The Sound of Music Movie Quotes
Maria
You know how Sister Berthe always makes me kiss the floor after we've had a disagreement? Well, lately I've taken to kissing the floor whenever I see her coming, just to save time.
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Maria
When the Lord closes a door, somewhere He opens a window.
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Captain von Trapp
It's the dress. You'll have to put on another one before you meet the children.
Maria
But I don't have another one. When we entered the abbey our worldly clothes were given to the poor.
Captain von Trapp
What about this one?
Maria
The poor didn't want this one.
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Herr Zeller
Perhaps those who would warn you that the Anschluss is coming - and it is coming, Captain - perhaps they would get further with you by setting their words to music.
Captain von Trapp
If the Nazis take over Austria, I have no doubt, Herr Zeller, that you will be the entire trumpet section.
Herr Zeller
You flatter me, Captain.
Captain von Trapp
Oh, how clumsy of me - I meant to accuse you.
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Sister Margaretta
Reverend Mother, I have sinned.
Sister Berthe
I, too, Reverend Mother.
Mother Abbess
What is this sin, my children?
[the nuns look at each other, then reveal from under their robes the distributor and coil they have removed from the Germans' cars]
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Sister Margaretta
After all, the wool from the black sheep is just as warm.
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Kurt
Only grown-up men are scared of women.
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Captain von Trapp
Now, when I want you, this is what you will hear.
[blows whistle]
Maria
Oh, no, sir. I'm sorry, sir. I could never answer to a whistle. Whistles are for dogs and cats and other animals, but not for children and definitely not for me. It would be too... humiliating.
Captain von Trapp
Fraulein, were you this much trouble at the Abbey?
Maria
Oh, much more, sir.
Captain von Trapp
Hmm.
[starts walking away. Maria blows her whistle & he turns around]
Maria
Excuse me, sir. I don't know your signal
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Captain von Trapp
Maria, there isn't going to be any Baroness anymore.
Maria
I don't understand.
Captain von Trapp
Well, we called off our engagement, you see, and...
Maria
Oh, I'm sorry.
Captain von Trapp
Yes. You are?
Maria
Mm-hmm. You did?
Captain von Trapp
Yes. Well, you can't marry someone when you're in love with someone else... can you?
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Maria
Children can't do all the things they're supposed to if they have to worry about spoiling their precious clothes.
Captain von Trapp
They haven't complained yet.
Maria
Well, they wouldn't dare! They love you too much. They *fear* you too much!
Captain von Trapp
I don't wish you to discuss my children in this manner.
Maria
Well, you've got to hear from someone! You're never home long enough to know them.
Captain von Trapp
I said I don't want to hear anymore from you about my children!
Maria
I know you don't, but you've got to! Now, take Liesl.
Maria
She's not a child anymore, and one of these days, you're going to wake up and find that she's a woman. You won't even know her. And Friedrich, he's a boy, but he wants to be a man and there's no one to show him how.
Captain von Trapp
Don't you dare tell me about my son.
Maria
Brigitta could tell you about him if you let her get close to you. She notices everything.
Captain von Trapp
Fraulein...
Maria
And Kurt pretends he's tough not to show how hurt he is when you brush him aside,
Captain von Trapp
That will do!
Maria
the way you do all of them. Louisa I don't even know about yet,
Captain von Trapp
I said that will do!
Maria
but somebody has to find out about her, and the little ones just want to be loved. Oh, please, Captain, love them! Love them all!
Captain von Trapp
I don't care to hear anything further from you about my children.
Maria
I am not finished yet, Captain!
Captain von Trapp
Oh, yes, you are, Captain!
[pauses, then corrects himself]
Captain von Trapp
Fraulein!
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The Baroness
Somewhere out there is a lady who I think will never be a nun. Auf Wiedersehen, darling.
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Maria
Gretl, what happened to your finger?
Gretl
It got caught.
Maria
Caught in what?
Gretl
Friedrich's teeth.
[the others laugh]
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Captain von Trapp
You brought music back into the house. I had forgotten.
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Mother Abbess
Maria, these walls were not meant to shut out problems. You have to face them. You have to live the life you were born to live.
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Kurt
I wonder what grass tastes like.
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Max
How many have I had?
Maid
Two.
Max
Make it an uneven three.
