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relationship:
1. A romantic or sexual association between two people. QUOTES:
(1) Luna Schlosser (Diane Keaton) to Miles Monroe (Woody Allen), a man frozen in the year 1973 and brought back to life in the year 2173; now he wants to have a relationship with her in Sleeper (1973): ' But Miles, relationships between men and women don't last. That was proven by science. You see , there's a chemical in our bodies that makes it so. We all get-on each others nerves sooner or later .'
(2) Alvy Singer (Woody Allen) to Annie (Diane Keaton) in Annie Hall (1977): ' A relationship, I think, is like a shark. You know , it has to constantly move forward or it dies. And I think what we have on our hands is a dead shark .'
(3) Isaac Davis (Woody Allen) to Mary Wilke (Diane Keaton) in Manhattan (1979): ' There must be something wrong with me because I've never had a relationship with a woman that lasted longer than the one between Hitler and Eva Braun .'
(4) Isaac Davis (Woody Allen) to his friend Yale (Michael Murphy) in Manhattan (1979): ' You shouldn't ask for my advice. When it comes to relationships with women I'm the winner of the August Strindberg Award .' August Strindberg is the misogynist Swedish author of Lucky Per's Journey .
(5) Sally Albright (Meg Ryan) in When Harry Met Sally (1989): ' We wanted to live-together , but we didn't want to get married , because every time anyone we knew got married , it ruined their relationship. They practically never had sex again. It's true. It's one of the secrets that no one ever tells you .'
(6) Adam McMullen (Matthew Broderick) in Family Business (1989): ' Somebody loves you, you've got a hell of a weapon in a relationship .'
(7) Manicurist Val(erie) Dale (Geena Davis) is willing to forgive her fiancé Doctor Ted Gallagher (Charles Rocket) for having one last fling if he agrees to lay off nurses in Earth Girls are Easy (1989): ' A relationship is like a porcelain nail , Ted. You can break it and you can glue it back together but it's not going to be as strong as it was unless the person is really committed and not bringing home nurses .'
(8) Simon (Joe Pesci) and Montgomery (Brendan Fraser) in With Honors (1994):
-- Simon B . Wilder: ' When it comes to relationships everybody is a used car salesman .'
-- Monty Quesler: ' Is that your philosophy: Don't trust anyone? '
-- Simon B . Wilder: ' No, you gotta trust people. You just can't trust the warranty .'
(9) Bachelor Elie (Kevin Pollak) in The Opposite Sex. And How to Live With Them (1993): ' A relationship is a fine place to sleep but you wouldn't want to live there .'
(10) Bernadine/Bernie (Angela Bassett) being divorced after 11 years with John in Waiting to Exhale (1995): ' You know what's funny. I always thought if I gave him what he needed he'd give me what I need. It's amazing what can happen when you give a man control over your life .'
2. The condition of fact or state of being related; a connection by blood or marriage ; kinship.
3. A connection or association. ' We have a good working relationship .'
See Also: illicit liaison, illicit affair, in-sisters, mason, illicit romance, bust up, December-May romance, devitalized relationship, exclusive relationship, another way to love, bag off, Boston marriage, catch on the rebound, closed relationship, cohabitarche, commit to someone, slavemaster, slaver, slave, take up with someone, trial marriage, walkout, wear boxer shorts, wear the kilt, whiff of lavender, total power exchange, umfriend, uncouple, urning, split up, sexual liaison, slavist, paederast, matchrupt, consummate a marriage, consummate a union, consummate a relationship, cradle-snatcher, cradle-robber, cut loose, Dear John, come out of confinement, busted coupling, call it a day, call it quits, BF, androgynous fucking, bad breaker-upper, baby porker, adulterous affair, get out from under, grease the wheel, H2, deficiency love, dissolve partnership, do the splits, domestic partner, dump, illicit relationship, homosexology, extramarital affair, heterosexology, master-slave, January and May marriage, just good friends, affair of love, affair of the heart, rob the cradle, romantic affair, love affair, relationship, molly dyke, paederasty, pederast, pederasty, Platonic love, sleep together, star of the line, step out on, top man, triangle, X-it, affaire de coeur, affaire d'amour, baby-snatcher, abandonment (of a spouse), active, bottom man, break the ice, break up, catamite, liaison, master, inamorata, inamorato, intergenerational relationship, involved with, high maintenance, form an attachment, friendly with, hook up, butch femme, heavy date, ex it, dinner without grace,
Quotes Containing relationship:
Joyce (Kate Capshaw) to Nick (Michael Douglas) in Black Rain (1989): ''A love/hate relationship can last a very long time.''
