Pulp Fiction - Legal Nuances of Smoking in Different Places
Jules Winnfield: [[W:Cannabis in the Netherlands|the hash bars]
Okay, so, tell me about ].
Vincent Vega:
So what you want to know?
Jules: [[Hashish|hash]
Well, ] is legal there, right?
Vincent:
Yeah, it's legal, but it ain't a hundred percent legal. I mean, you can't walk into a restaurant, roll a joint, and start puffin away. They want you to smoke in your home or certain designated places.
Jules:
Those are hash bars?
Vincent:
Yeah. Breaks down like this, okay: it's legal to buy it, it's legal to own it, and if you're the proprietor of a hash bar, it's legal to sell it. It's illegal to carry it, but that doesn't really matter cause, get a load of this, all right; if you get stopped by the cops in Amsterdam, it's illegal for them to search you. I mean, that's a right the cops in Amsterdam don't have.
Jules: [laughing]
Oh, man. I'm going, that's all there is to it. I'm fucking going.
Vincent:
Yeah, baby, you'd dig it the most. But you know what the funniest thing about Europe is?
Jules:
What?
Vincent:
It's the little differences. I mean, they got the same shit over there that we got here, but it's just...it's just, there it's a little different.
Jules:
Example?
Vincent:
All right. Well, you can walk into a movie theater in Amsterdam and buy a beer. And I don't mean just like in no paper cup; I'm talking about a glass of beer. And in Paris, you can buy a beer at McDonald's. And you know what they call a Quarter Pounder with Cheese in Paris?
Jules:
They don't call it a Quarter Pounder with Cheese?
Vincent:
Nah, man, they got the metric system. They wouldn't know the fuck a Quarter Pounder is.
Jules:
What do they call it?
Vincent: [[w:fr:Royal Cheese|Royale with Cheese]
They call it a "].
Jules:
Royale with Cheese.
Vincent:
That's right.
Jules:
What do they call a Big Mac?
Vincent: [[w:fr:Big Mac|''Le'' Big Mac]
A Big Mac's a Big Mac, but they call it "].
Jules: [in mock French accent; laughs]
Le Big Mac." What do they call a Whopper?
Vincent:
I don't know, I didn't go in a Burger King, You know what they put on French fries in Holland instead of ketchup?.
Jules:
What?
Vincent:
Mayonnaise.
Jules: [makes a grossed out face]
Goddamn.
Vincent: [chuckles]
I seen them do it, man, they fucking drown them in that shit.
Jules: [grossed out]
Yuck.
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Urban Cowboy - Intelligence Among Cowboys Is Often Overlooked
Bud Davis: [to Pam]
Contrary to what you or your daddy think, all cowboys ain't dumb. Some of em got smarts real good, like me.
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Urban Cowboy - Jealousy and Possessiveness in Relationships
Bud Davis: [to Wes]
What the hell was that? What's he tippin his hat at you for? Don't he know we're married? Hey Tattoo! You see this here. That there's a wedding ring. That means we're married! She's mine, okay?
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The Experts - Concerns About Housing Unwanted Guests
Travis: [about the citizens of Indian Springs]
Where are we going to put them? They can't stay at my place.
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Battlefield Earth - Leverage in a Moment of Conflict
Terl:
Why don't you vaporize me?
Jonnie Goodboy Tyler:
Leverage.
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Battlefield Earth - Introducing a New Character in the Scene
Terl:
Ker, I'd like you to meet Chirk.
Terl:
She's, um ... she's, um ...
Chirk:
His soon-to-be newly acquired secretary.
Terl:
Yes.
Ker: [''Eagerly'']
Really?
Terl: [''Quietly, to Ker'']
She's stupid enough not to be a menace, good-looking enough to be decorative; she gets drunk with economical speed ... and has other advantages.
Ker:
Ooh. I can see that.
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Battlefield Earth - Endless Cycles of Unwanted Commitment
Zete:
Home Office is well aware of your academic achievements and obvious talents. That's why we've decided not to keep you here for another five cycles.
Ker:
It's a joke!
Terl:
Oh, thank you sir. I don't know if I could have kept my sanity to be here another five cycles!
Zete: [laughs maniacally]
We've decided to keep you here another fifty cycles, with endless options for renewal! Those options, of course, being at Home Office's discretion, not yours. The senator has a lot of friends!
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Battlefield Earth - Discovery of an Unfamiliar Species
Zete: [''Looking at an overhead photo of a car'']
What is this species?
Terl: [[Dogs|dog]
Well, according to the Clinko historians, the species is called "].
Zete:
Dog?
