Memorable Quotes from John Derek
8 quotesContradictions of Happiness and Hardship
Nick Romano
Hi, Sunshine. What you look so happy about?
Sunshine
How can a guy be ] and broke at the same time?
[[happy]
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The Value of Labor and Sacrifice
Baka
We use the old ones for greasing the stones. If they are killed it is no loss.
Moses
Are you a master builder or a master butcher?
Baka
If we stop moving stones for every grease woman who falls, the city will not rise.
Overseer
If the slaves are not driven they will not work.
Joshua
If their work lags it is because they are not fed.
Moses
You look strong enough.
Joshua
I am a stone cutter. The pharaoh likes his images cut deep.
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Confrontation Over a Life-Saving Decision
Moses
You know it is death to strike an Egyptian.
Joshua
I know it.
Moses
Yet you struck him. Why?
Joshua
To save the old woman.
Moses
What is she to you?
Joshua
An old woman.
Egyptian Guard
Lord Moses, send him to his death!
Moses
The man has courage. You do not speak like a slave.
Joshua
God made man. Man made slaves.
Moses
Which god?
Joshua
The God of Abraham, the Almighty God!
Moses
If your God is Almighty, why does He leave you in bondage?
Joshua
He will choose the hour of our freedom and the man who will deliver us!
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A Request for Remembrance
Nick Romano
You wanna do something for me? Remember me in your ]s.
[[prayer]
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Living Fast and Leaving a Legacy
Nick Romano
* Sometimes misquoted: "Live fast, die young, leave a good-looking corpse.
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Embrace Life's Risks for Lasting Impact
Nick Romano
Live fast, die young, have a good-looking corpse.
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Live Fast, Die Young Philosophy
Nick Romano
What I used to say still goes. Live fast, die young... and have a good-looking corpse.
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The Need for Rest and Relief
Rameses
Difficulty with the slaves, my brother?
Moses
None that could not be cures by a ration of grain and a day of rest.
Rameses
A day of rest?
Moses
When your horses tire, they're rested. When they hunger, they're fed.
Rameses
Slaves draw brick and stone. My horses draw the next Pharaoh.
Moses
Is there any grain stored here in Goshen?
Rameses
None that you would dare take, my brother.
Joshua
The temple granaries are full.
Moses
Bring the push-pole men and some women with baskets.
[to Joshua]
Joshua
I will...great prince.
Rameses
I warn you, Moses, the temple grain belongs to the gods.
Moses
What the gods can digest will not sour in the belly of a slave.
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