever?
Dr. Reid Oliver: Yeah, not to mention ruin your mom's elevator.
Luke Snyder: Oh, don't worry. You'd get the bill. You know how stingy rich people are.
Dr. Reid Oliver: Okay. Okay, I-I-I have a place.
Luke Snyder: Okay, well, what is it? [Silence from Reid]
Luke Snyder: Doctor. What is the place you're thinking of?
Dr. Reid Oliver: It's the brain.
Luke Snyder: [chuckles] Figures.
Dr. Reid Oliver: Well, i-if I'd told you it was this... green meadow with tadpoles and dancing cows you'd know I was lying, so...
Luke Snyder: Well, is it any brain in particular?
Dr. Reid Oliver: I-I don't... each one's different. [sighs]
Dr. Reid Oliver: They're all amazing, though. It has this tangled... mass of... grey spaghetti, it's totally alien. But... it's not much to look at to the naked eye, but... yet it makes us... walk and talk, think... remember, smell... love. It produced the Sistine Chapel. Chocolate. Theory of relativity. Godfather, parts one and two. Not so sure about three, but...
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Henry Coleman: [Looking through the Hughes' refrigerator] Give it a few weeks. I've got to tell you something, I've got some irons in the fire. My ship is coming in. I can see a silver lining in that cloud that's been hanging over me for so long. I'm all out of clichés, baby. But I think you get my drift, don't you?
Maddie Coleman: Yes I do. But I don't think you understand the urgency of my plight.
Henry Coleman: A-ha! [pulls out a bottle and looks at the lable]
Henry Coleman: Creme de menthe? Oh Lord, who are these people, mad?
Maddie Coleman: Please, please, please. I can not bear it any longer, okay. Okay, all right, I will let you - I give you permission to use a little of that money from B.J. Henry, we can share a place. You can use it and we can share a place.
Henry Coleman: That money - that money's off limits for now, okay?
Maddie Coleman: You're right. I shouldn't even mentioned - what was I thinking?
Henry Coleman: I don't know. Shame on you, shame on you. [takes a drink and spits it out]
Henry Coleman: Oh God! What am I supposed to drink this or gargle with it?
Maddie Coleman: What am I supposed to do?
Henry Coleman: Why don't you try making up with Casey? What the hell? [takes another sip]
Maddie Coleman: I would rather stick my head in a lion's mouth. Are you still gonna drink that?
Henry Coleman: Yes! It's that bad, huh? Listen, for every problem there is a solution.
Maddie Coleman: You sound like my calculus teacher.
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Henry Coleman: Okay, uh, I will spell it out for you: I am not going to interfere in your life any more. If you want to make Dr. Nightmare over there your next big mistake, that is your business, not mine.
Katie Peretti: Henry. He is my room mate, that's all!
Henry Coleman: Bubbles, I know you better than you know your own self. You are lonely, you're vulnerable, you're sad right now, it's only a matter of time before you fall for him.
Katie Peretti: Um, nope. You're wrong.
Henry Coleman: No, you love being in love, usually with the wrong guy!
Chris Hughes: [Coming up behind them, laughing] Sorry. He does have a point, though.
Katie Peretti: Chris, not helping.
Henry Coleman: I didn't know you were back, it's good to see you. [Shakes Chris' hand]
Chris Hughes: Yeah, you too, you too. So, um, who is this wrong guy that Katie is... madly in love with?
Katie Peretti: He thinks it's Reid. [Chris laughs incredulously]
Henry Coleman: No, no, no, no! No, Chris, don't laugh, it's not funny! You have not been here to see what's gone on!
Chris Hughes: No, no, no. But you are definitely right about one thing: he is the wrong guy for Katie.
Henry Coleman: See?
Katie Peretti: Chris doesn't like him, either.
Henry Coleman: No one likes him! You're the only one that likes him!
Chris Hughes: Yeah, but it has nothing to do with that. [Turns to Reid]
Chris Hughes: Um... do you wanna tell him?
Dr. Reid Oliver: I'm the wrong guy for Katie.
Henry Coleman: [Sarcastically] Really? Now, how could that be? I thought you were perfect!
Dr. Reid Oliver: I am. I also happen to be gay.
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Henry Coleman: Well, how would you feel if the man you loved was shot and killed before he had a chance to see his kid?
Dr. Reid Oliver: I'm not quite sure how to answer that.
Henry Coleman: Well, you'd be a mess. And if you were Katie, that would mean long crying, hysterical jags till like three A.M., inappropriate laughter and sudden mood swings and rage and then smashing the dishes which scares the bejeezus out of the baby, but you being a world famous brain surgeon I'm sure you could handle all of that, cutting into noggins all day, so you must have nerves of steel, which you are going to need.
Dr. Reid Oliver: I sleep with ear plugs. [Awkward silence]
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Detective Margo Montgomery Hughes #3: Will you keep your pants on when you're alone with Maddie?
Casey Hughes #5: I can't believe you said that!
Detective Margo Montgomery Hughes #3: All right, come on, it freaks me out, too.
Casey Hughes #5: You're my mom! I'm your impressionable teenage son! Geez!
Detective Margo Montgomery Hughes #3: Well, look, I finally got more than one word out of you.
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Lisa Miller Hughes Eldridge Shea Colman McColl Mitchell Grimaldi Chedwyn #1: Well, honey, I must say you were almost civil where Gwen was concerned.
