Spotlight - Collaboration vs. Independence in Institutions
Cardinal Law:
If I can be of any help, Marty, don't hesitate to ask. I find that the city flourishes when its great institutions work together.
Marty Baron:
Thank you. Personally I'm of the opinion that for a paper to best perform its function, it really needs to stand alone.
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Secret Window - Tension Between Mort and Sheriff Escalates
Mort Rainey:
Glad you're here, I could use the break. I've been working lunch. I'm on a roll.
Sheriff Dave Newsome:
Yeah. Listen, both you and I know what you did.
Mort Rainey:
Oh.
Sheriff Dave Newsome: [''Mort is calm and unconcerned, giving no response'']
Maybe we don't have enough to put you away right now, but eventually... we're gonna find those bodies, we're gonna tie you to them. And you're goin away. In the meantime I'd appreciate it if you didn't come into town anymore. Makes people uncomfortable. You can do your shopping in New London. Did you hear what I said?
Mort Rainey: [''Sheriff Newsome starts to leave'']
Sure. No problem. You know, the only thing that matters is the ending. That's the most important part of the story, the ending. And this one... this one's very good. This one's perfect.
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Secret Window - Urgent Warning: Seek Police Assistance Immediately
Sheriff Dave Newsome: [''Reading Shooter's note'']
You have three days. I'm not joking. No police." Anytime somebody sits down and writes "No police"... That's exactly the time that a fella should get himself over to the police.
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Thirteen Days - Exploring Options in Crisis Decision-Making
Robert Kennedy:
No, no, NO! Now there is more than one option here, and if one isn't occurring to us, it's because we haven't thought hard enough.
John McCone:
Bobby, sometimes there is only one right choice, and you thank God when it's so clear!
Kennedy:
You're talking a sneak attack. How will that make us look? A big country blasting a little country to the Stone Age. Yeah, we'll be everyone's favorites.
Dean Acheson:
Come on Bobby, that's naïve. This is the real world. You know that better than anybody.
John McCone:
And you weren't so ethically particular when we were talking about options for removing Castro over at CIA.
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Thirteen Days - Concerns Over Decision-Making and Leadership Weakness
Dean Acheson:
What happened in there?
Gen. Maxwell Taylor:
I thought he was going to give us his decision.
McGeorge Bundy:
Look, I know them. They just need to make sure there's no other way. They'll get there.
Acheson: [[w:Joseph P. Kennedy|Kennedys' father; [w:Munich Agreement|Munich]
Remember, the ] was one of the architects of ]. There's only one responsible choice here. So, let's hope appeasement doesn't run in families. I fear weakness does.
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Thirteen Days - Crisis Management During Nuclear Tensions
President Kennedy:
Dean, how does this all play out?
Dean Acheson:
Your first step sir, will be to demand that the Soviet withdraw the missiles within 12 to 24 hours. They will refuse. When they do you will order the strikes, followed by the invasion. They will resist and be overrun. They will retaliate against another target somewhere else in the world, most likely Berlin. We will honor our treaty commitments and resist them there, defeating them per our plans.
Kennedy:
Those plans call for the use of nuclear weapons. So what is the next step?
Acheson:
Hopefully cooler heads will prevail before we reach the next step.
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