A Man of No Importance (1994)
Albert Finney: Alfred Byrne
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Quotes
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Alfie Byrne : Dancing is neither modest or immodest. It's either well-done, or badly done.
Christy Ward : Is that a quote?
Alfie Byrne : Almost.
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Robbie Fay : Don't you be dirtying that nice clean bus, now.
Alfie Byrne : You have it lovely, Bosie. I can see myself in it, like Narcissus.
Robbie Fay : You're at it again.
Alfie Byrne : At what?
Robbie Fay : That stuff you do. Big words. Poetry.
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Alfie Bryne : The only way to get rid of temptation, is to yield to it.
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Alfie Byrne : Ah, Wardie. My best friend, my choice friend!
Christy Ward : That's the spirit, Mr Byrne. Now don't let the bastards grind you down.
Alfie Byrne : A commendable sentiment, if a little coarse in the phrasin'.
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Alfie Byrne : She is like a dove that has strayed. She is like a Narcissus trembling in the wind. She is like a silver flower.
Robbie Fay : You know what I think?
Alfie Byrne : What, Bosie?
Robbie Fay : I think you're soft on her.
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Christy Ward : You see, it was a Friday the thirteenth. I remember warning you about that at the time. Friday the thirteenth... It's an old theatrical tradition, like Hamlet.
Alfie Byrne : What are you talking about, Ward?
Christy Ward : They never go up on a Friday the thirteenth. And they never say Hamlet. Never.
Alfie Byrne : Macbeth they never say.
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Alfie Byrne : They made him from nothin', raised him to the stars. The first promotion he gets...
Christy Ward : Off the bus and into a new motor car.