Bridge of Spies - Facing Death with Composure and Resolve
James Donovan:
The death sentence is not a foregone conclusion. Don't worry.
Rudolf Abel:
I'm not afraid to die, Mr. Donovan. Although, it wouldn't be my first choice.
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Bridge of Spies - The Resilience of the Standing Man
Rudolf Abel:
Standing there like that you reminded me of the man that used to come to our house when I was young. My father used to say: "watch this man". So I did. Every time he came. And never once did he do anything remarkable.
James Donovan:
And I remind you of him?
Rudolf Abel:
This one time, I was at the age of your son, our house was overrun by partisan border guards. Dozens of them. My father was beaten, my mother was beaten, and this man, my father's friend, he was beaten. And I watched this man. Every time they hit him, he stood back up again. So they hit him harder. Still he got back to his feet. I think because of this they stopped the beating. They let him live. Stoikiy muzhik'. I remember them saying. . Which sort of means like uh, standing man'... standing man...
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Bridge of Spies - A Question of Worry and Help
James Donovan:
Aren't you worried?
Rudolf Abel:
Would it help?
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Bridge of Spies - Conversations on Coercion and Choices
James Donovan:
Were you beaten?
Rudolf Abel:
No. I was talked to. Offers were made.
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Bridge of Spies - Foreign Agents and Registration Inquiry
James Donovan:
You have been charged with three counts and nineteen overt acts. Conspiracy to transmit United States defence and atomic secrets to the Soviet Union, conspiracy to gather secrets, and failing to register as a foreign agent.
Rudolf Abel:
Do many foreign agents register?
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Bridge of Spies - A Question of Assistance
Rudolf Abel:
Would it help?
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Bridge of Spies - Uncertainty in Strategy and Decision Making
Rudolf Abel:
What's the next move when you don't know what the game is?
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Bridge of Spies - Authority and Perspective in Leadership
Rudolf Abel:
Well, the boss isn't always right. But, he's always the boss.
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Don't Look Up - Identification of the Bronteroc
Congressman Tenant:
What is that thing?
Peter Isherwell:
I believe that's called a Bronteroc.
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Don't Look Up - A Moment of Vulnerability and Chaos
Yule:
Dr. Mindy, can I be vulnerable in your car?
Yule:
Dearest Father and Almighty Creator, we ask for Your grace tonight, despite our pride. Your forgiveness, despite our doubt. Most of all, Lord, we ask for Your love to soothe us through these dark times. May we face whatever is to come in Your divine will with courage and open hearts of acceptance. Amen.
Benedict Drask: [screaming at approaching comet, trying to shoot it]
You'll never take me alive!
Peter Isherwell: [about the "Brontorocs", a newly-discovered flightless bird]
Whatever you do, don't pet them...
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The Trial of the Chicago 7 - Debating the Nature of Political Trials
Abbie Hoffman:
This is a political trial—that was already decided for us. Ignoring that reality is just weird to me.
William Kunstler:
There are civil trials, and there are criminal trials. There's no such thing as a political trial.
Abbie Hoffman: [scoffs]
Okay...
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The Trial of the Chicago 7 - The Importance of Courage in Adversity
Ramsey Clark:
I'm in private practice now, and if John Mitchell wants to cut me in half, he can and he will.
Tom Hayden:
You have to find some... Sir, you have to find some courage now.
Ramsey Clark:
Find some courage? Yeah.
Tom Hayden:
Yes. You have to find some courage, and...
Leonard Weinglass: [silencing him]
Tom.
Ramsey Clark: [points at Kelly and Ackerman]
That's what those two men came to tell me, that if John Mitchell wants to cut me in half, he can and he will. So I wanted them in the room when I said When do you want me in court?
Howard Ackerman: [standing in surprise]
Mr. Clark?
William Kunstler:
I'm sorry?
Ramsey Clark:
Swear me in, Bill.
Howard Ackerman:
It is against the law for you to testify, Ramsey. It is as simple as that.
