Imitation of Life (1959)

Lana Turner: Lora Meredith

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• Lora Meredith : Now, just a moment, young lady! It's only because of my ambition that you've had the best of everything. And that's a solid achievement that any mother can be proud of!

  Susie, age 16 : [tearfully]  And how about a mother's love?

  Lora Meredith : LOVE? But you've always had that!

  Susie, age 16 : Yes, by telephone, by postcard, by magazine interviews... you've given me everything... but yourself!

• Lora : You're aiming high.

  Steve : Why not? It doesn't cost anymore. Don't you believe in chasing rainbows?

• [Sarah Jane enters carrying a serving tray on her head] 

  Sarah Jane : [affected Southern Negro accent]  Fetched y'all up a mess 'a crawdads, Miss Lora... fo' you an' yo' friends!

  Lora : Well, that's quite a trick, Sarah Jane... where did you learn it?

  Sarah Jane : [affected Southern Negro accent]  Oh, 'tain't no trick ta' totin', Miss Lora! I learned it from my mammy, an' she learned it from ol' massa, 'fo' she belonged to you...

• Lora : It never occurred to me that you had many friends. You never have any visit you.

  Annie : I know lots of people. Oh, hundreds.

  Lora : Really?

  Annie : I belong to the Baptist church. And I belong to several lodges too.

  Lora : I didn't know.

  Annie : Miss Lora, you never asked.

• Steve : Your bones...

  Lora Meredith : What about my bones?

  Steve : They're perfect. My camera could easily have a love affair with you.

• Lora Meredith : [to Sarah Jane]  You weren't being colored, you were just being childish.

• Lora Meredith : Well, I'm going up and up and up - and nobody's going to pull me down!