China Beach quotes

When was that?

DDodger

When I was a kid.

Well, how old are you now?

DDodger

19.

You couldn't be…

DDodger

What's your name?

Cherry.

DDodger

What's your real name?

That's it.

DDodger

Cherry?

Yeah.

DDodger

Cherry… how old are you Cherry?

19.

DDodger

How'd you get to be such a kid?

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Woah, competition number one.

I'm just one of the guys.

Right, hair like silk, body like Monroe and a heart probably as big as all America. Check. Double check.

I'm just one of the guys.

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Don't you ever quit? I am not getting involved with a pilot! Again…

Natch

Forget involvement. Forget him.

I'm trying!

Natch

I'll help!

But will you still love me tomorrow?

Natch

Who says there is a tomorrow?

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GLGeorgia-Lee

This is a great opportunity for us.

To get discovered

GLGeorgia-Lee

To serve our country.

To meet some hunks…

GLGeorgia-Lee

Did you come willingly or did you get kicked out of the country?

I would have gone to jail to get out of the Holiday Inn at Paoli P.A. George Washington didn't become a star there. George Washington froze there at Valley Forge… and nobody thawed out since. Come to think of it, prison is not a bad idea. Where else can you get such a large captive audience? Except Vietnam!

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Dr. Richard

What are you doing here?

I love my work.

You ok?

Never been better.

You couldn’t stay away from me, admit it. [pinches her butt]

[startled] Don't you think that once you could pinch the left one?

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Just one night. You'll love it – men everywhere! You won't believe what a huge dose of unadulterated male lust can do for your outlook on life.

Ok. I'll do it.

Alright!

On one condition.

What?

I give you one night, you give me one night. I get up on the stage and help you - you come and help me on my last night.

Great, no problem! Piece of cake! Deal!

Deal. Oh, and I'm not wearing one of those short dresses…

Sorry a deal's a deal! Boots too… [pauses] What do you do?

You'll love it – men everywhere…

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BBoonie

What else do you need?

How about too eggs easy over… a couple of Bloody Mary's.

BBoonie

That's affirm...

How about a bath with bubbles?

BBoonie

Ahh, that's affirm!

And a king size water bed with sheets... real sheets.

Real cotton. How about... how about just a little cease fire?

BBoonie

First three requests will take twenty minutes. The last will take a little longer.

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[McMurphy and Laurette sit in the ruins of McMurphy's bombarded quarters]

Time to go back to the world. Then what?

I'll stay...

What?! But you just said... you got those five brothers! A family that's larger than most cities in Kansas! Go home...

I have an even bigger family here. I am home.

That's affirm.

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I could never do what you do.

I saw you last night. You know in your heart that you made a difference. That's a good feeling. There is the loss and the guilt that comes from feeling good… but still there's the fact – you were there. He had a mother and a sister, girlfriend… and you were there. You gave him a home before he died so far away from it.

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BBecket

[to the corpses] You guys don't care about color do you? Black, white, brown… don't make no difference, does it? Yeah, 'ole grim old reaper. The first equal opportunity employer!

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