Ramsey Clark: [turns to Hayden]
It's General Clark. And arrest me or shut the fuck up. Found some.
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The Trial of the Chicago 7 - Confronting Authority and Identity in Conflict
Bobby Seale: [after being informed of Fred Hampton's murder]
You've all got the same father, right? Cut your hair, don't be a fag, respect authority, respect America - respect me. Your life, it's a fuck-you to your father, right? A little?
Tom Hayden:
Maybe.
Bobby Seale:
Maybe. And you can see how that's different from a rope on a tree?
Tom Hayden: [quietly]
Yeah.
Bobby Seale:
Yeah. He was shot in the shoulder first. You can't aim a gun if you've been shot in the shoulder, you can't squeeze the trigger. Second shot was in his head. Fred was executed. Anything else?
William Kunstler:
No.
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The Trial of the Chicago 7 - Understanding Irony in Serious Conversations
William Kunstler:
Maybe you don't want to call it the Conspiracy Office.
Bernadine:
They understand the irony, and appreciate the humor.
William Kunstler:
I wouldn't count on it.
Bernadine:
Most people are smart, Bill.
William Kunstler:
Well, if you believe that, you'll get your heart broken every day of your life.
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The Trial of the Chicago 7 - Discrimination Acknowledged in Courtroom Exchange
William Kunstler:
Of course, because you took that black guy and you made him a sympathetic character.
Judge Julius Hoffman:
Mr. Kunstler, I have lived a a very long time, sir, and you're the first person ever to suggest that I have discriminated against a black man!
Leonard Weinglass:
Then let the record show that I am the second.
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The Trial of the Chicago 7 - Peaceful Overthrow of Government in Democracy
Abbie Hoffman: [[Abraham Lincoln|Lincoln]
In 1861, ] said in his inaugural address: When the people shall grow weary of their constitutional right to amend their government, they shall exert their revolutionary right to dismember and overthrow that government. And if Lincoln had given that speech in Lincoln Park last summer, he'd be put on trial with the rest of us.
William Kunstler:
So, how do you overthrow or dismember, as you say, your government peacefully?
Abbie Hoffman:
In this country, we do it every four years.
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The Trial of the Chicago 7 - The Trial of Ideas Across State Lines
William Kunstler:
Do you know why you're on trial here?
Abbie Hoffman:
We carried certain ideas across state lines. Not machine guns or drugs or little girls. Ideas. When we crossed from New York to New Jersey to Pennsylvania to Ohio to Illinois, we had certain ideas. And for that, we were gassed, beaten, arrested, and put on trial.
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The Trial of the Chicago 7 - Disillusionment with the Legal System
William Kunstler:
We've dealt with jury tampering, wiretapping, a defendant that was literally gagged, and a judge who's been handing down rulings from the bench that would be considered wrong in Honduras, so I'm a little less interested in the law than I was when this trial began.
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The Other Boleyn Girl - Family Ambitions and Marital Alliances
Sir Thomas Boleyn:
Alright, now, open!
Sir Thomas Boleyn:
I am to become an earl, your brother a viscount. In addition, we have received a number of new grants and estates, so are debts are paid and there's more: George, the king will arrange a match between you and Jane Parker.
George Boleyn: [''frantic'']
I beg you father, no.
Sir Thomas Boleyn:
I thought you had ambitions for this family. The girl is well connected, her father is cousin to the king.
George Boleyn:
Must I actually marry her?
Sir Thomas Boleyn:
Of course you must marry her. Have you no pride? Or would you rather leave everything to Mary?
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Dunkirk - The Burden of Responsibility in War
Shivering Soldier:
You haven't turned around.
Mr. Dawson:
No, we have a job to do.
Shivering Soldier:
Job? This is a pleasure yacht. You're weekend sailors, you're not the bloody Navy. A man your age?
Mr. Dawson:
Men my age dictate this war. Why should we be allowed to send our children to fight it?
Shivering Soldier:
You should be at home!
Mr. Dawson:
Well, there won't be any home if we allow a slaughter across the Channel.
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