Memorable Quotes from Don Cheadle
19 quotesPerspectives on Life's Possibilities
Leland
How do you see the world, bro?
Pearl Madison
Full of possibilities. I think that good things abound positive things. What about you?
Leland
Hmm... I think there are two ways to see it. One's like what you said, where our lives are ok. And maybe stuff's wrong but you don't see it.
Pearl Madison
What's the other way?
Leland
When you see what's really there.
Pearl Madison
The sadness?
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Trapped in a World of Loss
Alan Johnson
I was stuck in Charlie's World, I couldn't leave
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Communication Breakdown in Space Mission
Luke Graham
Phil, do you read me?
Phil Ohlmyer
Phil isn't here right now, he left for Earth FIVE MINUTES AGO, please leave a message after the beep!
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The Temporary Nature of Human Kindness
Leland
You know what the funny thing about earthquakes is? After an earthquake you see people pulling other people out of broken down buildings and people hugging and junk because they saw a little girl's shoe in the middle of the road and no little girl around. Then a couple days later they forget all about it...
Pearl Madison
Well it still shows you that there's goodness in people.
Leland
During earthquakes at least...
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The Irony of Human Fallibility
Pearl Madison
I'm only human, man.
Leland
It's funny how people only say that after they do something bad. I mean, you never hear someone say, "I'm only human" after they rescue a kid from a burning building.
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A Call for Self-Rescue and Action
Paul Rusesabagina
There will be no rescue, no intervention force. We can only save ourselves. Many of you know influential people abroad, you must call these people. You must tell them what will happen to us... say goodbye. But when you say goodbye, say it as though you are reaching through the phone and holding their hand. Let them know that if they let go of that hand, you will die. We must shame them into sending help.
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Debate on Qualifications and Distractions
Charlie Fineman
Are you kidding me? She's a baby.
Alan Johnson
Listen, you're right, she's young. But, she-she's good. She's got a lot of experience with loss and grief counseling. Just...
Charlie Fineman
She's got nice tits, that's not good.
Alan Johnson
Since when?
Charlie Fineman
Good point.
[pause]
Alan Johnson
Look, we'll just do the meet-and-greet, and see if you like her, and if you do, we'll just - we'll go from there.
Charlie Fineman
Am I wrong about her tits, though?
Alan Johnson
No, you're right. They're wonderful.
Angela Oakhurst
So what are you guys talking about? What's so wonderful?
[silence from Charlie and Alan]
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Challenges of Leadership in Space Missions
Luke Graham
Come on - three commanders. One ship. I don't think that's gonna work. There's not enough rocket fuel in the world to get those egos off the ground.
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Memories of Family and Love
Charlie Fineman
I had three daughters.
[Charlie looks at Alan]
Alan Johnson
I... I know.
[surprised]
Charlie Fineman
Geena was five. Jenny was seven, she, uh... she liked boys already. Julie was 9. She was... she was older. They all looked alike, Johnson. Like Doreen. Doreen was my wife. DT. That was her nickname. Doreen Timpleman. She had a dog, Spider. Spider... the poodle. They'd wake me up all the time, Saturday mornings, you know, singing Beatles songs to me in harmony, the four of them... so cute, so cute. Doreen never judged me... never nagged like some wives do. Wanted me to take my shoes off so I didn't wreck the carpet. That's it. Doreen and the girls were VERY female. I... I... I was the oddball, you know. Mr. Man. They adored me, Johnson...
Alan Johnson
I bet they did... I know they did, Charlie.
Charlie Fineman
With the long brown hair... except little Geena. She kept the hair short... to be different from everybody... she, um, she had a birthmark, though. Looked like a burn... but it wasn't. She always said it was gonna go away, but it... it never did. Jenny, Jenny, this one... she wanted to be a gymnast. She was such a klutz, though. I didn't have the heart to mention it as a problem. They, uh, went to see Doreen's sister Ellen and her girls in Boston, and they took Spider, because... I had to work and they didn't trust me to feed her, but that was a joke. We were all going to DT's little cousin's wedding in Los Angeles, and I was gonna meet them out there... The kids wanted to go to Disneyland, but they... they uh, were already gonna miss a couple days of school, so we had to say no. You know. So I'm going out to meet them in Los Angeles, and on the way to JFK, I'm in a taxicab and I hear on the radio...
[slowly starts to cry]
Charlie Fineman
I get there and the man tells me the plane's from Boston... another man tells me there's two planes.
[sobs]
Charlie Fineman
Then I go inside the airport and I'm watching. I'm watching on the television... and I... and I... I... I saw it. I saw it and I felt it at the same time. I thought about Geena's birthmark, and I... I felt them burning...
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Permission to Go Out
Charlie Fineman
Can he go out? Is he allowed out?
Alan Johnson
Don't do that, dont ask my wife permisson for me to go out.