Terl:
Yes.
Zete:
Obviously the superior race, having the man-animal chauffeur it around.
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Battlefield Earth - Perceptions of Beauty in Unfamiliar Worlds
Terl:
It is a pleasure to see you, Your Excellency, and I would be honored to expedite your clearance through security.
Zete: [[Earth]
Please, call me Zete. Does all of ] look like this?
Terl:
Oh, I'm afraid so, sir.
Zete:
Pathetic. All the green and the blue sky. They told me this planet was ugly, but this has got to be one of the ugliest crap holes in the entire universe.
Terl:
I couldn't agree with you more.
Zete:
I hate these puny undersized planets. The gravity is so ... different.
Terl:
Well, one does get used to it.
Zete:
And the human animals, grossly undersized.
Ker:
They don't make very good eating, Your Excellency.
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Battlefield Earth - Accountability Amongst Chaos
Terl: [holding Jonnie]
Who is responsible for allowing this man-animal to run around unsupervised?
Processing Clerk:
The man-animal shot the wrangler, sir.
Terl:
I'm a little pressed for time. Why don't you save the going-away jokes for later?
Clerk:
No joke, sir. I swear. The man-animal somehow got hold of his gun.
Terl: [switches the clerk's gun to "kill" and hands it to Jonnie]
Really? Show me. Reach for the gun.
Clerk:
Sir, I might get shot.
Terl:
Sure, you might, and I might suddenly grow a third arm!
Clerk:
Sir, I swear it shot the wrangler!
Terl:
Any report filed still has my name on it, and you are out of your skull-bone if you think I am going to write on a report, "shot by man-animal," as the cause of death unless I see it!
Clerk:
If I obey your command I may get killed.
Terl: [The clerk reaches for the gun; Jonnie shoots him.; laughs]
And if you don't, it's a certainty that you will be killed. Reach for the gun. Well now, I'll be damned.
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Battlefield Earth - A Challenge to Be Displayed
Terl:
You have been quite a challenge, rat-brain, and you're going to make a hell of a conversation piece when you're stuffed and hanging on the wall at the academy!
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Battlefield Earth - Chief of Security Issues Command
Terl: [[Human|man-animals]
Attention. This is Terl, your chief of security. Exterminate all ] at will, and happy hunting!
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Battlefield Earth - The Power of Leverage in Strategy
Terl:
Never underestimate what a little leverage can do, rat-brain!
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Battlefield Earth - Critique of Humanity in Battlefield Earth
Terl:
Stupid humans!
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Battlefield Earth - Humanity's Defeat in Battlefield Earth
Terl: [Taking Jonnie to a library]
When we attacked your planet, all your soldiers and all their advanced technology could only put up a measly nine-minute fight before they were exterminated, which is why man is an endangered species. Everything you humans knew is here, and you can look at anything you want, because there is nothing that will help you.
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Battlefield Earth - Terl's Skepticism About Human Superiority
Terl:
A man-animal getting leverage over a Psychlo? That'll be the day.
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Battlefield Earth - Frustration with the Ceiling Repair Request
Terl:
Crap-lousy ceiling! I thought I told you to get some man-animals in here and fix it.
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Battlefield Earth - Training for Galactic Conquest from a Young Age
Terl:
While you were still learning how to spell your name, I was being trained to conquer galaxies!
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Primary Colors - Consequences of Addiction and Personal Choices
Jack Stanton:
This is the only copy left. I want you to have it because it might help you to know what someone else may find. I shouldn't have looked for it. I'm really sorry.
Fred Picker: [choking up]
Fuckin cocaine. You know, I was really so successful at everything I did. Business, politics, hell, I could handle anything... except cocaine. Only I didn't know that because of cocaine. That's what really fucked up my marriage. It wasn't anything else. And... I did go to bed with Renzo once or twice. Hell, it was just a coke thing. I could do anything, so I did that too. I'm seeing a really nice woman now... I suppose I have to tell her. Hell of a price to pay, isn't it?
Jack Stanton:
Well, maybe no one will find out.
Fred Picker:
Well, you did... in a day! I should never have said yes to Mrs. Harris. But I liked what Harris was doing, and I thought I'd give it a week, and it just took off. Once I did that blood thing, God...
Jack Stanton:
That was great politics.
Fred Picker:
Yeah... amazing, wasn't it? Jack, I'd like to thank you for coming here, the honorable way you have. I was wrong to stay in. I just hope that maybe when I quit, they won't hit it as hard. And my boys, I really don't want them to know about Renzo. The problem is, the bottom line is, I'm going to be a national joke... and I'm going to have to explain it all to my boys... either way. Because no matter what I do, the press is still going to find out the rest of it, aren't they?
