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Jenny Curran : His name's Forrest.

Forrest Gump : Like me.

Jenny Curran : I named him after his daddy.

Forrest Gump : He got a daddy named Forrest, too?

Jenny Curran : You're his daddy, Forrest.Forrest Gump : Stupid is as stupid does.

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[repeated line]

Forrest Gump : My momma always said, "Life was like a box of chocolates. You neverknow what you're gonna get."


Jenny Curran : Do you ever dream, Forrest, about who you're gonna be?

Forrest Gump : Who I'm gonna be?

Jenny Curran : Yeah.Forrest Gump : Aren't-aren't I going to be me?


[when the bullies from school were chasing him]

Jenny Curran : Run, Forrest! Run!


Lieutenant Daniel Taylor : Have you found Jesus yet, Gump?

Forrest Gump : I didn't know I was supposed to be looking for him, sir.


Forrest Gump : Will you marry me?

[Jenny turns and looks at him]

Forrest Gump : I'd make a good husband, Jenny.

Jenny Curran : You would, Forrest.

Forrest Gump : ...But you won't marry me.

Jenny Curran : [sadly] ... You don't wanna marry me.

Forrest Gump : Why don't you love me, Jenny?

[Jenny says nothing]

Forrest Gump : I'm not a smart man... but I know what love is.

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Forrest Gump : My Mama always said you've got to put the past behind you before youcan move on.


Forrest Gump : Mama always said, dying was a part of life. I sure wish it wasn't.


[Forrest Gump referring to Apple Computer]

Forrest Gump : Lieutenant Dan got me invested in some kind of fruit company. So then Igot a call from him, saying we don't have to worry about money no more. And I said,

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Forrest Gump : Lieutenant Dan, what are you doing here?

Lieutenant Daniel Taylor : I'm here to try out my sea legs.

Forrest Gump : But you ain't got no legs, Lieutenant Dan.

Lieutenant Daniel Taylor : [mildly irritated, but understanding] Yes... yes, I know that.

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Mrs. Gump : Life's a box of chocolates, Forrest. You never know what you're gonna get.


Forrest Gump : One day it started raining, and it didn't quit for four months. We beenthrough every kind of rain there is. Little bitty stingin' rain... and big ol' fat rain. Rain thatflew in sideways. And sometimes rain even seemed to come straight up fromunderneath. Shoot, it even rained at night...


Bumper Sticker Guy: [running after Forrest] Hey man! Hey listen, I was wondering if youmight help me. 'Cause I'm in the bumper sticker business and I've been trying to think ofa good slogan, and since you've been such a big inspiration to the people around here Ithought you might be able to help me jump into - WOAH! Man, you just ran through abig pile of dog shit!

Forrest Gump : It happens.

Bumper Sticker guy: What, shit?

Forrest Gump : Sometimes.


Forrest Gump : Mama always had a way of explaining things so I could understand them.


Forrest Gump : Hello. I'm Forrest, Forrest Gump.Recruit Officer : Nobody gives a hunky shit who you are, pus ball. You're not even a low-life, scum-sucking maggot. Get your ass on the bus, you're in the army now!


Lyndon B. Johnson : [Putting medal on Forrest] America owes you a debt of gratitude,son. Now I understand you were wounded. Where were you hit?

Forrest Gump : In the buttocks.

Lyndon B. Johnson : Oh that must be a sight.

[Whispering to Forrest]

Lyndon B. Johnson : I'd like to see that.[Forrest shows him; Johnson walks away embarrassed]

Lyndon B. Johnson : God damn, son.


[last lines]

Dorothy Harris : You understand this is the bus to the school, now, don'tcha?

Forrest Gump Jr. : Of course; you're Dorothy Harris, and I'm Forrest Gump.


Coach Bryant : He must be the stupidest son of a bitch alive, but he sure is fast!

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Mrs. Gump : What's normal anyways?


Jenny Curran : [hearing that Forrest is going to Vietnam] Listen, you promise mesomething, OK? Just if you're ever in trouble, don't be brave. You just run, OK? Just run

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Lieutenant Daniel Taylor : I never thanked you for saving my life.


Fat Man at Bench : It was a bullet, wasn't it?

Forrest Gump : A bullet?

Fat Man at Bench : That jumped up and bit you.

Forrest Gump : Oh, yes sir. Bit me right in the buttocks. They said it was a million dollarwound, but the army must keep that money 'cause I still haven't seen a nickel of thatmillion dollars.


Forrest Gump : Lieutenant Dan, I got you some ice cream.

[voice wavering]

Forrest Gump : Lieutenant Dan, ice cream.


Forrest Gump : I'm sorry I had to fight in the middle of your Black Panther party.


[Describing Vietnam]

Forrest Gump : We was always taking long walks, and we was always looking for a guynamed "Charlie".


Forrest Gump : What's my destiny, Mama?

Mrs. Gump : You're gonna have to figure that out for yourself.


