Memorable Quotes from Leslie Odom Jr.
8 quotesIrony in a Flavorful Conversation
Jim Brown
Well, what flavor is it?
[regarding the ice cream in the motel room]
Malcolm X
Well, we have vanilla, Jimmy... ...and vanilla.
[pulls a second carton out of the freezer]
Jim Brown
Shit.
Sam Cooke
How's that for irony?
Malcolm X
Last time I checked, Brother Sam, vanilla was your flavor of choice.
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Commentary on Priorities in Society
Sam Cooke
The only color they care about in the Cali is the color green.
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Desiring the recipe, not just a piece.
Sam Cooke
Everybody talks about they wantin a piece of the pie, well I don't. I want the goddamn recipe.
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Sam Cooke Reflects on a Powerful Song
Sam Cooke
]'s "Blowin in the Wind"] I felt I should have written that song.
[On [[Bob Dylan]
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Celebration versus Responsibility in a Friendship
Sam Cooke
It's time to take this party to the Fountainbleu, whoo! Havin a party...
[starts singing]
Malcolm X
You've obviously forgotten, brother Cassius no longer drinks.
Sam Cooke
And you obviously haven't smelled his breath in the last hour.
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The Art of Imaginary Words
Benoit Blanc
The killer nearly struck my Achilles Heel. But thank high heaven, at the last moment, I realized what had teased my entire ] through this entire case: ..."imbreathiate". ...It's not a ].
[[brain; [word]
Lionel Toussaint
What?
Miles Bron
Can we just take a second and fully imbreathiate this moment?
Benoit Blanc
It's not a real word. It kinda sounds like one, but it's just entirely made up. Now "reclamation", now, well, that... that is a word, but it's the wrong word.
Miles Bron
This place is the full reclamation of everything I've achieved up to now.
Benoit Blanc
This entire day...
Miles Bron
The predefinite detective.
Benoit Blanc
...a veritable minefield of ]s...
[[malapropism]
Miles Bron
The infraction point.
Benoit Blanc
... and ]ual errors.
[[fact]
Miles Bron
Bask in the sun, swim in the Ionian Sea.
Benoit Blanc
THAT is the ].
[points at the sea outside the mansion; [Aegean Sea]
Claire Debella
Oh, yeah, it is. It is.
Benoit Blanc
His dock doesn't float. His wonder fuel... is a disaster. His grasp of disruption theory is remedial at best. He didn't design the puzzle boxes. He didn't write the ]. Et voila! It all adds up! The key to this entire case, and it was staring me right in the face. Like everyone in the world, I assumed Miles Bron was a complicated genius, but why? Look into the clear center of this Glass Onion: Miles Bron is an idiot!
[[mystery]
Miles Bron
Oh, please, just tell us who tried to kill me.
Benoit Blanc
Nobody tried to kill you, you vainglorious buffoon!
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The Nature of Influence and Passion
Sam Cooke
But you still obey them, so when they tell you to come out here to recruit Cassius to become a member of some...
Malcolm X
I didn't make Cassius do anything! He came to me for insight, he had questions. His passion for Islam come from a pure...
Cassius Clay
Passion... is kind of a strong word.
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The Power of Voice and Identity
Malcolm X
What kind of message are you sending, though, by doing one show for white folks and a completely different show for black folks, Sam?
Malcolm X
No, listen to me, you're performing in places where the only black people not on stage are the ones serving the food.
Sam Cooke
Don't you think I know that? I can't tell you how many times I wanted to reach out and punch somebody.
Malcolm X
Then, then, then, then strike with the weapon that you have, man: your voice! Black people, we, we standing up! We, we speaking out!
Sam Cooke
Umm hm.
Malcolm X
Sam, you have possibly one of the most effective, beautiful outlets of us all. You're not using it to help the cause, brother.
Sam Cooke
The hell I'm not! I got the masters to my songs. I started a label, I'm producing tons of black artists. Don't you think my determining my own creative and business destiny is every bit as inspiring to people as you standing up on a podium trying to piss em off?
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