Benedict Cumberbatch Quotes

The Fifth Estate

Unredacted Documents and Lack of Harm

Julian Assange There is no proof that anyone came to any harm as a result of the full disclosure of the unredacted documents published on the ] website.  Not one shred of evidence.

[[WikiLeaks]

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The Imitation Game

The Key to Breaking Enigma

Alan Turing Heil Hitler. Turns out that's the only German you need to know to break Enigma.

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The Imitation Game

The Power of Knowledge Against Nazism

Hugh Alexander My God, you did it. You just defeated Nazism with a crossword puzzle.

John Cairncross There are five people in the world who know the position of every ship in the Atlantic. They are all in this room.

Joan Clarke Oh, good God.

Hugh Alexander Oh, I don't think even He has the power that we do right now.

Joan Clarke No. There's going to be an attack on a British passenger convoy. Right there.

[getting closer to map]

John Cairncross God, you're right. Those U-boats are only twenty, thirty minutes away.

Joan Clark Civilians. Hundreds of them. We can save their lives.

John Cairncross And knock out a whole German fleet in the process.

Hugh Alexander I'll phone Denniston's office so that he can alert the Admiralty.

Alan Turing No.

Joan Clarke Do you think there's enough time to save them?

John Cairncross There should be. If we can get a message to that convoy—

Hugh Alexander Commander Denniston's office please, it's urgent—

[into phone]

Alan Turing No, no!

[grabs and hangs up phone]

Hugh Alexander What the hell are you doing?

Alan Turing You-you can't call Denniston. You-you can't tell him about the attack.

Hugh Alexander What are you talking about?

John Cairncross We can have air support over that convoy in ten minutes.

Alan Turing Let the U-boats sink the convoy.

John Cairncross Look, it's been a big day, maybe you're suffering from—

Alan Turing Oh, shut up—

Hugh Alexander We don't have time—

[tries to grab phone back]

Alan Turing No!

Joan Clarke Oh, Hugh! Hugh! Stop! That's enough!

John Cairncross Stop, Hugh!

Peter Hilton John, the attack is in minutes.

Joan Clarke Are you all right?

[rushes to Alan's side]

Alan Turing Yes, no, I'm fine, I'm fine. I'm fine. Do you know why people like violence, Hugh? It's because it feels good. Sometimes we can't do what feels good. We have to do what is logical.

[to Hugh]

John Cairncross What's logical?

Alan Turing The hardest time to lie is when the other person is expecting to be lied to.

Joan Clarke Oh, God.

[getting it]

John Cairncross What?

Alan Turing If someone's waiting for a lie, you can't just, uh, give them one.

Joan Clarke Damn it, Alan's right.

Peter Hilton What?

Alan Turing What would the Germans think if we destroy their U-boats?

Peter Hilton Nothing. They'll be dead.

John Cairncross No. No, you can't be right.

Alan Turing So our convoy suddenly veers off course... a squadron of our air bombers miraculously descends on the coordinates of the U-boats... what will the Germans think?

Hugh Alexander The Germans will know that we have broken Enigma.

Joan Clarke They'll stop all radio communications by midday, and they'll have changed the design of Enigma by the weekend.

Hugh Alexander Yes.

Alan Turing Two years work. Everything we've done here will all be for nothing.

John Cairncross There are 500 people in that convoy. Women. Children. We're about to let them die.

Alan Turing Our job isn't to save one passenger convoy, it is to win the war.

Hugh Alexander Our job was to crack Enigma.

Alan Turing Oh, we've done that. Now for the hard part. Keeping it a secret.

Peter Hilton Carlisle.

Joan Clarke What?

Peter Hilton The convoy you're about to... it's, uh... The HMS Carlisle is one of the ships. We can't act on every piece of intelligence? So fine, we won't. Just this one.

[points to the map]

Joan Clarke Peter, what's the matter with you?

Peter My brother's... well, he's on the Carlisle. A gunnery ensign.

Alan Turing I'm... I'm so sorry.

