Memorable Quotes from Mark Strong
47 quotesTrust No One in Espionage
Control
You weren't followed?
Jim Prideaux
No.
Control
Better come in. Trust no one, Jim. Especially not in the mainstream. Sit down. I understand you still have one Hungarian identity running.
Jim Prideaux
I do.
Control
I want you to go to Budapest. This is not above board. Nobody else knows. They're after my head, Jim-boy. You understand? I have had an offer of service. A Hungarian general wants to come over. I would like you to meet him. He has some information that I need, Jim.
Jim Prideaux
What information?
Control
Treasure. He has the name of the mole the Russians have planted in the British intelligence service, right at the top of the Circus. There's a rotten apple, Jim; we have to find it.
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Trusting Junkies Is a Risky Proposition
Archy
Junkies, as any junkie will tell you, are not to be trusted. They take what doesn’t belong to them, not because they’re thinking, but because they’re junkies.
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The Difference Between Punishment and Torture
Roger Ferris
I thought you didn't believe in torture, Hani Pasha.
Hani
This is punishment, my dear. It's a very different thing.
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Desire for a Kick-Ass Celebration
Frank D'Amico
Mommy! I want a Kick-Ass party! Dumb little fucks.
[in mockingly childish falsetto; in normal voice]
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Challenge of Wills Between Sinestro and Hal
Sinestro
* After challenging Hal Jordan to a contest of wills.
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Merlin's Tribute to Eggsy's Growth
Merlin
Harry would be proud of you, Eggsy. He was right.
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Confrontation Between Frank and Kick-Ass
Frank D'Amico
Ruin my business, huh? Kill every single fucking guy on my payroll?! God, I wish I had a son like you. Time for a family reunion.
[fighting Hit-Girl; picks up gun; points gun at Hit-Girl]
Dave/Kick-Ass
Hey! Why don't you pick on somebody your own size?
[Frank looks up to see Kick-Ass holding a bazooka; blasts a bullet at Frank, causing him to crash through the window and the bazooka bullet explodes, finally killing him]
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Divine Wrath and Societal Condemnation
Church Leader
And I say to you, bear witness! Watch the news. Watch the news. AIDS! Floods! The blood of the innocent, spilled! And yet, there are those who doubt this is the wrath of God. Our filthy government condones sodomy, divorce, abortion! And yet, some still doubt this is the work of the Antichrist! You do not have to be a Jew, a nigger, a whore or an atheistic, science-loving evolution spouter...
Merlin
Charming sermon. Can you see Valentine anywhere?
[remotely watching]
Church Leader
So, my friends, although he is a just God, he is just a vengeful one and there can be no turning back from the almighty wrath...
Gazelle
Are you sure we're out of range?
Valentine
We're over 1,000 feet away. What's wrong?
Gazelle
What if the calculations are wrong?
Valentine
You just have to trust me.
Church Leader
...Jew, nigger, fag lovers, and the devil is burning them for all eternity.
Harry
Would you excuse me?
Church Blonde Woman
Where are you going? Hey! What's your problem?
[Harry tries to leave the church]
Harry
I'm a Catholic whore, currently enjoying congress out of wedlock with my black, Jewish boyfriend who works at a military abortion clinic. So hail Satan, and have a lovely afternoon, madam.
Valentine
Oh, shit. He's leaving. I'm starting the test now. Let's hope enough of these freaks have our SIM cards.
Church Leader
I kindly ask you to sit down, my friend!
[continuing his sermon]
Church Blonde Woman
Just leave this church! You just leave this church like the infidel you are! Satan cannot save you now! You will eat your babies! You will drown in the blood of the Lord! He will not save you!
Eggsy
Holy fuck!
[remotely watching]
Valentine
Oh, shit, I can't watch this. Get over here.
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Sinestro's Perspective on Sparring with Hal
Sinestro
* Whilst sparring with Hal Jordan.
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Questioning the Validity of a Secret Mission
Tequila
A bottle in a secret wall. You really expect me to take that seriously? See, I think your story's horse shit. Y'all just trying to cover for a failed rescue mission. You're here for the lepidopterist, ain't you?
