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Big Daddy Quotes Flashcards

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“Drops his eyes to my boobs…

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…an’ licks his old chops!” Maggie Act 1

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“Big Daddy says she’s always got…

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…her hand out for something” Big Mama Act 1

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“He’s still a Mississippi…

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…red neck” Maggie Act 1

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Big Daddy’s first words…

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…”Well Brick” Act 2

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“Turn that damn thing off!” Then big mama enters…

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…”Sorry! Turn it back on!” Act 2

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“Big daddy is famous for his jokes…

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…at Big Mama’s expense” Act 2

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“You’re too old an’ too fat…

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…for that kind of crazy kid stuff” Act 2

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About the reverend - “Big daddy’s glare…

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…His laugh dies falsely” Act 2

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“I’ll talk how I want on my birthday Ida…

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…and anybody here that don’t like it knows what they can do!” Act 2

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“Didn’t you have an idea I was dying of cancer…

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…and now you could take control of this place” Act 2

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“Sashaying your fat old body…

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…around the place I made” Act 2

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12
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“Rut the…

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…goddamn preacher” act 2

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“I quit school at 10 years old and…

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…went to work like a nigger in the fields” Act 2

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“I did all that by myself…

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…with no goddamn help from you” Act 2

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“Wouldn’t it be funny…

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…if that was true” Act 2

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“That woman of yours has a…

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…better shape on her than Gooper’s” Act 2

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“But Gooper’s wife’s a…

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…good breeder” Act 2

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18
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“She’s got five…

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…head of them now” Act 2

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“I hate eavesdroppers…

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…I don’t like any kind of sneaking and spying” Act 2

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“I’m a rich man Brick yep…

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…I’m a mighty rich man” Act 2

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“Twenty eight thousand acres of the…

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…richest land this side of the valley Nile” Act 2

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“He can’t buy back his life…

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…when his life is finished” Act 2

23
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“Yknow I could feed that country?…

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…but the human animal is a selfish beast” Act 2

24
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“Beggin’ like…

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…starving dogs” Act 2

25
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“He has the crazy hope that…

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…one of his purchases will be life everlasting” Act 2

26
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“A pig squeals…

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…A man keeps a tight mouth about it” Act 2

27
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“Pounding, smashing, driving…

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…now I’m going to losses these doubles up hands” Act 2

28
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“Pleasure!…

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…pleasure with women!” Act 2

29
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“Then I see what she looks like…

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…and I wish I didn’t” Act 2

30
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About Big Mama - “Big Daddy has been holding the door…

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…half closed against her” Act 2

31
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“I’m going to pick me a choice one…

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…I don’t care how much she costs” Act 2

32
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“I’ll strip her naked and smother…

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…her and monks and choke her with diamonds” Act 2

33
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“Pressing his head quickly against his son’s head…

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…then coughing with embarrassment” Act 2

34
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“You set there and listen until…

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…I tell you the conversation is over” Big Daddy

35
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“You’re all balled…

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… up” Brick Act 2

36
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“I’m back in the…

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…driver’s seat now!” Act 2

37
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“The clock chimes…

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…Big daddy gives it a short, outrages glance” Act 2

38
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“Keep out…

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…Gooper!” Act 2

39
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“I haven’t been able to stand the…

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…sight, sound or smell of that woman for 40 years” Act 2

40
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About Mae and Gooper’s kids - “Like parrots…

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…in a jungle” Act 2

41
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“You I do like for some reason…

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…have some affection - respect - yes always” Act 2

42
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“I’ve lived with mendacity…

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…why can’t you live with it?” Act 2

43
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“Five same monkeys…

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…and that bitch Mae” Act 2

44
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“It’s always like something was left…

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…not spoken, something avoided” Act 2

45
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“Timidly and painfully…

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…on the side of Big Daddy” Act 2

46
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“I knocked…

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…around in my time” Act 2

47
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“Slept in…

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…hobo jungles and flophouses” Act 2

48
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Brick says he does not want his father’s hand up - “Well I want…

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…yours” Act 2

49
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“One thing you can grow on a place more important than cotton…

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…is tolerance!” Act 2

50
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“How was Maggie…

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…in bed?” Act 2

51
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“His face crumbles like…

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…broken, yellow plaster about to fall into dust” Act 2

52
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“CHRIST DAMN ALL…

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…LYING SONS OF LYING BITCHES!” Act 2

53
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“His voice…

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…does out” Act 2

54
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The repetition at the start of act 3 - “where is…

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…Big Daddy?” Act 3

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