Memorable Quotes from John Malkovich
53 quotesConfrontation Over a High-Stakes Card Game
Teddy KGB
It hurts, doesn't it? You can't believe what fell. All your dreams... dashed. Hopes down the fucking drain. Your fate is sitting right beside you. That ace could not have helped you. I bet it all.
[motioning to Grama; splashing the pot repeatedly, with a flourish]
Mike
You're right that the ace didn't help me. I flopped the nut straight.
[revealing his hand]
Teddy KGB
Motherfucker! ёб твою мать! Motherfucker! That is it!
[throwing cards and chips]
Grama
That's it? What the fuck you talkin about, "that's it"? Take him out, Teddy!
Teddy KGB
Nyet! Nyet! No more! No, not tonight! This son of bitch, all night he check, check, check! He trapped me!
Mike
Well, you feelin satisfied now, Teddy? Cause I can go on bustin you up all night.
Teddy KGB
Nyet, nyet. He beat me. Straight up. Pay him. Pay that man his money.
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Struggle with Identity and Morality
Mitch Leary
Frank, you of all people, I want you to understand because we both USED to think this country was a very special place...
Frank Horrigan
You don't know what I used to think!
Leary
Oh, but you know about me? Do you have any idea what I've done for God and country? Some pretty FUCKING HORRIBLE things! I don't even remember who I was before they sunk their claws into me!
Horrigan
They made you into a real monster, right?
Leary
That's right and now they want to destroy me because we can't have monsters roaming the quiet countryside, now can we?
Horrigan
What do you see when you're in the dark, and the demons come?
Leary
I see you, Frank. I see you standing over the grave of another dead president.
Horrigan
That's not going to happen. I'm onto you.
Leary
Forget it, Frank. I am willing to trade my life for his. I am smart, and I am willing, and that is all it takes. That president is coming home from California in a box.
Horrigan
Where in California?
Leary
Uh, the address? Come on, Frank. I'll keep you in the game, but I'm not going to throw it for you.
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Desire for Solitude and Dignity
Mr. Will
Mrs. Spalding, believe me, if I had anyplace else to go tonight besides the State Home for the Infirm, I'd gladly leave right now. Now, when I came here, all I asked was to be left alone. I am not some kind of freak that is here on display for the amusement of those hooligans you call children.
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A Threat with a Tempting Offer
Tom Ripley
I want you to call the man who sent you here. I want you to tell him you got a very long look at the two of us, we were definitely not the people on the train. Do you understand? If you do that, you do it convincingly, you walk out of here, we give you half a million dollars, okay? If you don't do it convincingly, I take you out back, and I run my fucking tractor over your head the rest of the day. Okay?
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Forewarning of Impending Trouble
Marvin Boggs
I told you something bad was going to happen!
[as he and Frank run from Moldovan Ground Forces]
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Confrontation Between Life and Death
Frank Horrigan
I want you to give yourself up.
Mitch Leary
So I can live a long and fruitful life?
Horrigan
We can work something out.
Leary
Fuck you. Don't fucking lie to me. I have a rendezvous with death, and so does the President, and so do you if you get too close.
Horrigan
You have a rendezvous with my ass, motherfucker!
Leary
Frank. Do you know how easily I could kill you, Frank? Do you know how many times I've watched you go in and out of that apartment? You're alive because I have allowed you to live. So you show me some goddamn respect!
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Cultural Commentary on English Behavior
Luisa Harari
He's got leukaemia.
[about Jonathan]
Tom Ripley
Is drunken pomposity a symptom?
Luisa Harari
No. He's just English.
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English's Foolishness Highlighted by Sauvage
Pascal Sauvage
Clearly, the aptly-named English is a fool.
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Unexpected Decision to Acquire a Pig
Marvin Boggs
I never thought I'd say this again...I am getting the pig!!
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Unexpected Recognition in a Serious Conversation
Mitch Leary
Frank?
[on phone]
Frank Horrigan
Yeah?
Leary
Frank Horrigan, the Secret Service agent?
Horrigan
Yeah, what'd I win?
Leary
My God, that really was you in my apartment this afternoon!
Horrigan
McCrawley?
[turns off stereo]
Leary
Why not call me ]?
[[w:John Wilkes Booth|Booth]
Horrigan
Why not ]?
[[w:Lee Harvey Oswald|Oswald]
Leary
Because Booth had flair, panache - a leap to the stage after he shot ].
