The Strawberry Statement (1970)

Kim Darby: Linda

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• Linda : What are you doing?

  Simon : I wanna feel... what it feels like to... *litter* from the back of a paddy wagon.

  Linda : So how does it feel?

  Simon : Nice. Not terrific, not fantastic, but... but nice.

• Linda : You smell like the President.

  Simon : I'll wash.

• Linda : You don't want an uptight chick like me.

  Simon : Yes, I do! I really do.

  Linda : If I were going with you you wouldn't want me to go out with someone like you.

  Simon : That's a very complicated idea.

• Linda : I'm vulnerable. You know that. You could probably talk me into seeing you, maybe even sleeping with you. But, I'd hate you for it.

• Linda : You're not really serious about this.

  Simon : I am, too.

  Linda : The university is burning babies and killing men, and you're on the rowing team.

  Simon : Rowing *crew*. Linda...

  Linda : It's a waste. This strike is part of something real. That's better than being a rowing jock.

  Simon : Now, look, most of the guys on the crew aren't jocks. I mean, uh, crew doesn't even have as many WASPs as it should have, according to the population percentage of WASPs in the nation.

  Linda : Maybe it should be shut down.

  Simon : Now, look, I mean they have uh, mustaches and everything.

  Linda : Simon, if you wanna row a boat, row a boat.

  Simon : Look, you don't understand what it's like. I mean it's, uh... it's erotic. I mean, you should try it. I mean it's a commitment. It's real.

  Linda : It's not real. It's a game. The movement is real.

  Simon : Linda...

  Linda : What?

  Simon : I am so incredibly confused.

  Linda : So am I.

• Simon : You going with someone?

  Linda : Yes.

  Simon : Is it serious?

  Linda : Well, yes.

  Simon : At Western?

  Linda : No.

  Simon : Could you please help me steer this.

  Linda : I am.

  Simon : Well, eh, anybody for an extra-Revolutionary relationship?

• Simon , Linda , Student Protestors : [singing]  All we are saying is give peace a chance, All we are saying is give peace a chance, All we are saying is give peace a chance, All we are saying is give peace a chance, All we are saying is give peace a chance, All we are saying is give peace a chance, All we are saying is give peace a chance...

• Linda : No grass though. If we get busted, we got to be clean.

  Simon : Yeah, well, I don't smoke anyway.

  Linda : What are you? Speed?

  Simon : Well, actually, I don't - I don't use anything. I used to snort - everything. I got tired of it. I had a couple of bad experiences with acid and I - don't need it anymore.

  Linda : Well, I haven't tried it yet, either.

  Simon : No, I mean, really, I - carbon monoxide - I used to sniff it all the time, you know. Sit outside the tunnels. I was a carbon mohead for three years.