famous lines

Often-repeated spoken passages

Famous lines are memorable quotations from literature, film, speeches, or other sources that have entered cultural consciousness.

They're often cited, parodied, or alluded to: Everyone knows the famous lines from Casablanca.

The phrase can also mean well-known queues or boundaries: the famous lines outside that bakery, crossing famous lines on a map.

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cinema · silver screen · Shakespeare · monologue · screenplay · delivery · curtain · curtain call · speech · oneliners · Hollywood · theater · script · quotable · Casablanca · soliloquy · recite · immortal

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recognition and cultural prominence

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Unremembered portions of text

quotability and memorability

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stock phrases

Family

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Known to kids · Used worldwide · Timeless · Everyday, not technical · Rated G