Champion (1949)
Kirk Douglas: Midge Kelly
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Quotes
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Midge : For the first time in my life, people cheering for me. Were you deaf? Didn't you hear 'em? We're not hitchhiking any more. We're riding!
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Midge : Look, you and me and the old lady. That's what's important. Nobody else.
Connie : What's happened to you? Nothing stands in your way anymore, does it? First, Emma, then Johnny Dunne, now Haley. You've got your own way of destroying people and I don't want any part of it.
Midge : Well, who's twisting your arm?
Connie : Thanks, Midge. You've made it easy for me.
[starts to leave]
Midge : OK, go on. Feed yourself for a change. Find yourself a job. Go with Haley. Ah, take your bleeding heart out of here.
Connie : It's not that, Midge. It's just that I wouldn't get much sleep at nights wondering when it was going to be my turn.
[he exits]
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Midge : Connie, you think the world is full of angels? Listen, it's time for you to grow up.
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Connie : And I know you, but I didn't know you up in that ring. You looked as if you wanted to kill that guy. As if you would've killed him if they hadn't stopped you.
Midge : Is that bad?
Connie : I don't know. I really don't know. But I kept thinking you weren't just hitting that guy in the ring. I kept thinking you were hitting a lot of guys. Different guys. All the guys that ever hurt you. I can't put my finger on it but there's... there's something wrong about that.
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Midge : [to Grace] You dumped me once. Now I'm dumping you. For good. You better promote yourself another meal ticket.
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Emma : It's funny.
Midge : What?
Emma : You know, I didn't like you at first. Well, you know, you never smile. I mean really smile. Not just on the outside.
Midge : Got to be happy to smile that way.
Emma : Aren't you happy?
Midge : Well, right now I am.
Emma : Then why don't you smile?
Emma : [he laughs] Midge, why aren't you happy?
Midge : Happy? It's hard to be happy when you're poor. I've been poor all my life. Real poor. You know what it is to be real poor? Cold poor? Hungry poor?
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Midge : But you told me to look you up. You said you wanted to manage me.
Haley : Aw, that was then. This is now. Everything changes. I'm out of the fight business. It stinks. No kidding.
[inhales through his nose]
Haley : Take a deep breath. Stinks in here, doesn't it? And it's not sweat. It's no good.
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Midge : [to Emma at the beach] Well, shall we get wet?