Gun Crazy - A Unique Connection Between Bart and Laurie
Bart Tare:
We go together, Laurie. I don't know why. Maybe like guns and ammunition go together.
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Rope - Consequences of Actions in Society
Brandon Shaw:
What are you doing?
Rupert Cadell:
It's not what I'm going to do, Brandon. It's what society is going to do. I don't know what that will be, but I can guess, and I can help. You're going to die, Brandon. Both of you. You are going to die.
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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 - Reflections on Childhood Reading Habits
Mrs. Atwater:
Do you know when I was a girl I used to read quite a bit.
Brandon Shaw:
We all do strange things in our childhood.
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Rope - A Reunion Sparks Curiosity and Questions
Brandon Shaw: [to Rupert]
It's awfully good to see you again.
Rupert Cadell:
Why?
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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 - A Toast to Dark Celebrations
Kenneth Lawrence:
We're drinking champagne? Is it somebody's birthday?
Brandon Shaw:
You might say it's quite the opposite.
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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 - The Satisfaction of Power in Creation and Destruction
Brandon Shaw:
The power to kill could be just as satisfying as the power to create.
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Rope - Murder as a Form of Artistic Expression
Brandon Shaw:
I've always wished for more artistic talent. Well, murder can be art, too.
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Rope - The Invention of Morality for the Average Man
Brandon Shaw:
Good and evil, right and wrong were invented for the ordinary average man, the inferior man, because he needs them.
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Rope - Justifiable Homicide and Ivy League Prestige
Brandon Shaw:
Of course, he was a Harvard undergraduate. That might be grounds for justifiable homicide.
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Rope - The Nature of Murder and Experimentation
Brandon Shaw:
Nobody commits a murder just for the experiment of committing it. Nobody except us.
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Rope - The Thrill of Danger and Death
Brandon Shaw:
We killed for the sake of danger and for the sake of killing.
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Rope - The Tragedy of Unremarkable Lives
Brandon Shaw:
The good Americans usually die young on the battlefield, don't they? Well, the Davids of the world merely occupy space, which is why he was the perfect victim for the perfect crime.
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