There's Always a Woman (1938)
Joan Blondell: Sally Reardon
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Quotes
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Sally Reardon : You mean, no wine?
William 'Bill' Reardon : That's what I mean. No wine.
Sally Reardon : Not even a tennie-wennie-itsy-bitsy?
William 'Bill' Reardon : Not even a tennie-wennie-itsy-bitsy.
Sally Reardon : You mean, no wine?
William 'Bill' Reardon : Yeah, that's it, no wine.
Sally Reardon : Religious scruples?
William 'Bill' Reardon : No. No, just mathematics. Filet mignon: $3.50. Strawberry parfait 75 cents. Six martinis.
Sally Reardon : I only had three.
William 'Bill' Reardon : They're charging me for mine too, you know. And all I've got in my pocket is a 20 dollar bill. Em, you don't happen to have a couple of dollars in your purse, do you?
Sally Reardon : Money? Why didn't you say so.
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Sally Reardon : I thought I married a gentleman.
William 'Bill' Reardon : Well, live and learn.
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William 'Bill' Reardon : Listen, I gave her a week's salary. Why the extra five dollars?
Sally Reardon : Ten dollars. For being here six months without flirting with you.
William 'Bill' Reardon : Oh yeah, lady, you've been robbed.
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William 'Bill' Reardon : Tell me something, Snooks. If I'm as smart as you say, how did I happen to fall for a dumb dame like you?
Sally Reardon : Believe me, I've sat up nights worrying about just that thing.
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William 'Bill' Reardon : What are you signing?
Sally Reardon : I'm going to get 500 dollars for the story.
William 'Bill' Reardon : For this story?
Sally Reardon : No, for the love life of a girl detective.
[Bill grabs the contract and rips it up]
Sally Reardon : Bill, don't be angry. I wasn't going to give them any of the real inside dope.
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Detective Flannigan : What did Lola Fraser tell you after you cut that wire?
Sally Reardon : She made me promise not to tell anyone, so, don't you repeat it.
Detective Flannigan : I won't.
Sally Reardon : It was just by accident, that she found out about it.
Detective Flannigan : Found out about what?
Sally Reardon : Oh, oh no. I couldn't betray her confidence. It's my girl scout training. Can you tie knots?
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Sally Reardon : There.
[Clipping the wires of a listening device with a pair of scissors]
Sally Reardon : Now we can let our back hair down.
Lola Fraser : Who planted that dictaphone?
Sally Reardon : Oh, probably that silly husband of mine. As if anyone wouldn't have sense enough to look for a dictaphone.
Lola Fraser : How long do you suppose its been there?
Sally Reardon : Why, I haven't the faintest idea but it looks awfully new. So, I guess it hasn't been used much.
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Sally Reardon : [radio blaring] I thought it was a wall safe.
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Sally Reardon : Do you have any ix-nay?
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Miss Jacobs - Reardon's Secretary : I, I don't mind anything, but your husband shouldn't have called me that name.
Sally Reardon : What'd you call her, Bill?
William 'Bill' Reardon : I didn't call her any name.
Miss Jacobs - Reardon's Secretary : You did too. You called me a stenographer and I'm a private secretary.
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Sally Reardon : Are you angry at something, Bill?
William 'Bill' Reardon : Me? Noooo. What have I to be angry about?
Sally Reardon : Well, I don't know. You just look like you're ready to sock somebody in the jaw.
William 'Bill' Reardon : Oh, no. I got over that an hour ago. Now I'm looking for an ax.
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Sally Reardon : I think it's silly getting mad at a waiter.
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Sally Reardon : [Having fallen back in her chair at the nightclub] Well, why don't ya pick me up, ya big lummox?
William 'Bill' Reardon : I picked you up once - now look at me.