Tequila
Okay, so your mystery bottle, huh? Look anything like that, right there?
[grabs a bottle of Statesman whiskey]
Eggsy
Yes. Same brand, much older.
[impatiently]
Tequila
All right. Let's see here. You know why the measurement of alcohol content is called proof'?
[opens bottle and sniffs the whiskey]
Eggsy
Oh, fuck off!
Merlin
Oh, for Pete's sake!
Tequila
See, comes from back in the old days when pirates wanted to test the strength of their rum. They used to pour a little bit out on gunpowder. Oh, that'll make you wanna slap your mama right there, boy. And then the gunpowder, if it burnt when they set it alight, they considered it proof that their rum was good and strong. But see, I ain't got no gunpowder on me, do I? But I'm pretty sure you boys'll make just as impressive of a sound when I set your balls on fire. Or you could just tell me who the fuck y'all really are and how the hell you found us.
[drinks a little; splashes more whiskey, much to the annoyance of Eggsy and Merlin; Tequila pulls out a lighter as Merlin chuckles]
Merlin
Look, for the last time, we have nothing to protect but our honor. So you can take your cheap horse piss that you call whiskey, which, by the way, is spelled without an e and is nothing compared to a single malt scotch and you can go fuck yourself.
Tequila
What about you?
Eggsy
Me?
Tequila
Yeah.
Eggsy
No, I love a Jack and Coke, bruv. But I do agree with the part where you go fuck yourself.
Tequila
All right. Y'all ain't got nothing to protect other than your honor? Let's see what happens when we change things up.
Merlin
Harry!
Eggsy
Fuck me!
Tequila
Y'all got three seconds to tell the truth.
Merlin
Wait! No!
Eggsy
Harry!
Tequila
He can't hear you, but I can. So talk.
Merlin
No!
Eggsy
Get down, Harry!
Tequila
That's two.
Eggsy, Merlin
Harry! Harry!
Tequila
Three.
Ginger Ale
Stop!
Ginger Ale
Their story checked out. I opened our doomsday scenario locker and that umbrella was in it. Kingsman. It's got our logo on it.
Ginger Ale
I'm really sorry.
Tequila
My apologies, boys. I'd, I hope there ain't no hard feelings. I was just doin my job. Welcome to Statesman, independent intelligence agency. Just like y'all, I reckon. But our founders went into the booze business. Thank the sweet Lord above. This is Ginger Ale. She's our strategy executive.
Ginger Ale
Hello.
Tequila
I'm Agent Tequila.
Eggsy
This is the part where you untie us.
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Existence and Solitude at the End of Time
Pinbacker
Are you an angel? Has the time come? I've been waiting so long.
Capa
Who are you?
Pinbacker
Who am I? At the end of time, a moment will come when just one man remains. Then the moment will pass. Man will be gone. There will be nothing to show that we were ever here... but stardust. The last man, alone with God. Am I that man?
Capa
My God...my God. Pinbacker!
Pinbacker
Not your God. Mine!
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Depths of Truth and Ambition
Dean Whiting
Are you a king? Can you tell me what you want?
[to Prince Meshal Al-Subaai]
Jimmy Pope
Dig six feet, find three bodies. But dig twelve feet, you find forty.
Max Woodman
I want pig bacon!
Mussawi
Rumors of Bob, but never Bob.
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The Fluctuating Nature of Public Sentiment
Sir John Conroy
How changeable they are. They hate you, they love you, they hate you.
[about the crowd outside of the palace]
Duchess of Kent
They punished her. They never hated her.
[about Victoria]
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A Divine Mission to Heaven
Pinbacker
For seven years I spoke with God. He told me to take us all to Heaven.
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Questions Surrounding Bin Laden's Protection and Location
Steve
They're gonna ask: "If bin Laden is at the end of this rainbow, is the Pak military with him?
[in CIA conference room, where he and Maya are about to meet with the CIA Director and his Deputies]
Maya
The question isn't "Are the Paks protecting bin Laden?" The question is "Would he allow himself to be protected by the Paks?" I mean, why would he trust them? He tried to kill ].