Peter Hilton Who the hell do you think you are? This is my brother. He's my big brother, alright, and you have a few minutes to call off his murder.

Alan Turing We can't.

John Cairncross He's right.

Peter Hilton Alan. Joan. Hugh. John. Please, I... the Germans, they won't get suspicious just because we stopped one attack. No one will know. I'm asking you. As your friend. Please.

Alan Turing I'm so sorry.

Peter Hilton You're not God, Alan. You don't get to decide who lives and who dies.

Alan Turing Yes, we do.

Peter Hilton Why?

Alan Turing Because no one else can.

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The Power of the Dog

Brothers and the Influence of Bronco Henry

Phil Burbank So, to us brothers, ], and the wolf who raised us. Bronco Henry. El Lupo.

[toasting; [w:Romulus and Remus|Romulus and Remus]

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The Imitation Game

Innovative Solutions in Codebreaking

Hugh Alexander If you run the wires across the plugboard matrix diagonally, you'll eliminate rotor positions 500 times faster.

Alan Turing This is actually not an entirely terrible idea.

Joan Clarke That's Alan for "thank you.

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The Power of the Dog

The Value of Patience in Adversity

Phil Burbank Bronco Henry told me that a man was made by patience in the odds against him.

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The Fifth Estate

The Burden of Truth and Responsibility

Julian Assange *1:52:11–1:52:37.

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The Power of the Dog

The Value of Practice and Perception

Phil Burbank You didn't play? Sure did practice a terrible lot. She wouldn't think there was that much difference between a cinema pit and a dinner party.

[amused, to Rose]

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Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy

Understanding the Nature of Fanaticism

Peter Guillam He went back to die, rather than give in.

[on Karla]

George Smiley And that's how I know he can be beaten. Because he's a fanatic. And the fanatic is always concealing a secret doubt.

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The Power of the Dog

A Family Gathering Awaits Phil Burbank

George Burbank I was looking for you.

Phil Burbank Well, you found me.

George Burbank Everyone's here. We're just about to eat. They were asking after you.

Phil Burbank Really?

George Burbank Yes, we're counting on your conversation. I wanted to apologize for what I said...

Phil Burbank You two can keep your apologies to yourself, I'm not coming.

George Burbank And what will I say? The Old Lady wants to see you, they've both come a long way.

Phil Burbank Then you tell them the truth. That I stink and I like it!

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The Fifth Estate

The Importance of Continuous Inquiry

Julian Assange As long as you keep searching, you are ] to them.

[[dangerous]

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The Fifth Estate

The Cost of Transparency in Journalism

Julian Assange *0:10:35–0:10:52.

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Spider-Man: No Way Home

A Cautionary Moment from Doctor Strange

Doctor Strange (To Peter 1) Don't.

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Spider-Man: No Way Home

Caution in Desires and Consequences

Doctor Strange Be careful what you wish for, Parker.

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The Imitation Game

Miscommunication in Human Interaction

Alan Turing When people talk to each other, they never say what they mean. They say something else and you're expected to just know what they mean.

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The Power of the Dog

Family Tensions and Unspoken Truths

George Burbank Rose isn't well, Phil. She's ill.

Phil Burbank Not well? It is high time that bozo and you got next to a few... whatever you call them? Facts! She stashes alcohol all around the place, even drinking in the stinking alley. Look at your face in the mirror! Is it that she could like? Or our money? WAKE! THE HELL UP!

George Burbank That's enough, Phil. Well, what is the harm? The hides were only going to be burned.

[calmly]

Phil Burbank I needed them. I needed them.

[with a pained expression]

George Burbank Well, I apologize.

[walks away]

Phil Burbank They were MINE! I needed them!

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The Fifth Estate

The Burden of Truth and Responsibility

Julian Assange *0:26:52–0:26:58.

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Spider-Man: No Way Home

Understanding the Multiverse and Spacetime Stability

Doctor Strange We tampered with the stability of spacetime. The multiverse is a concept about which we know frighteningly little.

