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Disappointment Excuses, justification

Ce n’est pas facile

De Toth, Ryan, Ives
Day of the Outlaw (1959)

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Excuses, justification Happiness, satisfaction

It makes things easy

Wong Kar-wai
2046 (2004)

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Excuses, justification

Kate, it was never uncomplicated

Pollack, Redford
The Way We Were (1973)

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Excuses, justification

Je suis dans le bain. je sors dans 10 minutes

(more baths)

Sidney, Novak
Pal Joey (1957)

Categories
Excuses, justification Inspirational, advice

Le Japon et la Chine sont deux pays différents

The Replacements (2000)

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Excuses, justification

Et j’avais des raisons de quitter les USA

John Ford, Bancroft
Seven Women (1966)

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Excuses, justification Threat, orders

Bouche cousue !

Albert
Captain Newman, M. D. (1963)

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Excuses, justification

J’ai compté leurs pieds et divisé par deux

Kotcheff, Peck
Billy Two Hats (1974)

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Excuses, justification

Ça lui secoue la cervelle

Kotcheff, Peck
Billy Two Hats (1974)

Categories
Excuses, justification Get well soon, health

C’est idiot… ce que j’ai fait

Hathaway, Cotten, Peters
Niagara (1953)

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Excuses, justification Sadness

Je suis navré, c’est de ma faute

Dieterle, Carroll
Blockade (1938)

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Excuses, justification Threat, orders

Vous regrettez ? — J’offre une complète rétractation !

—You take it back.

—I offer a complete and utter retraction. The imputation was totally without basis in fact, and was in no way fair comment, and was motivated purely by malice, and I deeply regret any distress that my comments may have caused you, or your family, and I hereby undertake not to repeat any such slander at any time in the future.

Cleese
A Fish Called Wanda (1988)

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Excuses, justification

I apologize

Bad Tales (2020)

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Excuses, justification

Je ne me suis pas réveillé ! Ça peut arriver !

Wyler, Peck
Roman Holiday (1952)

Categories
Excuses, justification Happiness, satisfaction

I can only be truly happy if I return to nature

Berri, Depardieu
Jean de Florette (1986)

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Condolences, consolation Excuses, justification Happiness, satisfaction

We find happiness where we can

Rohmer
La Collectionneuse (1967)

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Anger Excuses, justification Inspirational, advice

Un homme qui perd patience peut perdre son salami…

Curtis
Captain Newman, M. D. (1963)

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Excuses, justification Inspirational, advice Refusal

I cannot hide what I am

I cannot hide what I am. I must be sad when I have cause and smile at no man’s jests, eat when I have stomach and wait for no man’s leisure, sleep when I am drowsy and tend on no man’s business, laugh when I am merry and claw no man in his humor. (Shakespeare, Much Ado About Nothing, Act I, Scene 3)

Branagh, Reeves
Much Ado About Nothing (1993)

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Excuses, justification

Ma chemise est très sale

Logan, Holden
Picnic (1955)

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Excuses, justification

J’étouffe. Mais c’est si joli !

Van Dyke, Powell, Loy
The Thin Man (1934)

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Excuses, justification Love

Je ne sais pas embrasser. Tu m’apprendras

Ray, Granger, O’Donnel
They Live by Night (1955)

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Excuses, justification

J’ai fait n’importe quoi. Tout est de ma faute

Rage at Dawn (1955)

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Excuses, justification

J’ai été trop bête

Dalton
The Living Daylights (1987)

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Excuses, justification Goodbyes

I think it’s time for me to go home

Tavernier
Round Midnight (1986)

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Excuses, justification Stress, worry

Your real problems free me from my imaginary anxieties

Rohmer
L’Amour l’après-midi (1972)

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Excuses, justification

Je philosophais

I was just philosophizing

Dmytryk, Mitchum, Young
Crossfire (1947)

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Excuses, justification Refusal

Je vais y réfléchir

Lemmon, Astaire
The Notorious Landlady (1964)

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Excuses, justification Work

We are teachers on sabbatical

Craig
Quantum of Solace (2008)

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Excuses, justification

J’ai oublié de me raser

Wertmüller
I basilischi (1963)

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Excuses, justification

Je crois me souvenir. C’est si loin

Huston, Bogart
The African Queen (1951)

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Excuses, justification

Je me souviens de tout cela comme si c’était hier

Minnelli, Chevalier
Gigi (1958)

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Excuses, justification

Je m’en souviens très bien

Minnelli, Chevalier
Gigi (1958)

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Excuses, justification Love Valentine

Moi, t’oublier ?

Sidney, Kelly, Sinatra
Anchors Aweigh (1945)

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Excuses, justification Refusal

Je ne m’en souviendrai pas

Dmytryk, Grahame
Crossfire (1947)

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Excuses, justification

Mais je n’oublie pas mon devoir

Minnelli
Gigi (1958)

Categories
Excuses, justification Refusal

Je ne peux pas. Il faut une plume féminine

Hawks, Grant, Russell
His Girl Friday (1940)

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Excuses, justification

D’habitude, je frappe pas les femmes. ne crois pas ça

Farrell, Poésy
In Bruges (2008)

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Excuses, justification

Il a dit tant de choses !

Ray, Niven
55 Days at Peking (1963)

Categories
Disappointment Excuses, justification

Je ne sais pas parler aux filles

Ray, Granger
They Live by Night (1948)

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Excuses, justification

J’oubliai, vous ne parlez pas français

Dmytryk, Capucine
Walk on the Wild Side (1962)

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Excuses, justification

Mon allemand est un peu rouillé, mais j’ai compris en gros

Korda
Sahara (1943)

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Excuses, justification

Je parle anglais

Sahara (1943)

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Excuses, justification

Well, I suppose if you’ve lived in a place that’s ugly all your life

Kerr
Love on the Dole (1941)

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Excuses, justification

Ginny, parce que je viens de Virginie

Ginny. Because I’m from Virginia.

Dmytryk, Grahame
Crossfire (1947)

Categories
Excuses, justification Reproach, rudeness

Excusez-le. Il vient du Tennessee

He’s from Tennessee. He just started wearing shoes

Dmytryk, Ryan
Crossfire (1947)

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Excuses, justification Refusal

Moi, je m’en moque

Coppola, Hackman
The Conversation (1974)

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Excuses, justification

À quoi sert l’honneur, si on est mort ?

Jewison, McQueen
The Cincinnati Kid (1965)

Categories
Excuses, justification Inspirational, advice

Quel intérêt ? You gotta take what comes

What’s the point ? You gotta take what comes

Kazan, Beatty
Splendor in the Grass (1961)

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Excuses, justification Stress, worry

But I exist! I saw you with my own eyes!

No il caso è felicemente resolto (1973)

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Excuses, justification Inspirational, advice

Life put things into perspective

Dumont, Seydoux
France (2021)