Young Jenny Curran : You can sit here if ya want.


Forrest Gump : Then, Bubba said something I won't ever forget.

Bubba : I wanna go home.

Forrest Gump : Bubba was my best good friend. And even I know that ain't somethingyou can find just around the corner. Bubba was going to be a shrimping boat captain, butinstead, he died right there by that river in Vietnam.


Forrest Gump : So Bubba was from Bayou la Batrie, Alabama, and his mama cookedshrimp. And her mama before her cooked shrimp, and her mama before her mamacooked shrimp, too. Bubba's family knew everything there was to know about theshrimpin' business.


Forrest Gump : Mama always said, God is mysterious. He didn't turn Jenny into a bird

that day. But instead - he had the po-lice say Jenny didn't have to stay in that house nomore. She went to live with her grandma, just over on Creekmore Avenue. And thatmade me happy, because she was close. And some nights she'd sneak out and come on
















































































































































over to my house, because she said she was scared. It may have been because of hergrandma's dog, or somethin'.

Young Forrest Gump : Mama. What's vacation?

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[Forrest is waiting with Forrest Jr. for the school bus on little Forrest's first day of schoolin Greenbow. The bus arrives and little Forrest is about to board it]

Forrest Gump : Forrest, don't...

[pause, then]

Forrest Gump : I just wanted to tell you I love you.

Forrest Gump Jr. : [smiles] I love you too, Dad.


Richard M. Nixon : [awarding Forrest a U.S table tennis tournament medal in 1972] So,are you enjoying yourself in our nation's capital, son?

Forrest Gump : Yes, sir.

Richard M. Nixon : So where are you staying?

Forrest Gump : Uh... it's called the hotel airbot.

Richard M. Nixon : Oh, no, I know of this much nicer hotel that's very new. It's verymodern. I'll have my people set you up and take care of it for you.


[repeated line]

Forrest Gump : That's all I have to say about that.


Lieutenant Daniel Taylor : [Forrest and Bubba salute Lt. Dan] Oh, get your hands down.Do not salute me. There are goddamn snipers all around this area who'd love to greasean officer. I'm Lieutenant Dan Taylor. Welcome to Fort Platoon.

[looks at Bubba]

Lieutenant Daniel Taylor : What's wrong with your lip?

Bubba : I was born with big gums, sir.

Lieutenant Daniel Taylor : Well, you better tuck that in. Gonna get that caught on atripwire.

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Forrest Gump : Mama says they was magic shoes. They could take me anywhere.


Forrest Gump : You know it's funny what a young man recollects? 'Cause I don'tremember bein' born. I don't recall what I got for my first Christmas and I don't knowwhen I went on my first outdoor picnic. But I do remember the first time I heard thesweetest voice in the wide world.


Forrest Gump : And cause I was a gazillionaire, and I liked doin it so much, I cut thatgrass for free.




















































































































Mrs. Gump : Remember what I told you, Forrest. You're no different than anybody else is.Did you hear what I said, Forrest? You're the same as everybody else. You are nodifferent.

Principal : Your boy's... different, Miz Gump. His IQ's 75.

Mrs. Gump : Well, we're all different, Mr. Hancock. There must be something that can bedone?

Principal : Is there a Mr. Gump, Miz Gump?

Mrs. Gump : He's on vacation.


Forrest Gump : She got the cancer and died on a Tuesday. I bought her a new hat withlittle flowers on it. And that's all I have to say about that.


Jenny Curran : Forrest, I'm sick.

Forrest Gump : Do you have a cough due to cold?


Forrest Gump : Those must be comfortable shoes, I bet you could walk all day in shoeslike those and not feel a thing.

Nurse at Park Bench : My feet hurt.

Forrest Gump : My momma always said you can tell a lot about a person by their shoes,where they go, where they've been. I've worn lots of shoes, I bet if I think about it realhard I can remember my first pair of shoes.


[repeated line]

Forrest Gump : And that's all I have to say about that.


Forrest Gump : Some people don't think miracles happen, well, they do.


Forrest Gump : Forrest: Momma said there's only so much fortune a man really needsand the rest is just for showing off. So, I gave a whole bunch of it to the FoursquareGospel Church and I gave a whole bunch to the Bayou La Batre Fishing Hospital. Andeven though Bubba was dead, and Lieutenant Dan said I was nuts, I gave Bubba'smomma Bubba's share. And you know what? She didn't have to work in nobody's kitchenno more...


Forrest Gump : [dejected] No shrimp.Lieutenant Daniel Taylor : Where the Hell is this God of yours?

Forrest Gump : [narrating] It's funny Lieutenant Dan said that, 'cause right then, Godshowed up.


Abbie Hoffman : Tell us a little bit about the war, man.

Forrest Gump : The war in Vietnam?

Abbie Hoffman : [to audience] War in Viet-Fucking-Nam!

[Audience cheers]


Jenny Curran : Do you think I could fly off this bridge, Forrest?































































































































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