Hope and Glory (1987)
Ian Bannen: Grandfather George
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Quotes
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Grandfather George : You want to know why they're called Faith, Hope, Grace and Charity?
Bill Rowen : Why?
Grandfather George : Your Grandmother. She named them after the virtues I lack. That's marriage for you!
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Grandfather George : [pointing to an electrical transformer tower at the edge of his property] Look! They're coming this way: the Future on the march. I curse you, Volt, Watt and Amp!
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Grandfather George : All hens and no cocks. Too many women in our family. They're a different species from us, Bill.
Bill Rowen : Don't you love them?
Grandfather George : Oh, yes, love them. But don't try to understand them. That road leads to ruin.
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Clive Rowen : [Billy bowls] That was a googly!
Mac : A googly?
Grandfather George : You didn't spot it, Clive.
Clive Rowen : I taught him how. And now he turns it against me.
Grandfather George : The law of life. Cruel, isn't it?
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Grandfather George : You look frustrated, Faithy. That husband of yours still can't rise to the occasion?
Faith : He's a menace. He should be locked up.
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Grandfather George : "What can you do with four daughters," I asked myself. Four daughters. A string quartet was all I could come up with. And they hated me for making them learn.
Grace Rowan , Charity , Faith , Hope : And now we're glad you did.
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Grandfather George : Give him the you... know... what!
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Grandfather George : I have no friends, only relations!
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Grandfather George : Ohhh, it's only a house...a ghastly one at that. They should all be burned and bombed and the builder hanged.
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Grandfather George : Betty Browning. Betty. Let me tell you something. I'm 73 years old. I've seen half the wonders of the world. And I've never laid eyes on a finer sight than the curve of Betty Browning's breasts.
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Grandfather George : That was a googly!
Bill Rowen : I know.
Grandfather George : You're a dark horse, bowling googlies at your age.
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Grandfather George : It's nearly summer. Let the nippers run wild!
