Keith (Eric Stoltz): You can’t tell a book by its…

Keith (Eric Stoltz): You can’t tell a book by its cover.
Watts (Mary Stuart Masterson): No, but you can tell how much it’s gonna cost you.

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Some Kind of Wonderful , on going out with rich-girl Amanda (Lea Thompson).

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