[[w:Pervez Musharraf|Musharaf; CIA Director and his Deputies walk in]
CIA Director
Go ahead.
Steve
If you take a right out of ] and drive about forty-five minutes north, you'll find yourself here, in ]. A middle class community, some ex-military, not particularly interesting to us. Except we did find this compound, which is unique. We got a sixteen foot wall around the entire perimeter, the windows are blacked out. It's a fortress.
[gesturing over a map of Pakistan; [w:Islamabad|Islamabad; [w:Abbottabad|Abbottabad]
CIA Director
Can't you put a camera somewhere, in the trees, to get a look into the main house?
George
It will probably be discovered.
CIA Director
We have to get a look into the house. Alright, what's this? This cluster of buildings down here?
George
The PMA — the ]. It's their ].
[[w:Pakistan Military Academy|Pakistan Military Academy; [w:West Point|West Point]
CIA Director
And how close is that to the house?
George
About a mile.
Maya
4,221 feet. It's close to eight-tenths of a mile.
CIA Director
Who are you?
Maya
I'm the motherfucker who found this place, sir.
CIA Director
Really. I want to know more about who's inside this house by the end of the week.
[pause; pause; CIA Director and his Deputies leave, leaving only Maya and Steve in the room]
Steve
Motherfucker?" Good.
[sarcastically]
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Existence and Solitude at the End of Time
Pinbacker
At the end of time, a moment will come when just one man remains. Then the moment will pass. Man will be gone. There will be nothing to show that we were ever here … but stardust. The last man, alone with God. Am I that man?
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Challenge the power of will.
Sinestro
* To the Green Lantern Corps.
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Confrontation Over Deception and Responsibility
Ferris
I invented Omar Sadiki. It was my operation. He is not a jihadist, all right? I moved him around, I moved money around, and then I lost him.
Hani
That is impossible.
Ferris
Why?
Hani
Because it will mean that you sat in my office and you lied to my face.
Ferris
Hani, I promise I will share all the information with you, all right? But they have kidnapped a friend of mine in order to get to me. Now, you know exactly who I'm talking about, Hani. Please, they're gonna execute her, all right? Please, help me broker a deal, her for me.
Hani
You lied to me. I will not help you. The answer is no.
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Defining a True RocknRolla Lifestyle
Archy
People ask the question... what's a RocknRolla? And I tell em - it's not about drums, drugs, and hospital drips, oh no. There's more there than that, my friend. We all like a bit of the good life - some the money, some the drugs, other the sex game, the glamour, or the fame. But a RocknRolla, oh, he's different. Why? Because a real RocknRolla wants the fucking lot.
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Assessing Certainty in Intelligence Operations
CIA Director
I'm about to go look the President in the eye, and what I'd like to know, no fucking bullshit, is where everyone stands on this thing. Now, very simply, is he there, or is he not fucking there?
Deputy Director
We all come at this through the filter of our own past experiences. I remember "Iraq WMD" very clearly, I fronted that, and I can tell you the case for that was much stronger than this case.
CIA Director
A fuckin yes or a no.
Deputy Director
We don't deal in certainty, we deal in probability. I'd say there's a sixty percent probability he's there.
The Wolf
I concur. Sixty percent.
George
I'm at eighty percent. Their ] is what convinces me.
[[w:Operations security|OPSEC]
CIA Director
You guys ever agree on anything?
Dan
Well, I agree with sixty, we're basing this mostly on detainee reporting and I spent a bunch of time in those rooms. Who knows? I'd say it's a soft sixty, sir. I'm virtually certain there's some high value target there, I'm just not sure it's bin Laden.
CIA Director
This is a cluster-fuck, isn't it?
Jeremy
I'd like to know what Maya thinks...
Deputy Director
We're all incorporating her assessment into ours...
Maya
A hundred percent he's there. Okay, fine, ninety-five percent because I know how certainty freaks you guys out, but it's a hundred.
