Memorable Quotes from Adrian Scarborough
3 quotesAppreciating Vera's Kindness and Generosity
Stan
You know what Vera's like. She finds a young fellow, lives on his own, no family. Wants him to move in with us, gives him his tea.
Frank
She's got a heart of gold that woman.
Stan
She's a diamond.
Frank
You're a lucky man.
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Urgent Orders Amidst Imminent Attack
Schofield
Colonel Mackenzie! This attack is not to go ahead! You have been ordered to stop!
Colonel Mackenzie
Who the hell are you?
Schofield
Lance Corporal Schofield, sir, Eighth. I have orders from General Erinmore to call off this attack.
Colonel Mackenzie
You're too late, Lance Corporal.
Schofield
Sir, these orders are from Army Command. You have to read them.
Major Hepburn
Should we hold back the second wave, sir?
Colonel Mackenzie
No, Major, hesitate now and we lose; victory's only five hundred yards away.
Schofield
Sir, please read the letter!
Colonel Mackenzie
I have heard it all before. I'm not going to wait until dusk or for fog. I'm not calling back my men only to send them out there again tomorrow, not when we've got the bastards on the run. This is their last stand.
Schofield
The Germans planned this, sir. They've been planning it for months. They want you to attack. Read the letter.
Colonel Mackenzie
Major.
Major Hepburn
Yes, sir?
Colonel Mackenzie
Stand them down.
Major Hepburn
Yes, sir.
Colonel Mackenzie
Call up the orderlies. Tend the wounded. Hold the line in case they counter.
[to his other officers]
Officers
Yes, sir.
Major Hepburn
Stand down! Stand down! Cease fire!
[runs outside]
Colonel Mackenzie
I hoped today might be a good day. Hope is a dangerous thing. That's it for now, and then next week Command will send a different message. "Attack at dawn." There is only one way this war ends: Last man standing. Have someone see to your wounds. Now fuck off, Lance Corporal.
[wearily; Schofield doesn't respond]
Major Hepburn
Well done, lad.
[as Schofield passes him at the entrance]
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The Importance of the Figure in Art
Daniel Farson
I'm Daniel Farson. Tonight, on Hungry Eye, it gives me great pleasure to welcome Britain's greatest living painter, Francis Bacon.
Francis Bacon
Good evening.
Daniel Farson
Francis Bacon, your work is known internationally as some of the most challenging and powerful of the post war years, you've resisted the abstract movements which have dominated those years and have championed the importance of the figure in modern art. Why is the figure so important to you?
Francis Bacon
Well, its difficult to describe really. One can only talk about one's instincts and avoid the rest.
Francis Bacon
I do it with a chance. Brush stroke, which locks the magic in place.
[on the TV]
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