Far and Away (1992)
Nicole Kidman: Shannon Christie
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Quotes
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[about Grace]
Shannon Christie : She's got an awfully large chest to be goin' to church.
Joseph Donnelly : Shannon, all chests are equal in the eyes of the Lord.
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Shannon Christie : Pretend you love me.
Joseph Donnelly : I pretend I love you.
Shannon Christie : I pretend I love you, too.
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Shannon Christie : Joseph?
Joseph Donnelly : What?
Shannon Christie : Am I beautiful at all?
Joseph Donnelly : [whispering] I've never seen anything like you in all of my livin' life.
Shannon Christie : Good!
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Shannon Christie : No! Joseph, please come back. Joseph, no! Don't leave me alone. Please. I loved you. I loved you from the first time I saw you.
Joseph Donnelly : I've often wondered about that.
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Shannon Christie : May I ask, what are you doing, sitting at my table?
Joseph Donnelly : I'm eating your chocolate cake.
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Shannon Christie : This was our dream together. I don't want this without you!
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Joseph Donnelly : Tell me! Tell me ya like my hat!
Shannon Christie : You're not wearing a hat.
Joseph Donnelly : [yelling] Say it! Say you like my hat!
Shannon Christie : You're not wearing a hat!
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Shannon Christie : Look, you've got your land.
Joseph Donnelly : But all the land in the world means nothing to me without you.
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Coniff : I think the prettiest girl in this factory, the one with the prettiest eyes, and the prettiest red hair, is Joseph's sister - if you don't mind me saying so Joseph.
Joseph Donnelly : Well, ya can say what you like lad. But I warn ya, that redhead has a bite that stings.
Flynn : [to Shannon] Get to work!
Shannon Christie : Get your filthy hands off me you ugly animal!
Flynn : That'll cost you a day's wage. Go ahead. Insult me again.
[spits]
Shannon Christie : [weakly] Pig.
[women laugh]
Flynn : There goes tomorrow. Done?
Shannon Christie : [looks over to Joseph, who jestures "No! Work!", returns to work, but spins around] Take Friday as well, you spineless little fraction of a man.
Joseph Donnelly : [laughs and smiles] Bite lads. Bite.
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Shannon Christie : Stop right where you are! Don't flutter an eyelid! Or I'll stab ya! I'll stab ya through!
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Shannon Christie : You'll never win this duel with Steven. We've all seen you handle a gun. Boy, I am giving you your freedom!
Joseph Donnelly : I'm not going to a distant world. I'm of Ireland, and I'll stay in Ireland until I die!
Shannon Christie : That's in about five hours.
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Joseph Donnelly : Maybe this is my destiny. On his death bed, my father told me he'd be watching me from up above. I wonder now if his spirit might be near, guiding me along.
Shannon Christie : If he bumps into Mr. McGuire up there, tell him I want my spoons back.
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Joseph Donnelly : [about Grace] Grace isn't a tramp. She's a dancer in the Burley-cue.
Shannon Christie : That's not dancing. That's kicking her knickers up. I suspect if you asked her to, she'd kick her knickers off.
Joseph Donnelly : Oh, maybe she would.
Shannon Christie : Has she?
Joseph Donnelly : Let me see... I'm trying to remember.
Shannon Christie : Well, think hard! If there's any brains left in your head!
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Shannon Christie : [after a rich woman pushes her out of the way, saying 'excuse me' and holding a black poodle] Well, excuse me. Even her poodle's putting on airs.
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Shannon Christie : [while trying to persuade Joseph to come with her] When I saw that, I realized you could be very useful to me... you could be my serving boy!
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Shannon Christie : [about Mr. McGuire] That dead man! He stole my spoons!