The Silver Brumby - Summer in the High Country: Beauty and Danger
Elyne Mitchell: [Narrating]
Every summer, men returned to the High Country. Every summer they came with their wide horned red and white cattle, their dogs and their pack horses. To man the high country was a pasture, a summer home, a relief from the heat of the plains. It was a place of beauty, and a source of income. To most of the bush creatures the wallabies, wombats, possums and kangaroos, man was a nuisance, an intruder. But to the wild brumbies the arrival of Man meant the arrival of danger.
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The Silver Brumby - The Arrival of Yarraman, the Mighty Stallion
Elyne Mitchell: [Narrating]
Bel Bel led Thowra back to the territory of their own herd and the protection of the mighty stallion Yarraman. Yarraman was the finest, strongest stallion of all the herds of the high country. He was the King of the Cascade brumbies and now, just when he was needed, he was here to protect his handsome, but still foolish, son and his favorite mare.
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The Silver Brumby - Thowra's Journey into Dangerous Territory
Elyne Mitchell: [Narrating]
It wasn't long before Thowra decided to put his new knowledge into practice. He began to track some strange horses. He kept well hidden as he followed the hoof marks towards the grazing grounds of a fierce, gray stallion known as The Brolga. Because he'd always been by her side, Bel Bel had not yet taught Thowra the danger of trespassing onto the territory of another herd. Especially not that of The Brolga. The Brolga would never be as fast as the wind, nor would he be as graceful a dancer as the bird for whom he was named. But he was already showing signs of what he would be, an ugly determined fighter, never resting till he got what he wanted.
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The Silver Brumby - A Foal's Journey into the World
Elyne Mitchell: [Narrating]
By morning the storm had blown itself out and in the calm light of dawn, Bel Bel emerged from her shelter to coax her young creamy foal into the vastness of his new world. The creamy, with the silver mane and tail. Thowra would not be able to hide in the gray green of the bush like the other brumbies. He would have to rely on his speed and cunning and all the knowledge and wisdom that Bel Bel his mother could pass on to him.
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The Silver Brumby - The Birth of Thowra, the Wind Brumby
Elyne Mitchell:
It was on a night very like this, not so very long ago. It was one of the wildest spring nights that there has ever been. No possums stirred, no wombats left their holes. Only a few kangaroos, their last shelter destroyed, were braving the fury of the storm. And Bel Bel, a wild mountain brumby beautiful and wise, who was preparing to give birth to a foal. There was something mysterious and exciting in the wind. Something important was about to happen. Thowra she named him, for Thowra means wind. She named him for the wild wind in which he was born.
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The Silver Brumby - Legends of the Mighty Wild Stallion
Elyne Mitchell:
Now shut out all other sounds, and concentrate. Concentrate on the wind. Listen. Not for the sound of the wind, but for what you hear on the wind. Listen closely. There's been talk about Thowra for a long time now. Some say he lives. Some say he never existed. Some say he's a ghost. But always there are tales of the mighty wild stallion. The great palomino Brumby. King of all the Cascade brumbies.
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The Silver Brumby - Fence Repair and Cattle Safety Concern
Elyne Mitchell:
Jock?
Jock:
Yeah.
Elyne Mitchell:
Is everything all right?
Jock:
You had a break in the fence down the track a bit. Me and Egan stuck some dead branches in it. Should hold it for a while. We were worried you wouldn't find the break, what with Tom being away and that. You could've lost quite a few cattle. What we did should home em I reckon, at least till they arrive anyway.
Elyne Mitchell:
Would you like to come in?
Jock:
No, thanks anyway. Best be gettin ourselves home, I reckon. If you need us at all you call alright?
Elyne Mitchell:
Okay, Jock.
Jock:
Okay, go in, go in.
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The Silver Brumby - The Legend of Thowra the Silver Brumby
Elyne Mitchell:
For years to come men around campfires, women at country shows, children in schools will tell stories of a great silver brumby seen galloping on windpacked snow. Of a ghost horse drinking at the Crackenback River. Of a horse that everyone thought was dead appearing in a blizzard at Dead Horse Gap and vanishing again. Of the wild stallion cry that could only be Thowra's. But no human really knows where the son of Bel Bel roams. Thowra, the greatest brumby of them all.
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The Silver Brumby - The Brolga's Gesture of Respect
Elyne Mitchell:
And it was The Brolga who bowed to the youth and grace of Thowra relinquishing his place to the younger son of brave Yarraman.
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The Silver Brumby - Struggle for Supremacy Among Majestic Stallions
Elyne Mitchell:
It would not be a fight to the death for both were magnificent stallions in the prime of their lives. It would be a fight for supremacy, a fight to stay on in the Cascades as King, or leave as the vanquished never to return.
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The Silver Brumby - Golden's Instincts Amidst Change
Elyne Mitchell:
When the good weather returned no one realized that Golden, having been with men all her life till Thowra captured her, was lacking in the instinct to take the stirrings of her unborn foal calmly. At the last moment Golden left the herd to seek the comfort and protection of her old master.
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The Silver Brumby - A Brumby's Loyalty to His Herd
Elyne Mitchell:
The Man went too, without his precious Golden. But Thowra knew he'd be back to get her. Especially now she was in foal to him. Unlike the other brumbies, Golden was not used to the harsh conditions of winter in the high country. Especially for her sake Thowra kept his small herd moving in search of better pastures.
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The Silver Brumby - Tales of the Silver Brumby Unfold
Elyne Mitchell:
As the cold nights and the first frosts marked the ending of summer the men began to muster their cattle and with them went the immediate danger. And with them went more stories about the mystical silver brumby and more tales of his deeds and his daring.