Jack Stanton:
If they think it will sell one newspaper, yes.
Fred Picker: [breaking down]
Oh, my God.
Jack Stanton: [stands and leaves as Picker weeps]
If there's anything I can do... anything... that can make it a little better...
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Primary Colors - Candid Remarks on Public Perception
Jack Stanton:
I mean, if you had to swallow as much sh-garbage...
Woman in audience:
You can say "shit", we're X rated!
Jack Stanton:
So am I, if you believe what you read in the paper!
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Primary Colors - The Importance of Action in Leadership
Lawrence Harris:
Excuse me, Jack, but what, if anything, are you against?
Jack Stanton:
I'm against doing nothing while people are suffering. I'm against going against any idea that might help because it isn't my idea. Senator, you have met these people. You have looked into their eyes. Are you saying we should do nothing to help unless we come up with it?
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Primary Colors - Reflection on a Lost Friendship and Regret
Jack Stanton: [speaking at Libby's funeral; fighting tears as he reads it]
Most of us here grew up with Libby Holden. She was our friend. She was our big sister. She bullied us, went after us, and worst of all, she remembered everything about us. All those young promises made, everything we wanted to be, everything we wanted the world to be — she remembered them all in the original wording. She wrote me a note before she died. "I am so fucking disappointed in you. Shape up!" I am so sorry that I disappointed her, and I am so sorry that I can't stand before her and promise to do better. She lent us all her warmth, her idealism, her madness. She had the most amazing heart.
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Primary Colors - The Cost of Ambition in Politics
Jack Stanton: [[Abraham Lincoln]
You don't think ] was a whore before he was a president? He had to tell his little stories and smile his shit-eating back country grin, and he did it all just so he could have the opportunity to one day stand before the nation and appeal to the better angels of our nature. And that's where the bullshit stops. That's what it's all about — so we have the opportunity to do it the right way. You know as well as I do, that plenty of people playing this game, they don't think that way. They're willing to sell their souls, crawl through sewers, lie to people, divide them, play on their worst fears for nothing! Just for the prize.
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Primary Colors - Ambition to Change the Country
Jack Stanton:
We can do incredible things. We can change this country. I'm gonna win this thing. Look me in the eye, Henry, and tell me that you don't want to be a part of it.
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Primary Colors - Commitment to Honesty in Politics
Jack Stanton:
I'm gonna do something really outrageous: I'm gonna tell the truth.
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Saturday Night Fever - A Lighthearted Exchange About a Finger Injury
Tony Manero:
Hey, you know you assholes almost broke my pussy finger!
Gus:
Oh yeah, you wouldn't know which one it was.
Tony Manero:
I know, my middle one.
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Saturday Night Fever - Recognition and Validation in Everyday Life
Tony:
I don't see no one givin you a raise down at unemployment.
Frank Manero Sr:
Four dollars? Shit!
Tony Manero: [gets up and walks out of the room]
I knew you'd piss on it. Go on, just piss on it. A raise says like you're good, you know? You know how many times someone told me I was good in my life? Two! Twice! Two fuckin times! This raise today, and dancing... dancin at the disco! You sure as hell never did!
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Saturday Night Fever - The Meaning of Having Your Life Together
Stephanie Mangano:
I'm sick of guys who ain't got their shit together.
Tony Manero: [mimics stirring in a bowl]
Well, all ya need is a salad bowl, and a potato masher, and you got your shit together!
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Saturday Night Fever - Friendship and Frustration Amongst Young Adults
Joey:
Hey, Tony, Double J's been in the car twenty five minutes with some chick!
Tony Manero:
So?
Joey:
So, I can't get the selfish prick out!
Tony Manero: [to Annette]
These guys can't do nothin without me.
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Saturday Night Fever - Confrontation Over Personal Boundaries
Tony Manero:
Why are you such a cocktease?
Stephanie Mangano:
Don't you call me no goddamned cocktease!
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Saturday Night Fever - A Playful Exchange on Seating Choices
Annette:
Ain't ya gonna ask me to sit down?
Tony Manero:
No, cause you would do it.
Annette:
Bet you'd ask me to lay down.
Tony Manero:
No, you would not do it.
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Saturday Night Fever - Shared Initials and Marriage Monograms
Tony Manero:
You know, you and I got the same last initial.
Stephanie Mangano: [sarcastically]
Wow. Does that mean when we get married, I won't have to change the monogram or my luggage?
