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“Mama says stupid is as stupid does”

SPOKEN AT 00:14:26 IN

Forrest Gump

1994 · 142 MIN · IMDB 8.8 · DIR. Robert Zemeckis

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00:14:05 What's wrong with your legs?
00:14:07 Um, nothing at all, thank you.
00:14:09 My legs are just fine and dandy.
00:14:12 I just sat next to her on that bus
00:14:15 and had a conversation all the way to school.
00:14:18 My back's crooked like a question mark.
00:14:20 Next to Mama, no one ever talked to me
00:14:23 or asked me questions.
00:14:26 Are you stupid or something?
00:14:28 Mama says, "Stupid is as stupid does."
00:14:31 I'm Jenny.
00:14:34 I'm Forrest... Forrest Gump.

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