The Corn Is Green (1945)
Bette Davis: Miss Lilly Moffat
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Quotes
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Miss Lilly Moffat : I have never spoken to a man for more than five minutes in my life without wanting to box his ears.
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Miss Lilly Moffat : That man is so stupid, it sits on him like a halo.
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Miss Lilly Moffat : [reading] ... and when I walk in the dark I can touch with my hands where the corn is green.
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Miss Lilly Moffat : [to Miss Ronberry] You live alone. You have just enough money. You are not badly educated. And time lies heavy on your hands. Isn't that so?
Miss Ronberry : Not at all. When the proper gentleman appears...
Miss Lilly Moffat : Oh, no Miss Ronberry, if you're a spinster well on in her thirties, he's lost his way and isn't coming. Why don't you face the fact and enjoy life the way I do?
Miss Ronberry : When did you give up hope?
[Gasps]
Miss Ronberry : Oh, what a horrid expression!
Miss Lilly Moffat : Well, I can't recall ever having had any hope. Visitors used to take a long look at my figure and say, she is going to be the clever one.
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Miss Lilly Moffat : Moderation is a vastly over-rated virtue.
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Miss Lilly Moffat : That was splendid.