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Saturday Night Fever - Choices Defining Female Identity in Youth
Tony Manero:
Are you a nice girl or a cunt?
Annette:
I don't know. Both?
Tony Manero:
No. You can't be both. It's a decision a girl's gotta make early in life, if she's gonna be a nice girl or a cunt.
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Saturday Night Fever - Dance Skills and Partner Dynamics
Tony Manero:
She can dance, you know that? She's got the wrong partner of course, but she can dance.
Joey:
So then why don't you ask her?
Tony Manero:
Fuck you.
Joey:
Which position?
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Saturday Night Fever - A Clash Over Time Off at Work
Tony Manero:
I gotta have an afternoon off, and I'm takin it.
Fusco:
If you do, you're fired.
Tony Manero:
I'm doin it!
Fusco:
Then you're fired!
Tony Manero:
Then fuck you, asshole!
Fusco:
And the horse you rode in on.
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Saturday Night Fever - The Conflict Between Present and Future Planning
Fusco:
You can save a little, build a future.
Tony Manero:
To hell with the future!
Fusco:
No, Tony! You can't fuck the future. The future fucks you. It catches up with you and it fucks you if you ain't planned for it!
Tony Manero:
Look, tonight is the future, and I am planning for it. There's this shirt I gotta buy, a beautiful shirt.
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Saturday Night Fever - Dance Floor Confidence and Bedroom Misunderstandings
Connie:
So, are you as good in bed as you are on that dance floor?
Tony Manero:
You know, Connie, if you're as good in bed as you are on the dance floor, then you're one lousy fuck.
Connie:
Then how come they always send me flowers the next morning?
Tony Manero:
Cause most guys don't know a lousy fuck when they've have one. Or I dunno. Maybe they thought you was dead.
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Saturday Night Fever - Creativity Inspired by Television Influence
Stephanie Mangano:
Nice move. Did you make that up?
Tony Manero:
Yeah, well, I saw on TV first, then I made it up.
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Saturday Night Fever - Confidence in Connection
Tony Manero:
Couldja dig it? I knew that ya could.
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Saturday Night Fever - Confrontation and Frustration in Tony's Statement
Tony Manero:
You know what, Gus? I feel like breaking your broken legs!
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Saturday Night Fever - Self-Destructive Choices Beyond Physical Harm
Tony Manero:
There's ways of killing youself without killing yourself.
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Saturday Night Fever - A Cry for Freedom and Justice
Tony Manero: [[Al Pacino]
]! Attica! Attica! Attica!
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Saturday Night Fever - Perceptions of Dance and Relationships
Tony Manero:
You make it with some of these chicks, they think you gotta dance with them.
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Saturday Night Fever - Controversial Remarks on Race and Sexuality
Tony Manero:
(On the way into the 2001 Odyssey discothèque) Would you put your dick in a spic? Does it get bigger in a nigger?
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Saturday Night Fever - Concern for Hair Care
Tony Manero:
Would ya just watch the hair? Ya know, I work on my hair a long time and you hit it. He hits my hair.
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Staying Alive - Desire for Confidence and Self-Expression
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Staying Alive - Interpersonal Dynamics and Conflict in Relationships
Tony Manero:
Everybody uses everbody, don't they?
Jessie:
Go to hell, Manero!
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Staying Alive - Trust and Assurance in Uncertain Situations
Tony Manero:
Don't worry. She's in good hands.
Carl:
And what are you, Allstate, pal?
Tony Manero:
Yeah, you want disability?
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Staying Alive - Party Hard, Risking Brain Damage
Tony Manero:
Last time I came over, I almost got brain damaged. You guys party too hard, you ought to be a tag team.
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Staying Alive - Introduction of Characters and Their Perspectives
Joy:
Hello, I'm Joy...
Tony Manero:
...And I'm happiness.
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Staying Alive - Uncertainty in Expectations and Responsibilities
Doorman:
Are you expected?
Tony Manero:
To do what?
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Staying Alive - Intelligence Beyond Accents
Tony Manero:
Did you hear the way she talked? All intelligent like.
Jackie: [[Albert Einstein|Einstein]
Tony, an accent doesn't make you intelligent, if it did, you'd be ].
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Staying Alive - Feeling Alone in a Crowded Room
Laura:
Oh, don't take it personally.
Tony Manero:
I've got to, there's no one else in the room!
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Grease - Danny Zuko's Name Reminder
Danny Zuko:
That's my name, don't wear it out.
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Grease - Electrifying Feelings of Attraction
Danny Zuko: [singing]
I got chills,They're multiplyin,'And I'm losing control.'Cause the power you're supplyin — It's electrifyin'!
