Games (1967)
Simone Signoret: Lisa Schindler
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Quotes
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Lisa Schindler : I must confess, Mr. Montgomery, your Game Room confuses me. In my country, the men drink cognac and smoke cigars after supper. Here you do, what? Play pinball?
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Jennifer Montgomery : You're a saleswoman?
Lisa Schindler : In a sense. So were Helen of Troy and Madame du Barry.
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Lisa Schindler : I tend to be too mystical for my own good.
Jennifer Montgomery : No, I think most people are too practical.
Lisa Schindler : Oh, one must be practical in order to survive. Mustn't one?
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Lisa Schindler : I've known many young women, like Diedre, who tend to think negatively about maturing. I believe, in a beautiful woman, the present, the past, the future, are inseparable. Of course, why we all know, that its a woman's attitude that keeps her young forever.
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Jennifer Montgomery : Your hand is - very cold.
Lisa Schindler : Yeah. Despite the good vibration from yours.
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Lisa Schindler : They're my tarot cards. A link between the future and the past. They never lie. Sometimes I wish they would.
Jennifer Montgomery : What is that?
Lisa Schindler : Young lovers.
Jennifer Montgomery : And this one?
Lisa Schindler : Junon. The high priestess. It's not a very gay card.
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Lisa Schindler : Is your husband an artist?
Jennifer Montgomery : In a way. Collecting is an art, you know.
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Lisa Schindler : You know, I have a quota to meet. You know, each of us has a quota to meet and I must meet my quota! Because, you know, we work for a system which is called the Quota System!
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Jennifer Montgomery : What is that?
Lisa Schindler : A memento from my flamboyant past.
Jennifer Montgomery : Oh, it's divine!
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Lisa Schindler : You Americans have it so much easier than most of us. You're happy with such simple amusements. I'm afraid I'm used to - infinitely more exciting and dangerous games.
[thunder clap]
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Paul Montgomery : You had her practically out of her mind. I think that's carrying those games you play a little too far.
Lisa Schindler : Mr. Montgomery, last night I was not playing a game.
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Lisa Schindler : I always noticed that professionals have a way of dealing with things very - simply. Very directly.
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Lisa Schindler : A toast.
Paul Montgomery : To Switzerland. A land of untraceable anonymous bank accounts.