The Marriage of Maria Braun (1979)
Ivan Desny: Karl Oswald
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Quotes
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Karl Oswald : You were different last night.
Maria Braun : Last night I slept with you. Today I'm working for you.
Karl Oswald : Afraid someone will think we're having an affair?
Maria Braun : I don't care what people think. I do care what you think. And you're not having an affair with me. I'm having an affair with you.
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Karl Oswald : I suppose we'll just have to wait for a miracle.
Maria Braun : I prefer making miracles than waiting for them.
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Karl Oswald : We're businessmen, not bookkeepers.
Senkenberg : I beg your pardon. I am a bookkeeper.
Karl Oswald : Sorry.
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[Karl Oswald begins kissing Maria Braun]
Maria Braun : I thought we were having dinner first.
Karl Oswald : A good businessman knows how to adapt to circumstances.
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Karl Oswald : You're cynical.
Maria Braun : Maybe I am.
Karl Oswald : You're bored with me.
Maria Braun : Maybe I am bored with you.
Karl Oswald : Why don't we just leave?
Maria Braun : Because you're well brought up and I pretend I am.
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Karl Oswald : Do you want to leave me?
Maria Braun : That would be stupid. It would only make us unhappier. At least if you know you're unhappy, there's still hope.
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Karl Oswald : Senkenberg's basically a good fellow, and so am I.
Maria Braun : I'm not.
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Karl Oswald : You've no sense of humor. The best accountant in the world and not a nickel's worth of imagination, not a wooden nickel.
Maria Braun : That's a compliment. Imagination would only be a liability to you. Someone must ensure we don't lose our credit rating.
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Karl Oswald : I feel like a schoolboy.
Maria Braun : Because you are. A dear, dumb little schoolboy.
Karl Oswald : Why didn't you want to go?
Maria Braun : You would've proposed to me.
Karl Oswald : Right. Is that why - How did you know?
Maria Braun : I know all about schoolboys.