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Grease - Celebrating the Power of Greased Lightning
Danny Zuko:
* (Alternate take from the soundtrack): This car is automatic... systematic... hy-y-ydromadic... why it's Greased Lightning!
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Grease - The Potential of Greased Lightning
Danny Zuko:
This car could be systematic, hydromatic, ultramatic. Why, it could be Greased Lightning!
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A Civil Action - Theatrical Value in a Serious Case
Jan Schlichtmann:
I can appreciate the theatrical value of several dead kids. I mean, like that. Obviously, that's good. That is all this case has going for it. That's not enough. Get rid of it.
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A Civil Action - The Inevitability of Settling in Legal Battles
Jan Schlichtmann: [[lawsuit]
The odd's of a plaintiff's lawyer winning in civil court are two to one against. Think about that for a second. Your odds of surviving a game of Russian roulette are better than winning a case at trial. 12 times better. So, why does anyone do that? They don't. They settle. Out of the 780,000, only 12,000 or 11/2% ever reach a verdict. The whole idea of ]s is to settle, to compel the other side to settle. And you do that by spending more money than you should, which forces them to spend more money than they should, and whoever comes to their senses first loses. Trials are a corruption of the entire process and only fools who have something to prove end up ensnared in them. Now when I say prove, I don't mean about the case, I mean about themselves.
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A Civil Action - Value of Life in Legal Context
Jan Schlichtmann:
It's like this. A dead plaintiff is rarely worth more than a living severely-maimed plaintiff. However, if it's a long, slow, agonizing death as opposed to a quick drowning or car wreck, the value can rize considerably. A dead adult in his 20s is generally worth less than one who is middle aged. A dead woman less than a dead man. A single adult less than one who's married. Black less than white. Poor less than rich. The perfect victim is a white male professional, 40 years old, at the height of his earning power, struck down at his prime. And the most imperfect: well, in the calculus of personal injury law, a dead child is worth the least of all.
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Swordfish - Betrayal and Consequences in Politics
Gabriel: [Gabriel pulls out a gun]
You tried to kill me. You've misplaced your loyalty, Senator, you've sold out America. Patriotism does not have a four-year shelf-life, but unfortunately politicians do.
Senator Reisman:
Now what are you gonna do with that?
Gabriel: [[Thomas Jefferson]
] once shot a man on the White House lawn for treason.
Senator Reisman:
Now hold the phone, Thomas Jefferson... (Gabriel shoots the Senator)
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Swordfish - The Dilemma of Greater Good
Stanley:
How can you justify all this?
Gabriel:
You're not looking at the big picture Stan. Here's a scenario. You have the power to cure all the world's diseases but the price for this is that you must kill a single innocent child, could you kill that child Stanley?
Stanley:
No.
Gabriel:
You disappoint me, it's the greatest good.
Stanley:
Well how about 10 innocents?
Gabriel:
Now you're gettin it, how about a hundred - how about a THOUSAND? Not to save the world but to preserve our way of life.
Stanley:
No man has the right to make that decision; you're no different from any other terrorist.
Gabriel:
No, you're wrong Stanley. Thousands die every day for no reason at all, where's your bleeding heart for them? You give your twenty dollars to Greenpeace every year thinking you're changing the world? What countries will harbor terrorists when they realize the consequences of what I'll do? Did you know that I can buy nuclear warheads in Minsk for forty million each? Hell, I'd buy half a dozen and even get a discount!
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Swordfish - A Challenge to Overcome Fear and Doubt
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Swordfish - Tension Escalates Between Characters in Crisis
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Swordfish - The Suit That Makes the Man
Gabriel:
Big Stan! Nice suit.
Stanley:
Thanks.
Gabriel:
They say it's the suit that makes the man.
Stanley:
Buy it?
Gabriel:
Hope not!
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Swordfish - Justifying Extreme Measures in the Fight Against Terrorism
Stanley:
War? Who are we at war with?
Gabriel:
Anyone who impinges on America's freedom. Terrorist states, Stanley. Someone must bring their war to them. They bomb a church, we bomb 10. They hijack a plane, we take out an airport. They execute American tourist, we tactically nuke an entire city. Our job is to make terrorism so horrific that is becomes unthinkable to attack Americans.
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Swordfish - The Art of Misdirection in Magic
Gabriel:
Have you ever heard of Harry Houdini? Well he wasn't like today's magicians who are only interested in television ratings. He was an artist. He could make an elephant disappear in the middle of a theater filled with people, and do you know how he did that? Misdirection.
Stanley:
What the fuck are you talking about?
