Emory Wages: Well, I'll be a middle-aged mongoloid from Memphis. - Jesse White (as Emory Wages) in The Bad Seed (1956)

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Leroy: [to Rhoda] I thought I'd seen some mean little gals in my time, but you're the meanest. You wanna know how I know how mean you are? 'Cause I'm mean. I'm smart and I'm mean, and you're smart and you're mean. And you never get caught and I never get caught. - Henry Jones (as Leroy Jessup) in The Bad Seed (1956)

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Leroy: You ask me and I say you don't even feel sorry for what happened to that little boy. Rhoda: Why should I feel sorry? It was Claude Daigle who got drowned, not me! - Patty McCormack (as Rhoda Penmark) in The Bad Seed (1956)

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Monica Breedlove: You sound like Fred Astaire tap tap tapping across the floor . - Evelyn Varden (as Monica Breedlove) in The Bad Seed (1956)

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Christine Penmark: Did she kill him? But she's my little girl. And I love her. Oh my baby, my baby! - Nancy Kelly (as Christine Penmark) in The Bad Seed (1956)

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Christine Penmark: Rhoda, what happened to old Mrs. Post in Witchita? Rhoda: There was ice on the steps and I slipped and fell against her, and that was all. Christine Penmark: That was all? Rhoda: No. I slipped on purpose. - Patty McCormack (as Rhoda Penmark) in The Bad Seed (1956)

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Christine Penmark: You hit him with the shoes, didn't you? You hit him with the shoes, that's how he got those half moon marks on his forehead and on his hands. Answer me Rhoda. ANSWER ME! - Nancy Kelly (as Christine Penmark) in The Bad Seed (1956)

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Rhoda: Claude was dead. He wouldn't know if he had the medal pinned on him or not. - Patty McCormack (as Rhoda Penmark) in The Bad Seed (1956)

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Rhoda: I like apricot juice, it doesn't even need ice. - Patty McCormack (as Rhoda Penmark) in The Bad Seed (1956)

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Rhoda: What will you give me for a basket of kisses? Col. Kenneth Penmark: A basket of kisses? Why, I'll give you a basket of hugs! - William Hopper (as Col. Kenneth Penmark) in The Bad Seed (1956)

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