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Spider-Man: No Way Home

Doctor Strange on Wong's new position

Doctor Strange (About Wong becoming the ]) He got it on a technicality, because I ] for five years.

[[w:Sorcerer Supreme|Sorcerer Supreme; [Avengers: Infinity War|blipped]

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The Fifth Estate

The Nature of Contagion

Julian Assange ] is contagious.

[[Courage]

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Spider-Man: No Way Home

The World Will Forget Peter Parker's Identity

Doctor Strange The entire world is about to forget that Peter Parker is Spider-Man.

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The Imitation Game

Human Achievement in Wartime Efforts

Alan Turing Was I God? No. Because God didn't win the war. We did.

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The Fifth Estate

The Nature of Information and Power

Julian Assange *See also: ].

[[w:July 12, 2007, Baghdad airstrike|July 12, 2007, Baghdad airstrike]

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The Power of the Dog

The Necessity of Gloves in Ranching

Jock How come you don't wear gloves?

Phil Burbank How bout cause they're not needed... . Castrate fifteen hundred head, then nick your thumb on the last.

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Spider-Man: No Way Home

Doctor Strange Asserts Control in Mirror Dimension

Doctor Strange This is the mirror dimension, where I'M in control!!

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Avengers: Endgame

Assembling the Avengers for the final battle

Doctor Strange Is that everyone?

Wong What, you wanted more?

Captain America Avengers... ...assemble.

[he summons Mjolnir]

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Spider-Man: No Way Home

Doctor Strange Reacts to Peter's Actions

Doctor Strange (After Peter 1 yanks his magic ring off of his finger with a web) Ow.

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The Fifth Estate

The Impact of War on Innocent Lives

Julian Assange The ] shows the brutal ] of two ] reporters.  Here, we have firsthand evidence of the ] of ].  A man, going to drop his children at school, sees another man ] to ] on the pavement, stops to aid this civilian, and, in the process, is ], and his vehicle turned one-hundred and eighty degrees by the sheer force of the ] helicopter's thirty-millimetre bullets ripping into the side of the vehicle, ] not killing the two children inside.

[[w:Collateral Murder|video; [slaughter; [Reuters; [barbarity; [war; [bleeding; [death; [killed; [w:Boeing AH-64 Apache|Apache; [miraculously]

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The Imitation Game

A Conversation About The Imitation Game

Alan Turing The Imitation Game.

[explaining the [[w:Turing test#Imitation Game|Turing Test]

Detective Nock Right, that's... that's what it's about?

Alan Turing Would you like to play?

Detective Nock Play?

Alan Turing It's a game. A test of sorts. For determining whether something is a... a machine or a human being.

Detective Nock How do I play?

Alan Turing Well, there's a judge and a subject, and... the judge asks questions and, depending on the subject's answers, determines who he is talking with... what he is talking with, and, um... All you have to do is ask me a question.

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1917

Colonel Mackenzie Issues Dismissive Command

Colonel Mackenzie Have someone tend to your wounds...Now fuck off, Lance Corporal.

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The Imitation Game

The Importance of Attention and Commitment

Alan Turing Are you paying attention? Good. If you are not listening carefully, you will miss things. Important things. I will not pause, I will not repeat myself, and you will not interrupt me. You think that because you're sitting where you are, and I am sitting where I am, that you are in control of what is about to happen. You're mistaken. I am in control because I know things that you do not know. What I will need from you now is a commitment. You will listen closely, and you will not judge me until I am finished. If you cannot commit to this, then please leave the room. But if you choose to stay, remember you chose to be here. What happens from this moment forward is not my responsibility. It's yours. Pay attention.

[pause]

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1917

The Urgency of Action in Battle

Colonel Mackenzie Hesitate now and we lose. Victory's only five hundred yards away.

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The Fifth Estate

The Importance of Whistleblower Anonymity

Julian Assange And if the whistleblower's identity is secret, then he has nothing to ].