[[Abraham Lincoln|Lincoln]
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The Nature of Conscience and Existence
Jonathan Trevanny
I know I should thank you, because I wouldn't be alive now if you hadn't helped me.... but I can't. I can't say thank you. I don't know anything about you. Who are you?
[crying]
Tom Ripley
I'm a creation. A gifted improviser. I lack your conscience and, when I was young, that troubled me. It no longer does. I don't worry about being caught because I don't think anyone is watching. The world is not a poorer place because those people are dead — it's not. It's one less car on the road, a little less noise and menace. You were brave today. You'll go home and put some money away for your family. That's all.
Jonathan Trevanny
If you "lack my conscience," then why did you help me on the train?
Tom Ripley
I don't know, but it doesn't surprise me. If there's one thing I know, it's that we're constantly being born.
[smiles]
Jonathan Trevanny
But why me? Why did you pick me?
Tom Ripley
Partly because you could. Partly because you insulted me. But mostly because that's the game. We need to catch this flight. Shall we?
[checks watch]
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Gambling Tensions Rise at the Poker Table
Mike
All right, I'll call the two grand, I'll gamble. Don't splash the pot.
Teddy KGB
You're on a draw, Mike? Throw away this one. It's not good for you. And in my club, I will splash the pot whenever the fuck I please.
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Loyalty to the Plan
Athos
Whatever the plan, I am with you.
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Desire and Unspoken Expectations
Athos
Your eyes ask too much.
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Tension at the Doorstep
Tom Ripley
You're not planning on singing me through the door, are you?
Reeves
I've got the Carregio in here.
Tom Ripley
Well, you're not coming in.
Reeves
I'm fucking coming in.
Tom Ripley
No, because it's not a Carr-egg-io, it's a Correggio. Just like it's not tacco but ta-a-cco. Not pasto but pasta, see? Your entire education comes from classic car magazines and you dress like you're on a condom run for the mob. By the way, it isn't a Correggio, it's a fake Rembrandt, and until you know that, you're not coming in with me.
Reeves
Don't fuck me over here, prat!
Tom Ripley
Don't threaten me. I'm not the one wearing an earring.
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Determination Against All Odds
Grama
Enough is enough, Teddy. Finish the fucking kid off.
Teddy KGB
Hanging around, hanging around. Kid's got alligator blood. Can't get rid of him.
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Exploring Memories of Wealth and Abandonment
Jim
Basie, first I could show you some rich pickings. Hundreds of houses left empty. I could show you some of the houses I lived in before Frank found me. They were luxuriant!
[as Frank and Basie are about to leave him in the street]
Basie
Luxuriant? You had good sense being born there, Jim. I'm sure there was good living.
Jim
There certainly was good living, Basie. There - there was opulence!
Basie
Heh heh. Opulence. Frank, we'll go and take a look at some of these houses. Let's go, Frank. Opulence.
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Consequences of Past Actions and Self-Perception
Jonathan Trevanny
Are we going to get away with it?
Tom Ripley
Why not?
Jonathan Trevanny
I've just never been the sort of person to get away with things. At school, other kids got away with all sorts. But not me. I always got caught.
Tom Ripley
You know why you got caught?
Jonathan Trevanny
Why?
Tom Ripley
Because you didn't think of just killing your teachers.
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The Challenge of Escape from Prison
Athos
It's a prison. Of course, there's no trouble getting in. The problems will come when we want to get out.
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Athos Critiques the King’s Character
Athos
It has everything to do with it. The king is a dog. A dog and a coward.
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Unity and Sacrifice in Brotherhood
Athos
One for all. All for one.
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The Easing of Guilt Over Time
Tom Ripley
Do you the interesting thing about doing something terrible?
Jonathan Trevanny
What?
Tom Ripley
Often, after a few days, you can't even remember it.
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Threats and Tension on the Train
Tom Ripley
Hold my watch, because if it breaks, I'll kill everyone on this train.
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Poker Tensions and Financial Stakes
Mike
Uh, you know what? I got my five grand here. That's just fine by me. I'm going home.
Teddy KGB
Fine. It's a fucking joke anyway. After all, I am paying you with your money.
Mike
What did you say?
Teddy KGB
Your money... I am still up twenty grand... from this last time I stick it in you.
Mike
They're trying to goad me, trying to own me. But this isn't a gunfight. It's not about pride or ego. It's only about money. I can leave now, even with Grama and KGB... and halfway to paying Petrovsky back. That's the safe play. I told Worm you can't lose what you don't put in the middle. But you can't win much either.
