Memorable Quotes from Matt Damon
100 quotesMisunderstanding Identity in a Unique Situation
Morty O'Reilly
I'm gonna have to level with you. Siamese twins ain't the easiest sell I've ever had.
Bob
We're not Siamese. We're American.
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Language Barrier and Unhappiness in Competition
Carroll Shelby
I don't speak Italian, but he ain't happy.
[after seeing Enzo Ferrari arguing with his pit crew]
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A Tribute to Love and Bargaining
Tom Ripley
That ring is superb.
Marge Sherwood
Oh, Tom, I love you! See?
Dickie Greenleaf
I had to promise, capital p, to never take it off. Otherwise I'd give it to you.
Marge Sherwood
Isn't it great? I found it in Naples. I had to bargain for it for about two weeks!
Dickie Greenleaf
Uh, I hope it wasn't cheap, Marge?
Marge Sherwood
Oh, it was!
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Confrontation in a burger bar setting
Man in burger bar
Hey! I ordered diet coke!
[to Rocket]
Rocket
Enjoy your meal.
Man in burger bar
Hey, you shouldn't have freaks in here!
[to Bob]
Bob
You know, you're absolutely right, we don't want freaks in here, so Rocket, would you kindly show this freak to the door?
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Hope for College Popularity
Girl 1
I hope we're just as popular in college as we were in high school.
Girl 2
We will be.
Girl 1
I know.
Girl 2
Who ]?
[[w:Chablis wine|needs more Chablis]
Girl 1
Candy, wanna come with?
Candy
No, I'll stay here.
Cooper
Well, ]. Whoops! Holy cow! Oh, this isn't where I parked my car!
[[w:R rating|there's your R-rating right there; ''He jumps into hot-tub'']
Donny
I can't believe He's so trusting! While I'm right behind you thrusting!
Candy
Cooper Harris, ]
[[w:chauvinism|you're a pig!]
Cooper
]
[[w:gaslighting|Uh... Candy, you should clean that off before you go.]
Candy
Clean what off?
Cooper
You got a little something on you.
Candy
Where?
Cooper
Right there. It's like a smudge, or something.
Candy
Where?
Cooper
It's like dirt, or something. Just go like this.
Candy
Is it off?
Cooper
No, keep rubbing it.
Donny
I did it with her on his birthday.
Cooper
Mmm-hmm... mmm-hmm... No, it's just not coming off.
Candy
What is it?
Cooper
Maybe tree sap or something. Try pinching it. No, it's just not coming off. I'll tell you what. Lick your fingers, get some saliva going.
Candy
Like this?
Cooper
Yeah. Again, not enough saliva.
Candy
Is it off yet?
Cooper
Fine, I'll do it. Come here.
Girl 1
Oh, my God! Candy! Cooper!
Cooper
Hey... This isn't where I parked my car. Hey. This band rocks! Yeah!
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Ready for the Challenge
Carroll Shelby
You ready?
[about to take Ford on a drive in the GT40]
Henry Ford II
The name on the middle of that steering wheel should tell you that I was born ready, Shelby. Hit it.
Carroll Shelby
Attaboy.
Carroll Shelby
...Mr. Ford...you okay? Mr. Ford, you alright?
Henry Ford II
I had no idea...I had no idea. I wish ]...he were alive to see this...to feel this.
[through sobs; [w:Edsel Ford|my daddy]
Carroll Shelby
Now, this is not a machine just anybody can get in and easily control.
Henry Ford II
Absolutely not. I had no idea.
[still gently sobbing]
Carroll Shelby
Now, you wanna win Le Mans, if you really wanna take first place, Ken Miles is the man to do it. Now he knows this car, because he helped me build it.
[Ford finally calms down]
Henry Ford II
Shelby, you know I've already appointed Leo Beebe Director of Racing.
Carroll Shelby
Which is exactly why I'm talking to you. Now, you let Ken Miles race at ]. If he wins, he gets to drive Le Mans.
[[w:24 Hours of Daytona|Daytona]
Henry Ford II
And if he doesn't?
Carroll Shelby
Ford Motor Company gets full ownership of Shelby American. Lock, stock, and brand...forever.
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Resourcefulness in Desperate Situations
Mark Watney
I've got to make a lot more water. The good thing is, I know the recipe: You take ], you add ], and you burn. Now, I have hundreds of liters of unused hydrazine at the MDV. If I run the hydrazine over an iridium catalyst, it'll separate into N2 and H2. And then if I just direct the hydrogen into a small area and burn it. Luckily, in the history of humanity, ].
