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On the Waterfront

 Elia Kazan
 

Important Quotations Explained

 
1. Father Barry:   “D & D? What’s that?”
Kayo Dugan:   “Deaf and dumb. No matter how much we hate the torpedoes, we don’t rat.”
 
 
2. Edie:   “Which side are you with?”
Terry:   “Me? I’m with me—Terry.”
 
 
3. Terry:   “Hey, you wanna hear my philosophy of life? Do it to him before he does it to you.”
 
 
4. Terry:   “But you know if I spill, my life ain’t worth a nickel.”
Father Barry:   “And how much is your soul worth if you don’t?”
 
 
5. Terry:   “You don’t understand. I coulda had class. I coulda been a contender. I coulda been someone, instead of a bum, which is what I am, let’s face it . . . It was you, Charlie.”
 
 
 
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