HCH 20 / January 2018

Quotes by Woody Allen (Yes, Woody!) 

Boris (Woody Allen): You think I was made in God’s image? Look at me. Do you think He wears glasses? / Love and Death (1975). Written & Directed by Woody Allen

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Alvy Singer (Woody Allen): “That’s essentially how I feel about life: full of loneliness, misery, suffering and unhappiness… and it’s all over much too quickly”. Annie Hall (1977). Written & Directed by Woody Allen

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Pearl (Maureen Stapleton): “You only live once, and once is enough if you play your cards right” / Interiors (1978). Written & Directed by Woody Allen

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Jill (Meryl Streep): “You knew my history!”

Isaac Davis (Woody Allen): “I know. My analyst warned me, but you were so beautiful I got another analyst.”

Manhattan (1979). Written & Directed by Woody Allen

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Frederick (Max von Sydow): “If Jesus came back and saw what’s going on on his name he’s never stop throwing up”. Hannah and Her Sisters (1986). Written & Directed by Woody Allen

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Dr. Yang (Keye Luke): “Mrs Tait believes in ghosts?”

Alice (Mia Farrow): “I don’t know. I guess. What do I know?”

D. Yang: “Don’t all Catholics?”

Alice (1990). Written & Directed by Woody Allen

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Larry (Woody Allen): “Claustrophobia and a dead body. This is a neurotic’s jackpot” / Manhattan Murder Mystery (1993). Written & Directed by Woody Allen

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Harry (Woody Allen): “All people know the same truth. Our lives consist of how we chose to distort it”. Deconstructing Harry (1997). Written & Directed by Woody Allen

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Chris (Jonathan Rhys Meyers): “People are afraid to face how great a part of life is dependent on luck. It’s scary to think so much is out of one’s control. There are moments in a match when the ball hits the top of the net, and for a split second, it can either go forward or fall back. With a little luck, it goes forward, and you win. Or maybe it doesn’t, and you lose” / Match Point (2005). Written & Directed by Woody Allen

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Boris (Larry David): “The human race. They’ve had to install automatic toilets in public restrooms, because people can’t be entrusted to flush a toilet” / Whatever Works (2009). Written & Directed by Woody Allen

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Ginny (Kate Winslet): “When it comes to love we all turn out to be our own worst enemy” / Wonder Wheel (2017). Written & Directed by Woody Allen

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