[[hydrogen; [oxygen; [w:Hydrogen safety#Incidents|nothing bad has ever happened from lighting hydrogen on fire]
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Consequences of Abandonment and Bad Luck
William
I've been left for dead twice. It was bad luck.
Ballard
For who?
William
The people who left me!
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Conflict Between Rangers and Rooster Cogburn
LaBoeuf
You are getting ready to show your ignorance now, Cogburn. I don't mind a little personal chaffing but I won't hear anything against the Ranger troop from a man like you.
Rooster Cogburn
How long have you boys been mounted on sheep down there?
LaBoeuf
My white Appaloosa will be galloping when that big American stud of yours is winded and collapsed. Now make another joke about it. You are only trying to put on a show for this girl Mattie with what you must think is a keen tongue.
Rooster
This is like women talking.
LaBoeuf
Yes, that is the way! Make me out foolish in this girl's eyes.
Rooster
I think she has got you pretty well figured.
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Emotions and Professional Detachment in Decision-Making
David Norris
I guess you're not supposed to identify with your subjects. You're not supposed to feel guilt.
Harry Mitchell
We're not built to lead with our emotions like you are, but that doesn't mean we don't have them.
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Corruption of Economics by the Financial Industry
Narrator
The financial industry also exerts its influence in a more subtle way, one that most Americans don't know about: It has corrupted the study of economics itself.
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Desire for Identity and Possession
Tom Ripley
I could live Dickie's life for him.
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Consequences of a New Threat
Jason Bourne
I told you, Christian Dassault is going to get you killed.
Nicky Parsons
We don't have a choice, Jason. It started again. A new program. Iron Hand. It's even worse than before.
Bourne
What's that got to do with me?
Nicky
Because it matters. It matters.
Bourne
Not to me, it doesn't. All that matters is staying alive. You get off the grid, survive.
Nicky
I don't believe that and neither do you. Look at yourself. Look at what you're doing. You can't live like this for much longer.
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Understanding Pain and Regret in Family Dynamics
Rudy Baylor
I knew exactly what was going on here. Just like when Daddy was in the bedroom crying and Mommy was sitting in the kitchen, face all bloody, saying that Daddy was sorry.
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Existence and absence in Jason Bourne's journey
Jason Bourne
You were never here.
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Determination in the Face of Adversity
Mark Watney
In the face of overwhelming odds, I'm left with only one option: I'm gonna have to ] the shit out of this.
[[science]
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Unpleasant Choices and Unkind Remarks
LaBoeuf
You give out very little sugar with your pronouncements. While I sat there watchin I gave some thought to stealin a kiss, though you are very young, and sick, and unattractive to boot. But now I have a mind to give you five or six good licks with my belt.
Mattie Ross
One would be just as unpleasant as the other.
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The Value of Sacrifice in Personal Cost
Odysseus
The power of the sacrifice is in the cost of the person making it.
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A Choice Between Uncertainty and Togetherness
David Norris
I can go through this door alone. You'll never see me or the people chasing us again, or you can come with me, and I don't know what's on the other side, but you'd be next to me and that's all I've wanted since the minute I met you.
[to Elise]
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Forgiveness Beyond Years of Imprisonment
Nerine
Thinking about tomorrow?
Francois Pienaar
No. Tomorrow's taken care of, one way or another. I was thinking about how you spend 30 years in a tiny cell, and come out ready to forgive the people who put you there.
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Colonizing Mars Through Agriculture
Mark Watney
They say once you grow crops somewhere, you have officially colonized it. So, technically, I colonized Mars. In your face, ]!
[[Neil Armstrong]
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Struggling with Past Actions and Identity
Jason Bourne
I've tried to apologize for what I've done. For what I am. None of it makes it any better.
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Facing Challenges with Problem-Solving
Mark Watney
At some point, everything's gonna go south on you... everything's going to go south and you're going to say, this is it. This is how I end. Now you can either accept that, or you can get to work. That's all it is. You just begin. You do the math. You solve one problem... and you solve the next one... and then the next. And If you solve enough problems, you get to come home. All right, questions?
