Chariots of Fire (1981)

Alice Krige: Sybil Gordon

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Quotes 

• Harold M. Abrahams : If I can't win, I won't run!

  Sybil Gordon : If you don't run, you can't win.

• Sybil Gordon : Do you love running?

  Harold M. Abrahams : I'm more of an addict. It's a compulsion, a weapon.

  Sybil Gordon : Against what?

  Harold M. Abrahams : Being Jewish, I suppose.

  Sybil Gordon : [laughs incredulously]  You're not serious!

  Harold M. Abrahams : You're not Jewish, or you wouldn't have had to ask.

  Sybil Gordon : Fiddlesticks. People don't care.

• Sybil Gordon : The great Harold Abrahams. My brother will be insanely jealous.

  Harold Abrahams : So will mine.

  Sybil Gordon : You don't look very ruthless.

  Harold Abrahams : Should I?

  Sybil Gordon : According to my brother. Tim says that's why you always win. Why running?

  Harold Abrahams : Why singing?

  Sybil Gordon : My job... No, that's silly. I do it because I love it.

  Sybil Gordon : Do you love running?

  Harold Abrahams : I'm more of an addict. It's a compulsion, a weapon.

  Sybil Gordon : Against what?

  Harold Abrahams : Being Jewish, I suppose.

  Sybil Gordon : [laughs]  You're not serious?

  Harold Abrahams : You're not Jewish, or you wouldn't ask.

  Sybil Gordon : Fiddlesticks. People don't care. Anyway, being Jewish hasn't done you any harm.

  Harold Abrahams : I'm what I call semi-deprived.

  Sybil Gordon : That sounds clever... What does it mean?

  Harold Abrahams : It means they lead me to water, but they won't let me drink.

  Sybil Gordon : You're a funny old stick, Mr. Harold Abrahams. Funny...... but fascinating.

  Harold Abrahams : I'll settle for the fascinating.

  Sybil Gordon : Life isn't that gloomy, is it?

  Harold Abrahams : [quietly]  Not tonight... You're so beautiful.

  Sybil Gordon : Like you.

• Sybil Gordon : If you can't take a beating, it's for the best.

  Harold M. Abrahams : I don't run to take beatings. I run to win.