Lilies of the Field (1963)
Sidney Poitier: Homer Smith
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Quotes
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Homer Smith : Gringo? I don't know if that's a step up or a step down from some other things I've been called.
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Mother Maria : [the morning after a fiesta] Well, you are awake?
Homer Smith : Yeah, I guess so.
Mother Maria : Good.
[throws a cup of cold water in his face]
Homer Smith : Why'd you go and do that?
Mother Maria : The women last night, they say that is the only thing when a man has been mixing wine with tequila!
[walks away]
Homer Smith : I'm gonna mix you with tequila!
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Mother Maria : We build a shapel.
Homer Smith : It's very nice. What's a "shapel"?
Mother Maria : [starts in German] Eine kleine Kirche. A cha-pel. We build a chapel right here.
Homer Smith : Who's "we"?
Mother Maria : You.
Homer Smith : [wants no part of that project] Lots of luck. I ain't gonna build you no chapel.
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Homer Smith : [the final English lesson] Oh, *I* built a chapel...
All of the sisters : *I* built a chapel.
Homer Smith : *You* built a chapel...
All of the sisters : *You* built a chapel.
Homer Smith : *We" built a chapel...
Mother Maria : [points to heaven] *He* built a chapel.
Homer Smith : [pause, then] Amen.
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Mother Maria : [ringing the dinner bell] Schmidt! Schmidt!
Homer Smith : Old Mother gonna feed the slaves?
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Homer Smith : [one of the nuns has just given Homer his breakfast; one fried egg and a half cup of milk] That's a Catholic breakfast, ain't it?
Homer Smith : [Homer, still hungry, starts to leave to go to a diner. The nun asks him where he is going] I'm gonna go feed my Baptist stomach.
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[Splashing himself with water outside]
Homer Smith : Oh! Why couldn't they have asked me to build a bathtub? With nice, *hot* water?
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Man donating chandelier : Senor...
Homer Smith : [turns to see a Mexican couple with a beautiful chandelier] Yes? Oh my. Well, we're going to have to find someplace special for this. Thank you.
Homer Smith : [wife takes his hand in gratitude] Well, take this to Mother Maria.
[turns to Ashton]
Homer Smith : Everybody wants to give.
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Homer Smith : [as Mother Maria makes the sign of the cross in front of him] Cut that out!
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Juan : And now you have the big breakfast, eh? What'll be?
Homer Smith : A coke!