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Herr Zeller
I've not asked you where you and your family are going. Nor have you asked me why I am here.
Captain von Trapp
Well, apparently, we're both suffering from a deplorable lack of curiosity.
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Maria
[saying her bed time prayers]
I forgot the other boy. Oh, what's his name? Oh, well, God bless What's-his-name.
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Louisa von Trapp
I'm Brigitta.
Louisa von Trapp
I'm Brigitta.
Maria
You didn't tell me how old you are... Louisa.
Brigitta
I'm Brigitta, she's Louisa. She's thirteen years old, and you're smart! I'm ten, and I think your dress is the ugliest one I ever saw!
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[Maria finds a frog in her pocket]
Frau Schmidt
You're lucky. With Fraulein Helga, it was a snake!
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Captain von Trapp
My fellow Austrians, I shall not be seeing you again perhaps for a very long time. I would like to sing for you now... a love song. I know you share this love. I pray that you will never let it die.
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Max
The Von Trapp Family Singers. Here are your names: Liesl, Friedrich, Louisa, Brigitta, Kurt, Marta and Gretl.
Gretl
Why am I always last?
Max
Because you are the most important.
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Maria
[Friedrich and Kurt run into Maria's room during a thunderstorm]
You boys weren't scared, too, were you?
Friedrich von Trapp
No. We just wanted to be sure that you weren't.
Maria
That was very thoughtful of you, Friedrich.
Friedrich von Trapp
It wasn't my idea. It was Kurt's.
Maria
Kurt! That's the one I left out. God bless Kurt!
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Maria
I'd like to thank you all for the precious gift you left in my pocket today.
Captain von Trapp
What gift?
Maria
It's meant to be a secret between the children and me.
Captain von Trapp
Then I suggest you keep it, and let us eat.
Maria
Knowing how nervous I must have been, a stranger in a new household, knowing how important it was for me to feel accepted, it was so kind and thoughtful of you to make my first moments here so warm and happy and pleasant.
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Maria
I can't seem to stop singing wherever I am. And what's worse, I can't seem to stop saying things - anything and everything I think and feel.
Mother Abbess
Some people would call that honesty.
Maria
Oh, but it's terrible, Reverend Mother.
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Captain von Trapp
Fraulein, is it to be at every meal, or merely at dinnertime, that you intend on leading us all through this rare and wonderful new world of... indigestion?
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[singing starts somewhere inside]
Captain von Trapp
What's that?
Maria
It's singing.
Captain von Trapp
Yes, I realize it's singing, but who?
Maria
The children.
Captain von Trapp
The children?
Maria
I taught them something to sing for the Baroness.
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Captain von Trapp
Fraulein Maria, did I or did I not say that bedtime is to be strictly observed in this household?
Maria
Yes, well the children were scared of the thunderstorm and... You did, sir.
Captain von Trapp
And do you or do you not have trouble following these simple instructions?
Maria
Only during thunderstorms, sir.
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Captain von Trapp
Now, Fraulein. I want a truthful answer from you.
Maria
Yes, Captain?
Captain von Trapp
Is it possible - or could I have just imagined it - have my children by any chance been climbing trees today?
Maria
Yes, Captain.
Captain von Trapp
I see. And where, may I ask, did they get these... ummm...
Maria
Play clothes.
Captain von Trapp
Oh, is that what you call them?
Maria
I made them. From the drapes that used to hang in my bedroom.
Captain von Trapp
Drapes?
Maria
They still have plenty of wear left. The children have been everywhere in them.
Captain von Trapp
Do you mean to tell me that my children have been roaming about Salzburg dressed up in nothing but some old drapes?
Maria
Mmm-hmmm. And having a marvelous time!
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The Baroness
You're far away. Where are you?
Captain von Trapp
In a world that's disappearing, I'm afraid.
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Maria
Why didn't you children tell me you could dance?
Kurt
We were afraid you'd make us all dance together. The von Trapp Family dancers.
[spins]
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Liesl
I'm Liesl. I'm sixteen years old and I don't need a governess.
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Maria
I'd like to thank each and every one of you for the precious gift you left in my pocket today.
Captain von Trapp
Um, what gift?
Maria
It's meant to be a secret, Captain, between the children and me.
Captain von Trapp
Uh-huh. Then I suggest that you keep it, and let us eat.
