The 400 Blows Quotes
Petite Feuille : Now, Doinel, go get some water and erase those insanities, or I'll make you lick the wall, my friend.
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Antoine Doinel : I need some money for lunch, dad. Only 1,000 francs.
Julien Doinel : Therefore you hope for 500. Therefore you need 300. Here's 100.
Julien Doinel : Therefore you hope for 500. Therefore you need 300. Here's 100.
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Gilberte Doinel : The best thing is to eat out until the end of the month.
Julien Doinel : For that, I need a clean shirt.
Julien Doinel : For that, I need a clean shirt.
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English Teacher : Last and simple question. Where is the father?
Rene : Ze fazer...
English Teacher : No. The father.
Rene : Ze fazer.
English Teacher : No, the tip of the tongue between the teeth. As if you had a lisp. Father.
Rene : Fazer.
English Teacher : No.
Rene : But I can't, sir. Not everybody has a tongue like yours.
Rene : Ze fazer...
English Teacher : No. The father.
Rene : Ze fazer.
English Teacher : No, the tip of the tongue between the teeth. As if you had a lisp. Father.
Rene : Fazer.
English Teacher : No.
Rene : But I can't, sir. Not everybody has a tongue like yours.
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Petite Feuille : Doinel, if your paper is first today, it's because I've decided to give the results beginning with the worst.
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Prostitute #1 : I saw a police station in a movie. It was cleaner.
Prostitute #2 : I once saw a dirtier one.
Prostitute #3 : And I, a more cheerful one.
Prostitute #2 : I once saw a dirtier one.
Prostitute #3 : And I, a more cheerful one.
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Judge : I think we should place your child under observation in a special home.
Gilberte Doinel : Could it be by the sea, Your Honor?
Gilberte Doinel : Could it be by the sea, Your Honor?
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Juvenile Delinquent : Every time I cried, my father would imitate me on his fiddle, just to drive me nuts. One day I got fed up and I knocked him out.
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Juvenile Delinquent : [ to Antoine about another boy in the reformatory ] He escaped a week ago, but they got him. Around here to escape is bad enough, but getting caught is worse.
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Juvenile Delinquent : If she drops her pen, pick it up, but don't look at her legs. Or else it will be on your record.
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Juvenile Delinquent : I'm an unstable psychotic individual with perverted tendencies.
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Psychiatrist : Your parents say you're always lying.
Antoine Doinel : Oh, I lie now and then, I suppose. Sometimes I'd tell them the truth and they still wouldn't believe me, so I prefer to lie.
Antoine Doinel : Oh, I lie now and then, I suppose. Sometimes I'd tell them the truth and they still wouldn't believe me, so I prefer to lie.
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[ first lines ]
Petite Feuille : Doinel, bring me that. Indeed! Go to the corner!
Petite Feuille : Doinel, bring me that. Indeed! Go to the corner!
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Gilberte Doinel : Antoine! He saw me!
The Lover : Which one's he?
Gilberte Doinel : With dark hair. But he should be in school!
Rene : You'll get it!
Antoine Doinel : She won't dare tell Dad.
The Lover : Which one's he?
Gilberte Doinel : With dark hair. But he should be in school!
Rene : You'll get it!
Antoine Doinel : She won't dare tell Dad.
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Gilberte Doinel : He's a liar!
Julien Doinel : Like you!
Gilberte Doinel : If you raised him right...
Julien Doinel : Shit! I gave him a name! I feed him!
Gilberte Doinel : I'm sick of your complaints! Fed up! If you can't stand him, say so. We'll put him in an orphanage so I can have some peace!
Julien Doinel : Like you!
Gilberte Doinel : If you raised him right...
Julien Doinel : Shit! I gave him a name! I feed him!
Gilberte Doinel : I'm sick of your complaints! Fed up! If you can't stand him, say so. We'll put him in an orphanage so I can have some peace!
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Julien Doinel : You don't seem surprised.
Gilberte Doinel : Why should I be? He's capable of anything.
Gilberte Doinel : Why should I be? He's capable of anything.
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Antoine Doinel : Sir, it's my mother.
Petite Feuille : What about her?
Antoine Doinel : She's just died.
Petite Feuille : What about her?
Antoine Doinel : She's just died.
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Antoine Doinel : [ to Rene ] After this I can't live with my parents anymore. I've got to disappear.
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Petite Feuille : Your quest of the absolute led you straight to a zero. For you who don't know Balzac, it concerns "A Shady Business".
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[ last lines ]
Gilberte Doinel : Your father says he doesn't care what happens to you. You can go to a trade school. You wanted a job? You'll see how much fun a foundry can be!
Gilberte Doinel : Your father says he doesn't care what happens to you. You can go to a trade school. You wanted a job? You'll see how much fun a foundry can be!
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