Green Fire (1954)
Grace Kelly: Catherine Knowland
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Quotes
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Catherine Knowland : Well, there's always the chance that Prince Charming may come riding down off the mountain someday.
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Catherine Knowland : How do you feel?
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Rian X. Mitchell : Hi there. You're late.
Catherine Knowland : I'm sorry, I was trying to arrange for a red carpet and a brass band.
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Rian X. Mitchell : Look, what kind of a doctor do you call yourself? You haven't even inquired about my side.
Catherine Knowland : Well, I assumed you'd be bright enough to stay off bumpy roads. Forgive me, how is your side?
Rian X. Mitchell : Well, I think it's going to need a lot of attention.
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Rian X. Mitchell : You two seem to be getting along.
Vic Leonard : Splendidly.
Catherine Knowland : You didn't tell me how charming your partner was.
Rian X. Mitchell : I never noticed.
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Catherine Knowland : [Following her first kiss with Rian] I take it, you must be the expert on the romantic movement in South America.
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Rian X. Mitchell : Donald tells me you're going to Bogata.
Catherine Knowland : Only for two weeks.
Rian X. Mitchell : To see anybody in particular?
Catherine Knowland : Of course, a coffee broker. Age seventy-three.
Rian X. Mitchell : Seventy-three? A wonderful time of life.
Catherine Knowland : Now, don't tell me you were jealous?
Rian X. Mitchell : Homocidally.
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Rian X. Mitchell : Oh Cathy, stop thinking like a woman! You're fighting a losing battle down there. Why try and hang on there when the rainbow's up here?
Catherine Knowland : You're right, Rian. I was thinking like a woman. I was thinking of my Grandfather and how he hacked a plantation out of the wilderness. And my father who made it his life. And all that's gone into it: love and feeling and pride. Things you wouldn't know about. Things you can't buy with your emeralds!
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Father Ripero : Cathy, you cannot do this thing.
Catherine Knowland : I'm sorry, Father, but, this is one fight I can't win by turning the other cheek.
Father Ripero : If you destroy the mountain, you will be destroying yourself, as well.