Exodus (1960)
Eva Marie Saint: Kitty Fremont
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Quotes
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Ari Ben Canaan : A year is a long time in the life of a pretty woman. Have you found another man?
Kitty Fremont : Nothing serious.
Ari Ben Canaan : Why not?
Kitty Fremont : Many reasons. One is that my husband's work took up his whole life and I presume that's good or at least most men seem to think so. But I think that a man whose work is his whole life is only half a man.
Ari Ben Canaan : And you want a whole one?
Kitty Fremont : Exactly. The other half of his life must be a woman, what else?
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Cypriot guide : The island of Cyprus, madame. World famous for beauty, and long, tragic history. Been conquered many times, conquered by Phoenicians, Assyrians, Persians, Macedonians; also conquered by Greeks, Romans, Byzantines, Turks. Purchased from Turkey by your esteemed self, the British Empire. All Cyprus most wanted the British.
Kitty Fremont : [correcting him] I'm an American.
Cypriot guide : Fond of Americans, also; we Cypriots are fond of everybody.
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Kitty Fremont : [to Ari, discussing Jewish history in Jezreel] Can't you understand that you make me feel like a Presbyterian when you can't, just for a minute or two, forget that you're a Jew?