The Affair of the Necklace - A Cautionary Warning About Temptation
Minister Breteuil: [to Louis about Antoinette wanting public vindication]
The queen offers up a sweet plum before ravens. Pray none takes a bite.
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The Affair of the Necklace - The Value of Aspiration and Loss
Minister Breteuil:
To Jeanne, the whole of the necklace was not as glorious as what its parts could yield. It was a means to an end. And though I will not justify the actions of the young countess, I late came to understand her reasoning. (pauses) Who does not aspire to take back what was taken from them? Who does not dream of returning home?
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The Bourne Supremacy - Patriotism and Service to Country
Ward Abbott:
I'm a patriot. I served my country.
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The Bourne Supremacy - Desperation in Silence
Ward Abbott: [sensing Jason Bourne standing behind him]
I don't suppose it'll do me much good to cry for help, huh?
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The Bourne Supremacy - Unprepared for Difficult Situations
Ward Abbott:
You're in a big puddle of shit, Pamela, and you don't have the shoes for it.
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The Bourne Supremacy - The Worthlessness of Sacrifice
Ward Abbott:
Nothing in those files makes their sacrifice worthwhile.
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The Bourne Supremacy - Perception of Knowledge versus Reality
Ward Abbott:
You talk about this stuff like you read it in a book.
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The Bourne Supremacy - A Veteran's Frustration with Loyalty and Sacrifice
Ward Abbott:
I've given thirty years and two marriages to this agency. I've shoveled shit on four continents. I'm due to retire next year, but if you think I'm gonna sit here and let you dangle me with this, you can go to hell.
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Match Point - A Toast to Terrance and His Journey
Alec Hewett:
To Terrance.
Eleanor Hewett, Chloe Hewett Wilton, Heather:
To Terrance.
Alec Hewett:
And all that sail on him.
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The Ring - A Father's Regret and Consequences Unfold
Rachel:
What did you do to her?! She was your daughter! You killed Samara, didn't you? You killed her, and when your wife found out …
Richard Morgan:
MY WIFE WAS NOT SUPPOSED TO HAVE A CHILD!
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Trick 'r Treat - Confrontation in Mr. Kreeg's Home
Mr. Kreeg: [hears a noise]
Spike! Spike! Get your ass in here. Are you finished crapping or what? Who the hell is that?
Mr. Kreeg:
I've got an NRA membership in my pocket and a shotgun over the fireplace, so get outta here before I...
Steven:
It's me, Mr. Kreeg. Steven, Steven Wilkins.
Mr. Kreeg:
What in God's name are you doing down there, Wilkins? Hiding Bodies?
Mr. Kreeg:
What did you say?
Steven:
Nothing, its... Uh, septic tank is acting up.
Mr. Kreeg:
Is that what that smell is?
Steven:
I'm afraid so.
Mr. Kreeg:
Then fix it. It stinks like a dead whore out here.
Steven: [kicks the kid; kicks the kid again]
I'm... ...trying.
Mr. Kreeg:
And keep your kid out of my yard. Goddamn freak.
Steven:
Happy Halloween.
Mr. Kreeg:
Screw you!
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Rushmore - Academic Consequences at Rushmore Academy
Dr. Nelson Guggenheim:
We're putting you on what we call sudden death academic probation.
Max Fischer:
And what does that entail?
Dr. Nelson Guggenheim:
It entails that if you fail another class, you'll be asked to leave Rushmore.
Max Fischer:
In other words, I'll be expelled.
Dr. Nelson Guggenheim:
That's correct.
Max Fischer:
Can I see some documentation on that, please?
Dr. Nelson Guggenheim:
Too many extracurricular activities, Max. Not enough studying.
Max Fischer:
Dr. Guggenheim, I don't want to tell you how to do your job. But the fact is, no matter how hard I try, I still might flunk another class. If that means I have to stay on for a post-graduate year, so be it...
Dr. Nelson Guggenheim:
- We don't offer a post-graduate year.
Max Fischer:
Well, we don't offer it yet.
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X2 - Confrontation Between Xavier and Stryker
Professor Charles Xavier: [''Wakes up in Stryker's chambers'']
William?
Colonel William Stryker:
Please, Xavier, don't get up!
Colonel William Stryker:
I call it the neural inhibitor. It keeps you outta here. (he taps his forehead)
Professor Xavier:
What have you done with Scott?
Colonel William Stryker:
Oh, don't worry. I'm just giving him a little re-education. Of course, you know all about that, don't you?
Professor Xavier:
William, you wanted me to cure your son, but mutation isn't a disease...
Colonel William Stryker:
(enraged) YOU'RE LYING! You were even more frightened of him than I was! You know, just one year after Jason returned from your school', my wife...! You see, he resented us, he blamed us for his condition, so he would toy with our minds, projecting visions and scenarios into our brains. Well, my wife, in the end she took a power drill to her left temple in an attempt to bore the images out. (contemptuously) My boy, the great illusionist!
