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Inspirational, advice

We all need a vacation

Clouzot, Serrault, Signoret
Les Diaboliques (1955)

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Friendship Inspirational, advice

It’s hard to be just friends

Rohmer
Conte d’automne (1998)

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Friendship Inspirational, advice

In order that your friends may enjoy this picture, please do not disclose the ending

Siodmak
The Strange Affair of Uncle Harry (1945)

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Inspirational, advice Sadness

By the time we learn to live it is already too late

(more baths)

Le temps d’apprendre à vivre, il est déjà trop tard

Que pleurent dans la nuit nos cœurs à l’unisson

Ce qu’il faut de malheur pour la moindre chanson

Ce qu’il faut de regrets pour payer un frisson

Ce qu’il faut de sanglots pour un air de guitare

Louis Aragon, « Il n’y a pas d’amour heureux » (1943)

Hamer
1001 Grams (2014)

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Excuses, justification Inspirational, advice Refusal Sex

Sometimes I resist my desires in order to feel I’m free

Beineix, Anglade, Célarié
37°2 le matin (1986)

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Inspirational, advice Jealousy, envy

Un homme jaloux n’est pas plus dangereux qu’un taureau aveugle

A jealous man is no more dangerous than a blind bull.

Sternberg, Dietrich
The Devil Is a Woman (1935)

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Excuses, justification Inspirational, advice Work

It’s a question of methods. Everybody wants results…

Eastwood
Sudden Impact (1983)

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Inspirational, advice

As long as prisons exist, you’re not free

Tant que la misère existe, vous n’êtes pas riches.

Tant que la détresse existe, vous n’êtes pas heureux.

Tant que les prisons existent, vous n’êtes pas libres.

(voix off d’Yves Montand)

Voir transcription

Marker
Le Joli Mai (1963)

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Inspirational, advice

As long as poverty exists, you’re not rich

Tant que la misère existe, vous n’êtes pas riches.

Tant que la détresse existe, vous n’êtes pas heureux.

Tant que les prisons existent, vous n’êtes pas libres.

(voix off d’Yves Montand)

Voir transcription

Marker
Le Joli Mai (1963)

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Inspirational, advice Sadness

As long as despair exists, you’re not happy

Tant que la misère existe, vous n’êtes pas riches.

Tant que la détresse existe, vous n’êtes pas heureux.

Tant que les prisons existent, vous n’êtes pas libres.

(voix off d’Yves Montand)

Voir transcription

Marker
Le Joli Mai (1963)

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Inspirational, advice Love

“A-M-O-U-R.” Vous voyez ces mains ?

Laughton, Mitchum
The Night of the Hunter (1955)

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Inspirational, advice Stress, worry

Alors, il n’y a pas de temps à perdre, non?

There’s no time to waste then, is there?

Lean, O'Toole, Sharif
Lawrence of Arabia (1962)

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Inspirational, advice

À petites causes, grands effets

Big things have small beginnings

Lean, Rains
Lawrence of Arabia (1962)

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Hope, desire Inspirational, advice

Il est temps de briller à nouveau

Time to be great again, my Lord

Lean, O’Toole, Guinness
Lawrence of Arabia (1962)

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Inspirational, advice Threat, orders

That’ll teach you where to keep your hand

Fleischer, Boyd, Welch
Fantastic Voyage (1966)

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Congratulations, compliments Inspirational, advice

I mean, keep in mind that you’re a woman who thinks

Donen, Astaire, Dovina
Funny Face (1957)

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Inspirational, advice

Man is the center of the universe

Fleischer, Welch, Kennedy
Fantastic Voyage (1966)

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Inspirational, advice Sadness

Crying will make your eyes hurt more

Farrell, Weisz
The Lobster (2015)

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Happiness, satisfaction Inspirational, advice Sadness Wedding, marriage

I smile and I smile and I smile

Von Trier, Dunst
Melancolia (2011)

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Condolences, consolation Inspirational, advice Pain Sadness

Then you live with it

Eastwood
High Plains Drifter (1973)

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Excuses, justification Inspirational, advice Work

I may live badly, but at least I don’t have to work to do it

Linklater
Slacker (1991)

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Inspirational, advice Refusal

Arrêtez !