[Narrating]
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Frustration Over a Country's Compliance
Pascal Sauvage
Shut up! All this stupid little country has to do is stand in line and do what it's told for one miserable day! But can it do that? My fragrant French Ass it can!
[furious because his coronation has been interrupted by English, pulls a gun on crowd]
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Innocence and Ignorance in Conversation
Sarah Trevanny
I don't know how much you...
Tom Ripley
How much I...drink? Bathe? Work out?
Sarah Trevanny
How much you know about Jonathan's condition.
Tom Ripley
Nothing. I'm an innocent.
Sarah Trevanny
Jonathan has chronic myeloid leukemia.
Tom Ripley
My God, you're kidding! I'm so sorry.
[ingenuously]
Sarah Trevanny
Thank you. So, this opportunity came up for him to get a second opinion at this research foundation. He doesn't talk about it much, but I know he's angry. He's angry because... he'll probably die soon, while the rest of us go on living. And he's angry to be so young. And he's angry that he might not see Matthew grow up.
[quietly]
Tom Ripley
And what about you? Are you angry?
Sarah Trevanny
Sometimes. I love him completely, but... I feel there's a part of me that will be glad when it's all over...and that's a terrible thing to say.
[sadly]
Tom Ripley
I don't think you could say anything that terrible, or think it. I don't think what you're feeling is terrible at all. I think Jonathan is very, very fortunate to have someone like you, and I imagine he knows it.
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Determining the Workforce for Cotton Picking
Edna Spalding
We'll start right now!
Mr. Will
Well, you got 30 acres to pick.
Edna Spalding
Frank and Possum can help.
Mr. Will
Well, that's not going to be nearly enough.
Edna Spalding
Then, I'll pick 24 hours a day.
Moze
Did you ever pick cotton? After an hour, the hulls start cuttin your fingers. Then by noon both of your hands is bleedin'. And later on, your fingers start to swell. And after a little more time, they ain't no feelin in your hands whatsoever. And I ain't even speakin about what it does to your knees and I ain't even talkin about what it does to your back. Now, we can't do it. Now, get that through your head. Once and for all, we can't do it. Now, you best stop thinkin about it before you end up killin yourself!
Edna Spalding
Now you listen to me. If we lose this place, then you're goin back to beggin for every single meal. Mr. Will, they're gonna put you in a state home. And I'm gonna lose what's left of my family. I'm not gonna let that happen. I don't care what it takes. I don't care if it kills me. I don't care if it kills you. I'm not gonna give up. And if the two of you do, you can go straight to Hell!
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Lessons Learned from Survival and Sacrifice
Basie
Jim, didn't I teach you anything?
Jim
Yes. You taught me that people will do anything for a potato.
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Al Rockoff's Perspective on Cooking Eggs
Al Rockoff
I can't eat eggs, someone told me they shrink with fright when you cook them.
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Moral Conflict Over Personal Ambition
Al Rockoff
It bothers me that you let Pran stay in Cambodia because you wanted to win that fucking award and you knew you needed him.
Sydney Schanberg
I had no idea that-
Al Rockoff
The fuck you didn't! The fuck you didn't!
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Adding Spice to the Evening
Jonathan Trevanny
Oh, hi. You're here, then. Excellent. We were hoping you'd come.
[embarrassed]
Tom Ripley
Why?
[icy]
Jonathan Trevanny
Well, to... to add spice to the evening.
Tom Ripley
Meaning?
Jonathan Trevanny
You're a bit of a local personality.
Tom Ripley
Meaning?
Jonathan Trevanny
People have heard about you.
Tom Ripley
Meaning?
Jonathan Trevanny
Nothing. Just... nothing.
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Survival and Strategy in Uncertain Times
Jim
We'll have to leave the camp.
Basie
That's the idea, Jim. First one side feeds you and the other side tries to get you killed, then it's turned around; it's all timing.
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Aging Perspectives on Identity and Ageism
Marvin Boggs
Old man" my ass!
[After blowing up an assassin who insulted him]
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The Finality of Friendship and Competition
Mitch Leary
Hello, Frank. By the time you hear this, it'll be over. The President is most likely dead, and so am I. I wonder, Frank, did you kill me? Who won our game? Not that it really matters, for among friends like you and me, it's not whether you win or lose but how you play the game, and now the game is done and it's time to get on with your life. But I worry, that you have no life to get on with, Frank. You're a good man, and good men like you and me are destined to travel a lonely road. Goodbye, and good luck.
[last words, left on Frank's answering machine]
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A Foreboding Promise of Death
Athos
The next time we meet, one of us will die.