[[fear]

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The Fifth Estate

Revealing Hidden Truths Behind Familiar Events

Julian Assange These are ] which pierce the veil of ] surrounding ], hiding a more-complete portrait of events we thought we understood, but we may not have known at all.

[[revelations; [secrecy; [War in Afghanistan (2001–present)|this war]

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The Imitation Game

Struggles with Identity and Relationships

John Cairncross What's wrong?

Alan Turing What if... what if I don't fancy being with Joan in that way?

John Cairncross Because you're a homosexual? I suspected.

Alan Turing Sh-should I tell her that I've had affairs with men?

John Cairncross You know, in my admittedly limited experience, women tend to be a bit touchy about accidentally marrying homosexuals. Perhaps not spreading this information about might be in your best interest.

Alan Turing I care for her, I truly do, but... I-I just don't know if I can pretend...

John Cairncross You can't tell anyone, Alan. It's illegal. And Denniston is looking for any excuse he can to put you away.

Alan Turing I know.

John Cairncross This has to stay a secret.

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The Imitation Game

Challenging the Limits of Problem-Solving

Alan Turing I like solving problems, Commander. And Enigma is the most difficult problem in the world.

Commander Denniston Enigma isn't difficult, it's impossible. The Americans, the Russians, the French, the Germans, everyone thinks Enigma is unbreakable.

Alan Turing Good. Let me try and we'll know for sure, won't we?

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The Power of the Dog

A Conversation About Discomfort and Communication

Phil Burbank You got a sore gut?

George Burbank No.

Phil Burbank It looks it pains you to hit two words together.

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Spider-Man: No Way Home

Multiverse Trouble from a Mistaken Spell

Doctor Strange When you botched that spell where you wanted everyone to forget that Peter Parker is Spider-Man, we started getting some visitors from every universe.

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The Fifth Estate

The Future Lies Between Transparency and Secrecy

Julian Assange ] is the ] between the ] and the ], and the future has just ].

[[Revolution; [struggle; [past; [future; [begun]

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The Power of the Dog

Accusations and Tensions Over Missing Hides

Peter Gordon Is something wrong, Phil?

Phil Burbank Wrong? For Christ's sake. Every goddamn hide is gone! Oh, she really put her foot in it this time!

[furious]

Peter Gordon You think she did it? She sold them?

Phil Burbank Bloody tootin'. Or maybe even gave them away.

Peter Gordon W-why? Why would she do that, Phil? She knew we needed the hides.

Phil Burbank Because she was drunk! Pie eyed, she was smashed! I think you'd know from the books your pa left you, that your ma's got... . uhhh whatchamacallit alcoholic personality? It comes under the letter A!

[exploding]

Peter Gordon You're not going to say anything to her?

Phil Burbank Say anything? I won't say nothin'. But sure as one good hell brother George is going to.

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The Imitation Game

The Consequences of Being Different

Alan Turing They only beat me up because I'm smarter than they are.

Christopher Morcom No, they beat you up because you're different.

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The Fifth Estate

Transparency and Aspiration in a Digital Age

Julian Assange A ], ] by ], rebuilt under a ] so the whole world could look in: there's an ] to aspire to.

[[government; [destroyed; [tyranny; [w:Reichstag dome|glass dome; [ideal]

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The Imitation Game

Debate on Agreement Among Colleagues

Hugh Alexander So who do you agree with? Alan or myself?

Helen Well, Alan, of course.

Alan Turing I'm very flattered really, but I... I don't think that...

[stammering; Joan kicks him under the table]

Hugh Alexander Rubbish.

Helen Well, I work beside a man every day, and I can't help but have developed a bit of a crush on him.

Hugh Alexander Well, who is this man? So I can kick his arse.

Helen Oh, there's no need to worry, it's been chaste. We've never even met. He's a German.

Hugh Alexander Now I really want to kill him.

Alan Turing Er... How... How do you mean you work alongside a German?