Barbara Ryan: Oh, I'm trying.
Lisa Miller Hughes Eldridge Shea Colman McColl Mitchell Grimaldi Chedwyn #1: I know. I think that's wonderful. If I had known that a run-in with a bear would change your attitude, I would have taken you to the zoo a long time ago.
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Holden Snyder: [after meeting Noah for the first time and noticing Luke's behavior around him] ... Everything alright at work?
Luke Snyder: Yeah!
Holden Snyder: Something just seemed a little off. He didn't want any help with that edit.
Luke Snyder: Ah, Noah knows what he's doing. He doesn't need me looking over his shoulder.
Holden Snyder: Hm. Seems like a good kid. Don't you like him?
Luke Snyder: What? Oh! Yeah, yeah! Yeah.
Holden Snyder: What's going on?
Luke Snyder: ...Dad. I really, *really* don't wanna talk about this with you.
Holden Snyder: I just don't wanna see you unhappy, especially after everything that... happened with Kevin.
Luke Snyder: Okay. Kevin, that was completely different. You know. Kevin wasn't g- [pauses]
Luke Snyder: It was just different.
Holden Snyder: [Eager] Yes, this is different. You work with this guy. He's dating Maddie. She's your friend.
Luke Snyder: Dad, I know. I get it. And I have it under control, so don't worry, okay?
Holden Snyder: You're my son. One day you'll be 52, and you know who I'm gonna be worried about? You.
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Winston Mayer: Noah, he has you under some kind of spell but it's not too late! You don't have to end up like this! I won't let him destroy you-!
Luke Snyder: [Getting up from his wheelchair] That is the opposite of what I'm doing! I love your son! And we're together! And we are not afraid to let the world see that! You talk about what's right? This is right! Me and Noah, together, and you locked up in a prison where you belong!
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Gwen Norbeck: Judge Steve?
Will Munson #4: Dude, just tell us.
Judge Steve Colby: You may well hate my guts in ten years.
Gwen Norbeck: Why?
Judge Steve Colby: Because you'll be having your 10th wedding anniversary before you're 30.
Will Munson #4: Yes!
Judge Steve Colby: Or you'll be bitter and divorced a half-decade ahead of schedule. And don't send me a card if that's the last one.
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Dr. Susan Stewart: Oh, sorry, sorry. I was out yesterday because of the stupid wedding and I had to stop by the hospital.
Barbara Ryan: What wedding?
Dr. Susan Stewart: Oh, that's right, you weren't invited. Your son married my daughter.
Barbara Ryan: What? That's impossible. Paul's still in jail.
Dr. Susan Stewart: They got married in the cell. It was everything a mother could hope for, cement floors, iron bars, armed guards, and a son-in-law who's a murderer.
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Emily Stewart: Face it, Emily. Shooting your fiance is a definite turnoff.
Henry Coleman: Yeah, you know what? One would think, but obviously not.
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Emily Stewart: My entire life, honestly - men. My father, Tom, Paul - none of them ever wanted me.
Henry Coleman: There's still good ol' Hal...
Emily Stewart: Yeah, Hal - I came in second to a warm doughnut, Henry.
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Emily Stewart: Well, she seems like a great kid.
Henry Coleman: She's a smart kid, Emily, and she sees right through you like cheap cellophane. Now, I do not have a dark side, and I don't want to be any part of yours. If you want to put out a hit out on Meg, you call the mob. And if you ever reveal any of your twisted schemes in front of my little sister again, I will call the mob myself.
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Jack Snyder: That ought to make the bank pretty happy.
Officer Daniel Devito: Yeah, but just don't expect a free toaster with your new account.
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Carly Snyder: I'm surprised, I'm surprised after having one your Mom didn't stop right there. What was she thinking?
Henry Coleman: She wasn't thinking, she was weighing the odds. You know, this horse, that horse. Mater had a bit of a gambling problem.
Carly Snyder: She hung out at the track?
Henry Coleman: All day, every day. If you're a thoroughbred you get her attention, but if you're just some mutt on two legs... you know.
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Meg Snyder #2: And while you're at it, you'll get yourself out of jail?
Paul Ryan #6: I have to. I know that orange is the new black, but those jumpsuits make my butt look enormous.
Meg Snyder #2: I don't know, your butt looks pretty good to me.
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Barbara: A shame to waste good vodka, Barbara.
Henry Coleman: Somehow I think it won't go to waste.
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Barbara: Hello, Gwen.
Gwen Norbeck: Oh, great. Great. Just what I need first thing in the morning.
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Barbara: I can't call him because he's in a coma!
Julia Lindsey Snyder: A coma? Come on, Barbara. Come up with something a little more original. How about - oh, I know. How about a hole opened up, and James fell into the center of the earth?
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Aaron: Ali, listen, listen. Before we do anything crazy, just explain to me what this part means, okay? "Where fowl reigns supreme and lambs dare not roam and pigs in a blanket say take me home."
Alison: Okay, fowl - that's like chickens and roosters and stuff, right? Okay, and "tuck in but don't let sleeping dogs lie".
Aaron: Ali?
Alison: Shh, I'm about to be brilliant. I got it. The key. The key's is in the buns.
Aaron: Excuse me?
Alison: "Tucked in", get it? The way that you tuck a hotdog inside the bread? I need to buy your buns.
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