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Excuses, justification

Ils étaient blancs. Vous êtes tous pareils

Starsky and Hutch (1954)

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Excuses, justification Inspirational, advice

Il en faut pour tous les goûts

Takes all kinds, doctor

Sinatra
The Detective (1968)

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Disgust, dislike Excuses, justification Refusal

Moi, ça me révolte

It still disturbs the hell out of me

Sinatra
The Detective (1968)

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Excuses, justification Refusal

Non. Une autre fois

Sinatra, Remick
The Detective (1968)

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Excuses, justification Refusal

Demain

Lorre
Casino Royale (1954)

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Excuses, justification Work

Sometimes I find myself correcting the writing on the posters in trams even

Sellers
Topaze (1961)

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Excuses, justification Inspirational, advice

J’aime les transports en commun

In the Line of Fire (1993)

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Excuses, justification Love Split ups

We’d have to be crazy to get back together again

Aurel, Frey, Deneuve
Manon 70 (1968)

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Excuses, justification

L’idée d’un plan d’expansion mondiale est ridicule

Lloyd
Blood on the Sun (1945)

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Excuses, justification Inspirational, advice

On a tous un secret

Craig
No Plan to Die (2021)

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Excuses, justification

Wynaleźliśmy demokracje, egzystencjonalizm

(See French version)

Baron Cohen
Talladega Nights: The Ballad of Ricky Bobby (2006)

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Excuses, justification Jealousy, envy Work

So? — I’m working for us

Aurel, Deneuve
Manon 70 (1968)

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Excuses, justification Sex

Un discret zeste de sodomie ne nous effarouche guère

True, we don’t tie ourselves in knots over a  discreet bit of buggery

Rigg
Game of Thrones (2013)

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Disappointment Excuses, justification Invitation, party Refusal

Will I see you tonight? — I never make plans that far ahead

Curtiz, Bogart
Casablanca (1942)

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Excuses, justification

On sera rentrées demain soir

Scott, Davis, Sarandon
Thelma and Louise (1991)

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Excuses, justification

The more I eat, the better I think

Moullet
Brigitte et Brigitte (1966)

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Excuses, justification Seasons

I don’t care

Deray, Delon, Schneider
La Piscine (1969)

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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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Excuses, justification Refusal Shame, guilt

There are some things a woman doesn’t want other women to understand

Tourneur, Simon
Cat People (1942)

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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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Excuses, justification Refusal Stress, worry

I’m too young to die. What about you?

Farrow, Price, Mitchum
His Kind of Woman (1951)

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Excuses, justification Get well soon, health

I’m not off my rocker

[to be off one’s rocker : perdre la boule]

Winters
What’s the Matter With Helen? (1971)

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Excuses, justification Shame, guilt

I know it was wicked of me, but I couldn’t resist

Edwards, Peppard, Neal
Breakfast at Tiffany’s (1961)

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Excuses, justification Shame, guilt

I’ve done a lot of things I’ve been ashamed of, but I am not a murderer!

Wagner
The Concorde… Airport ’79 (1979)

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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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Excuses, justification

I’m cooperating

Coen, Macy
Fargo (1996)

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Disappointment Excuses, justification Shame, guilt

I don’t know much about life

Truffaut, Dorothée
L’Amour en fuite (1979)

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Excuses, justification

I didn’t mean to rush you. I hope I wasn’t rude

Fosse, MacLaine
Sweet Charity (1969)

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Excuses, justification

Désolé, je ne le pensais pas

Haskin, Scott, Kennedy
Too Late for Tears (1949)

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Excuses, justification Refusal

I’m not sorry about that

Tourneur, Greer
Out of the Past (1947)

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Excuses, justification

Ramassez. — C’est pour les écureuils

Pick it up, Tony

Squirrels would it, anyway

Pick it up!

Green Book (2019)

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Excuses, justification

Ma peur ne regarde que moi

You’ve no fear, English? — My fear is my concern

Lean, O'Toole
Lawrence of Arabia (1962)

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Excuses, justification Surprise, wonder

You owe me an explanation. — Do I?

Truffaut, Moreau
La Mariée était en noir (1968)

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Excuses, justification

We all feed on each other, exploit each other in some way to survive

Carpenter
Village of the Damned (1995)

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Excuses, justification Refusal

Vous me déplaisez

I just don’t like you

Hill, Adjani, Dern
The Driver (1978)

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Excuses, justification

Pourquoi ? — Parce que je le veux !

(Sean Connery, August 25, 1930 – October, 31, 2020)

Hitchcock, Connery
Marnie (1964)

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Excuses, justification Work

Je vous ai dit que j’étais institutrice?

Camille: Did I ever tell you I was a school teacher?

Mansfield
The Wayward Bus (1957)

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Excuses, justification Inspirational, advice Work

Business is business

Conte
The Boss (1973)

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Excuses, justification Work

I, I work hard for them when I ain’t stealing from ’em

Scorsese, De Niro
The Irishman (2019)

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Excuses, justification Good News

Shut up, I’m rich

Wilder, Swanson
Sunset Boulevard (1950)

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Excuses, justification

Oh Mr. Holmes, there’s the Washington Monument

Rathbone
Sherlock Holmes in Washington (1943)

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Excuses, justification Threat, orders

Nothing wrong with shooting, as long as the right people get shot

Eastwood
Magnum Force (1973)

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Excuses, justification Refusal Threat, orders

I’m going to do exactly what I please

Vidor, Hayworth, Glenn Ford
Gilda (1946)

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Excuses, justification Threat, orders

My mistake. Four coffins

Leone, Eastwood
A Per un pugno di dollari (1964)

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Excuses, justification Threat, orders

Would you really feel any pity if one of those dots stopped moving forever?

Reed
The Third Man (1949)

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Excuses, justification Love

I love you. Maybe that’s why it’s complicated

Godard, Méril
Une femme mariée (1964)

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Excuses, justification

Pardon me if, uh, I seem to be brushing you out of my hair

Sirk, Bacall, Malone
Written on the Wind (1956)

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Disappointment Excuses, justification

The most beautiful things in the world are the most useless

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Malle
Black Moon (1975)

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Excuses, justification Stress, worry Work

Simplicity is so difficult

Le docteur Gachet : “Comme c’est difficile de faire simple”

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Pialat, Dutronc
Van Gogh (1991)

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Excuses, justification Refusal

I don’t go to church. Kneeling bags my nylons

Wilder, Douglas, Sterling
Ace in the Hole (1951)