Maria
Knowing how nervous I must have been, a stranger in a new household, knowing how important it was for me to feel accepted. It was so kind and thoughtful of you to make my first moments here so warm and happy and... pleasant.
[All the while, the children look guilty. Marta starts to cry]
Captain von Trapp
What is the matter, Marta?
Marta
Nothing.
[Louisa, Brigitta and Gretl join in, while Liesl, Friedrich and Kurt continue to look guilty]
Captain von Trapp
Uh, Fräulein... is it to be at every meal, or merely at dinnertime, that you, uh, intend leading us all through this rare and wonderful new world of... indigestion?
Maria
Oh, they're all right, Captain. They're just happy.
[All of the girls, except Liesl, continue to cry out of guilt]
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Max
I like rich people. I like the way they live. I like the way I live when I'm with them.
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Max
Friedrich, Gretl, why don't you sing?
Gretl
I can't, I've got a sore finger.
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Maria
Dear Father, now I know why You sent me here. To help these children prepare for a new mother. And I pray this will become a happy family in Thy sight. God bless the captain. God bless Liesl and Friedrich. God bless Louisa, Brigitta, Marta and little Gretl. And I forgot the other boy. What's his name? Well, God bless what's-his-name. God bless the Reverend Mother and Sister Margaretta and everybody at the abbey. And now, dear God, about Liesl. Help her know that I'm her friend and help her tell me what she's been up to.
Liesl
Are you going to tell on me?
Maria
Help me to be understanding so I may guide her footsteps. In the name of the Father, the Son and the Holy Ghost.
Liesl
I was out walking and somebody locked the doors early. I didn't want to wake everybody, so when I saw your window open. You're not going to tell Father, are you?
Maria
How in the world did you climb up here?
Liesl
It's how we always got in to play tricks on the governess. Louisa can make it with a whole jar of spiders in her hand.
Maria
Spiders? Liesl, were you out walking all by yourself? If we wash that dress tonight, nobody would notice it tomorrow. You could put this on. Take your dress and put it to soak in the bathtub. Come back here and sit on the bed, and we'll have a talk.
Liesl
I told you today I didn't need a governess. Well, maybe I do.
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Frau Schmidt
The Von Trapp children don't play. They march.
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[first lines]
Maria
[singing]
The hills are alive with the sound of music / With songs they have sung for a thousand years. / The hills fill my heart with the sound of music. / My heart wants to sing every song it hears.
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Rolfe
[narrating a "telegram" for Liesl]
Dear Liesl, I would like to tell you how I feel about you STOP Unfortunately, this wire is already too expensive Sincerely, Rolfe
Rolfe
Cordially?
Rolfe
Affectionately?
[Liesl smiles and throws her arms around his neck]
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Max
He's got to at least *pretend* to work with these people. You must convince him.
Maria
I can't ask him to be less than he is.
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The Baroness
Why didn't you tell me?
Max
What?
The Baroness
To bring along my harmonica.
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Captain von Trapp
You are the twelfth in a long line of governesses who have come here to look after my children since their mother died. I trust you will be an improvement on the last one. She stayed only two hours.
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The Baroness
There's nothing more irresistible to a man than a woman who's in love with him.
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Gretl
It'll be my first party, father.
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Max
What's going to happen's going to happen. Just make sure it doesn't happen to you.
Captain von Trapp
Max. Don't you *ever* say that again.
Max
You know I have no political convictions. Can I help it if other people do?
Captain von Trapp
Oh yes, you can help it. You must help it.
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Marta
Can we really keep the puppet show, Uncle Max?
Max
Of course. Why else do you think I had Professor Cohen send the bill to your father?
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Max
Hold on. What's so funny?
Captain von Trapp
You are, Max. Expensive, but very funny.
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Marta
I'm Marta, and I'm going to be seven on Tuesday, and I'd like a pink parasol.
Maria
Well, pink's my favorite color, too.
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Liesl
[singing with the children at the Villa]
So long, farewell, au revoir, auf Wiedersehen! I'd like to stay and taste my first champagne. Yes?
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Captain von Trapp
I don't care to hear anything further from you about my children.
Maria
I am not finished yet!
Captain von Trapp
Oh, yes, you are, Captain!
[pauses]
Captain von Trapp
Fraulein.
