Poll: The Best Movie Quotes of 2021

Results of 437 votes:

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   Kelly Marie Tran and Awkwafina in Raya and the Last Dragon (2021)

    

   Sisu: It may feel impossible, but sometimes, you just have to take the first step, even before you’re ready.
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   Emma Stone in Cruella (2021)

    

   Cruella de Vil: People do need a villain to believe in, so I’m happy to fit the bill.
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   Bob Odenkirk in Nobody (2021)

    

   Hutch Mansell: Everybody dies. Some sooner than others.
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   Zendaya and Tom Holland in Spider-Man: No Way Home (2021)

    

   Michelle 'MJ' Jones-Watson to Peter: If you expect disappointment, then you can never really be disappointed.
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   Josh Brolin, Roger Yuan, Oscar Isaac, and Timothée Chalamet in Dune (2021)

    

   Leto Atreides to Paul : A great man doesn’t seek to lead. He’s called to it.
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   Angelina Jolie in Eternals (2021)

    

   Thena: When you love something, you protect it. It is the most natural thing in the world.
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   Maya Rudolph, Danny McBride, Abbi Jacobson, Michael Rianda, and Doug the Pug in The Mitchells vs. the Machines (2021)

    

   Katie Mitchell: Families can be hard, but they’re so worth fighting for. They might be one of the only things that are.
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   Clint Eastwood in Cry Macho (2021)

    

   Mike Milo: I used to be a lot of things, but I’m not now. And I’ll tell you something. This macho thing is overrated. Works perfect for him, but it’s overrated. Just people trying to be macho to show …
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   Daniel Kaluuya in Judas and the Black Messiah (2021)

    

   Fred Hampton: Anywhere there’s people, there’s power.
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    Taika Waititi in The Suicide Squad (2021)

     

    Ratcatcher 2: Why rats, Papa? Ratcatcher: Rats are the lowliest and most despised of all creatures, my love. If they have purpose, so do we all.
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    Rebecca Ferguson and Hugh Jackman in Reminiscence (2021)

     

    Nick Bannister: No such thing as a happy ending. All endings are sad. Especially if the story was happy.
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    #24

     

    Nomi: Do you know what time it is? Time to die.
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    Kristen Stewart in Spencer (2021)

     

    Princess Diana: It’s all just a bit of fun, isn’t it? Men. Husbands, sex. Mistresses. Deceit. Succession. It’s currency. That’s all we are. I like nice things that are simple, ordinary. But things tha…
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    Jorja Fox in The Map of Tiny Perfect Things (2021)

     

    Greta to Margaret: It’s true that we’re losing time every day, all the time, until one day it’s all gone. But you’re gaining it, too. Every second, perfect moments, one after the other, until, by the …
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    Jodie Comer in The Last Duel (2021)

     

    Marguerite de Carrouges: A child needs his mother more than a mother needs to be right.
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    Dwayne Johnson and Emily Blunt in Jungle Cruise (2021)

     

    Frank Wolff: If you’re lucky enough to have one person in this life to care about, then that’s world enough for me.
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    Lady Gaga in House of Gucci (2021)

     

    Patrizia Reggiani: Father, Son, and House of Gucci.
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    Scarlett Johansson in Black Widow (2021)

     

    Natasha Romanoff: It’s funny. My whole life, I didn’t think I had any family. Turns out I got two.
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    Wah Yuen in Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings (2021)

     

    Master Guang Bo: If you don’t aim for anything, you will never hit anything.
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    Ana de la Reguera, Omari Hardwick, Dave Bautista, Nora Arnezeder, and Samantha Win in Army of the Dead (2021)

     

    Scott Ward to Maria: Everything we did, all those people we saved, look what it got us. But what if, just once, we did something just for us?
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    Demián Bichir in Godzilla vs. Kong (2021)

     

    Walter Simmons: I love crazy ideas. They made me rich.
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    Ryan Reynolds and Chris Diamantopoulos in Red Notice (2021)

     

    Nolan Booth: It doesn’t matter what you do, only matters what they think you’ve done.
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    Denzel Washington in The Little Things (2021)

     

    Joe 'Deke' Deacon: It’s the little things that are important, Jimmy. It’s the little things that get you caught.
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    John David Washington and Zendaya in Malcolm & Marie (2021)

     

    Marie: It’s not until you’re about to lose someone that you finally pay attention.
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    Joel Edgerton and Dev Patel in The Green Knight (2021)

     

    The Lord: Have you ever seen a hawk kill a horse? Just swoop down and… It’s terrible. Every man should see it at least once. But that is the world. And the world is fit for all manner of mysteries. A …
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    Katie Yu, Noah Centineo, Ross Butler, and Lana Condor in To All the Boys: Always and Forever (2021)

     

    Lara Jean: Life is beautiful, and messy, and never goes according to plan. And the truth is, I have no idea what it has in store for me. But I do know that love, real love, is choosing each other thro…
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    Benedict Cumberbatch in The Electrical Life of Louis Wain (2021)

     

    Louis Wain: When it comes to drawing, there’s only really one rule you ever need to teach. It’s to look.
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    Charlotte Spencer and Camila Cabello in Cinderella (2021)

     

    Cinderella to Narissa: I think you look so pretty. But honestly, who cares what I think? Who cares what anyone thinks? What matters is how you feel when you look in the mirror.
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    Woody Harrelson in Venom: Let There Be Carnage (2021)

     

    Cletus Kasady: We are all born into this world through blood and pain. Every hero has an origin story.
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    Delroy Lindo, Edi Gathegi, Jonathan Majors, Danielle Deadwyler, and RJ Cyler in The Harder They Fall (2021)

     

    Nat Love: They say robbing banks is hard work. That’s a lie. Robbing banks is easy. The hard part is doing it without killing.
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    Chris Pratt and Yvonne Strahovski in The Tomorrow War (2021)

     

    Dan Forester to Muri: You know what it takes to be the best. You got to say to yourself, “I will do what nobody else is willing to do.”
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    Matthias Schweighöfer in Army of Thieves (2021)

     

    Ludwig Dieter: In order to understand a work, you must engage with it.
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    Tom Hanks in Finch (2021)

     

    Finch Weinberg: Moving at night presents that which is not predictable. People.
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    Jonathan Groff in The Matrix Resurrections (2021)

     

    Agent Smith: What has the world come to when you can’t even trust a program?
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    Alessandro Nivola and Michael Gandolfini in The Many Saints of Newark (2021)

     

    Richard 'Dickie' Moltisanti to Tony: Look, you want to be a civilian, I appreciate that. I’m all for it. But pay attention to me for once, okay? You take the speakers, right? At the same time, you pro…