Chinatown


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Important Quotations Explained

1. Man with Knife:   “You’re a very nosy fellow, kitty cat. Huh? You know what happens to nosy fellows? Huh? No? Wanna guess? Huh? No? Okay. They lose their noses.”


2. Noah Cross:   “’Course I’m respectable. I’m old. Politicians, ugly buildings, and whores all get respectable if they last long enough.”


3. Evelyn:   “She’s my daughter.”
[Gittes slaps Evelyn.]
Gittes:   “I said I want the truth!”
Evelyn:   “She’s my sister. . . .”
[slap]
Evelyn:   “She’s my daughter. . . .”
[slap]
Evelyn:   “My sister, my daughter.”
[More slaps.]
Gittes:   “I said I want the truth!”
Evelyn:   “She’s my sister AND my daughter!”


4. Noah Cross:   “You see, Mr. Gittes, most people never have to face the fact that at the right time and right place, they’re capable of anything.”


5. Walsh:   “Forget it, Jake. It’s Chinatown.”


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