What is the famous line from Dirty Dancing?

Patrick Swayze - who passed away 10 years ago this week - starred as Johnny Castle in the 1987 classic movie Dirty Dancing opposite Jennifer Grey as Frances 'Baby' Houseman. Arguably the most famous moment from the hugely popular film is Johnny's line "Nobody puts Baby in the corner."
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What is the first line in Dirty Dancing?

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"It was the summer of 1963, when everybody called me Baby and it didn't occur to me to mind. It was before Kennedy got shot, before The Beatles, when I wanted to join the Peace Corps and I didn't think I'd ever find a guy as great as my dad."
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What is Johnny Castle's signature line in Dirty Dancing?

Johnny Castle's line, "Nobody puts Baby in a corner", has been used in song lyrics, as the title of the "Nobody Puts Baby in a Corner" episode of the TV series Veronica Mars, and as the title of a Fall Out Boy song.
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What is the most famous line from a movie?

AFI's 100 YEARS...100 MOVIE QUOTES
  1. "Frankly, my dear, I don't give a damn." Gone with the Wind (1939) ...
  2. "I'm gonna make him an offer he can't refuse." The Godfather (1972) ...
  3. "You don't understand! I coulda had class. ...
  4. "Toto, I've a feeling we're not in Kansas anymore." The Wizard of Oz (1939) ...
  5. "Here's looking at you, kid."
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What did Patrick Swayze say in Dirty Dancing?

Swayze's character, Johnny Castle, says the iconic line in the film's climactic scene before he and Baby, played by Grey, wow her family with their dance routine. Despite his initial resistance, the iconic line remained untouched in the final script. "I could hardly bring myself to say: 'Nobody puts Baby in a corner.
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What is the meaning of Nobody puts Baby in a corner?

The meaning behind the phrase 'nobody puts baby in the corner' is that no one with talent should be stopped from expressing it or showing it off. It's about self-expression – about enabling anyone to be their best self, and a striking call against anyone who strives to keep people's potential at bay.
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What does Nobody puts Baby in the corner mean in Dirty Dancing?

Johnny is basically saying that Baby doesn't deserve to be silenced by anyone, as she's incredible to him. And then she proves it by showing her family what an amazing dancer she is. He was also pointing out how strong she is after everything she had done over the course of the movie.
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What is the most famous quote?

The Most Famous Quotes
  • “Fortune favors the bold.” – Virgil.
  • “I think, therefore I am.” – René Descartes.
  • “Time is money.” – ...
  • “I came, I saw, I conquered.” – ...
  • “When life gives you lemons, make lemonade.” – ...
  • “Practice makes perfect.” – ...
  • “Knowledge is power.” – ...
  • “Have no fear of perfection, you'll never reach it.” –
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Who said the famous line here's looking at you kid?

"Here's Looking At You, Kid."

Humphrey Bogart's line during the flashback scenes of Rick and Ilsa falling in love went on to become one of the most romantic dialogues in movie history. It is used again later in the movie when he bids Ilsa farewell.
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What are the best quotes ever?

100 Best Quotes of All Time
  • “Live as if you were to die tomorrow. ...
  • “That which does not kill us makes us stronger.” ...
  • “Be who you are and say what you feel, because those who mind don't matter and those who matter don't mind.” ...
  • “We must not allow other people's limited perceptions to define us.”
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Did Patrick Swayze and Jennifer Grey get along Dirty Dancing?

Though there is palpable heat between them on screen as student Frances "Baby" Houseman (Grey) and dance instructor Johnny Castle (Swayze) in the classic romance, Grey has admitted that they didn't always get along because of an earlier experience working together on the 1984 action film "Red Dawn."
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Was Baby a virgin Dirty Dancing?

She's daddy's little girl, she's focused on academics instead of romance, and she's a virgin. That's all about to change on this memorable summer vacation. Baby's innocence is the focus of the first act of the film, and it's best summed up by this iconic line.
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What did Demi Moore think of Patrick Swayze?

The love inside, you take it with you. I will miss you," Demi Moore, via People.com. "Patrick was a really good man, a funny man and one to whom I owe much that I can't ever repay.
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Is Dirty Dancing a true story?

It's (loosely) based on screenwriter Eleanor Bergstein's real life. Emphasis on "loosely." Bergstein did spend her summers in the Catskills, her father was a doctor, she did go by "Baby" and, naturally, she loved to dirty dance.
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What song was playing during the opening credits of Dirty Dancing?

Will You Love Me Tomorrow.
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How did Penny get pregnant in Dirty Dancing?

During the conversation, Baby learns that Robbie, who is supposedly dating her sister, is responsible for Penny's pregnancy. The next day, Baby confronts Robbie and tries to get him to give Penny $250 for an abortion.
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Where does the line Play it again, Sam come from?

This is well-known as one of the most widely misquoted lines from films. The actual line in the film is 'Play it, Sam'. Something approaching 'Play it again, Sam' is first said in the film by Ilsa Lund (Ingrid Bergman) in an exchange with the piano player 'Sam' (Dooley Wilson): Ilsa: Play it once, Sam.
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What is the famous quote from Casablanca?

"We'll Always Have Paris."

An ode to Rick and Ilsa's love in Paris, this iconic line is one for keeps. Here: Ingrid Bergman and Humphrey Bogart on the opening night in 1942.
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What is the famous catch phrase used to introduce the clip from Casablanca?

Although the phrase “Here's looking at you” had been in recorded use since at least the 1880s, it was Humphrey Bogart who improvised the line while filming the Paris flashback on the Warner Bros.
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What is most powerful quote?

1. “You must be the change you wish to see in the world.” — Gandhi. “Live for what's worth dying for, and leverage technology to create the world you wish to see.”
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What is a famous short quote?

"Never hold discussions with the monkey when the organ grinder is in the room." "The farther backward you can look, the farther forward you are likely to see." "If you're going through hell, keep going." "There are a terrible lot of lies going about the world, and the worst of it is that half of them are true."
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What was Jesus famous line?

Do not be anxious about tomorrow, for tomorrow will be anxious for itself. Let the day's own trouble be sufficient for the day. I am the Way, the Truth, and the Life. No one comes to the Father except through me.
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What did Baby's dad do to Penny?

At Kellerman's resort, where Jake and his family are vacationing, Baby finds out that Johnny Castle's dance partner Penny Johnson is pregnant by Robbie Gould, a philandering med school student working as a waiter at the resort, and Baby borrows money from her dad Jake which she secretly uses to pay for an abortion for ...
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What does Baby say to Johnny in Dirty Dancing?

19. Baby: “You were right, Johnny. You can't win no matter what you do!”
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Did Jennifer Grey do her own dancing?

For Grey, who wasn't a professional dancer but rather an actress playing a dancer, it was a gutsy move, and one that chronic pain would prevent her from repeating for many years.
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