10 Movie Quotes Everybody Gets Wrong

3. A Few Good Men

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The Misquoted Line: "You want the truth? You can't handle the truth!"

The Actual Line: "You want answers?" "I want the truth." "You can't handle the truth!"

Aaron Sorkin's been squeezing great lines out of his pen for as long as he's been able to hold one. Too bad almost everybody mis-cites his most memorable exchange. Jack Nicholson's incandescent utterance is actually a rejoinder to the fresh-faced Tom Cruise, but most people can't seem to accept this truth either.

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Benjamin was born in 1987, and is still not dead. He variously enjoys classical music, old-school adventure games (they're not dead), and walks on the beach (albeit short - asthma, you know). He's currently trying to compile a comprehensive history of video game music, yet denies accusations that he purposefully targets niche audiences. He's often wrong about these things.