Professor Xavier:
For someone who hates mutants, you certainly keep some strange company.
Colonel William Stryker:
Oh, they serve their purpose... as long as they can be controlled.
Colonel William Stryker:
You didn't even have to read my mind. You know, I've been working with mutants as long as you have, Xavier...but the most frustrating thing I've learned is that nobody really knows how many even exist, or how to find them - except you. Unfortunately this little potion won't work on you, will it? You're much too powerful for that. Instead we'll go right to the source. Allow me to introduce mutant 143. The fluid secreted by his brain acts as a mind-controlling agent.
William Stryker:
But that's only where it begins.
Colonel William Stryker:
NO, Charles! My son is dead... just like the rest of you.
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Adaptation. - The Importance of a Strong Film Ending
Robert McKee:
I'll tell you a secret. The last act makes the film. Wow them in the end, and you've got a hit. You can have flaws, problems, but wow them in the end, and you've got a hit. Find an ending, but don't cheat, and don't you dare bring in a deus ex machina. Your characters must change, and the change must come from them. Do that, and you'll be fine.
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Rise of the Planet of the Apes - Finding Peace in Unexpected Places
John Landon:
I get more peace in the God-damned ape house.
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Rise of the Planet of the Apes - Questioning the Humanity of Apes
John Landon:
Well, I can't say that I approve. They're not people, you know.
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The Bourne Identity - Discussion of Treadstone and Wombosi
Ward Abbott:
I was recalling a conversation we had some time ago, talking about Treadstone. I seem to remember Nykwana Wombosi's name might have come up.
Conklin:
I'm not sure what we're talking about.
Abbott:
Someone tried to take him out. Tried, and failed. Was this Treadstone?
Conklin:
You're asking me a direct question?
Abbott:
Yes.
Conklin:
I thought you were never gonna do that.
Abbott:
What happened?
Conklin:
Well... We, uh, lost communication with our man.
Abbott:
This was almost two weeks ago.
Conklin:
We've been working round the clock, the whole unit. We've been sleeping down there. Believe me, we're doing everything we can.
Abbott:
And you don't let me know this?
Conklin:
You never wanted to before.
Abbott:
You never made a mistake before.
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The Bourne Identity - Political Turmoil and Strategic Solutions Discussed
Marshall:
That's Nykwana Wombosi speaking in Paris the day before yesterday. He was an irritation before he took power, a problem when he was in power, and he's been a disaster for us in exile.
Nicky Parsons:
It's Bourne, isn't it?
Ward Abbott: [[The Bourne Ultimatum (film)|Blackbriar]
Okay, this is... ]. Blackbriar is a joint DOD communications program that we really feel has good traction to it. It's got legs. It'll run and run.
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25th Hour - Embracing New Beginnings and Strong Roots
James Brogan:
You're a New Yorker, that won't ever change. You got New York in your bones. Spend the rest of your life out west but you're still a New Yorker. You'll miss your friends, you'll miss your dog, but you're strong. You got your mother's backbone in you, you're strong like she was. You find the right people, and you get yourself papers, a drivers license. You forget your old life, you can't come back, you can't call, you can't write. You never look back. You make a new life for yourself and you live it, you hear me? You live your live the way it should have been. But maybe, this is dangerous, but maybe after a few years you send word to Naturelle. You get yourself a new family and you raise them right, you hear me? Give them a good life Monty. Give them what they need. You have a son, maybe you name him James, it's a good strong name, and maybe one day years from now years after I'm dead and gone reunited with your dear ma, you gather your whole family around and tell them the truth, who you are, where you come from, you tell them the whole story. Then you ask them if they know how lucky they are to be there. It all came so close to never happening. This life came so close to never happening.
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25th Hour - The Beauty of the American West
James Brogan: [to Monty]
You've never been west of Philly, have ya? This is a beautiful country Monty, it's beautiful out there, like a different world. Mountains, hills, cows, farms, and white churches. I drove out west with your mother one time, before you was born. Brooklyn to the Pacific in three days. Just enough money for gas, sandwiches, and coffee, but we made it. Every man, woman, and child alive should see the desert one time before they die. Nothin at all for miles around. Nothin but sand and rocks and cactus and blue sky. Not a soul in sight. No sirens. No car alarms. Nobody honkin atcha. No madmen cursin or pissin in the streets. You find the silence out there, you find the peace. You can find God. So we drive west, keep driving till we find a nice little town. These towns out in the desert, you know why they got there? People wanted to get way from somewhere else. The desert's for startin over. Find a bar and I'll buy us drinks. I haven't had a drink in two years, but I'll have one with you, one last whisky with my boy. Take our time with it, taste the barley, let it linger. And then I'll go. I'll tell you don't ever write me, don't ever visit, I'll tell you I believe in God's kingdom and I'll see you and your mother again, but not in this lifetime. You'll get a job somewhere, a job that pays cash, a boss who doesn't ask questions, and you make a new life and you never come back.
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