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30 Endlessly Quotable TV Quips

With the Emmys approaching, we asked PopWatchers to nominate the zingers, speeches, and parting shots you think deserve to be in the Hall of Fame; here are your award-worthy picks
By EW Staff
Updated August 27, 2009 at 10:00 PM EDT
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''I want to go to there.''
Liz Lemon (Tina Fey), 30 Rock

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''Well, my days of taking you seriously are certainly coming to a middle.''
Mal (Nathan Fillion), Firefly

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''Look, I'm black, you're Mexican, let's not beat around the bush like a couple of dull white people!''
Wilhelmina (Vanessa L. Williams), Ugly Betty

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''Victory is mine, victory is mine! Great day in the morning people, victory is mine! I drink from the keg of glory, bring me the finest muffins and bagels in all the land!''
Josh Lyman (Bradley Whitfield), The West Wing

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''Here, I bought you some briefs. The boxers you were wearing didn't highlight your assets. Penis-ly speaking.''
Veronica (Portia de Rossi), Better Off Ted

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''It's all fun and games 'til one of you gets my foot up your ass.''
Veronica (Kristen Bell), Veronica Mars

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''Marcia, Marcia, Marcia!''
Jan Brady (Eve Plumb), The Brady Bunch

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''Maybe the dingo ate your baby.''
Elaine Benes (Julia Louis-Dreyfus), Seinfeld

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''The tribe has spoken.''
Jeff Probst, Survivor

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''Save the cheerleader, save the world!''
Hiro Nakamura (Masi Oka), Heroes

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''We were on a break!''
Dr. Ross Geller (David Schwimmer), Friends

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''Clear eyes, full hearts, can't lose.''
Eric Taylor (Kyle Chandler) and his team, Friday Night Lights

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''It's going to be legen ? wait for it, and I hope you're not lactose intolerant because the second half of that word is dairy ? legen-DARY!''
Barney (Neil Patrick Harris), How I Met Your Mother

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''Pick me. Choose me. Love me.''
Meredith Grey (Ellen Pompeo), Grey's Anatomy

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''We're not worthy!''
Wayne (Mike Myers) and Garth (Dana Carvey), Saturday Night Live

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''OH MY GOD, THEY KILLED KENNY!''
Stan and Kyle, South Park

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''If the apocalypse comes, beep me!''
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''They're called illusions, Michael. A trick is something a whore does for money.''
Gob Bluth (Will Arnett), Arrested Development

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''Idiots are fun; no wonder every village wants one.''
Dr. Gregory House (Hugh Laurie), House

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''Make it work.''
Tim Gunn, Project Runway

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''Here's to alcohol, the cause of ? and solution to ? all life's problems.''
Homer Simpson, The Simpsons

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''The most exciting, challenging, and significant relationship of all is the one you have with yourself. And if you find someone to love the you that you love...well, that's just fabulous.''
Carrie Bradshaw (Sarah Jessica Parker), Sex and the City

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''The sea was angry that day, my friends. Like an old man trying to send back soup in a deli.''
George Costanza (Jason Alexander), Seinfeld

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''So what, no f---in' ziti now?''
A.J. Soprano (Robert Iler), The Sopranos

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''If we can't live together...we're gonna die alone.''
Jack Shephard (Matthew Fox), Lost

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''As God is my witness, I thought turkeys could fly.''
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''Oy with the poodles already!''
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''Make it so.''
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''You expect to get screwed by your company. But you never expect to get screwed by your girlfriend.''
Michael Scott (Steve Carell), The Office

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''You've got spunk...I hate spunk.''
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