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" Harry Burns: You realize of course that we could never be friends.
Sally Albright: Why not?
Harry Burns: What I'm saying is - and this is not a come-on in any way, shape or form - is that men and women can't be friends because the sex part always gets in the way.
Sally Albright: That's not true. I have a number of men friends and there is no sex involved.
Harry Burns: No you don't.
Sally Albright: Yes I do.
Harry Burns: No you don't.
Sally Albright: Yes I do.
Harry Burns: You only think you do.
Sally Albright: You say I'm having sex with these men without my knowledge?
Harry Burns: No, what I'm saying is they all WANT to have sex with you.
Sally Albright: They do not.
Harry Burns: Do too.
Sally Albright: They do not.
Harry Burns: Do too.
Sally Albright: How do you know?
Harry Burns: Because no man can be friends with a woman that he finds attractive. He always wants to have sex with her.
Sally Albright: So, you're saying that a man can be friends with a woman he finds unattractive?
Harry Burns: No. You pretty much want to nail 'em too.
Sally Albright: What if THEY don't want to have sex with YOU?
Harry Burns: Doesn't matter because the sex thing is already out there so the friendship is ultimately doomed and that is the end of the story.
Sally Albright: Well, I guess we're not going to be friends then.
Harry Burns: I guess not.
Sally Albright: That's too bad. You were the only person I knew in New York. "

Nora Ephron , When Harry Met Sally


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Nora Ephron quote : Harry Burns: You realize of course that we could never be friends. <br />Sally Albright: Why not? <br />Harry Burns: What I'm saying is - and this is not a come-on in any way, shape or form - is that men and women can't be friends because the sex part always gets in the way. <br />Sally Albright: That's not true. I have a number of men friends and there is no sex involved. <br />Harry Burns: No you don't. <br />Sally Albright: Yes I do. <br />Harry Burns: No you don't. <br />Sally Albright: Yes I do. <br />Harry Burns: You only think you do. <br />Sally Albright: You say I'm having sex with these men without my knowledge? <br />Harry Burns: No, what I'm saying is they all WANT to have sex with you. <br />Sally Albright: They do not. <br />Harry Burns: Do too. <br />Sally Albright: They do not. <br />Harry Burns: Do too. <br />Sally Albright: How do you know? <br />Harry Burns: Because no man can be friends with a woman that he finds attractive. He always wants to have sex with her. <br />Sally Albright: So, you're saying that a man can be friends with a woman he finds unattractive? <br />Harry Burns: No. You pretty much want to nail 'em too. <br />Sally Albright: What if THEY don't want to have sex with YOU? <br />Harry Burns: Doesn't matter because the sex thing is already out there so the friendship is ultimately doomed and that is the end of the story. <br />Sally Albright: Well, I guess we're not going to be friends then. <br />Harry Burns: I guess not. <br />Sally Albright: That's too bad. You were the only person I knew in New York.