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Maria
What is it?
Captain von Trapp
Berlin. They've offered me a commission. I've been requested to accept immediately and report to their naval base at Bremerhaven tomorrow.
Maria
I knew this would happen. I didn't think it would be so soon.
Captain von Trapp
To refuse them would be fatal for all of us. And joining them would be unthinkable.
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The Baroness
[to Captain Von Trapp]
Fond as I am of you... I really don't think you're the right man for me. You're, um... You're much too independent. And I - I need someone who needs me desperately... or at least needs my money desperately.
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Liesl
How else are we supposed to get Father's attention?
Brigitta
Yes.
Maria
Well, we'll have to think about that one.
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Kurt
I haven't had so much fun since the day we put glue on Fräulein Josephine's toothbrush.
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Max
I shall miss all of you. I shall miss the money I could have made with you!
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Brigitta
I think your dress is the ugliest one I ever saw!
Kurt
Brigitta, you shouldn't say that!
Brigitta
Why not? Don't you think it's ugly?
Kurt
Of course, but Fraulein Helga's was ugliest.
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Marta
Why doesn't father turn the motor on?
Captain von Trapp
Shh!
Louisa von Trapp
What will Frau Schmidt and Franz said when they discover we're gone?
Louisa von Trapp
What will Frau Schmidt and Franz said when they discover we're gone?
Maria
They'll be able to answer truthfully they didn't know anything about it if anyone asks them.
Louisa von Trapp
Will we be coming back here?
Louisa von Trapp
Will we be coming back here?
Maria
Someday, Liesl. I do hope someday.
Gretl
Are Father and Uncle Max going to push the car all the way to Switzerland?
Maria
Shh!
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Maria
Reverend Mother, I'm sorry. I couldn't help myself. -The hills were beckoning and... the sky was so blue today... and everything was so green and fragrant, I had to be a part of it. The Untersberg led me higher like it wanted me to go through the clouds.
Mother Abbess
Suppose darkness had come and you were lost?
Maria
Mother, I could never be lost up there. That's my mountain. I was brought up on it. It was the mountain that led me to you. When I was a child, I would come down and climb a tree... and look in your garden. I'd see the sisters at work and hear them sing... Which brings me to another transgression, Reverend Mother. I was singing out there today.
Mother Abbess
Only in the abbey do we have rules about postulants singing.
Maria
I can't stop wherever I am. Worse, I can't seem to stop saying things. Everything I think and feel.
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Maria
There were times when we would look at each other - oh Mother, I could hardly breathe.
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The Baroness
Darling, haven't you ever heard of a delightful little thing called boarding school?
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The Baroness
My dear, is there anything you can't do?
Maria
Well, I'm not sure I'll make a very good nun.
The Baroness
If you have any problems, I'll be happy to help you.
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Captain von Trapp
Oh, there's nothing wrong with the children. Only the governesses.
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Rolfe
Lieutenant! Lieutenant, they're here! They're here, Lieutenant!
[blows whistle]
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Friedrich von Trapp
I'm Friedrich. I'm fourteen. I'm impossible!
Friedrich von Trapp
Fraulein Josephine, four governesses ago.
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[talking about pink lemonade]
The Baroness
Not too sweet, not too sour.
Max
Just too, uh... pink.
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Max
I hope you appreciate the sacrifice I'm making.
Captain von Trapp
You have no choice.
Max
I know... That's why I'm making it.
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Marta
The least they could have done is to let us say hello.
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Brigitta
Uncle Max, are you sure Father will approve of our singing in public?
Max
Oh, he'll be pleased and proud.
Brigitta
Liesl, do you think so?
Max
Don't you trust me?
Brigitta
No.
Max
You're a very intelligent girl.
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Maria
[upon meeting the youngest daughter of the von Trapp family]
Yes, you're Gretl. And you're five years old? My, you're practically a lady.
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Mother Abbess
[singing]
Climb every mountain. Ford every stream. Follow every rainbow, till you find your dream. A dream that will need all the love you can give, every day of your life, for as long as you live.
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Mother Abbess
Captain von Trapp? Are you in love with him?
Maria
I don't know! I don't know, I... The baroness said I was. She... She said that he was in love with me... but I... I didn't want to believe it. Oh, there were times when we would look at each other... oh, Mother, I could hardly breathe.
