Cleopatra (1934)
Claudette Colbert: Cleopatra
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Quotes
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Cleopatra : Queens don't hiccup.
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Cleopatra : Together we could conquer the world.
Julius Caesar : Nice of you to include me.
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Marc Antony : I said things to Caesar I wish I hadn't.
Cleopatra : Oh?
Marc Antony : There's beauty in the Egyptian queen besides her face. Do you miss him?
Cleopatra : No, he didn't love me.
Marc Antony : Is that really the reason?
Cleopatra : No, not really. I admire men who don't love women.
Marc Antony : What do you mean by that?
Cleopatra : Oh, I don't know. Women should be but toys for the great. It becomes them both.
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Cleopatra : So Rome would forgive and take you back? And all they demand is for us to part. Why don't they ask the sun to fall right out of the sky?
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Cleopatra : [last line, to Charmion and Iras] Look well for love. Look well. And not finding it, give nothing. But if blessed with Cleopatra's fortune, give all. Now, go.
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Cleopatra : It seems strange to see you working. I've always pictured you either fighting or loving.
Julius Caesar : Well, I have had some experience with fighting.
Cleopatra : But none with loving, I suppose.
Julius Caesar : Well, none with pretty little queens.
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Cleopatra : I had to walk miles across the desert to the sea... to find the fishing boat that brought me to you. But just seeing you is magic, immortal Caesar.
Julius Caesar : That's quite a speech. Your tongue is no longer bewitched by Caesar, eh?
Cleopatra : No. It's my heart now.
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Cleopatra : Is this a time to talk of Romans? I've had no breakfast! I'm hungry!
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Marc Antony : Where are my men?
Cleopatra : Oh. Oh, Carmion, where are Romans who came here today, do you know?
Charmion : They're sleeping, my Queen.
Marc Antony : Sleeping? What for?
Charmion : They are - well, I should say they are a little tired.
Marc Antony : You mean a little drunk!
Cleopatra : No. Awfully drunk.
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Marc Antony : I hope that you know that - I know that you want me to do this.
Cleopatra : Dear Antony, I hope you think I know that you know I know.
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Marc Antony : I should want to go out and get drunk with a lot of men. Or, find another woman.
Cleopatra : Well, why don't you?
Marc Antony : Because you are another woman. New. Always new. Completely new.
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Cleopatra : My tongue's bewitched by Caesar. The man in you seems even mightier than the general.
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Cleopatra : Come to my chambers and dine. We'll make such plans.
Julius Caesar : Are your plans for India or me?
Cleopatra : Both! Shouldn't a Queen choose as her confident, a King?
Julius Caesar : Shhh! The word King is not well liked in Rome.
Cleopatra : Caesar takes what he wants.
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Cleopatra : If I implored you to marry me, you wouldn't?
Julius Caesar : I'd have to ask my wife in Rome.
Cleopatra : [laughs] Oh, as if you care about that. Divorce her. Together we could conquer the world!
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Cleopatra : So, a woman isn't strong enough to help the mighty Caesar?
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Cleopatra : Let's not talk any more.
Julius Caesar : I picked a flower in Britain once, the color of your eyes.
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Cleopatra : Nothing must happen to you, my Caesar.
Julius Caesar : Nothing will!
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Apollodorus : [Caesar has been murdered] Come, we must go! We must escape! They will kill you! Think of Egypt!
Cleopatra : Think of Egypt? Always Egypt! But Caesar is dead! My emperor!
Apollodorus : That dream is gone.
Cleopatra : Gone. Yes, gone. What do I care for empire now? Caesar is dead! My lover is dead!
Apollodorus : He didn't love you.
Cleopatra : You lie!
[whips Apollodorus]
Cleopatra : You lie! You lie!
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Marc Antony : I'm not used to being disobeyed.
Cleopatra : But, why should I obey you?
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Cleopatra : Do you see the way I'm dressed?
Marc Antony : What about it?
Cleopatra : I'm dressed to lure you in!
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Cleopatra : Will you forgive me for being such a fool? I should have known that Antony is not Antony for nothing.
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Cleopatra : Oh, no-no, don't drink that. No, that was part of the plan too. I was going to get you *so* - irresponsible.
Marc Antony : Well, you don't think one goblet would do it, did you?
Cleopatra : Yes, wouldn't it?
Marc Antony : [laughs] Well, that does amuse me!
Cleopatra : But, its such a large goblet!
Marc Antony : Yes, isn't it.
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Cleopatra : The sound of the stars. They must think we're funny people. Scheming to destroy each other, as if we had forever to live!
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Marc Antony : A wine we've never had before, dear Antony. I've been saving it.
Marc Antony : What for?
Cleopatra : For a night when the mood strikes.
Marc Antony : I see. And tonight is that night?
Cleopatra : Tonight! Now, can you think of a pretty toast? It would please me, very much.
Marc Antony : You're very gay.
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Cleopatra : Let's drink first. Perhaps pretty words will follow.
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Cleopatra : If that's what you prefer, I always try to please you Antony.
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Cleopatra : Antony! Antony! Oh!
Marc Antony : What's the matter? Well, what is it?
Cleopatra : Oh, oh. Love, I've seen a God come to life. I'm no longer a Queen. I'm a woman.
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Marc Antony : You choose me, Cleopatra, against the world.
Cleopatra : Against the world.
Marc Antony : Then, we'll meet it! We'll smash it to pieces, put it together again and call it ours!
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Cleopatra : Prepare me. The Queen of Egypt goes to meet the Conqueror.
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Egyptian Messenger : [to Cleopatra] Royal Egypt, Caesar is dead!
Apollodorus : How was this? By whom?
Egyptian Messenger : I don't know, but I heard them cry, "Brutus, Cassius!" As I got off through the streets I heard them shout, "Caesar is a traitor to Rome!"
Cleopatra : Where is he? Where is Caesar?
Egyptian Messenger : Dead, Majesty. The body lies at the foot of Pompey's statue. No one will touch it.
Cleopatra : I will.
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Apollodorus : [sees Cleopatra wearing a bejeweled gown with a large cape] I never saw anything so beautiful!
Cleopatra : Let me show you.
[poses]
Cleopatra : How do you like this?
Apollodorus : Gorgeous!
Cleopatra : Or do you like this?
[poses a different way]
Apollodorus : [laughs lightly] I am only a man. How can I tell?
