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Best Quote

posted 17 years ago by jack-upland
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When Homer Smith orders a coke for breakfast.

That's all I remembered from seeing this as a kid. Not the title, not the nuns, not the chapel, not Sidney Poitier being black...

[–] Tim-O-T 17 years ago

He had such a hangover from the night before.
A Coke is good for an upset stomach.

[–] X-Evolutionist 17 years ago

Thanks for posting the info!

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[–] Tim-O-T 17 years ago

Actually, any sweet drink will help settle an upset stomach ...or so I've read.

[–] X-Evolutionist 17 years ago

I've never tried it. I'd rather take Pepto Bismol.

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[–] MalContentUSA 15 years ago

Just getting back to the "quotes" theme--I haven't seen the film in a while, but there was a moment in the book when Mother Maria, while watching Homer at work, asks him, "Schmidt, we can do it?" It made this rather formidable and crotchety woman seem a bit more likeable and human.

[–] martini-29 15 years ago

"I ain't building no Sha-pel!"

[–] MarshallPSmith 15 years ago

The quote I liked best was Mother Mary ringing the the bell for mealtime (actually I think it was a metal rim from an automobile wheel) and the exhausted Poitier falls against the wall saying "Mama calling her slave..."

(or something very close to that...its been a while since I've see it)

I remember laughing hard at his sarcasm.

“To accept injustice is cowardice.” ---Gandhi

[–] Fasteddy1985 15 years ago

At the end of the movie....

When Homer gives his last English lesson to the sisters...something along the lines of...

"Homer: I build the Shappel!
You build the Shappel!
We build the Shappel!
The mother: He build the Shappel!"

And with the "Amen" song to top it off made a perfectly happy ending!

5 Stars for this movie.

[–] kmck2002 14 years ago

Juan says he's come to see the " One Man Cathedral" lol