Mother Abbess
Did you let him see how you felt?
Maria
If I did, I didn't know it. That's what's been torturing me. I was there on God's errand. To have asked for his love would have been wrong. I couldn't stay. I just couldn't! I'm ready at this moment to take my vows. Please help me.
Mother Abbess
Maria, the love of a man and a woman is holy too. You have a great capacity to love. What you must find out is how God wants you to spend your love.
Maria
But I've pledged my life to God. I... I've pledged my life to his service.
Mother Abbess
My daughter, if you love this man, it doesn't mean you love God less. No. You must find out. You must go back.
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Captain von Trapp
What else does the reverend mother say?
Maria
That you have to look for your life.
Captain von Trapp
Is that why you came back? And have you found it... Maria?
Maria
I think I have. I know I have.
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Captain von Trapp
Do you know when I first started loving you? That night at the dinner table when you sat on that ridiculous pine cone.
Maria
What? I knew the first time you blew that silly whistle.
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Captain von Trapp
I was under the impression, Herr Zeller... that the contents of telegrams in Austria are private! At least the Austria I know.
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Maria
[singing]
Girls in white dresses with blue satin sashes, snowflakes that stay on my nose and eyelashes, silver white winters that melt into springs, these are a few of my favorite things.
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Liesl
[singing]
I need someone older and wiser, telling me what to do. You are seventeen going on eighteen. I'll depend on you.
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Maria
[singing]
Cream-colored ponies and crisp apple strudels, doorbells and sleigh bells and schnitzel with noodles, wild geese that fly with the moon on their wings, these are a few of my favorite things.
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Brigitta
I'm 10, and I think your dress is the ugliest one I ever saw.
Kurt
Brigitta, you shouldn't say that.
Brigitta
Why not? Don't you think it's ugly?
Kurt
Of course, but Fraülein Hilda's was ugliest.
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Rolfe
Don't tell your father, now.
Liesl
Why not?
Rolfe
Well, your father's so... so Austrian.
Liesl
We're all Austrian.
Rolfe
Well, some people think we ought to be German... and they're very mad at those who don't think so.
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Kurt
I'm Kurt. I'm 11. I'm incorrigible.
Maria
Congratulations.
Kurt
What's 'incorrigible'?
Maria
I think it means you want to be treated like a boy.
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Sister Bernice
She's missing from the abbey again.
Sister Berthe
Perhaps we should have put a cowbell around her neck.
Sister Margaretta
Have you tried the barn? You know how much she adores the animals.
Sister Bernice
I have looked everywhere, in all of the usual places.
Mother Abbess
Sister Bernice, considering that it's Maria... I suggest you look in someplace unusual.
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Rolfe
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Your life, little girl, is an empty page that men will want to write on.
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Sister Agatha
It's very easy to like Maria... except when it's difficult.
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Maria
I can't understand how children as nice as you... can manage to play such awful tricks on people.
Brigitta
Oh, it's easy.
Maria
But why do it?
Liesl
Well, how else can we get Father's attention?
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Maria
[singing]
Raindrops on roses and whiskers on kittens. Bright copper kettles and warm woolen mittens, brown paper packages tied up with strings, these are a few of my favorite things.
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Gretl
A-B-C.
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Maria
Now I have to tell you a secret... I've never been a governess before.
Louisa von Trapp
You mean you don't know anything about being a governess?
Louisa von Trapp
You mean you don't know anything about being a governess?
Maria
Nothing. I'll need lots of advice.
Louisa von Trapp
Well, the best way to start... is to be sure to tell Father to mind his own business.
Louisa von Trapp
Well, the best way to start... is to be sure to tell Father to mind his own business.
Friedrich von Trapp
You must never come to dinner on time.
Brigitta
Never eat your soup quietly.
Kurt
And during dessert, always blow your nose.
Gretl
Don't you believe a word they say, Fraülein Maria.
Maria
Why not?
Gretl
Because I like you!
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Maria
[singing]
Strength doesn't lie in numbers. Strength doesn't lie in wealth! Strength lies in nights of peaceful slumbers.
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Maria
Well, now, when anything bothers me and I'm feeling unhappy... I just try and think of nice things.
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The Baroness
You know, you're... you're much less of a riddle when I see you here, Georg.