Helen Well, each of us intercepts messages from a specific German radio tower. So we have a counterpart on the other side, who's tip-tapping out the messages. Everyone types a touch differently, so you get to know the rhythm of your counterpart. It's strangely intimate. I feel as if I know him so well. It's a pity he has a girlfriend, but that's why I disagree with you, Mr. Alexander, because I'm in love with a coworker of sorts and we've never even met.

Hugh Alexander Well, allow me to buy you another pint and I'll tell you why you're wrong.

Helen Let's.

Hugh Alexander Excellent.

Joan Clarke In case you were wondering, that's what flirting looks like.

Alan Turing HELEN!

[loudly]

Joan Clarke Alan!

[slightly embarrassed, as his shout has drawn attention to them]

Helen Yes, Alan?

Alan Turing Why do you think your German counterpart has a girlfriend?

[gets up and faces her]

Helen It's just a stupid joke. Don't worry about it.

Alan Turing No, no, no, no, no, tell me.

Helen Well, each of his messages begins with the same five letters. C-I-L-L-Y. So I suspect that Cilly must be the name of his amore.

Alan Turing But that's impossible. The Germans are instructed to use five random letters at the start of every message.

Helen Well, this bloke doesn't.

Hugh Alexander Love will make a man do strange things, I suppose.

Alan Turing In this case.... love just lost Germany the whole bloody war!

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1917

The Perils of Hope in War

Colonel Mackenzie I hoped today might be a good day. Hope is a dangerous thing.

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The Fifth Estate

The Cost of Truth and Transparency

Julian Assange *0:11:58–0:12:04.

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Spider-Man: No Way Home

Doctor Strange Offers Assistance to Spider-Man

Doctor Strange (After giving ] his magic web-shooter) You're welcome.

[[w:Peter Parker (Marvel Cinematic Universe)|Peter 1]

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The Fifth Estate

The Nature of Truth and Transparency

Julian Assange *0:13:42–0:14:07.

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The Imitation Game

Envisioning the Future of Computing

Alan Turing Think of it. A digital computer. Electrical brain.

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The Fifth Estate

The Cost of Transparency and Truth

Julian Assange *2:00:23–2:01:35.

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The Fifth Estate

Transparency as a tool for accountability

Julian Assange *0:05:40–0:05:49.

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The Fifth Estate

Defining the Meaning of Free Speech

Julian Assange *By "bastion of free speech," he means the ].

[[federal government of the United States of America]

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The Imitation Game

Time Constraints in Problem Solving

Stewart Menzies Six minutes... is that even possible?

[candidates are taking a timed test]

Alan Turing No, it takes me eight.

Alan Turing You're finished?... Five minutes forty-eight seconds.

Joan Clarke You said to finish under six minutes.

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Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy

Conflicted Loyalties and Betrayals Unveiled

Ricki Tarr Mr Guillam, I'm sorry I was out for so long.

George Smiley Ricki's been helping us, Peter! He's been telling us all about his adventures.

Peter Guillam He's a double, George! There is no mole! Irina's been locked up by Moscow! I stole that, because of you! I spied on my own, because of him! Do you know how that makes me feel?

[turns on Tarr.]

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The Imitation Game

Lunch Plans Among Colleagues

John Cairncross The boys, we're going to get some lunch.

John Cairncross Alan?

Alan Turing Yes?

John Cairncross I said we're going to get some lunch.

John Cairncross Alan?

Alan Turing Yes?

John Cairncross Can you hear me?

Alan Turing Yes.

John Cairncross I said we're off to get some lu- This is starting to get a little bit repetitive.

[pause]

Alan Turing What is?

John Cairncross I had asked if you wanted to come have lunch with us.

Alan Turing Uhm, no you didn't, you said you were going to get some lunch.

John Cairncross Have I offended you in some way?

Alan Turing Why would you think that?

John Cairncross Would you like to come to lunch with us?

Alan Turing What time's lunch time?

Hugh Alexander Christ Alan, it's a bleeding sandwich.

[frustrated]

Alan Turing What is?

Hugh Alexander Lunch.

Alan Turing Oh, I don't like sandwiches.

John Cairncross Never mind.

