Brief Encounter
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(1946) .
Directed by David Lean.
Written by Noel Coward, Anthony Havelock-Allan, David Lean, and Ronald Neame.
Starring Celia Johnson, Trevor Howard, Stanley Holloway, Joyce Carey, Cyril Raymond, and Everley Gregg.
Based on the play "Still Life" by Noel Coward.
Alec: Surely you're not encouraging me to talk shop.
Laura: Why shouldn't you talk shop? It's what interests you most, isn't it?
Alec: Yes, it is.
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e-mail |correction Laura: You're the one person with enough kindness and wisdom to understand this, but Fred, you're the one person I can never tell. Never, never. Because even if I waited until we were old, old people, you'd be bound to look back over the years and be hurt.
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e-mail |correction Laura: I've fallen in love. I didn't think such violent things could happen to ordinary people.
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e-mail |correction Fred (doing a crossword puzzle): It was Richard III who said 'My kingdom for a horse,' wasn't it?
Laura: Yes.
Fred: Yes, well, I wish to goodness he hadn't, because it messes everything.
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e-mail |correction Laura: I might be a musician.
Alec: Never. You're too sane and uncomplicated.
Laura: I suppose it's a good thing to be uncomplicated, but it does sound rather dull.
Alec: You could never be dull.
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e-mail |correction Laura: And then I did see his face. It was rather a nice face.
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e-mail |correction Laura: The British have always been kind to mad people.
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e-mail |correction Laura: I wish you'd stop talking. I wish you'd stop prying and trying to find things out. I wish you were dead - no, I don't mean that. It was silly and unkind, and I shouldn't have said it. But I do wish you'd stop talking.
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e-mail |correction Alec: What exciting lives we lead.
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e-mail |correction Alec: Cold?
Laura: No, not really.
Alec: Happy?
Laura: No, not really.
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e-mail |correction Laura: It's awfully easy to lie when you know that you're trusted implicitly. So very easy, and so very degrading.
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