Rope - Confrontation Between Friends Over Alcohol and Lies
Brandon Shaw:
Determined to get drunk, aren't you?
Phillip Morgan:
I am drunk.
Brandon Shaw:
And just as childish now as you were earlier when you called me a liar.
Phillip Morgan:
You had no business telling that story.
Brandon Shaw:
Why did you lie anyway?
Phillip Morgan:
I had to! Have you ever bothered for one minute to consider how another person might feel. Have you considered the feelings for others?
Brandon Shaw:
I'm not sentimental if that's what...
Phillip Morgan:
No, that's not what I mean; but it doesn't matter. Nothing matters... except that Mr. Brandon liked the party. Mr. Brandon gave the party. Mr. Brandon had a delightful evening. Well, I had a rotten evening!
Brandon Shaw:
Keep drinking, and you'll have a worse morning.
Phillip Morgan:
At least if I have a hangover, it will be all mine!
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Rope - Murder: Crime for Many, Privilege for Few
Janet Walker:
Who is this Rupert?
Kenneth Lawrence: [to Brandon Shaw]
He used to tell you the weirdest things, didn't he?
Brandon Shaw:
I suppose Kenneth means Rupert's impatience with social conventions. For example, he thinks murder is a crime for most men but--
Phillip Morgan:
a privilege for the few.
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Rope - Debate on Literature and Intellectual Standards
Phillip Morgan:
Rupert only publishes books he likes... usually philosophy.
Janet Walker:
Oh. Small print, big words, no sales.
Brandon Shaw:
Rupert's extremely radical. Do you know that he selects his books on the assumption that people not only can read but actually can think?
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Rope - Character Reflections on Morality and Death
Brandon Shaw:
I've always thought that it was out of character for David to drink anything as corrupt as Whiskey.
Phillip Morgan:
Out of character for him to be murdered, too.
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Rope - Denial of Unusual Actions
Phillip Morgan:
I never strangled a chicken in my life!
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