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I’ll take issue with the premise—I think that it is largely in the writing, not in the delivery (though to be sure it is a combination of both).
 

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Oh I don’t know I was watching the Sci Fi channel last night and they were mangling some perfectly good lines.
Just picture Ed McMan or this.. :D

Seriously…I do agree. Two parts to create the synergy: Delivery and Content, although I’ve seen many scenes skating by containing only one half of this whole.
 

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My two cents' worth:

"Bond. James Bond." - as first said by Sean Connery in "Dr. No"

"I'll get you, my pretty, and your little dog, too!" and "How about a little fire, Scarecrow?" - Margaret Hamilton as the Wicked Witch of the West, "The Wizard of Oz"

"LET MY PEOPLE GO!" - Charlton Heston as Moses, "The Ten Commandments" (the way Heston's voice just booms pulls it all together!)

"Oh, s--t!" - as said by Brent Spiner (Data) in "Star Trek: Generations" (really hilarious delivery!)

And one of the most memorable two-person deliveries, from "Goldfinger":

Honor Blackman: "My name is Pussy Galore."
Sean Connery: "I must be dreaming."

Classic! :D
 

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"Freeeeee-dom!!!" Mel Gibson

"Hello Clarice" Anthony Hopkins

"The greatest trick the Devil ever pulled was convincing the world he didn't exist.....And like that.....he's gone!" Kevin Spacey

"I see dead people!" Haley Joel Osment
 

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"No cause. The world is more than we know."
Haya Harareet in Ben-Hur, when Miriam says she's afraid

"He was proud. Proud! You be proud too."
Ben Vereen as Chicken George in Roots, speaking to his children about their great-grandfather Kunta Kinte.
 

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