Captain von Trapp
In my natural habitat?
The Baroness
Yes, exactly.
Captain von Trapp
Are you trying to say that I'm at more at home here... among the birds and the flowers... and the wind that moves through the trees like a restless sea, hmm?
The Baroness
How poetic.
Captain von Trapp
Yes, it was rather, wasn't it? More at home here than in Vienna... in all your glittering salons... gossiping gaily with bores I detest, soaking myself in champagne... stumbling about to waltzes by Strausses I can't even remember. Is that what you're trying to say?
The Baroness
More or less, yes.
Captain von Trapp
Now, whatever gave you that idea?
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Maria
Now, children, do, re, mi, fa, so, and so on... are only the tools we use to build a song. Once you have these notes in your heads... you can sing a million different tunes by mixing them up.
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Liesl
Is Father going to be in trouble?
Max
He doesn't have to be. The thing to do these days is to get along with everybody.
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Max
If there's one thing I hate, it's a thief.
Captain von Trapp
Max, you really must try and learn to love yourself.
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Captain von Trapp
Oh, I'd hardly call you a mere distraction, darling.
The Baroness
Well, what would you call me, Georg?
Captain von Trapp
Hmm. Lovely. Charming, witty, graceful. The perfect hostess. And, uh... You're gonna hate me for this... in a way, my savior.
The Baroness
Oh, how unromantic.
Captain von Trapp
Well, I would be an ungrateful wretch if I didn't tell you at least once... that it was you who brought some meaning back into my life.
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Maria
[singing]
Doe, a deer, a female deer. Ray, a drop of golden sun. Me, a name I call myself. Far, a long, long way to run. Sew, a needle pulling thread. La, a note to follow sew. Tea, a drink with jam and bread. That will bring us back to Doe.
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Max
What's gonna happen's going to happen. Just make sure it doesn't happen to you.
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Captain von Trapp
Fraülein, you have managed to remember that I'm leaving in the morning? Is it also possible that you remember... that the first rule in this house is discipline? Then I trust that before I return, you will have acquired some?
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The Baroness
The mountains are magnificent, Georg, really magnificent.
Captain von Trapp
I had them put up just for you, darling.
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Max
Even if it's to a height of 10,000 feet... Georg always believes in rising to the occasion.
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Captain von Trapp
Unless the jokes improve, Max, I'm taking back my invitation.
Max
You didn't invite me to your villa. I invited myself.
The Baroness
Naturally.
Max
You needed a chaperone, and I needed a place to stay where the cuisine is superb... the wine cellar unexcelled and the price, uh, perfect.
The Baroness
Max, you are outrageous!
Max
Not at all. I'm a very charming sponge.
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Max
I must explore this territory in the next few days. Somewhere a hungry little singing group is waiting for Max Detweiler... to pluck it out of obscurity and make it famous at the Salzburg Folk Festival.
Captain von Trapp
They get the fame. You get the money.
Max
'Tis unfair, I admit it. But someday that'll be changed. I shall get the fame too.
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Herr Zeller
And you ask me to believe this, that you, Captain von Trapp, are singing in a concert?
Max
Believe me, it will be a performance beyond anything even I've dreamt of.
Captain von Trapp
Like you, Herr Zeller... I, too, am a man of hidden talents.
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The Baroness
This really is exciting for me, Georg, being here with you.
Captain von Trapp
Trees, lakes, mountains... when you've seen one, you've seen them all.
The Baroness
That is not what I mean, and you know it.
Captain von Trapp
Ah, you mean me. I'm exciting.
The Baroness
Is that so impossible?
Captain von Trapp
No, just, uh, highly improbable.
The Baroness
There you go, running yourself down again.
Captain von Trapp
Well, I'm a dangerous driver.
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The Baroness
Oh, I do like it here, Georg. It's so lovely and peaceful. How can you leave it as often as you do?
Captain von Trapp
Oh, pretending to be madly active, I suppose. Activity suggests a life filled with purpose.
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The Baroness
Oh, I... I am amusing, I suppose. And I do have the finest couturier in Vienna... and the most glittering circle of friends. And I do give some rather gay parties.
Captain von Trapp
Yes.
The Baroness
But take all that away, and you have just... wealthy, unattached little me, searching just like you.
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Captain von Trapp
Still eating, Max, hmm? Tsk, tsk. Must be unhappy.