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Seeking Solitude Amidst Unwanted Assistance
Mr. Will
Mrs. Spalding, I don't want me to be here anymore than you want me to be. Now, I won't be any more trouble than is necessary. And all I'll ask in return is to be left alone in peace and quiet.
Edna Spalding
Well, I just thought...
Mr. Will
I know what you just thought. But I don't need your help, and I don't need you to feel sorry for me.
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Debate on Life and Death Choices
Mitch Leary
Do you believe in the nobility of suicide?
Frank Horrigan
No. But if you wanna blow your goddamn head off, go ahead, be my guest.
Mitch Leary
Nicely put, except I don't want to leave this miserable world alone.
Lilly Raines
West tower, do you have a shot?
Sniper
Negative, too dark. Target unclear.
Leary
It's better to die with a friend, don't you think Frank?
Horrigan
A friend? You're a damn killer, you sick bastard.
Leary
Don't talk to me like that! I saved your life. You owe me.
Horrigan
I don't owe you shit.
Leary
I was always honest and fair with you.
Horrigan
Go ahead and shoot. Go ahead.
[the other agents hear him on the ground floor]
Agent Chavez
It's Frank. Quiet! Quiet!
[to people reacting at the audio]
Horrigan
Come on, dammit.
Raines
Frank are you talking to me?
Horrigan
Well, what are you waiting for?
[trying to keep talking to Leary]
Leary
What am I waiting for? I'm waiting for you to show me some goddamn gratitude. Without me, you'd still just be another sad-eyed, piano-playing drunk. I brought you into this game. I let you keep up with me. I made you a goddamn hero today.
[aims pistol as Horrigan moves back]
Horrigan
You didn't make me anything.
Leary
I redeemed your pathetic, shitty life.
Horrigan
I just did my job. You're the one with the fucking pathetic life. Go ahead and shoot, dammit.
Raines
They can't see inside. If they fire, you'll be hit.
Leary
I want you to thank me first, Frank.
Horrigan
Shut up and shoot.
Raines
All right, Frank.
Leary
All right, Frank.
[kneels to him]
Raines
Shooters, standby to fire. Wait for my command.
Leary
Sleep well, my friend.
Horrigan
Just one thing: Aim high.
Leary
What?
Raines
Aim high.
Horrigan
NOW!
Raines
Fire!
Leary
You bastard!
[finally sees that Horrigan was on the radio the whole time; snipers shoot]
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Discussion of a Failed Assassination
Jonathan Trevanny
One of them's still alive.
Tom Ripley
How do you know?
Jonathan Trevanny
Well, I heard it on the world news.
Tom Ripley
Jesus. I always figured you for a talk radio man. Okay, well, I guess I didn't strangle him long enough. It's not like a garrote comes with a manual.
Jonathan Trevanny
Ah, one of them got a very, very good look at me.
Tom Ripley
Jonathan, that's the first rule of the game. Don't ever worry about anything you can't control, ever. Anyway, I don't think they can trace us here and if they get close, I'll let you know.
Jonathan Trevanny
What about my family? I'm just worried about my family.
Tom Ripley
Well, don't worry. If they come for anyone, they'll come for me. I think these Balkan types tend to take strangling quite personally.
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Resilience in the Face of Adversity
Mr. Will
How bad is it?
[after a tornado]
Moze
Everything's a little bent, but it's still here.
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Abel's New Responsibility with the Boys
Obersturmbanfuehrer Raufeisen
Did you bring up these boys, Abel? Heil!
[''To the new boys'']
Boys
Heil!
Raufeisen
This is excellent, Abel. You showed initiative. In fact, I think I'm going to make this your regular job here. Plus, you like the boys, don't you?
Abel
Yes, sir, very much.
Raufeisen
Yes, and the boys like you. Excellent. You see, here's our problem. We have such a wonderful school, and all the best families in Germany are proud to have their children come here but the common people, especially the peasants here, you see... they are so crude and uneducated that they don't want their children to attend our school. They even hide them from us.
Frau Netta
Bravo, Abel.
Raufeisen
Now we want to give everyone the benefit of the Reich, and that's why I want you to help us, Abel. You consider yourself an ordinary fellow. So it's simply ideal. All right, my boy? I'm relying on you. Cover the entire countryside, and don't worry about insisting when you have to. Just bring me the boys.
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Cultural Clashes and Unpleasant Encounters
Lorna Campbell
You obviously haven't met our host, Monsieur Sauvage.