Lawrence of Arabia (1962)

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Condolences, consolation Inspirational, advice Love

Je te promets

Mortensen
Green Book (2019)

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Inspirational, advice

We started off on the wrong foot. Let’s stay that way

Katharine Hepburn, Rogers
Stage Door (1937)

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Inspirational, advice Stress, worry

That’s really something to worry about

Bunuel
Le Fantôme de la liberté (1974)

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Inspirational, advice

If it was the end of the world, why shouldn’t we go down laughing?

Wenders
Until the End of the World (1991)

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Inspirational, advice Stress, worry

There is nothing to worry about, not a thing

Minnelli, Tracy, Taylor
Father of the Bride (1950)

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Inspirational, advice

In times like these, escape is the only way to stay alive and continue dreaming

In tempi comme questi la fuga è l’unico mezzo per mantenersi vivi e continuare a sognare.

Attribué à Henri Laborit, Éloge de la fuite, 1976

Salvatori
Mediterraneo (1991)

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Excuses, justification Inspirational, advice Work

Business is business

Conte
The Boss (1973)

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Inspirational, advice Work

Des commerçants, des bâtisseurs de cités

Ford, O'Brien
The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance (1962)

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Disappointment Inspirational, advice

All is illusion

Malle
Black Moon (1975)

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Disappointment Inspirational, advice

It’s unreal. Believe me

Fellini, Sordi
Lo sceico bianco (1952)

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Inspirational, advice

Try peeing in your aquarium every day

    Amusez-vous à faire pipi tous les jours dans votre aquarium… vous verrez !

Bunuel
Le Fantôme de la liberté (1974)

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Inspirational, advice Sex

Eat ’em all

Antonioni, Vitti
Il deserto rosso (1964)

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Inspirational, advice Threat, orders

You bow to Japanese officer. —I did bow

Guest
The Camp on Blood Island (1958)

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Inspirational, advice Threat, orders

Quitte ma ville

Get out of my town

Hill, O'Neil, Dern
The Driver (1978)

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Inspirational, advice Threat, orders

Be afraid, for heaven’s sake

The Uninvited (1944)

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Inspirational, advice Threat, orders

Kill them all and you’re a god

Godard, Léaud
Masculin Féminin (1966)

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Inspirational, advice

Seul être le meilleur importe

Who was best was all that mattered

Hill, Dern
The Driver (1978)

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Inspirational, advice

We’ve only one excuse for existing. To think. To find out. To learn

The Thing from Another World (1951)

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Get well soon, health Inspirational, advice

Una buona tazza di cioccolata verso le undici, apre lo stomaco per il pranzo. Chi ha scritto questo?

— Une bonne tasse de chocolat vers 11 heures ouvre l’appétit pour le dîner. Qui a écrit ça ?

See answer.

Ferreri, Mastroianni, Noiret, Tognazzi
La grande abbuffata (1973)

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Inspirational, advice

Asking questions is more important than finding answers

Godard, Subor
Le Petit Soldat (1960)

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Inspirational, advice Love Refusal

Don’t ask. Never ask

Wenders
Until the End of the World (1991)

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Inspirational, advice Love

Don’t think

Welles, Martinelli, Perkins
The Trial (1962)

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Condolences, consolation Inspirational, advice Sadness

Life maybe sad, but it’s always beautiful

Ah, la vie est peut-être triste mais elle est toujours belle !

Godard, Karina, Belmondo
Pierrot le fou (1965)

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Get well soon, health Inspirational, advice

Let’s go get a drink and smoke a cigarette

Anderson, Wilson
The Darjeeling Limited (2007)

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Get well soon, health Inspirational, advice

Now you get to play the game

Boorman, Voight, Reynolds
Deliverance (1972)

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Inspirational, advice Work

Allez, au boulot

Let’s go to work

Tarantino, Tierney
Reservoir Dogs (1992)

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Good News Inspirational, advice

Je n’y vois pas d’inconvénient

Frankenheimer, Malden
Birdman of Alcatraz (1962)

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Condolences, consolation Inspirational, advice

Que sera, sera

Whatever will be, will be

The future’s not ours, to see

Hitchcock, Day
The Man Who Knew Too Much (1956)