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Matt Glasby

In this regular feature series on some of the most talked-about films, we examine the legacy of classics, re-evaluate modern blockbusters, and revisit some of the most memorable lines in film. We continue this week with the best quotes from 1994’s Forrest Gump .
1. Forrest Gump (Tom Hanks): “Momma always said dyin’ was a part of life. I sure wish it wasn’t.”
2. Jenny Curran (Robyn Wright): “Do you ever dream, Forrest, about who you’re gonna be?”
Forrest Gump (Tom Hanks): “Who I’m gonna be?”
Jenny Curran: “Yeah.”
Forrest Gump: “Aren’t … aren’t I going to be me?”
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3. Forrest Gump (Tom Hanks): “Stupid is as stupid does.”

4. Lieutenant Daniel Taylor (Gary Sinise): “Have you found Jesus yet, Gump?”
Forrest Gump (Tom Hanks): “I didn’t know I was supposed to be looking for him, sir.”
5. Forrest Gump (Tom Hanks): “My momma always said, ‘Life was like a box of chocolates. You never know what you’re gonna get.’”

6. Jenny Curran (Robyn Wright): “Run, Forrest! Run!”
7. Forrest Gump (Tom Hanks): “In the land of China, people hardly got nothing at all.”
John Lennon: “No possessions?”
Forrest Gump: “And in China they never go to church.”
John Lennon: “No religion too?”
Dick Cavett: “Ah. Hard to imagine.”
John Lennon: “Well it’s easy if you try, Dick.”
8. Mrs. Gump (Sally Field): “You have to do the best with what God gave you.”

9. Fat Man at Bench (Bill Roberson): “It was a bullet, wasn’t it?”
Forrest Gump (Tom Hanks): “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 dollar wound, but the army must keep that money ’cause I still haven’t seen a nickel of that million dollars.”
10. Bumper Sticker Guy (Charles Boswell): “Woah, man, you just ran through a big pile of dog shit!”
Forrest Gump (Tom Hanks): “It happens.”
Bumper Sticker guy: “What, shit?”
Forrest Gump: “Sometimes.”
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The film, starring Hanks, Sally Fields, Gary Sinise and Robyn Wright, became a cult classic and
The plot follows Gump, a good-hearted simple man through some defining moments in world history


The film, starring Hanks, Sally Fields, Gary Sinise and Robyn Wright, became a cult classic. The plot follows Gump, a good-hearted simple man through some defining moments in world history.


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Classic American films: Forrest Gump – the 10 best quotes from 1994 Tom Hanks epic

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The film, starring Hanks, Sally Fields, Gary Sinise and Robyn Wright, became a cult classic and

The plot follows Gump, a good-hearted simple man through some defining moments in world history