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Eleanor:
I even made poor Louis take me on Crusade. How's that for blasphemy. I dressed my maids as Amazons and rode bare-breasted halfway to Damascus. Louis had a seizure and I damn near died of windburn... but the troops were dazzled.
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Katharine Hepburn
(as Eleanor of Aquitaine)
in
The Lion in Winter
(1968)
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Eleanor:
If you're broken it's because you're brittle... I've lost you, and I can't ever have you back.
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Katharine Hepburn
(as Eleanor of Aquitaine)
in
The Lion in Winter
(1968)
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Eleanor:
In a world where carpenters get resurrected, everything is possible.
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Katharine Hepburn
(as Eleanor of Aquitaine)
in
The Lion in Winter
(1968)
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Eleanor:
Oh Henry, we mangled every thing we touch.
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Katharine Hepburn
(as Eleanor of Aquitaine)
in
The Lion in Winter
(1968)
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Eleanor:
We're jungle creatures, Henry, and the dark is all around us. See them? In the corners, you can see the eyes.
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Katharine Hepburn
(as Eleanor of Aquitaine)
in
The Lion in Winter
(1968)
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Eleanor:
Well, every family has their ups and downs.
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Katharine Hepburn
(as Eleanor of Aquitaine)
in
The Lion in Winter
(1968)
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Eleanor:
Well, that's the way deals are made. We've got him if we want him. He'll sell us all, you know... but only if he thinks we think he won't.
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Katharine Hepburn
(as Eleanor of Aquitaine)
in
The Lion in Winter
(1968)
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Eleanor:
What family doesn't have its ups and downs?
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Katharine Hepburn
(as Eleanor of Aquitaine)
in
The Lion in Winter
(1968)
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Eleanor:
What would you have me do? Give out? Give up? Give in?
Henry II: Give me a little peace. Eleanor: A little? Why so modest? How about eternal peace? Now there's a thought.
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Katharine Hepburn
(as Eleanor of Aquitaine)
in
The Lion in Winter
(1968)
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Eleanor:
You don't dare go!
Henry II: Say that again at noon, you'll say it to my horse's ass! Lamb, I'll be rid of you by Easter: you can count your reign in days!
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Peter O'Toole
(as Henry II)
in
The Lion in Winter
(1968)
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