Bones Burton (Ali MacGraw) about her relationship with Max Herschel (Alan King) in Just Tell Me What You Want (1980):'Quid pro quo makes the world go round.'
Adam McMullen (Matthew Broderick) in Family Business (1989): 'Somebody loves you, you've got a hell of a weapon in a relationship .'
Thomas (John Halliday) to Anita (Ingrid Bergman) about her relationship with a married man in Intermezzo (1939): ''I wonder if anyone has ever built happiness on the unhappiness of others?''
Gene Garrison (Gene Hackman) about his father in I Never Sang for my Father (1971): 'Death ends a life but it does not end a relationship .'
Brodie (Jason Lee) explains to T.S. (Jeremy London) and Gwen (Joey Lauren Adams) why his relationship with Rene failed in Mallrats (1995): - Brodie: ''You know how when someone lays with their back to you and you lay behind ''em really close and you throw one arm over ''em?'' - T.S.: ''It''s called spooning .'' - Brodie: ''Yeah, but you gotta put the other arm somewhere. You can either lay on it or just shove it between your bodies. The only other option is to stretch it above your head . But sometimes my arm pops out of socket when I''m sleeping like that. So I was constantly searching for someplace to keep my arm while still laying close to her.'' - T.S.: ''And?'' - Brodie: ''What do you mean ''and''? That''s like a metaphor for our whole relationship .''
Alvy Singer (Woody Allen) to Annie (Diane Keaton) in Annie Hall (1977): 'A relationship , I think, is like a shark. You know , it has to constantly move forward or it dies. And I think what we have on our hands is a dead shark.'
Luna Schlosser (Diane Keaton) to Miles Monroe (Woody Allen), a man frozen in the year 1973 and brought back to life in the year 2173; now he wants to have a relationship with her in Sleeper (1973): 'But Miles, relationships between men and women don't last. That was proven by science. You see , there's a chemical in our bodies that makes it so. We all get-on each others nerves sooner or later.'
Eugene Morgan (Joseph Cotten) to Isabel Amberson (Dolores Costello) whose son George (Tim Holt) opposes their relationship in The Magnificient Ambersons (1942): ''I don''t think he''ll change. At 21 or 22, so many things appear solid, permanent, untenable which 40 sees as nothing but disappearing miasma. 40 can''t tell 20 about this. 20 can find out only by getting to be 40. So we come to this dear. Will you live your life your way or George''s way?''
Charles Panati. Sexy Origins and Intimate Things (1998): 'Early love , chemically based, is when you love the way the other person makes you feel. It is self-centered, feel-good love . Mature love , which comes later in a relationship , is love for whoever a person is. It is other-centered.'
Sally Albright (Meg Ryan) in When Harry Met Sally (1989): 'We wanted to live-together , but we didn't want to get married , because every time anyone we knew got married , it ruined their relationship . They practically never had sex again. It's true. It's one of the secrets that no one ever tells you.'
Isaac Davis (Woody Allen) to Mary Wilke (Diane Keaton) in Manhattan (1979): 'There must be something wrong with me because I've never had a relationship with a woman that lasted longer than the one between Hitler and Eva Braun.'
Manicurist ValDale (Geena Davis) is willing to forgive her fianc Doctor Ted Gallagher (Charles Rocket) for having one last fling if he agrees to lay off nurses in Earth Girls are Easy (1989): 'A relationship is like a porcelain nail , Ted. You can break it and you can glue it back together but it's not going to be as strong as it was unless the person is really committed and not bringing home nurses.'
Meg (Mary Kay Place) to Sarah (Glenn Close) on the subject of dating in The Big Chill (1983):'They're either married or gay . And if they're not gay , they've just broken up with the most wonderful woman in the world or they've just broken up with a bitch who looks just like me. They're in transition from a monogamous relationship and they need more space or they're tired of space but they just can't commit or they want to commit but they're afraid to get close. They want to get close, you don't want to get near them.'
Sally Albright (Meg Ryan) in When Harry Met Sally (1989):'We wanted to live-together , but we didn't want to get married , because every time anyone we knew got married , it ruined their relationship . They practically never had sex again. It's true. It's one of the secrets that no one ever tells you.'
Bachelor Elie (Kevin Pollak) in The Opposite Sex. And How to Live With Them (1993): 'A relationship is a fine place to sleep but you wouldn't want to live there.'
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