Death on the Nile (1978)
Lois Chiles: Linnet Ridgeway
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Quotes
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Mrs. Van Schuyler : [Remarking on Linnet's pearls] Oh, they're beautiful!
Linnet Ridgeway : Thank you.
Mrs. Van Schuyler : And extraordinary, if you know how they're made. A tiny piece of grit finds it's way into an oyster, which then becomes a pearl of great price, hanging 'round the neck, of a pretty girl like you.
Linnet Ridgeway : I never thought of it that way.
Mrs. Van Schuyler : Well, you should. the oyster nearly dies!
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Linnet Ridgeway : Bitch! Everywhere we go, she pops up.
Simon Doyle : Darling.
Linnet Ridgeway : Like some kangaroo in heat.
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Simon Doyle : Well, we've done it. We got rid of her at last.
Linnet Ridgeway : What did you expect? You're a genius.
Simon Doyle : Well, it's not bad for the Simple Simon.
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Mrs. Van Schuyler : Amazing, if you know how they're made. A tiny piece of grit makes its way into an oyster which eventually becomes a pearl of great price hanging round the neck of a pretty girl like you.
Linnet Ridgeway : I never thought of it that way.
Mrs. Van Schuyler : Well, you should. The oyster nearly dies.
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Miss Bowers : Sorry, Miss Ridgeway.
Linnet Ridgeway : Mrs. Doyle, Mrs. Simon Doyle.
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Mrs Otterbourne : I'm sorry you should have taken "Passion Under the Persimmon Tree" that way. I assure you the intention was merely to show a young girl's heart beginning to beat to the primordial drum. Can't you see my dear that what I wrote was really quite flattering?
Linnet Ridgeway : Frankly, Miss Otterbourne, I don't consider being likened to a nymphomaniacal baboon, flattering,
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Linnet Ridgeway : I say you're a quack.
Dr. Ludwig Bessner : Frau Doyle!
Linnet Ridgeway : What's more, you're a dangerous quack!