[On Marion's choosiness when it comes to men] Mrs. Paroo: It's a well-known principle that if you keep the flint in one drawer and the steel in the other, you'll never strike much of a fire.
(18 votes)
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Marian Paroo: No, please, not tonight. Maybe tomorrow. Harold Hill: Oh, my dear little librarian. You pile up enough tomorrows, and you'll find you are left with nothing but a lot of empty yesterdays. I don't know about you, but I'd like to make today worth remembering.
(17 votes)
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Marcellus Washburn: I heard you was in steam automobiles. Harold Hill: I was. Marcellus Washburn: What happened? Harold Hill: Somebody actually invented one.
(15 votes)
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Marcellus Washburn: This is where I work. Harold Hill: You mean you *live* in this town? Marcellus Washburn: Yeah, I like it, too. I mean it's not Brooklyn, New York. It's not the City of Homes and Churches and... Harold Hill: Brooklyn? Marce, this isn't even Dubuque!
(15 votes)
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Harold Hill: I always think there's a band, kid.
(15 votes)
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Harold Hill: Think, boys. Think!
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Harold Hill: I can't go. Marian Paroo: Why not? Harold Hill: For the first time in my life, I got my foot caught in the door.
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[In song] Marian Paroo: There was love all around, but I never heard it singing. No I never heard it at all, Till There Was You.
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Charlie Cowell: Don't believe I caught your name. Harold Hill: Don't believe I dropped it.
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Salesman on train: How far you going, friend? Harold Hill: Wherever the people are as green as the money... friend.
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Marian Paroo: The librarian hasn't felt much like doing research lately, but she did plenty when you first came here. Harold Hill: What about? Marian Paroo: Professor Harold Hill. Gary Conservatory of Music, class of '05. Harold, there wasn't any Gary Conservatory of Music in '05. Harold Hill: Why, there most certainly w... Marian Paroo: Because the town wasn't even built until '06. I tore this page out of an Indiana Journal. I was going to use it against you, but now I give to you with my love.
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Marcellus Washburn: Thar she blows. Harold Hill: I'll do it, but I don't like it. Marcellus Washburn: No, that's not the librarian. That's Mrs. Shinn, the mayor's wife.
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Mrs. Shinn: Now, George! Mayor Shinn: Not one poop out of you, Madame! Mrs. Shinn: [turning to Zaneeta] I think he means "peep"!
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Zaneeta: It's indecent to meet boys at the footbridge! Tommy Djilas: First thing after supper? Zaneeta: All right! Yee Gods!
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Tommy Djilas: Great Honk!
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Zaneeta: Papa, please! It's 'Capulets' like you who make blood in the marketplace! Ye Gods!
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Ethel Toffelmier: I'm Ethel Tofflemier. The pianola girl?
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Harold Hill: Mothers of River City, heed that warning before it's too late! Watch for the telltale signs of corruption! The minute your son leaves the house, does he rebuckle his knickerbockers below the knee? Is there a nicotine stain on his index finger? A dime-novel hidden in the corncrib? Is he starting to memorize jokes from Captain Billy's Whiz-Bang? Are certain words creeping into his conversation? Words like "swell" and "so's your old man"? If so my friends, ya got trouble!
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