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The Ghost and Mrs. Muir (1947) More at IMDbPro »

Captain Gregg: I've lived the life of a man and am not ashamed to admit it.

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Captain Gregg: No woman has ever been the worse for knowing me.

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Captain Daniel Gregg: You must make your own life amongst the living and, whether you meet fair winds or foul, find your own way to harbor in the end.

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Mr. Coombe: In my opinion, you are the most obstinate young woman I have ever met.
Lucy Muir: Thank you, Mr. Coombe!

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Captain Gregg: My dear! Never let anyone tell you to be ashamed of your figure.

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Lucy Muir: He took me unawares!
Captain Gregg: [laughs] My dear, since Eve picked the apple, no woman has ever been taken entirely unawares.

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Lucy Muir: It's no crime to be alive!
Captain Gregg: No, my dear, sometimes it's a great inconvenience. The living can be hurt.

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Lucy Muir: [to the ghost of Captain Gregg] You'll forgive me if I take a minute to get accustomed to you.

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Lucy Muir: [referring to her romance with Miles Fairley] You said I should see men.
Captain Gregg: I said men, not perfumed parlour snakes!

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Captain Gregg: Blasted women. *Always* make trouble when you allow one aboard...

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Lucy Muir: I don't know anything about the sea, except that it is romantic.
Captain Gregg: Hmm. That's what all landsmen think. Seamen know better.
Lucy Muir: Then why do they go to sea?
Captain Gregg: Because they haven't the sense to stay ashore.

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Eva, Sister-in-law: [of the Captain's portrait] And what a hideous painting!
Captain Gregg: [inaudible to her] Anyone with a face like yours, madam, should steer clear of expressing such opinions!

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Lucy Muir: I'm expecting Mr. Fairley. We're having a picnic.
Martha Huggins: [dismissively] You mean he is.

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