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The Power of the Dog

Dinner Plans and Social Expectations

George Burbank I just came over here to speak about something.

Phil Burbank Come on partner. Open your talker. What is it?

George Burbank His Nibs will be joining us for dinner. And the old gent and the old lady.

Phil Burbank Well sir, ain't we going into society.

Phil Burbank She on the "panana" again? Setting your teeth on edge?

[on Rose]

George Burbank No. I like to hear Rose play.

Phil Burbank Well, old timer, what is it? What's in the noodle?

George Burbank Well... Phil... I... I just...

Phil Burbank Go on, spit it out.

George Burbank It's just... about His Nibs, the governor.

Phil Burbank Alright.

George Burbank And er... it's not so much about His Nibs... but er, his wife, actually. I was thinking, His Nibs probably wouldn't mind so much. But... his missus might.

Phil Burbank Might what, for dear Christ's sake?

George Burbank Well, it's sort of a hard thing... to say. She might mind if you come to the table without a wash up.

George Burbank Yeah.

[leaving]

The Power of the Dog

Phil's Curiosity About a Lady's Craftsmanship

Phil Burbank Well, well. Ain't them purdy? I wonder, what little lady made these?

[looking at some paper flowers]

The Fifth Estate

The Burden of Truth and Transparency

Julian Assange *2:02:35–2:02:38.

Spider-Man: No Way Home

Doctor Strange Assures Peter of His Return

Doctor Strange (To Peter 1) I'll come and get you after it's done.

Spider-Man: No Way Home

Living Two Lives Brings Danger

Doctor Strange The problem is you, trying to live two different lives. The longer you do it, the more dangerous it becomes.

The Imitation Game

The Appeal of Violence and Its Consequences

Alan Turing Do you know why people like violence? It is because it feels good. Humans find violence deeply satisfying. But remove the satisfaction, and the act becomes... hollow.

The Fifth Estate

The Burden of Truth and Transparency

Julian Assange *1:18:45–1:19:25.

1917

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]

The Power of the Dog

Concerns About Family and Relationships

George Burbank Did you write to the old lady?

Phil Burbank Yeah, I dropped them both a line.

George Burbank Did you say something about Rose?

Phil Burbank Rose. Yeah well, you and I know what the old lady would feel if she thought you were getting mixed up with her. She'd likely have a hemorrhage.

George Burbank The old lady would feel as one Mrs. Burbank would for another Mrs. Burbank.

Phil Burbank Come again?

George Burbank We were married Sunday. She got rid of her property in Beech.

The Fifth Estate

The Challenge of True Commitment

Julian Assange It takes two things to ] the world, and you'd be ] how many people have good ], but—]? true commitment?—that's the hard one.  It requires ].

[[change; [surprised; [ideas; [commitment; [sacrifice]

1917

The Finality of War's Outcome

Colonel Mackenzie There is only one way this war ends: Last man standing.

The Fifth Estate

The Power of Information and Transparency

Julian Assange *First spoken out loud 0:22:57–0:22:58.  (This line is also spoken at other times throughout the film.  It makes its first appearance, however, on a WikiLeaks flyer at 0:09:22.)

The Power of the Dog

Confrontation Over Emotional Impact

George Burbank What you said about her boy tonight, Phil. It made her cry.

Phil Burbank She had her ear to the door?

George Burbank She was crying, Phil.

Phil Burbank Well, hell. The boy had to snap out of it and get human. Just pointed it out, is all. She should damn well know.

The Imitation Game

Secrecy Surrounds Enigma's Breakthrough

Stewart Menzies Why are you telling me this?

Alan Turing We need your help, to keep this a secret from Admiralty, Army, RAF, uh...as no one can know that we've broken Enigma, not even Dennison.

Stewart Menzies Who's in the process of having you fired.

Joan Clarke You can take care of that.

Alan Turing While we develop a system to help you determine how much intelligence to act on. Which, uh, attacks to stop, which to let through. Statistical analysis: the minimum number of actions it will take for us to win the war, but the maximum number we can take before the Germans get suspicious.