[every student’s hand shoots up]
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A New Beginning as a Lawyer
Rudy Baylor
Sworn in by a fool and vouched for by a scoundrel. I'm a lawyer at last.
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A Misunderstanding in a Larger Conflict
Jason Bourne
My argument is not with you.
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Survival and Isolation in Unfamiliar Territory
Jason Bourne
You got to get out. You got to start running. You get low, you stay low. No more friends. Nothing familiar. There's enough in there for you to make a life. Any life.
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A Dark Proposal Amidst Impending Departure
Loki
Our last four days on Earth. If I had a dick, I'd go get laid. But we can do the next best thing.
Bartleby
What's that?
Loki
Let's kill people.
Loki
Oh, not you.
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Moral Dilemmas in Personal Profit and Loss
Bryan Woodman
Do you understand what that means, it's like someone put a giant ATM on our front lawn.
Julie Woodman
Here's a question. How do you think it looks to profit off the death of your six year old?
Bryan Woodman
(pause) Fuck you.
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Mark Watney's Unconventional Claim to Piracy
Mark Watney
I've been thinking about laws on ]. There's an international treaty saying that no country can lay claim to anything that's not on ]. By another treaty if you're not in any country's territory, ] applies. So Mars is international waters. Now, ] is an American non-military organization, it owns the Hab. But the second I walk outside I'm in international waters. So here's the cool part. I'm about to leave for the Schiaparelli Crater where I'm going to commandeer the Ares IV lander. Nobody explicitly gave me permission to do this, and they can't until I'm on board the Ares IV. So I'm going to be taking a craft over in international waters without permission, which by definition... makes me a pirate. Mark Watney: Space Pirate.
[[Mars; [Earth; [Admiralty law|maritime law; [NASA]
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The Power of Memory and Recall
Jason Bourne
I remember. I remember everything.
[first lines]
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Declining Prosperity and Education Among Americans
Narrator
For the first time in history, average Americans have less education and are less prosperous than their parents.
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Shared Organs and Their Importance
Bob
We share a liver.
April
Are you sure you even need a liver?
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Wealth Inequality in the United States
Narrator
Inequality of wealth in the United States is now higher than in any other developed country.
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A Playful Exchange on Word Definitions
Walt
What's a four-letter word for snatch?
Bob
Grab.
Walt
Oh... right. Whoopsie.
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Identity and Awareness in Uncertainty
Jason Bourne
I can tell you the license plate numbers of all six cars outside. I can tell you that our waitress is left-handed and the guy sitting up at the counter weighs two hundred and fifteen pounds and knows how to handle himself. I know the best place to look for a ] is the cab of the gray truck outside, and at this altitude, I can run flat out for a half mile before my hands start shaking. Now why would I know that? How can I know that and not know who I am?
[[gun]
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The Struggle for Middle Eastern Resources
Prince Nasir Al-Subaai
What are they thinking, my brother and these American lawyers?
Bryan Woodman
What are they thinking? They're thinking that it's running out. It's running out... and ninety percent of what's left is in the Middle East. This is a fight to the death.
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Questioning the Concept of Selling Out
Rudy Baylor
I'm curious.
Leo F. Drummond
About what?
Rudy Baylor
I'm just wonderin'... do you even remember when you first sold out?
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Confidence in Botanical Expertise on Mars
Mark Watney
I don't want to come off as arrogant here, but I'm the greatest botanist on this planet.
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The Grind of Winning and Losing
Mike McDermott
Listen, here's the thing. If you can't spot the sucker in your first half-hour at the table, then you are the sucker. Guys around here will tell ya, you play for a living, it's like any other job. You don't gamble, you grind it out. Your goal is to win one big bet an hour, that's it. Get your money in when you have the best of it. Protect it when you don't. Don't give anything away. That's how I paid my way through half of law school. A true grinder. You see, I learned how to win a little at a time. But finally I've learned this: if you're too careful, your whole life can become a fuckin grind.
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Expressions of Liking Among Friends
Marge Sherwood
I like him.
[about Tom]
Dickie Greenleaf
Marge, you like everybody.
Tom Ripley
I like him. Marge, you like everybody.
[Imitating Marge's voice; imitating Dickie's voice]
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Unexpected Guests in the Boardroom
Whitland
Morning. Has anyone seen the overnights?
Board
No
Whitland
We creamed em. Last night was a re-run which says to me... Do I smell onion? Excuse me. May I ask what you're doing in my boardroom?
