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Yahoo counted me as a "cool person" from 1997-2001. How far have I fallen?!
Yahoo counted me among the "Cool People" in 1997-1998.
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November 25, 2009 35 Great Movie Quotes on Yoostar

This week on Twitter the hashtag #classicmoviequotes was a trending topic. When we choose scenes for Yoostar, we are looking for iconic and quotable scenes as well as scenes that might be fun to insert yourself into. I started thinking about how many great and classic movie quotes we have in scenes on Yoostar, and decided to create a list of them so that people could easily find them and/or view the video clips of the quotes.

Here are 35 of my favorite movie quotes on Yoostar:
1. "Swallow the diamonds." - "Marathon Man" - Watch the scene.
2. "Last time I saw a mouth like that, it had a hook in it." - "Caddyshack" - Watch the scene.
3. "I'll be back" - "The Terminator" - Watch the scene.
4. "Everyone and their mums is packin' 'round here." - "Hot Fuzz" - Watch the scene.
5. "Has the war started yet?" - "Gone With the Wind" - Watch the scene.
6. "How can five people operate one gun?" - "Shaun of the Dead" - Watch the scene.
7. "You fight like a goddamn ape." - "Rocky" - Watch the scene.
8. "They think he's a righteous dude." - "Ferris Bueller's Day Off" - Watch the scene.
9. "That's the way it always is, blind to my own life." - "Eve's Bayou" - Watch the scene.
10. "Play it, Sam. Play 'As Time Goes By.'" - "Casablanca" - Watch the scene.
11. "Is this heaven? No, it's Iowa." - "Field of Dreams" - Watch the scene.
12. "A man should have a hobby." - "Psycho" - Watch the scene.
13. "Jake, you get wise. You get to church." - "Blues Brothers" - Watch the scene.
14. "How you think Captain Kirk got all that booty?" - "Barbershop" - Watch the scene.
15. "I want a woman that is going to arouse my intellect as well as my loins." - "Coming to America" - Watch the scene.
16. "Commerce is our goal here at Tyrell. 'More human than human' is our motto." - "Blade Runner" - Watch the scene.
17. "It's a household name." - "Forrest Gump" - Watch the scene.
18. "You're terminated, fu#6er" - "The Terminator" - Watch the scene.
19. "Toga! Toga!" - "Animal House" - Watch the scene.
20. "You aren't fit to wipe his boots!" - "Gone With the Wind" - Watch the scene.
21. "I won't try to manage things, because I can't think." - "Wizard of Oz" - Watch the scene.
22. "Have they forgotten what a star looks like?" - "Sunset Boulevard" - Watch the scene.
23. "I'm all about the boobies." - "Good Luck Chuck" - Watch the scene.
24. "You want the moon? Just say the word and I'll throw a lasso around it and pull it down." - "It's a Wonderful Life" - Watch the scene.
25. "Call me when you have no class." - "Back to School" - Watch the scene.
26. "Nobody poor was ever called democratic for marrying somebody rich." - "Sabrina" - Watch the scene.
27. "Murder's never perfect -- always comes apart sooner or later, and when two people are involved, it's usually sooner." - "Double Indemnity" - Watch the scene.
28. "Bueller? Bueller? Bueller?" - "Ferris Bueller's Day Off" - Watch the scene.
29. "I'm a businessman. I got to work!" - "Beverly Hills Cop II" - Watch the scene.
30. "You are a walking lightbulb waiting to be screwed." - "Foul Play" - Watch the scene.
31. "I'm gonna make him an offer he can't refuse." - "The Godfather" - Watch the scene.
32. "We took a perfectly useless psychopath like Valentine and turned him into a successful executive." - "Trading Places" - Watch the scene.
33. "It's 106 miles to Chicago. We got a full tank of gas, half a pack of cigarettes, it's dark and we're wearing sunglasses." - "Blues Brothers" - Watch the scene.
34. "Here's looking at you, kid" - "Casablanca" - Watch the scene.
35. "I'm not a smart man, but I know what love is." - "Forrest Gump" - Watch the scene.

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posted by Jess Barron @ 10:36 AM