Charlie Fineman
Alright, you're right. Can you go out?
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Finding Someone in a Chaotic World
Roberts
How do I find this guy?
Axel Torvalds
You don't find him; he finds you.
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Reflections on Life, Love, and Loss
Albert T. Fitzgerald
I recall when our lives were unusual and electric. When we burned with something close to fire. But now we sway to a different rhythm. Lives lived without meaning or even directed hope. The passage of time measured only by loss. Loss of a job, loss of a minivan...a son.
Mrs. Calderon
You have to believe that life is more than the sum of its parts, kiddo.
Pearl Madison
Just because what you did was wrong doesnt mean that giving up on your life is right.
Pearl Madison
Love is when you can't get somebody out of your mind. When they are your first thought in the morning and your last thought at night. Maybe it's not in your heart but it is in your head.
Bengel
You ever think the whole thing doesn't make sense? I mean, they take all this stuff away from you; freedom, girls and sunshine - because it's supposed to make it so when you get back on the outs you never wanna screw up again. All that really does is get you to thinking that you're... just so small. You know? Like you're this... this small thing that doesn't matter for anything. And by the time you do get out - you don't even feel like a human person anymore.
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Navigating Language and Sensitivity in Friendship
Charlie Fineman
Are you a faggot?.
Alan Johnson
Don't say faggot, you just don't call people faggot that's rude.
Charlie Fineman
To a gay guy it is, to you it's just a funny word like poundcake or pickle... You really need some Mel.
Charlie Fineman
Take one adult and one faggot.
[ordering tickets]
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Unexpected Reactions to the Mandarin's Identity
Colonel James Rhodes
This is the Mandarin?
[sees Trevor]
Tony Stark
I know, right? It's embarrassing!
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Confronting Unpredictable Challenges with Strong Measures
Alan Johnson
Better bring out the big guns on this one. She's crazy with a side of crazy!
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A Toast Amidst Chaos
Paul
The rebels are getting closer, yes?
General Bizimungu
The rebels can have this graveyard. We have ordered everyone out of the city. Here. Have a drink. You know what the Scottish call it?
[After taking a drink of Paul's whisky]
Paul
No.
General Bizimungu
]- water of life. I went once on a tour of the finest single malt distillery in the world. Have you ever been to Scotland?
[[w:Uisge beatha|Uisge beatha]
Paul
No, sir.
General Bizimungu
Wonderful country. ]. I wonder, will I ever go back? What do you think?
[[w:Golf in Scotland|Wonderful golf]
Paul
No- I hope we all get to do a great many things, General. Can we go now. please, sir?
General Bizimungu
I am going to do you a great favor, Paul. Private.
[To a soldier]
Private
Yes, sir!
General Bizimungu
Pack those carefully. put them in my keep, and guard them. I am going to take you with us, to our new headquarters in Gitarama.
[To Paul]
Paul
I do not want to go to Gitarama, sir.
General Bizimungu
Well, you can't go back to the hotel. The crazy men are on their way there now.
Paul
General, we must go back, so that I can get my family!
General Bizimungu
Trust me. We are better off here.
Paul
General....these are difficult times. We need to help one another.
General Bizimungu
And what help can I get from you, Paul?
Paul
You are a marked man, sir.
General Bizimungu
How so?
Paul
You are on a list! The Americans have you on their list as a war criminal!
General Bizimungu
Paul, I am sick and tired of your lies!
Paul
Are you stupid, General?! How do you think these people operate?! You sit here with five stars on your chest; who do you think they're coming after?! (Bizimungu realizes what Paul just said) We will go to Gitarama, and you'll stay on that list.
General Bizimungu
I committed no war crimes.
Paul
Who will tell them? You need me to tell them how you helped at the hotel. They blame you for all their misfortunes - they say you lead the massacres!
General Bizimungu
I lead no massacres!
Paul
Do you think they will believe you?!
General Bizimungu
You will tell them the truth!
Paul
I will tell them nothing unless you help me! (sees Bizimungu attempting to pull out his handgun) What are you going to do, shoot me? Shoot me. Please, shoot me. It would be a blessing, I will pay you to shoot my family. You cannot hurt me.
Pat Archer
They said that there wasn't any room.
Paul Rusesabagina
There's always room.
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Miles Davis Rejects the Term "Jazz
Miles Davis
I don't like that word, "jazz". Don't... Don't call it "jazz", man. That's some made-up word. Trying to box somebody in. Don't call my music "jazz". It's social music.
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Chaos Surrounds Us All
Emmit Reese
] couldn't reroute this shit, it's everywhere!
[[Moses]
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Miles Davis Rejects the Label of Jazz
Miles Davis
I don't like that word, "jazz". Don't... Don't call it "jazz", man. That's some made-up word. Trying to box somebody in. Don't call my music "jazz". It's social music.
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