[watching Sauvage, who Johnny thinks is a waiter, standing just behind him]
Johnny English
No, thank God! You know, I think I'd rather have my bottom impaled on a giant cactus than exchange pleasantries with that jumped-up Frenchman. As far as I'm concerned, the only thing the French should be allowed to host is an invasion.
Johnny English
Sorry, can I help?
Pascal Sauvage
Pascal Sauvage, jumped-up Frenchman.
Lorna Campbell
Lorna Campbell. I've been so looking forward to meeting you.
Pascal Sauvage
Enchanté.
Pascal Sauvage
But of course, you're Johnny English. I've heard all about you.
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Confronting Fear in Uncertain Circumstances
Jonathan Trevanny
Are you scared?
Tom Ripley
No. I am fucking terrified.
[pause, still calmly]
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Identifying a Disguised Individual
Jon Swain
Where do they get this crap?
Al Rockoff
That guy across the gate there. The little guy. Could we all not look at once, please? I have it on reliable sources that that's none other than Hugh Elder.
Jon Swain
You're kidding . . .
Al Rockoff
He's disguised, but I got a little suspicious about it, you know what I mean?
Dith Pran
How does he get his copy out?
Al Rockoff
How does he get his copy out? Specially trained hens. Yeah, the BBC has commissioned them to walk past the Khmer Rouge like they're regular fowl, and then they've been crossing the border into Thailand every day and every night.
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Conflict During a Crowning Ceremony
Archbishop
I crown you--
[preparing to crown Sauvage]
Johnny English
Dammit!
[fails to grab the banner; swings back and forth on the wire]
Pascal Sauvage
Give it back!
[hands the orb and scepter back to the Archbishop and then springs up from the throne]
Johnny English
No!
Pascal Sauvage
That is my crown!
Johnny English
Never!
Pascal Sauvage
GIVE IT BACK!!!
Johnny English
Never in a million years, Sauvage!
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A Reluctant Duty to Save a Life
Frank Horrigan
Take my hand. If you don't, you'll die.
Mitch Leary
You want to save me, Frank?
Frank Horrigan
To be completely fair and honest with you, no. But it's my job.
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Reflections on Food and Life Choices
Al Rockoff
Anything I eat's gotta be absolutely dead. That is why I can never eat an oyster. I read somewhere that they put that lemon juice on them just to stun them. What's the difference?
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A Father's Quest for Meaning and Justice
Athos
Yes, Raoul is my reason for being here, but not in the way you think. Once I, once all of us believed in spending our lives in the service of something greater than ourselves. Aramis had his faith, Porthos his lust for life, D'Artagnan his devotion and I had Raoul. But we all had a common dream; that one day, we would finally be able to serve a king worthy of the throne. It is what we dreamt, what we bled for and what we have spent a lifetime waiting to see. I taught Raoul to believe in this dream... and now my son is dead. So I am here to find out if his life was in vain, and the only one who can answer that question is you.
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The Burden of Waiting
Jonathan Trevanny
Jesus, this waiting! I can't stand this waiting.
Tom Ripley
When I was a little boy, I waited on the beach for hours for my parents to come back from a boat ride. They drowned. I waited forever.
[pause]
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Accusation of Betrayal
Athos
You're the traitor.
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Self-Description and Personal Reflection
Mr. Will
Mrs. Spalding, can I ask you a question?
Edna Spalding
Yes.
Mr. Will
What do you look like?
Edna Spalding
I have long hair and I tie it up in the back. And I have brown eyes. I always wanted to have blue eyes, like my Mama, but Margaret got those. And my teeth stick out in front, a little, because I sucked my thumb a long time when I was a little girl. I'm no real beauty. I'm all right.
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Feeling of Dissatisfaction and Discontent
Teddy KGB
Just like a young man coming in for a quickie. I feel so unsatisfied.
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A New Name for a New Life
Basie
What did you say your name was boy?
Jim
Jamie and I'm building a man-flying kite and writing a book called Contract Bridge.
Basie
Jim: a new name for a new life.
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Reflections on Choices and Consequences
Mitch Leary
What did happen to you that day? Only one agent reacted to the gunfire, and you were closer to Kennedy than he was. You must have looked up at the window of the Texas Book Depository, but you didn't react. Late at night, when the demons come, do you see the rifle coming out of that window, or do you see Kennedy's head being blown apart? If you'd reacted to that first shot, could you have gotten there in time to stop the big bullet? And if you had - that could've been your head being blown apart. Do you wish you'd succeeded, Frank? Or is life too precious?
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