[interrupting]
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Intense Confrontation Over Torture and Beliefs
Mussawi
Bob, what do you know about the torture methods used by the Chinese on the Falun Gong? Huh? Method number one. What's your guess? Water dungeon. Did you guess water dungeon? Number two method? Number two, twisting arm and putting face in feces. Not interested in two. Number three. Number three is called pulling nails from fingers'. What do you think Bob? Number three sound good to you? The purpose is to get the monks or whatever to recant their beliefs. What if I had to get you to recant? That would be pretty difficult right? Because if you have no beliefs to recant then what? Then you're fucked is what. You're going to give me the names of every person who's taken money from you. Oh that is disgusting.
[pause; rips off one of Bob's nails]
Bob Barnes
Come on Jimmy, you're not one of those Koran thumpers!
Mussawi
My name is Mussawi. You fucking fuck, fucking fuck, stupid fuck, what the fuck, this is a war! Fuck you're a PO fucking W! Give me the fucking names! I'm cutting his fucking head off. I'm going to cut your head off, Bob!
[rips off another nail, then starts punching Bob]
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Interrogation About Kingsman and Harry Hart
Eggsy
Who the fuck are you? Where am I?
The Interrogator
This knife can save your life.
Eggsy
Fuck!
[Struggling to get out of the ropes]
The Interrogator
My employer's got two questions for you, Eggsy. What the fuck is Kingsman? And who is Harry Hart?
Eggsy
I don't know who the fuck that is! Shit!
The Interrogator
Oh, Eggsy, I just killed two of your friends who gave me the same bullshit answer!
Eggsy
Fuck! Just cut the fucking ropes, please!
The Interrogator
Hey, Eggsy, is Kingsman worth dying for?
Eggsy
FUCK YOOOOOOU!
Harry
Congratulations. Bloody well done.
Eggsy
How'd the others do?
Harry
Roxy passed with flying colours. Charlie's up next. Want to watch?
Eggsy
Yeah. Alright.
The Interrogator
Is Kingsman worth dying for?
Charlie
No it fucking isn't! Shit! I'll tell you what you want, please! Chester King's Arthur! Arthur's head of the secret spy agency! It's called Kingsman! Get me out of here!
The Interrogator
Thank you, Charlie. Much appreciated.
Charlie
No, that wasn't the fucking deal! FUUUUUUUCK!
Arthur
I've had such high hopes for you. You're a bloody disgrace.
Charlie
I'm so sorry. Please untie me.
Arthur
Untie yourself.
Charlie
Arth- Arthur, please. Shit. Anyone!
Merlin
Galahad, Percival, congratulations. Your candidates have reached the final stage of the testing process. As tradition allows, you will have 24 hours to spend with them. Eggsy, you should know your father reached this point. From now on, there are no safety nets. Understood?
Merlin
Good. Dismissed.
Merlin
Charlie. Time to go home.
Charlie
Fuck you! Fucking Dad's going to hear about this!
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Unprecedented Situations in Kingsman Legacy
Merlin
Not one of my predecessors has ever been in this situation before. Thank God.
Merlin
A-ha.
Merlin
Remember this?
Eggsy
Yeah, how could I forget?
Merlin
Whatever's in that safe is the answer to all our problems.
Eggsy
Is that it?
Merlin
I suppose that must be upper-class humor. I don't get it.
[pauses]
Eggsy
Me neither. What the fuck are we supposed to do now?
Merlin
I think we should drink a toast to our fallen comrades.
Eggsy
To Roxy.
Merlin
Roxy.
Merlin
Ooh.
[impressed by the drink]
Merlin
To Arthur.
Eggsy
Arthur.
Eggsy
Mmm. Should we do one for JB?
Merlin
I think we should.
Merlin
I should have seen it coming. Charlie, the taxi. It's all my fault.
[sobbing]
Eggsy
No, that's bullshit. Bullshit, Merlin. It ain't all your fault. You're the best, bruv. Honestly, without you, I'd have lost it a long time ago.
Merlin
I think we should drink to Scotland.
Eggsy
I think we've probably had enough, to be honest.
[grabs bottle from Merlin]
Merlin
You're probably right.
Eggsy
Merlin.
Merlin
Aye?
Eggsy
I think we're going to Kentucky.
Merlin
Fried chicken? I love fried chicken.
