I'll name THAT in one...

I'll name THAT in one...

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Infidel

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Originally posted by NoEarthlyReason
Teenage Mutant Ninja/"Hero" Turtles (tv programme) 😉
Bonus points!

Misfit Queen

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Originally posted by NoEarthlyReason
Hugo (film)? – never seen it; just guessing.
Nope. It IS a film, although the quote might be in the book too, I don't know.

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Originally posted by NoEarthlyReason
Horrid experience, reading that!

"A squat grey building of only thirty-four storeys. Over the main entrance the words, CENTRAL LONDON HATCHERY AND CONDITIONING CENTRE, and, in a shield, the World State's motto, COMMUNITY, IDENTITY, STABILITY."
my first thoughts were 1984 or clockwork orange, but there is no 'world state' in those books.....it has to be 'brave new world'?

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Originally posted by stellspalfie
my first thoughts were 1984 or clockwork orange, but there is no 'world state' in those books.....it has to be 'brave new world'?
Absolutely right – first paragraph.

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Originally posted by stellspalfie
my first thoughts were 1984 or clockwork orange, but there is no 'world state' in those books.....it has to be 'brave new world'?
well-spotted indeed.

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Originally posted by Suzianne
well-spotted indeed.
yours has me stumped.

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Originally posted by stellspalfie
yours has me stumped.
It's from Contact. Jodie Foster's character, Ellie Arroway, says it to some executive who wants to turn down her proposal to make contact. He had just said that her proposal sounds more like science fiction than science.

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Originally posted by Suzianne
It's from Contact. Jodie Foster's character, Ellie Arroway, says it to some executive who wants to turn down her proposal to make contact. He had just said that her proposal sounds more like science fiction than science.
Your turn again, I think.

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Originally posted by stellspalfie
catch 22


"I've been a big Genesis fan ever since the release of their 1980 album, Duke. Before that, I really didn't understand any of their work. Too artsy, too intellectual. It was on Duke where, uh, Phil Collins' presence became more apparent."
spot on Spalfy/ try this one " initiative comes to thems that wait"

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Originally posted by redbadger
spot on Spalfy/ try this one " initiative comes to thems that wait"
got me, dont have a clue, i was going to say the 'thems' makes me think of droogs, but i dont think alex would say a line like that......mmmmmn....my other guess would be something by dickens, ill go for 'oliver'.

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Originally posted by stellspalfie
got me, dont have a clue, i was going to say the 'thems' makes me think of droogs, but i dont think alex would say a line like that......mmmmmn....my other guess would be something by dickens, ill go for 'oliver'.
should have stuck with droog

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Originally posted by redbadger
should have stuck with droog
O pointy birds, o pointy pointy,
Anoint my head, anointy-nointy.

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"'Course I'm respectable. I'm old. Politicians, ugly buildings, and whores all get respectable if they last long enough."

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Originally posted by stellspalfie
O pointy birds, o pointy pointy,
Anoint my head, anointy-nointy.
Just a wild guess: Ace Ventura: Pet Detective?

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Originally posted by NoEarthlyReason
Just a wild guess: Ace Ventura: Pet Detective?
good guess.......but no!