Memorable Quotes from Donna Murphy
4 quotesStranded in Water: A Call for Help
Anij
Help! I can't swim!
Jean-Luc Picard
Don't panic!
Anij
I've been shot at, thrown into a lake out of a ship that's come to abduct us - what's there to panic about?
Data
In the event of a water landing, I have been designed to serve as a flotation device.
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The Conflict Between Tradition and Change
Anij
We've always known that to survive, we had to remain apart. Hasn't been easy. Many of the young people want to know more about the offland. They're attracted to stories of a faster pace of life.
Jean-Luc Picard
Most of my people who live that fast a life, would sell their souls to slow it down.
Anij
But not you?
Anij
You don't live up to your reputation as an offlander, Picard.
Jean-Luc Picard
Well, in defense of offlanders, there are many more like me.
Anij
Who wouldn't be tempted by the promise of perpetual youth? I don't think so.
Jean-Luc Picard
You give me more credit than I deserve. Well, of course I'm tempted, who wouldn't be? But some of the darkest chapters in the history of my world involve the forced relocation of a small group of people, to satisfy the demands of a large one. I'd hoped that we'd learned from our mistakes, but... it seems that some of us haven't. (Picard turns to a beautifully made blanket) This is extraordinary craftsmanship.
Anij
It's the work of students. They're almost ready to become apprentices. In 30 or 40 years, some of them will take their place among the artisans.
Jean-Luc Picard
Apprenticing for 30 years. Did your people's mental discipline develop here?
Anij
More questions. Always the explorer. If you stay long enough, that will change.
Jean-Luc Picard
Will it?
Anij
You stop reviewing what happened yesterday. Stop planning for tomorrow. Let me ask you a question. Have you ever experienced a perfect moment in time?
Jean-Luc Picard
A perfect moment?
Anij
When time seemed to stop, and you could almost live in that moment.
Anij
Yes, exactly. Nothing more complicated than perception. You explore the universe. We've discovered that a single moment in time can be a universe in itself. Full of powerful forces. Most people aren't aware enough of the now to even notice.
Jean-Luc Picard
I wish I could spare a few centuries to learn.
Anij
It took us centuries to learn that it doesn't have to take centuries to learn.
Jean-Luc Picard
There's one thing I don't understand. In 300 years, you never learned to swim?
Anij
Ha ha ha! I just haven't got around to it yet. I wonder if you're aware of the trust you engender, Jean-Luc Picard. In my experience, it's unusual for -
Jean-Luc Picard
For an offlander?
Anij
For someone so young.
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Debate on Non-Interference and Cultural Interaction
Jean-Luc Picard
Our people have a strict policy of non-interference in other cultures. It's our Prime Directive.
Anij
Your directive apparently doesn't include spying on other cultures.
Tournel
There was a phase variance in his positronic matrix which we were unable to repair.
Anij
I think the Captain finds it hard to believe that we'd have any skills for repairing positronic devices.
Sojef
Our technological abilities are not apparent because we have chosen not to employ them in our daily lives. We believe when you create a machine to do the work of a man, you take something away from the man.
Anij
But at one time, we explored the galaxy just as you do.
Anij
Capability, yes. But where can warp drive take us, except away from here?
Jean-Luc Picard
I ...apologise for our intrusion.
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Repetitive Coverage and Concern for Loved Ones
Lynne
They keep showing the same thing over and over and over.
Judy Jonas
Jay's there. They must have called in every company in the city. He would have been there early.
Donna McLoughlin
Yeah, John, too, probably. He knows those buildings so well.
Judy Jonas
Oh, my God!
[overwhelmed]
Donna McLoughlin
Judy. Listen to me. Listen to me. Look. They evacuated those buildings. All right? I'm sure most everybody got out. They're fine. In the 93 attack, John said everybody got out real quick.
Judy Jonas
God. In 93, the buildings didn't fall down!
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