[cleaning his glasses]
Eggsy
No. Proper Kentucky. Look.
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Sinestro's Reflection on Humanity and Weapons
Sinestro
A sword. How human.
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Time Constraints in Critical Mission
Captain Smith
Next bridge is six miles. We'll have to divert.
Schofield
I can't, sir. I don't have the time.
Captain Smith
Of course. Best of luck.
[shakes Schofield's hand]
Schofield
Thank you, sir.
Captain Smith
Corporal, if you do manage to get to Colonel Mackenzie, make sure there are witnesses.
Schofield
They are direct orders, sir.
Captain Smith
I know. But some men just want the fight.
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Longing for an angel's arrival
Pinbacker
Are you an angel? Has the time come? I've been waiting so long.
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Unity in the Face of Fear
Sinestro
Though his time wearing the ring has has been brief, Hal Jordan's defeat of Parallax will be remembered as long as the Corps exists. His actions are a reminder of why the ring chose each of us — to overcome fear, and destroy evil wherever it may hide. As Lanterns we must fight with all our will. Our wills have not always been united. It's time they were.
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Briefing on Osama bin Laden's Location
General
I actually tried to kill this program a couple of times. They've gone through an initial round of testing, and they have excellent radar defeat - we just haven't tested them with people in them yet. You'll notice these stealth panels, similar to what we use on the ]. The rotors have been muffled with decibel killers. It's slower than a ] and lacks the offense. But it can hide.
[about stealth helicopters; [w:Northrop Grumman B-2 Spirit|B2; [w:Sikorsky UH-60 Black Hawk|Black Hawk]
Justin
Excuse me. Can I ask a question? What do we need this for in Libya? ]'s anti-air is virtually non-existent.
[[w:Muammar Gaddafi|Gaddafi]
George
Gentlemen, can I have your attention? My name is George, I run the Af-Pak division at ], and I'm primary on this for the ]. This is a title fifty operation. Some of us have worked together before. This is a good one. Maya, do you want to brief them?
[[w:Counterterrorism Center|CTC; [w:Central Intelligence Agency|Agency]
Maya
There are two narratives about the location of Osama bin Laden. The one that you're most familiar with is that UBL is hiding in a cave in the Tribal Areas, that he's surrounded by a large contingent of loyal fighters. But that narrative is pre-9/11 understanding of UBL. The second narrative is that he's living in a city. Living in a city with multiple points of egress and entry, and with access to communications so that he can keep in touch with the organization. You can't run a global network of interconnected cells from a cave. We have located an individual we believed, based on detainee reporting, is bin Laden's courier. He's living in a house in Abbottabad, Pakistan. And we assess that one of the other occupants of the house is UBL.
Justin
Excuse me. You got an intel source on the ground?
Maya
No.
Justin
No? Okay, so how do you know it's bin Laden? Cause the truth is, we've been on this op before, it was 07, and it wasn't bin Laden, and we lost a couple of guys.
Maya
Totally understand, Bin Laden uses a courier to interact with the outside world. By locating the courier, we've located bin Laden.
Patrick
That's really the intel? That's it?
Maya
Quite frankly, I didn't even want to use you guys, with your dip and your velcro and all your gear bullshit. I wanted to drop a bomb. But people didn't believe in this lead enough to drop a bomb, so they're using you guys as ], on the theory that if bin Laden isn't there, you can sneak away and no one will be the wiser. But bin Laden is there, and you're going to kill him for me.
[[w:Animal sentinels|canaries]
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Time Constraints in Problem Solving
Stewart Menzies
Six minutes... is that even possible?
[candidates are taking a timed test]
Alan Turing
No, it takes me eight.
Alan Turing
You're finished?... Five minutes forty-eight seconds.
Joan Clarke
You said to finish under six minutes.
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The Journey Through No Man's Land
Schofield
How did you get here, sir?
Captain Smith
Crossed no man's land just outside Bapaume. Took us the whole night. Bumped into a couple of Hun stragglers on the way who made a nuisance of themselves.
Schofield
You going up to the new line?
