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The Great Lie (1941)
Bette Davis: Maggie
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Quotes
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Dr. Ferguson : So You never had a child of your own, huh?
Maggie Patterson Van Allen : No
Dr. Ferguson : Mm. A Pity. Just the sort of woman that should have them. Oh well, You'll have plenty of time.
Maggie Patterson Van Allen : I suppose so.
Dr. Ferguson : It spells life with capital letters. A woman without a child is like a man without an arm. The right arm.
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Maggie Patterson Van Allen : Violet! Lunch! Ham, cakes, honey, and coffee!
Violet : Jefferson!
[He enters]
Violet : Go out back and get that honey-glazed, peanut-fed, sweet Virginia ham.
Jefferson : You 'ain't gonna feed that man is you?
Violet : Jefferson, I'd feed the devil 'hiself if he done polished up the smile on Miss Maggie's face like that!
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Dr. Ferguson : You smoke a lot, don't you?
Maggie Patterson Van Allen : Yes.
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Maggie Patterson Van Allen : Darling! I give up! You can paint the house white, the trees white...