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The 81st Academy or Oscars Awards wouldn’t be as exciting without quotable (READ: UNFORGETTABLE) quotes from both nominees and guests, even the hosts. Last Sunday’s Oscars Awards was not an exemption as the red carpet and the stage yielded a lot of quotes to remember. Who can forget the statement “Has anybody ever fainted here? Because I might be the first one” from Best Supporting Actress winner Penelope Cruz? And how about Best Actress winner Kate Winslet’s segue to that when she said that Penelope Cruz might be right about that fainting thing. That was not the only quotable quote from Kate Winslet though because she also had the audience at the palm of her hand when she said “I’d be lying if I haven’t made a version of this speech before. I think I was probably eight years old and staring into the bathroom mirror and this would have been a shampoo bottle. Well it’s not a shampoo bottle now.”

Best Actor Winner Sean Penn started his speech with “You commie homo-loving sons of guns”. He repeated that too near the end of his speech while further criticizing those who continuously oppose gay marriages including US President Barack Obama. And one statement that elicited laughter from the crowd, which has surely left its mark in this year’s Oscar’s is the one made by Simon Beaufoy when he received his best adapted screen play award for Slumdog Millionaire “There are certain places you never imagine standing – the moon, the South Pole, the Miss World podium and here.” Dustin Lance Black’s “If Harvey had not been taken from us 30 years ago, I think he’d want me to say to all those gay and lesbian kids out there tonight – who have been told that they are less than by their churches, by the government, or by their families – that you are beautiful, wonderful creatures that are valued.” also left an indelible mark among the audience both in the Kodak Theater and in their own homes.