Captain Smith
Attempting to. The Newfoundlands have pushed forwards and requested reinforcements. I'm sorry about your friend. May I tell you something that you probably already know? It doesn't do to dwell on it.
Schofield
No, sir.
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Identifying the Moscow Mole in Intelligence
Control
I know that Moscow has planted a mole, and I know it is one of five men. Alleline: Tinker. Haydon: Tailor. Bland: Soldier. We leave out "Sailor", too much like "Tailor", and "Rich man" doesn't seem to apply. Esterhase: Poor man.
[starts placing out chess pieces with photos on them.]
Jim Prideaux
And the fifth?
Control
Smiley.
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Confronting Fear to Act and Survive
Sinestro
You must ignore your fear. When you're afraid, you can't act. You can't act, you can't defend. You can't defend, you die.
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Preparing for the Mission Departure
Harry
South Glade Mission Church. Merlin, get the plane ready.
Merlin
Will do.
Eggsy
I am so sorry, I'm gonna do every...
Harry
You should be. You just stay right there, I'll sort this mess out when I get back.
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Urgent Call to Action from Merlin
Merlin
Eggsy, the signal's starting! Get Valentine's hand off that bloody desk now!
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Urgent Call for Accountability and Action
George
I want to make something absolutely clear. If you thought there was some secret cell somewhere working al-Qaeda, I want you to know that you are wrong! This is it. There's no working group coming to the rescue. There's nobody else hidden away on some other floor. This is just us. And we are FAILING. We're spending billions of dollars. People are dying. We're still no closer to defeating our enemy. They attacked us on ] in 98, by ] in 2000, and from the ] in 2001. They murdered three thousand of our citizens in cold blood, they've slaughtered our forward deployed. And what the fuck have we done about it? What have we done? We have twenty leadership names and we've only eliminated four of them. I want targets! Do your fucking jobs! Bring me people to kill!
[[w:1998 United States Embassy bombings|land; [w:USS Cole bombing|sea; [w:September 11 attacks|air]
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The Futility of Survival in the Cosmos
Pinbacker
Nothing will survive … not your parents … not your children … not even … stars!
[From trailer]
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Consequences of Asking Stupid Questions
Archy
Bandy, you ever ask a stupid question like that again, see Danny there? He's gonna slap you.
Bandy
Sorry Arch, I was, I was just trying to use initiative.
Archy
Danny, slap him.
Archy
With the right, Danny, properly.
Archy
No, no, no, no. Come on, do it properly, with the back of the right hand.
Danny
What is this, a tennis match, Arch?
Archy
Slap him.
Archy
Oh, for fu... Like this. Now if you can master a slap like that, there's no need for your clients to hold back. They will open up like a fountain, full of words. No need for strong violence, no no; they're transported back to their childhoods. Putty, in your hands; ask Bandy. Look. Thinks he's back at school.
[Muttering angrily; Slaps Bandy, who stumbles; Bandy is biting his lip childishly]
Danny
But he never went to school, Arch.
Archy
You want a slap as well, Daniel? Eh? Now, if a slap don't work, you cut em or you pay em, but you keep your receipts, cos this ain't the Mafia.
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A Call to Action from Merlin
Merlin
Eggsy! Fucking get on with it!
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Secrecy Surrounds Enigma's Breakthrough
Stewart Menzies
Why are you telling me this?
Alan Turing
We need your help, to keep this a secret from Admiralty, Army, RAF, uh...as no one can know that we've broken Enigma, not even Dennison.
Stewart Menzies
Who's in the process of having you fired.
Joan Clarke
You can take care of that.
Alan Turing
While we develop a system to help you determine how much intelligence to act on. Which, uh, attacks to stop, which to let through. Statistical analysis: the minimum number of actions it will take for us to win the war, but the maximum number we can take before the Germans get suspicious.
Stewart Menzies
And you're going to trust of this all to statistics, to maths?
Alan Turing
Correct.
Joan Clarke
And then MI6 can come up with the lies we will tell everyone else.
Alan Turing
You'll need a believable alternative source for all the pieces of information that you use.
Joan Clarke
A false story, so that we can explain how we got our information, that has nothing to do with Enigma, and then you can leak those stories to the Germans.