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The Baroness
Oh, he's no ordinary man.
Max
No. He's rich.
The Baroness
When his wife died, she left him with a terrible heartache.
Max
And when your husband died, he left you with a terrible fortune.
The Baroness
Oh, Max, you really are a beast.
Max
You and Georg are like family to me. That's why I want to see you two get married. We must keep all that lovely money in the family.
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Max
You know I have no political convictions. Can I help it if other people do?
Captain von Trapp
Oh, yes, you can help it! You must help it.
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Captain von Trapp
[singing]
Edelweiss, edelweiss, every morning you greet me. Small and white, clean and bright, you look happy to meet me. Blossom of snow, may you bloom and grow, bloom and grow forever. Edelweiss, edelweiss, bless my homeland forever.
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[last lines]
Mother Abbess
What is this sin, my children?
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Liesl
Mother, what do you do when you think you love someone... I mean, when you stop loving someone... or... or he stops loving you?
Maria
Well, you cry a little. And then you wait for the sun to come out. It always does.
Liesl
There are so many things I think I should know, but I don't. I really don't.
Maria
How can you?
Liesl
Sometimes I feel the world is coming to an end.
Maria
And then you feel it's just beginning?
Liesl
Yes.
Maria
It was that way with me, Liesl. And for you, it will be just as wonderful, I promise.
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The Baroness
There's no need to feel so defensive, Maria. You are quite attractive, you know. The captain would hardly be a man if he didn't notice you.
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Max
I shall miss all of you. I shall miss the money I could have made with you.
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Rolfe
We make it our business to know everything about everyone.
Liesl
Who's we?
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Herr Zeller
The ostrich buries his head in the sand... and sometimes... in the flag.
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The Baroness
I really must speak to cook about the wiener schnitzel. It is entirely too delicious for my figure.
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The Baroness
Come, my dear, we are women. Let's not pretend we don't know when a man notices us.
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Rolfe
See that he gets it.
Liesl
What is it?
Rolfe
It's a telegram from Berlin.
Liesl
Don't you want to come over tonight and deliver it yourself?
Rolfe
I am now occupied with more important matters... and your father better be, too, if he knows what's good for him.
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Mother Abbess
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Climb every mountain. Search high and low. Follow every byway, every path you know.
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Captain von Trapp
We missed all the noise you make in the morning telling each other to be quiet.
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Max
Georg, this is for Austria.
Captain von Trapp
For Austria? There is no Austria!
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Max
I hope you appreciate the sacrifice I'm making.
Captain von Trapp
You have no choice.
Max
I know. That's why I'm making it.
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Herr Zeller
Well, a slight delay in my orders will not be serious. Therefore you will sing. You will all sing, but only because that's the way I want it to be. It will demonstrate that nothing in Austria has changed. And when you are finished singing... you, Captain von Trapp, will be taken to Bremerhaven. Now, if you will all get into your car... we will escort the Von Trapp Family Singers to the festival.
Captain von Trapp
No escort will be necessary, Herr Zeller.
Herr Zeller
Necessary? A pleasure, Captain. After all, we would not want you to get lost in the crowds... would we?
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Captain von Trapp
Maria, is there anyone I should go to, to ask permission to marry you?
Maria
Well, why don't we ask...
Captain von Trapp
The children?
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Captain von Trapp
The first rule of this household is discipline.
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Captain von Trapp
Herr Zeller, some of us prefer Austrian voices raised in song... to ugly German threats.
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Maria
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When the dog bites, when the bee stings, when I'm feeling sad, I simply remember my favorite things, and then I don't feel so bad.
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Captain von Trapp
Uh, Max, do step out of character for a moment and try and be charming.
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Max
Even if it's to a height of 10,000 feet, Georg always believes in *rising* to the occasion!
Captain von Trapp
Unless the jokes improve I'm taking back my invitation.
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Maria
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A bell is no bell til you ring it, a song is no song til you sing it. And love in your heart wasn't put there to stay - love isn't love til you give it away.
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Rolfe
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You need someone older and wiser, telling you what to do. I am seventeen going on eighteen. I'll take care of you.
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The Baroness
A trip around the world would be lovely.
The Baroness
And then I said: "Oh, Elsa, there must be someplace better to go."
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