Rushmore (1998)
Olivia Williams: Rosemary Cross
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Quotes
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Rosemary Cross : Has it ever crossed your mind that you're far too young for me?
Max Fischer : It crossed my mind that you might consider that a possibility, yeah.
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Rosemary Cross : How did I hurt your feelings?
Max Fischer : Oh, my God! I wrote a hit play!
[pauses]
Max Fischer : And I'm in love with you.
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Max Fischer : The truth is, neither one of us has the slightest idea where this relationship is going. We can't predict the future.
Rosemary Cross : We don't have a relationship.
Max Fischer : But we're friends.
Rosemary Cross : Yes, and that's all we're *going* to be. Well, yes...
Max Fischer : That's all I meant by "relationship." You want me to grab a dictionary?
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Rosemary Cross : Well, you pulled it off.
Max Fischer : Yeah, it went okay. At least nobody got hurt.
Rosemary Cross : Except you.
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Max Fischer : Sic transit gloria. Glory fades. I'm Max Fischer.
Rosemary Cross : Hi.
Max Fischer : Hi.
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Rosemary Cross : Do you think we're going to have sex?
Max Fischer : That's a kinda cheap way to put it.
Rosemary Cross : Not if you've ever fucked before, it isn't.
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Rosemary Cross : [to Max] You know, you and Herman deserve each other. You're both little children.
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Herman Blume : Take it easy, Max.
Rosemary Cross : You were the one that ordered him a whiskey and soda.
Max Fischer : So what's wrong with that? I can write a hit play. Why can't I have a little drink to unwind myself?
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Max Fischer : Thay are going to cancel Latin. They've got to make room for Japanese.
Rosemary Cross : Well that's a shame because all the Romance languages are based on Latin.
Max Fischer : Yeah, they are, aren't they.
Rosemary Cross : Nihilo sanctum estne?
Max Fischer : What's that? Oh, it's Latin. What does that mean?
Rosemary Cross : Is nothing sacred?
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Rosemary Cross : I'll show you the door.
Max Fischer : I'll just go back out the window.
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Max Fischer : What was your major?
Rosemary Cross : I didn't have a major, but my thesis was on Latin American economic policy.
Max Fischer : Oh, that's interesting. Did you hear that they're not going to teach Latin anymore?
Rosemary Cross : This was more like Central America.
Max Fischer : Oh, Central American what-not.
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Rosemary Cross : I will say that, Edward has more spark and character and imagination in one fingernail than Herman Blume has in his entire body.
Max Fischer : One dead fingernail.
Rosemary Cross : Right. One dead fingernail.
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Rosemary Cross : So, what do you think of Max's latest opus?
Herman Blume : It's good. But, let's hope its got a happy ending.
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Rosemary Cross : [tending a wound on Max's forehead] Is this fake blood?
Max Fischer : Yes, it is.
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Max Fischer : I thought you dumped me for Blume, then I thought...
Rosemary Cross : I never dumped you, because we were never going out.
Max Fischer : It would just help me if you'd just talk to me for a minute. Tell me what happened.
Rosemary Cross : Okay. Um, A. He's married. B. He hates himself. And C., well, he smashed up your bicycle, didn't he?
Max Fischer : My previous bicycle, yes.
Rosemary Cross : Well, what sort of person does something like that?
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Rosemary Cross : How would you describe it to your friends? Would you say that you'd fingered me? Or, maybe if I'd give you a handjob? Would that put an end to all this? Please get out of my classroom.
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Rosemary Cross : That's none of your business.
Max Fischer : I know it's not, but I just got hit my a car and I'm feeling a little confused.
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Rosemary Cross : I'm just having a little snack
Herman Blume : What'd you got there... carrots?
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Max Fischer : So this is where it all happens.
Rosemary Cross : Where what happens?
Max Fischer : I wouldn't know.
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Max Fischer : You're very pretty.
Rosemary Cross : Thank you.