Alan Turing
And then to our own military.
Stewart Menzies
Maintain a conspiracy of lies at the very highest levels of government. ...Sounds right up my alley.
[Lights a cigarette]
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Consequences of Inaction in Crisis
Sinestro
If you die, innocent lives will be lost! Your world will be annihilated! -->
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Avoiding Unwanted Conversations with Similar Individuals
Eliot Kaplan
The last thing I need is to be buttonholed in here by someone exactly like me.
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Imagined Potential and Unlikely Alliances
Headmaster
You and your friend solve maths problems during maths class because the maths class is too dull?
[to a young Alan, about his note-passing]
Christopher Morcom
Sometimes it is the people no one imagines anything of who do the things no one can imagine.
Alastair Denniston
Double agents are such bastards. Isolated loners. No attachments to friends or family. Arrogant. Know anybody like that?
Stewart Menzies
Oh, Alan... we're gonna have such a wonderful war together.
End titles
His machine was never perfected, though it generated a whole field of research into what became known as "Turing Machines". Today we call them "computers" (Above quote corrected): Historians estimate that breaking enigma shortened the war by more than two years saving over 14 million lives. It remained a government-held secret for more than 50 years. Turing's work inspired generations of research into what scientists called "TURING MACHINES," Today we call them computers.
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Confronting Despair in the Face of Oblivion
Pinbacker
I am Pinbacker, commander of the Icarus I. We have abandoned our mission. Our star is dying. All our science. All our hopes...our dreams are foolish! In the face of this, we are dust, nothing more. Unto this dust, we return. When he chooses for us to die, it is not our place to challenge God.
Mace
Okay, that make sense to anyone?
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Cultural References in Conversation
Roger Ferris
Hani Pasha
Hani
Pasha? That is an Ottoman term.
Roger Ferris
I hear you like it sir.
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Cultural Manners and Misunderstandings
Tequila
You know, my momma... she always told me, "Us Southerners get our good manners from the British." I was thinkin', "Ain't that a pity? Y'all ain't keepin none for yourself." Y'all ain't ever heard of knockin before you enter?
[spits tobacco]
Eggsy
Well, a-actually... we had an invitation, didn't we?
Merlin
Yeah.
Tequila
Oh, did you now?
Eggsy
Yeah, yeah, it came in the shape of a bottle? We're from the Kingsman tailor shop in London. Maybe you've heard of us.
Tequila
Oh, the Kingsman!
Merlin
Yeah.
Tequila
Huh. That's where y'all got them fine suits and them fancy spectacles y'all got on.
Merlin
Exactly.
Eggsy
That's right.
Tequila
Y'all look damn sharp. Let me see if I got it right here. You want me to believe that it's normal for a tailor to hack through an advanced biometric security system with nothin but a little bitty ol watch on?
Tequila
I can promise you, though.
Tequila
That dog don't hunt. So why don't you go on and get down on your knees and tell me who you really work for?
Tequila
That's 1963 Statesman Reserve. You just made it personal.
Eggsy
Who the fuck are you?
[passes out]
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Trust and Betrayal Among Kingsman Agents
Eggsy
Someone decides to wipe out every Kingsman property, every agent, and somehow, conveniently, you weren't at home!
Merlin
I could say the same thing about you.
Eggsy
What, you think I'd kill Roxy? And my mate Brandon, and my fucking dog?
Merlin
No. You think I would?
Merlin
This thing... hacked us. Clearly, this arm can be remotely controlled. I'm only alive because my address wasn't on the database with the agents. Whoever Charlie's working with doesn't think that mere staff are missile-worthy.
Eggsy
This ain't funny. Roxy is dead! Everyone's dead! Gone! Do you even care?
Merlin
Pull yourself together! Remember your training. There's no time for emotion in this scenario.
Merlin
Now, as all surviving agents are present, we follow the doomsday protocol. When that's done, and only then, you may shed a tear in private.
Eggsy
Okay. What's the doomsday protocol?
Merlin
We go shopping.
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Authority and Responsibility in Leadership
Sinestro
I don't need to tell you your duty... I don't need to tell you who we are.
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