Quotes from Separate Tables (1958)
11 quotes
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Lady Matheson:
[Reprovingly, talking about Sybil] I'm surprised at you, Mr. Malcolm. You should not have brought her into it.
John Malcolm: I suppose not. I thought I might get her once, just this once in her whole life, to publicly disagree with her mother. It'd save her soul if she ever did.
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Burt Lancaster
(as John Malcolm)
in
Separate Tables
(1958)
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Mr. Fowler:
The trouble about being on the side of right, as one sees it, is that one often finds oneself in the company of such very questionable allies.
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Felix Aylmer
(as Mr. Fowler)
in
Separate Tables
(1958)
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John Malcolm:
[to Ann] You know something? No one else I know of lies with such sincerity.
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Burt Lancaster
(as John Malcolm)
in
Separate Tables
(1958)
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Rita Hayworth
(as Ann Shankland)
in
Separate Tables
(1958)
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John Malcolm:
You know something, Ann? No one I know of lies with such sincerity.
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Burt Lancaster
(as John Malcolm)
in
Separate Tables
(1958)
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Mrs. Railton-Bell:
Are you on the side of Mr. Malcolm and his defense advice or are you on the side of the Christian virtues -- like Mr. Fowler and myself?
John Malcolm: Never in my life have I heard a question so disgracefully begged. You should be in politics, Mrs. Railton-Bell.
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Burt Lancaster
(as John Malcolm)
in
Separate Tables
(1958)
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Mrs. Railton-Bell:
I have no curiosity about the working classes.
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Gladys Cooper
(as Mrs. Railton)
in
Separate Tables
(1958)
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Sibyl Railton-Bell:
Why have you told so many awful lies?
Major Angus Pollock: Because I don't like myself the way I am, i suppose. I had to invent someone else... It's not harmful really. We all have our daydreams. Mine have just gone a step further than most people. [laughs ironically] Major Angus Pollock: Sometimes I just manage to believe in the Major myself.
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David Niven
(as Major Angus Pollock)
in
Separate Tables
(1958)
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Pat Cooper:
[to John about his relationship with Ann] When you're together, you slash each other to pieces. When you're alone, you slash yourselves to pieces.
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Wendy Hiller
(as Pat Cooper)
in
Separate Tables
(1958)
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Ann Shankland:
I didn't mean any harm.
John Malcolm: That's when you do the most damage. Ann Shankland: We all make mistakes. John Malcolm: You specialize in them.
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Burt Lancaster
(as John Malcolm)
in
Separate Tables
(1958)
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