Quotes from Imitation of Life (1959)
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Susan Kohner
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Imitation of Life
(1959)
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Annie:
How do you tell a child that she was born to be hurt?
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Juanita Moore
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Imitation of Life
(1959)
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Annie:
I'd be happy knowin' you're meetin' nice young folk...
Sarah Jane: Busboys! Cooks! Chauffeurs! [Hmph] Sarah Jane: Like Hawkins. No thank you; I've seen your "nice young folk". Annie: I don't wanna fight with you, honey. Not tonight. I don't feel too good. While I get started on the anchovies, will you take this tray in to Miss Lora and her friends? Sarah Jane: [sarcastic] Why, certainly. Anything at all for Miss Lora and her friends.
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Susan Kohner
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Imitation of Life
(1959)
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Steve:
Your bones...
Lora Meredith: What about my bones? Steve: They're perfect. My camera could easily have a love affair with you.
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John Gavin
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Imitation of Life
(1959)
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Lora Meredith:
[to Sarah Jane] You weren't being colored, you were just being childish.
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Lana Turner
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Imitation of Life
(1959)
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Lora Meredith:
Well, I'm going up and up and up - and nobody's going to pull me down!
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Lana Turner
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Imitation of Life
(1959)
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Lora:
You're aiming high.
Steve: Why not? It doesn't cost anymore. Don't you believe in chasing rainbows?
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John Gavin
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Imitation of Life
(1959)
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Sarah Jane:
[to mother Annie] I wouldn't be caught dead in a colored teachers' college!
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Susan Kohner
in
Imitation of Life
(1959)
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Sarah Jane:
I'm somebody else. I'm white... white... WHITE!
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Susan Kohner
in
Imitation of Life
(1959)
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Sarah Jane:
I'm someone else. I'm white... white... WHITE!
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Susan Kohner
in
Imitation of Life
(1959)
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