Mary-John Lovejoy quotes from Lovejoy

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[aside to camera] If home is where the heart is, then this is home to me, an auction room, an auction day when the old ticker beats faster with the slender possibility that somewhere, just somewhere among the birdcages, silver spoons, commemorative medals, roll top desks and castoffs from Grannie's attic, somewhere amongst that lot, a genuine authentic antique will appear shining with all the love that made it.

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[to Nicola] Nobody should be allowed to spoil a work of art... even a spoiled bitch like you!

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[Aside to camera] One of the joys of buying rare and beautiful things is coming to a sale.

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[Aside to camera] Gimbert's is a typical auction such as you'll find in any quaint, sleepy British country town. Behind that august, classical exterior beats the scarlet emotion of pure greed.

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[to Eric] You have as much feel for antiques as Lucretia Borgia had for embroidery.

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[to Palmer] You don't know the difference between a Farege and a French fry.

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[to Tink] Hello, Tink. What are you doing here? The bars are open.

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I never hit a man when someone can do it better.

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You know what they say: a great fake must be better than the original.

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Is there something in Venice that makes people talk like Shakespeare?

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[Aside to audience, about his unjust sentence on prison farm] You could argue, I suppose, that I've done a few shady things in the past, so it all equals out, but you didn't have to spend eight months here sleeping next to a tattooed biker called Mavis.

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You take as long as you want. I'm used to killing time.

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[to Brian] Do you give a discount for dust?

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Nothing like an old curse to add a bob or two to the price.

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[as Marcelis is fussing with his thinning hair] Pull yourself together, Marcel, your hair's too far gone even for an act of God.