Flower Drum Song (1961)

Miyoshi Umeki: Mei Li

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Quotes 

• Policeman : So where are you folks from?

  Mei Li : The East.

  Policeman : Oh, New York, huh?

  Dr. Li : Further east.

• Mei Li : [singing]  A hundred million miracles, a hundred million miracles are happening every day, / And those who say they don't agree are those who do not hear or see. / A hundred million miracles, a hundred million miracles are happening every day.

• Mei Li : You smell good. You wear incense to scare away evil spirits?

  Linda Low : Oh no, to attract them!

• Mei Li : Oh yes, I like it. Especially I like.

• Mei Li : Oh, my father. It is so wonderful. San Francisco.

  Dr. Li : Yes, but how do we know what kind of city it is?

  Mei Li : It is named after a saint, so it must be a very holy place.

• Mei Li : Tomorrow we must go to the temple of Tianhou and thank the goddess of heaven for television.

• Mei Li : Honorable sirs, and my future mother-in-law, I must confess something... I came into this country illegally, across the Pacific Ocean. It is for that reason I cannot marry your son. My back is wet.

• Mei Li : [to Wang Chi-Yang]  This is beautiful and very outspoken.

• Wang Ta : Would you like to dance?

  Mei Li : I don't know how, but I will walk around with you while you dance.

• Wang Ta : Here, they're not really married until they seal it with a kiss.

  Mei Li : Everything in America ends in a kiss. What does it mean? Why do they do it?

• [last lines] 

  Mei Li : [singing]  A hundred million miracles.

  Linda Low : [singing]  A hundred million miracles.

  All Cast : [singing]  A hundred million miracles. a hundred million miracles are happening everyday.

• Mei Li : [singing]  A little girl in Chunking, just thirty inches tall, / Decides that she will try to walk and nearly doesn't fall! / A hundred million miracles! / A hundred million miracles, a hundred million miracles, a hundred million miracles are happening every day.

• Mei Li : Very pretty.