The Silence of the Lambs

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Quotes from The Silence of the Lambs

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"I have no plans to call you, Officer Starling."
Hannibal Lecter Truth
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"You know what you look like to me, with your good bag and your cheap shoes?"
Hannibal Lecter Power
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"A census taker once tried to test me. I ate his liver with some fava beans and a nice Chianti."
Hannibal Lecter
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"First principles, Clarice. Simplicity."
Hannibal Lecter Wisdom
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"It's very rude to yell at me."
Hannibal Lecter Fear
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"Plumb tuckered out. That's what Mama always said."
Jame Gumb
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"I'm having an old friend for dinner."
Hannibal Lecter Death
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"You use Camay, don't you?"
Hannibal Lecter
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"The world's a hard place, Clarice. It whispers nasty things."
Jack Crawford Wisdom
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"I have no plans to call you ever again, Clarice."
Hannibal Lecter Truth
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"A census taker once tried to test me. I ate his liver with some fava beans and a nice Chianti."
Hannibal Lecter Power
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"The game is afoot."
Hannibal Lecter
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"We must use our minds to catch him."
Jack Crawford Wisdom
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"What do you see when you look at me?"
Hannibal Lecter
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"Time is of the essence."
Jack Crawford Time
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"He's trying to create himself anew."
Jack Crawford
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"I'm curious about you."
Hannibal Lecter
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"Some of us are better hunters than others."
Hannibal Lecter Power
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"You're not afraid of me. You're afraid of yourself."
Hannibal Lecter
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"He's already chosen his final victim."
Jack Crawford
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"That's all you've got - your self-reliance."
Hannibal Lecter Strength
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"I'm free, Clarice."
Hannibal Lecter Freedom
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"His need is acute. He will kill again."
Jack Crawford
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"Two things happen now. You let us out, or we come out."
Hannibal Lecter Power
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"The mind is everything."
Hannibal Lecter Philosophy
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"You can't catch him because you're afraid of him."
Hannibal Lecter Fear
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"He's not hunting them for food. He's hunting them for love."
Hannibal Lecter
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"What does he really want? What is his nature?"
Jack Crawford Wisdom
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"Memory is not a warehouse of fixed images."
Hannibal Lecter
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"He wanted to be reborn."
Jack Crawford