Gallery: 17 of Your Favorite Movie Quotes, Done as Infographics
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Nathan Yau of FlowingData turned all of the American Film Institute's top 100 movie quotes into clever charts. This one, if you couldn't guess is: "Mama always said life was like a box of chocolates. You never know what you're gonna get."
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"May the force be with you."
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"Toga! Toga!"
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"I love the smell of napalm in the morning."
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"I'm going to make him an offer he can't refuse."
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"E.T. phone home."
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Like this one from The Shining: "Here's Johnny!"
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"You talking to me?"
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Striker: "Surely you can't be serious." Rumack: "I am serious...and don't call me Shirley."
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"A martini. Shaken, not stirred."
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"You're gonna need a bigger boat."
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"Nobody puts Baby in a corner."
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"Frankly, my dear, I don't give a damn."
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"I see dead people."
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"A census taker once tried to test me. I ate his liver with some fava beans and a nice Chianti."
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"Of all the gin joints in all the towns in all the world, she walks into mine."
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"Gentlemen, you can't fight in here! This is the War Room!"
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