Gabriel:
Misdirection. What the eyes see and the ears hear, the mind believes.
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Swordfish - Expectations vs. Reality in Storytelling
Stanley:
It's not gonna end like this.
Gabriel:
Oh, come on, Stan. Not everything ends the way you think it should. Besides, audiences love happy endings.
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Swordfish - Identity Revealed Amidst Accusations
Gabriel:
Stanley, I'm about to do something that is against my better judgement. I'm going to tell you who I am.
Stanley:
Don't bother. I already know who you are.
Gabriel:
Really? You see I think that you think I'm a bank robber. But that's not the truth. The truth is I'm just like you.
Stanley:
You're a murderer.
Gabriel:
Indeed I am and worse, much worse.
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Swordfish - Unfulfilling Actions Compared to Self-Indulgence
Gabriel:
It's kinda like masturbation without the payoff.
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Swordfish - Need for Speed in High-Stakes Tasks
Gabriel:
I have been told that the best crackers in the world can do this under 60 minutes but unfortunately I need someone who can do this under 60 seconds.
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Swordfish - Critique of Realism in Modern Cinema
Gabriel: [[Dog Day Afternoon; [Al Pacino|Pacino; [Scarface; [The Godfather|Godfather Part 1; [w:Sidney Lumet|Lumet]
You know what the problem with Hollywood is? They make shit. Unbelievable, unremarkable shit. Now I'm not some grungy wannabe filmmaker that's searching for existentialism through a haze of bong smoke or something. No, it's easy to pick apart bad acting, short-sighted directing, and a purely moronic stringing together of words that many of the studios term as "prose". No, I'm talking about the lack of realism. Realism; not a pervasive element in today's modern American cinematic vision. Take ], for example. Arguably ]'s best work, short of ] and ], of course. Masterpiece of directing, easily ]'s best. The cinematography, the acting, the screenplay, all top-notch. But... they didn't push the envelope. Now what if in Dog Day, Sonny REALLY wanted to get away with it? What if - now here's the tricky part - what if he started killing hostages right away? No mercy, no quarter. "Meet our demands or the pretty blonde in the bellbottoms gets it the back of the head." Bam, splat! What, still no bus? Come on! How many innocent victims splattered across a window would it take to have the city reverse its policy on hostage situations? And this is 1976; there's no CNN, there's no CNBC, there's no internet! Now fast forward to today, present time, same situation. How quickly would the modern media make a frenzy over this? In a matter of hours, it'd be biggest story from Boston to Budapest! Ten hostages die, twenty, thirty; bam bam, right after another, all caught in high-def, computer-enhanced, color corrected. You can practically taste the brain matter. All for what? A bus, a plane? A couple of million dollars that's federally insured? I don't think so. Just a thought. I mean, it's not within the realm of conventional cinema... but what if?
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Old Dogs - Misunderstanding About Scat and Poop
Zach:
I think "scat" is poop.
Dan:
Really, son?
Zach:
Yeah.
Charlie:
You wiped poop on my face?
Dan:
Yeah. Scat happens, man.
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Old Dogs - Childhood Fears and Humor in Parenting
Charlie: [[Friday the 13th (1980 film)|Friday the 13th; [Friday the 13th Part 2|2]
The kids have never seen ], part 1 or ]!
Vicki:
Oh, my God!
Dan: [[The Wizard of Oz]
He's kidding. He's a kidder. He was scared of ]. He's kidding. The monkeys got him in the nuts.
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Old Dogs - Denial of Emotions Between Friends
Charlie:
You crying, man?
Jimmy: [''holding back tears'']
I ain't cyring!
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Old Dogs - Embracing New Roles as Parents and Uncles
Dan:
If I'm going to be an old dad, you're going to be an Uncle Charlie. We can do this.
Charlie:
We?
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Phenomenon - The Challenge of Personal Growth
George Malley: [[Love; [fear; [compassion; [greed; [work; [drug]
] is buried under ], and partnership, is right there under competition, and there's ] underneath the ]. Nate, you gotta take your eraser and do the ]. It's hard work and nobody can do it for you. There's no ]. That's the sum of it.
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Broken Arrow - Betrayal and Power Struggle Over Nukes
Vic Deakins: [Hale spins around, looking at the phone Deakins is speaking through]
Hale. Pick up. Pick UP! C'mon buddy - pick up the phone.
Riley Hale:
Buddy," huh? Son of a bitch, you tried to kill me. The friendship is over.
Deakins:
Well, that doesn't mean I don't like you. Hell - I'm impressed. I'd have figured you'd have picked up and walked off by now.
