School Ties - Confronting Prejudice and Acknowledging Humanity
Jack Connors:
Okay, I'll admit it, you know. I'm an anti-Semite. I crack Jew jokes, think they're dirty, pushy. And you know what? David Greene's the only one I've ever met up close.
McGoo:
What's you're point, Connors?
Jack Connors:
He's a good guy.
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School Ties - The Importance of Honor in Society
Dr. Bartram:
The honor code is a living thing. It cannot exist in a vacuum.
Mr. Cleary:
The cultural environment in which one lives ought to be as important as the air he breathes... the food he eats.
Mack McGivern:
The weed of crime bears bitter fruit. Crime does not pay. The Shadow knows.
McGoo: [pretending to sneeze as David walks by]
A-Jew!
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Rent - Embracing the Game to Overcome Pain
Mark Cohen:
That drip of hurt, that pint of shame, goes away—just play the game!
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Rent - Mark announces the return of their belongings
Mark Cohen:
Hey, guys, all our shit's back!
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Rent - Confronting Unexpected Reality
Mark Cohen: [About Maureen committing to Joanne]
This can't be happening.
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Rent - Claiming What's Rightfully Mine
Mark Cohen:
Look, this is not my Bar Mitzvah, give it back to me!
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Rent - Meeting Request from Buzzline News Show
Mark Cohen:
That sleezy news show Buzzline wants to take a meeting.
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Rent - Creating a Unique Song Beyond Musetta's Waltz
Mark Cohen:
And Roger will attempt to write a bittersweet, evocative song... that doesn't remind us of "Musetta's Waltz.
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Rent - Activism and Personal Responsibility in Rent
Mark Cohen:
First I got a protest to save.
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Rent - Struggles and Realizations of Perseverance
Mark Cohen:
There are times, when we're dirt broke and hungry, and I ask myself "What the hell am I still doing here?" and then they call, and I remember...
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Rent - The Power of Music and Passion
Mark Cohen:
The music ignites the night with passionate fire.
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Rent - Improvisation and Authenticity in Creative Expression
Mark Cohen:
December 24, 9 PM, Eastern Standard Time. From here on in, I shoot without a script. See if anything comes from it, instead of my old shit.
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Dazed and Confused - Confronting Misanthropy and Career Aspirations
Mike:
Look, I've got a confession to make.
Tony:
What do you mean a confession?
Mike:
You know how for like the last year or so I've been talking about going to law school so I can become a ACLU lawyer to be in a position to help people getting fucked over and all that? Well I'm standing in line at the post office yesterday, you know, and I'm looking around and everybody's looking really pathetic. You know what I mean? Like people have just got drool sticking there, and like this guy's bending over and you can see the crack of his ass. It was all just, like, wife beaters, it was.. Anyway, I realize that I just don't want to do it. You know what I mean? It sounds good and all, but I just have to confront the fact that I really don't like the people I've been talking about helping out. You know what I'm saying? I don't like people period. I mean you guys are okay. I don't know. I'm just trying to be honest about being a misanthrope.
Tony:
So you're not going to law school? What do you want to do?
Mike:
I wanna dance!
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Dazed and Confused - Questioning the Purpose of Preparation
Cynthia:
God, don't you ever feel like everything we do and everything we've been taught is just to service the future?
Tony:
Yeah I know, like it's all preparation.
Cynthia:
Right. But what are we preparing ourselves for?
Mike:
Death.
Tony:
Life of the party.
Mike:
It's true.
Cynthia:
You know, but that's valid because if we are all gonna die anyway shouldn't we be enjoying ourselves now? You know, I'd like to quit thinking of the present, like right now, as some minor insignificant preamble to something else.
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Dazed and Confused - The Importance of Sharing Experiences
Tony: [describing his dream]
So there I am, getting it on with this perfect female body and...
Mike:
What?
Tony:
I can't say.
Mike:
No, you can't give a build-up like that and not deliver. You know, a perfect female body, it’s not a bad start.
Tony: [[Abraham Lincoln; pause]
But with the head of ]. With the hat and the beard, everything. Well, best not to think too deep on it.
Mike:
Best not.
Tony:
Look, I'll see you later.
Mike: [shaking his head]
See you later. Sorry.
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