Stewart Menzies And you're going to trust of this all to statistics, to maths?

Alan Turing Correct.

Joan Clarke And then MI6 can come up with the lies we will tell everyone else.

Alan Turing You'll need a believable alternative source for all the pieces of information that you use.

Joan Clarke A false story, so that we can explain how we got our information, that has nothing to do with Enigma, and then you can leak those stories to the Germans.

Alan Turing And then to our own military.

Stewart Menzies Maintain a conspiracy of lies at the very highest levels of government. ...Sounds right up my alley.

[Lights a cigarette]

Atonement

A Command to Take Action

Paul Marshall Bite it! You have to bite it.

The Imitation Game

The Nature of Machine Thinking

Alan Turing Of course machines can't think as people do. A machine is different from a person. Hence, they think differently. The interesting question is, just because something thinks differently from you, does that mean it's not thinking?

Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy

Trust Among Dangerous Company

Peter Guillam You got clearance for that?

Bill Haydon Well, I'm not bloody chaining it up outside. Mind you, probably no better off in here with this bunch of bloody cut-throats, they'll have the gold out of your teeth!

Spider-Man: No Way Home

Doctor Strange Asserts Familiarity with Peter Parker

Doctor Strange Please. We ]. I think we're beyond you calling me "sir".

[[Avengers: Endgame|saved half of the universe together]

The Fifth Estate

The Power of One to Expose Secrets

Julian Assange If we can find one ] man, one ], someone willing to expose all these secrets, that man could topple the most repressive of régimes.

[[moral; [whistleblower]

The Imitation Game

War Against Time and Scarcity

Alan Turing Some people thought we were at war with the Germans— incorrect. We were at war with the clock. Britain was literally starving to death. The Americans sent over 100,000 pounds of food each week, and every week the Germans would send our desperately needed bread to the bottom of the ocean. Our daily failure was announced at the chimes of midnight. And the sound would haunt our unwelcome dreams.

The Power of the Dog

Family Tensions and Accusations Unfold

Rose Gordon Well, brother Phil, we had such a nice trip.

Phil Burbank I'm not your brother. You're a cheap schemer.

The Fifth Estate

The Complexity of Truth and Information

Julian Assange *0:47:35–0:47:49.  (This line is partially repeated in voice-over from 1:51:43 to 1:51:55.)

The Imitation Game

Unseen Potential of the Underdogs

Alan Turing Sometimes it is the people no one imagines anything of who do the things no one can imagine.

The Imitation Game

Understanding Love Beyond Societal Norms

Alan Turing I have something to tell you... I'm a homosexual...

[long pause]

Joan Clarke Alright.

[not surprised]

Alan Turing No no, men Joan! Not women!

Joan Clarke So what? I had my suspicions. I always did. But we're not like other people. We love each other in our own way, and we can have the life together that we want. You won't be the perfect husband? I can promise you I harbored no intention of being the perfect wife. I'll not be fixing your lamb all day, while you come home from the office, will I? I'll work. You'll work. And we'll have each other's company. We'll have each other's minds. Sounds like a better marriage than most. Because I care for you. And you care for me. And we understand one another more than anyone else ever has.

Alan Turing ...I don't.

Joan Clarke What?

Alan Turing Care for you. I never did. I just needed you to break Enigma. I've done that now, so you can go.

Joan Clarke I am not going anywhere. I have spent entirely too much of my life worried about what you think of me, or what my parents think of me, or what the boys in Hut 8 or the girls in Hut 3 think, and you know I am done. This work is the most important thing I will ever do. And no one will stop me. Least of all you. You know what? They were right. Peter. Hugh. John. You really are a monster.

[slaps him; pause]

The Fifth Estate

The Need for Extra Servers in Cybersecurity

Julian Assange Who ever thought that we'd need extra servers to fight ] attacks from the "bastion of ]"?

[[censorship; [free speech]

Memorable Quotes from Benedict Cumberbatch

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