Hale: [begins punching random keys on the bomb's keypad, beeping is heard through Deakins' end of the line]
Yeah? Well, you figured wrong. Now I've got the nukes. Guess what, Deak? I'm gonna deactivate em. You hear that? That's me punching in the wrong codes. Pretty soon these things are gonna be absolutely useless. Might as well turn around and drive away.
Deakins: [Mockingly; The bomb arms]
Outstanding, Hale! That's the spirit! Damn, I'm totally screwed now. Unless of course I already thought of that ahead of time. Didn't work, did it? I used uncoded circuit boards. You just activated a nuclear warhead, my friend. Setting off a nuke in this mine has been part of my plan from day one. Otherwise some D.C. civilian might say, I haven't got the guts.
Hale:
Fuck!
Terry Carmichael:
He's insane.
Deakins:
You know, Hale, I considered bringing you in on this. You know why I didn't?
Hale:
Because I would have said "no"?
Deakins:
Nah, if you'd said "no" I'd have just killed you; I was afraid that you were going to say "yes"! Cause you don't have the balls to follow through with something like this, we both know that.
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Broken Arrow - Confrontation Over Motivations and Money
Riley Hale:
So that's what this is all about, huh? The money?
Vic Deakins: [''Laughs'']
Yeah.
Hale:
Bullshit.
Deakins:
Well, you tell me why. Go ahead. You tell me why.
Hale:
Because you've been passed over for promotion so many times, you want to show the bastards you're right. Maybe it's cause everybody's cashing out so why the hell not you? I don't know. Maybe-maybe your mother dropped you on your head when you were a baby. I mean, who the hell cares, Deak? I mean, there's no difference between you and a guy who shoots up a schoolyard. You've both got a head full of bad wiring.
Deakins: [Edging closer]
What was that?
Hale:
You're fucked in the head, Deak!
Deakins:
HA!
Hale:
I pissed him off.
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Broken Arrow - Negotiating Trust and Payment Concerns
Pritchett:
It's still my money.
Vic Deakins:
And if we succeed, you and your associates will get a ton of it.
Pritchett:
If we're successful?
Deakins:
Look, Mr. Pritchett, I will deliver the weapons to the destination. But I can't depend and I can't guarantee that those assholes in Washington won't do something stupid like... not pay.
Pritchett:
What if they don't?
Deakins:
Well, if they don't, the Southwest will be a quiet neighborhood for... about ten thousand years.
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Broken Arrow - Confrontation Over Life and Death Choices
Kelly:
Shut that son of a bitch down. Now! I didn't sign up for this. I'm not ready to die, not for you.
Vic Deakins:
Everybody dies, Kelly. I'm as good a reason as any.
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Broken Arrow - Mind Games and Confrontations
Riley Hale:
You're out of your mind.
Vic Deakins:
Yeah. Ain't it cool?
Hale:
I'm serious, Deak, your mind has taken a walk off the map.
Deakins:
Maybe. But I'm still gonna kick your ass.
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Broken Arrow - Consequences of Ambition and Self-Doubt
Riley Hale:
I don't think that Aurora Project is gonna happen for me. I spoke to your buddy Taylor; he doesn't feel like I have enough fighter time to qualify.
Vic Deakins:
And what did you say to him?
Hale:
Thank you very much, sir, goodbye.
Deakins:
You'll never change, will you? And that, my friend, will be your downfall.
Hale:
You know what your problem is?
Deakins:
Yeah. I'm always right.
Hale:
You think you're always right.
Deakins:
That's deep.
Hale:
You said so yourself- you should have made colonel by now, but you're too busy pushing at everybody all the time.
Deakins:
Well. That's an awesome responsibility, isn't it?
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The Taking of Pelham 1 2 3 - Life and Death Perspectives in Crisis
Ryder:
Garber, baby boy- I ain't goin back to prison.
Garber:
I don't think you got any more options, now, or leverage.
Ryder:
We all owe God a death; I told you that.
Garber:
You're wrong, Ryder; we owe God a life.
Ryder:
Life- and that's the life I gave you back today. And now you have to give me something back.
Garber:
What're you talking about?
Ryder:
You got a gun in your hand, I want you to use it. Shoot me. Shoot me before they shoot me, or I'm gonna kill you.
Garber: [to approaching NYPD officers]
I will shoot you. I don't wanna but I will. Hey!
Ryder:
I thought you cared! You said- "Ryder, Ryder don't you have anyone who cares-" I thought that was you! Come on man, pay it back!
Garber:
I am not gonna shoot you!
