The Bonfire of the Vanities - The Conflict Between Truth and Deception
Sherman McCoy:
There's one thing I can do. I want to see the truth come out, and burn every one of them, and there's only one way to do that.
Mr. McCoy:
And what is that?
Sherman McCoy:
Lie.
Mr. McCoy:
Oh... you know I have always been a great believer in the truth. I have lived my life as honestly as I can. I, I believe in the truth as an essential companion to a man of conscience. A beacon in this vast and dark wasteland, that is our modern world. And yet...
Sherman McCoy:
Yes?
Mr. McCoy:
...in this case, if the truth won't set you free, then lie.
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The Thing - Desperate Measures in Arctic Isolation
MacReady:
Blair... he got back inside and blew the generator. In six hours, it'll be 100 below in here!
Garry:
Well, that's suicide!
MacReady:
Not for that Thing. It wants to freeze now. It's got no way out of here. It just wants to go to sleep in the cold until the rescue team finds it.
Garry:
What can we do? What can we do?
MacReady:
Whether we make it or not, we can't let the Thing freeze again. Maybe we'll just warm things up a little around here. We're not gettin outta here alive. But neither is that Thing.
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The Thing - Skepticism Towards Extraterrestrial Claims
MacReady:
I don't know. Thousands of years ago it crashes, and this thing... gets thrown out, or crawls out, and it ends up freezing in the ice.
Childs:
I just cannot believe any of this voodoo bullshit.
Palmer:
Childs, happens all the time, man. They're falling out of the skies like flies. Government knows all about it, right, Mac?
Childs:
You believe any of this voodoo bullshit, Blair?
Palmer: [[w:Chariots of the Gods?|Chariots of the Gods]
Childs, Childs... ], man. They practically own South America. I mean, they taught the Incas everything they know.
Garry:
So, come on now, MacReady, Norwegians get ahold of this... and they dig it up out of the ice.
MacReady:
Yes, Garry, they dig it up, they cart it back, it gets thawed out, wakes up - probably not the best of moods - I don't know, I wasn't there!
Nauls: [skates in with ripped long johns]
Which one of you disrespectful men been tossing his dirty drawers in the kitchen trash can, huh? From now, I want my kitchen clean, all right? Germ free!
Childs:
So how's this motherfucker wake up after thousands of years in the ice?
Bennings:
And how can it look like a dog?
MacReady: [motions to Blair]
I don't know how. Cause it's different than us, see? Cause it's from outer space. What do you want from me? Ask him!
Childs:
You buy any of this Blair?
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The Thing - Tension Amidst Uncertainty in Isolation
Norwegian passenger with rifle:
Se til helvete og kom dere vekk. Det er ikke en bikkje. Det er en slags ting! Det imiterer en bikkje. Det er ikke virkelig! Kom dere vekk, idioter! (Get the hell away. That's not a dog. It's some kind of thing! It's imitating a dog. It's not real! Get away, idiots!)
Clark:
I don't know what the hell's in there, but it's weird and pissed off, whatever it is.
Garry: [after passing the blood test]
I know you gentlemen have been through a lot. But when you find the time... I'd rather not spend the rest of the winter TIED TO THIS FUCKING COUCH!
Norris:
This is just what it wants! To pit us against each other!
Windows:
Are you guys gonna listen to Garry?! Are you gonna let him give the orders?! I mean, he can be one of those things!
Blair:
Hey, wait a minute. Wait a minute, man. I want to come back inside, don't you understand? I'm alright, I'm much better. And I won't harm anybody. Now you gotta let me come back inside.
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