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The Silver Brumby - The Nature of Stallion Confrontations
Elyne Mitchell:
It was quite usual for one stallion to defeat another. Defeat yes. But not kill. But Yarraman was too great a horse to simply be defeated, so The Brolga had left him to die.
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The Silver Brumby - A Legacy of Strength and Sacrifice
Elyne Mitchell:
They fought on and on and as the darkness raced from the shadows of the setting sun, it took with it the strength of the older Yarraman, lord of the Cascade brumbies. As Thowra looked on he knew this would be his proud father's final battle. The Brolga was at his peak and his stamina could not be matched. Thowra also knew that one day the mountains would ring loud with his cries and the earth would carry his blood as he fought to win back a kingdom.
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The Silver Brumby - The High Country's Intruder: Man and Nature
Elyne Mitchell:
Every summer, men returned to the High Country. Every summer they came with their wide horned red and white cattle, their dogs and their pack horses. To man the high country was a pasture, a summer home, a relief from the heat of the plains. It was a place of beauty, and a source of income. To most of the bush creatures the wallabies, wombats, possums and kangaroos, man was a nuisance, an intruder. But to the wild brumbies the arrival of Man meant the arrival of danger.
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The Silver Brumby - The Strength of Yarraman in the Herd
Elyne Mitchell:
Yarraman was the finest, strongest stallion of all the herds of the high country. He was the King of the Cascade brumbies and now, just when he was needed, he was here to protect his handsome, but still foolish, son and his favorite mare.
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The Silver Brumby - Return to the Herd's Protection
Elyne Mitchell:
Bel Bel led Thowra back to the territory of their own herd and the protection of the mighty stallion Yarraman.
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The Silver Brumby - The Pursuit of Thowra's Freedom
Elyne Mitchell:
Thanks to Bel Bel, Thowra escaped from his first encounter with Man. But it certainly wasn't to be his last. Thowra didn't realize that he'd become a challenge, a prize, to be pursued and attained at all costs.
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The Chumscrubber - Concerns About Group Project Partners
Mr. Parker:
Those kids again, Lee?
Lee:
We're doing a group project.
Mr. Parker:
With them, Lee? You think they care what grades you get?
Lee:
Mom...
Mr. Parker:
Look, son, you let your grades go now, maybe you don't get into a top tier school.
Lee:
Yeah.
Mr. Parker:
You don't get into a top tier school, maybe you settle for a second-rate job. Maybe you don't have the life you want. Maybe each and every day you wake up and wanna crawl back into bed and tell the world to go to hell.
Mrs. Parker:
We're just saying, you've worked too hard to blow it in your last year.
Mr. Parker:
We've all worked hard together.
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Chasing Liberty - A Daughter's Request to Her Father
Michelle Foster:
Never ask a President to promise, Honey.
Anna Foster:
I'm not. I'm asking my dad.
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Chasing Liberty - Commentary on Daughter's Friendships
President James Foster:
Oh, good. Gabrielle found another trashy friend to hang out with.
Michelle Foster:
Yeah, your daughter.
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Cliffhanger - The Essence of Real Love
Eric Qualen:
Do you know what real love is, Kristel?
Kristel:
No.
Eric Qualen: [whispers in her ear]
Sacrifice...
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The Princess Diaries - Future of Genovia at Stake
Clarisse Renaldi:
Helen, if Amelia refuses to accept the throne, then Genovia will cease to exist as we know it.
Helen Thermopolis:
So the future of your country is in the hands of my 15-year-old?
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The Princess Diaries - Journey of Courage and Self-Discovery
Helen Thermopolis: [first lines]
Time for school! Stop daydreaming, you'll be late for school.
Paolo Puttanesca:
I love your eyebrows. We'll call them Frida and Kahlo. If Brooke Shields married Groucho Marx, their child would have your eyebrows.
Suki Sanchez:
It was just last night that San Francisco's own little princess partied at the beach. But what started out as innocent fun, soon turned into allegedly, too much fun. This is Suki Sanchez for KPFW.
Philippe Renaldi (Mia's late father): [from his letter to Mia for her 16th birthday]
Courage is not the absence of fear, but rather the judgment that something else is more important than fear. The brave may not live forever, but the cautious do not live at all. From now on you'll be traveling the road between who you think you are and who you can be. The key is to allow yourself to make the journey.
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Disclosure - Questioning Boundaries in Professional Relationships
Susan Hendler:
Did you have sex with her?
Tom Sanders:
No! No! No!
Susan Hendler:
How did her hand get into your pants?
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Disclosure - Misunderstanding in a Workplace Encounter
Tom Sanders:
I did NOT have sex with her!
Susan Hendler:
Oh, then what was it Tom? She was trying to quit smoking?
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Disclosure - Confronting Betrayal and Legal Limitations
Susan Hendler:
Ms. Alvarez, forty-eight hours ago my husband's penis was in another woman's mouth. I don't think there's anything in the law that can help me with that.
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Disclosure - Exclusivity Compared to the White Pages
Susan Hendler:
An "old girlfriend"... that's about as exclusive as the White Pages!
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Disclosure - Embracing Tradition in Modern Workplace Interactions
Susan Hendler:
Of course everyone knows! I'm so old fashioned, I greet my employees with a handshake!
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Disclosure - Critique of Ambition and Power Dynamics
Susan Hendler:
Oh Tom, you are the one person I know who sucks up to the people below you.
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Hook - The Fleeting Nature of Childhood Connection
Moira:
Your children love you, they want to play with you. How long do you think that lasts? Soon Jack might not even want you to come to his games. We have a few special years with our children, when they're the ones that want us around. After that you're going to be running after them for a bit of attention. It's so fast Peter. Just a few years, and it's over. And you are not being careful. And you are missing it.
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