Ryder:
Alright, I'm gonna give you to ten, then the deal's off. I got a gun. I'm gonna use it. I'm gonna take your life back. Come on, man! Ten, nine, eight, seven, six- come on, you gonna take this down to zero?! Come on, motherfucker, shoot me!
Garber:
I am not going to shoot you!
Ryder:
Five, four, three-
Garber:
Hey!
NYPD Officer:
Police, drop your weapon!
Ryder: [Ryder draws his pistol, about to use it, but Garber fatally shoots him]
I'm disappointed in you. Two- Mm. You're my goddamn hero.
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Blow Out - Self-Preservation Amidst Crisis
Jack Terry:
I'm trying to save our asses!
Sally:
I'll look after my own ass, thank you.
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Blow Out - Real Life vs. Movies in Conversation
Jack Terry:
I thought you wanted to know about movies.
Sally:
Yeah, movies are great, but, I mean, this is - this is like real life on the streets. You know? It's exciting!
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Blow Out - Dreams of Movie Make-Up
Sally:
I really love movies, you know. It's a very interesting subject to me because I do make-up.
Jack Terry:
Do you?
Sally:
Yeah. Right now it's only behind a counter, but I have this dream about doin make-up for movies. You know, like, I've seen these big movie stars like Barbra Streisand, you know? They don't do it right.
Jack Terry:
No.
Sally:
I know how to fix a face.
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Blow Out - Questioning Accountability in a Conspiracy Theory
Jack Terry:
Don't you understand? If they can get away with killing McRyan, who's next?
Detective Mackey:
Who's they'? First tell me who they is. What is that? A communist conspiracy of some kind? Or maybe it's a couple of Ayatollahs running out here in the street with blowguns.
Jack Terry:
Oh, will you give me a break. Save your paranoia for Public Television.
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Blow Out - Accident or Conspiracy: A Tense Debate
Detective Mackey:
Why the fuck does everything have to be a conspiracy? Huh? A man has a couple too many drinks, he drives off the road, falls into a creek. Accident, plain and simple. Accident.
Jack Terry:
It was not an accident. Look, let me tell you something. I was there. That tire was shot out. I heard it. I recorded it.
Detective Mackey:
So you're an earwitness to an assassination. That's good. It's got a nice ring. I like that.
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Blow Out - Uncertainty Surrounds Mysterious Sound Inquiry
Detective Mackey:
A bang?
Jack Terry:
Yeah, some sort of a bang.
Detective Mackey:
Where?
Jack Terry:
I'm not sure where.
Detective Mackey:
You were facing the car?
Jack Terry:
Yes.
Detective Mackey:
Well, you heard the blowout.
Jack Terry:
Yes, I heard the blowout, but the first sound I heard was a bang.
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Blow Out - Terrible Scream and Its Unfortunate Source
Jack Terry:
Jesus, that's terrible.
Mixer:
That's a terrible scream. Jack, what cat did you have to strangle to get that?
Jack Terry:
The one you hired. That's her scream.
Mixer:
You mean you didn't dub that?
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Blow Out - The Value of a Good Scream
Jack Terry: [last line]
It's a good scream. It's a good scream.
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Blow Out - The Choice Between Sanity and Survival
Jack Terry: [to Sally]
So you got your choice. You can be crazy or dead.
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The Punisher - Bounty Offer for Assassination
Howard Saint:
Fifty thousand dollars apiece, and fifty thousand more to the man who kills him. If you accept this money, you're in till it's over.
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The Punisher - Reflection on a Changed Neighborhood
Howard Saint:
Do you recognize the neighborhood - Little Cuba? Just think - the first time I saw you was only three blocks from here. Of course, the neighborhood was so much more colorful then. Now it's just for whores. You'll fit right in.
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The Punisher - Hunting for Targets in the Club
Howard Saint:
Close the club. Bring everyone in. We're going hunting.
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The Punisher - A Call for Ruthless Action Against Castle
Howard Saint:
It's YOUR duty to make Castle DEAD! I don't care what it takes, what it costs. Call the Russian.
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The Punisher - Power and Consequences in the Criminal Underworld
Howard Saint:
Fourteen shipments are perfect. One goes bad and I get this - why? Because you want to scare me? There's no insurance in this business, you know that. So I'm not covering your fucking losses! And Mike, if you don't like it, just remember one thing: I've got more guns than you do.
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The Punisher - Gratitude Before a Fatal Decision
Howard Saint:
Thank you for that explanation. (just before shooting the person addressed.)
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The Punisher - A Father's Demand for Justice
Howard Saint:
The man responsible for my son's death must die.
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