[Loki and Bartleby are noticed seated, Loki peeling onions with a knife]
Loki
You may proceed, mon ami.
[To Bartleby]
Bartleby
I'm gonna have to start by apologizing. My friend has a bit of a penchant for the dramatic.
Loki
Oh come on!
Bartleby
Relax, I'm doing this. Mooby, the Golden Calf. Created by Nancy Goldruff, a former kindergarten teacher in 1989. Bought by the Complex Corporation in 1991. Broadcast nationally as the "Mooby Fun-Time Hour." Since its inception, has spawned two theatrical films, sixteen records, eight prime-time specials, and a library of priced-to-own videocassettes. Not to mention bicoastal theme parks... dubbed "Mooby World." Did I miss anything?
[To the board room]
Whitland
You forgot Mooby Magazine.
Bartleby
Damn it!
Whitland
Now, is there a point to this?
Bartleby
You and your board are idolaters.
Loki
I can't believe you forgot the magazine. That's you. Do you know much about voodoo? That's a fascinating practice. No real doctrine of faith to speak of. More an arrangement of superstitions the most well-known of which is the voodoo doll. You see- -a mockup of an individual is subjected to various pokes and prods.The desired result is that the individual will feel those effects.
[To Bartleby; Places the onion, carved in the shape of a man, before Whitman; Sneezes. He looks around the room but no one speaks. Shrugs and continues his speech.]
Whitland
Call security, now!
[Loki throws a the knife into the phone]
Loki
All lines are currently down.
Bartleby
I'm gonna have to apologize.
Loki
-Would you knock it off?
Bartleby
You're doing it again. Stop. What did we talk about? Ahem. You are responsible for raising an icon which draws worship from the Lord. You have broken the First Commandment. More than that, I'm afraid not a one of you passes for a decent human being. Your continued existence is a mockery of morality. Like you, Mr. Burton. Last year, you cheated on your wife of 17 years 8 times. You even had sex with her best friend... while you were supposed to be home watching the kids.
[To the board room]
Loki
In the bed that you and your wife share, no less.
Bartleby
Mr. Newman. You got your girlfriend drunk at last year's Christmas party and then paid a kid from the mail room to have sex with her while she was passed out just so you could break up with her guilt-free when she sobbingly confessed in the morning. She killed herself three months later. Mr. Brace disowned his gay son. Very compassionate. Mr. Ray put his mother in a third-rate nursing home and used the profits from the sale of her home to buy an Oriental rug for himself. Heavens. Mr. Barker flew to Thailand on the company account to have sex with an eleven-year-old boy. Mr. Holtzman okayed the production of Mooby Dolls from materials he knew to be toxic and unsafe because it was, survey says... less costly. You, on the other hand are an innocent. You lead a good life. Good for you. But you, Mr. Whitland. You have more skeletons in your closet than this assembled party. I cannot even mention them aloud.
[addressing the only female board member; Whispers into Whitland's ear]
Loki
You're his father, you sick fuck! - Good.-
Bartleby
Not bad, man.
Loki
That's great work.
Bartleby
Very good.
[Walks out]
Loki
Well, alone at last. With the exception of Miss Pryce here there isn't a decent human being amongst you. Not one. Do you know what makes a human being decent? Fear. And therein lies the problem. None of you has anything left to fear anymore. You rest comfortably in seats of inscrutable power hiding behind your false idol,far from judgment lives shrouded in secrecy, even from one another. But not from God. (Walks off) Oh, forgot my little voodoo doll. Man, it really looks just like you, doesn't it? Look, if I believed enough in this... I wonder. Come on. I don't believe in voodoo. Voodoo. But I do believe in this!. DON'T RUN! DON'T RUN! FAKES! FAKES, ALL OF YOU FAKES! AND YOU! IN THE BED THAT YOU AND YOUR WIFE SHARE NO LESS!
[smashes doll into table. The board scream in terror before realizing nothing's happened. Loki snickers; Loki exits the boardroom. The board members collect themselves, but then Loki re-enters with gun drawn; Opens fire]
Bartleby
But I do believe in this"... What does that mean?
[Reading Mooby magazine]
Loki
Gum? Go on it's OK you've done nothing wrong, those guys were finks and you're a pure soul. But you didn't say God bless you when I sneezed.
[all but the innocent woman are dead; Points gun at her]
Bartleby
LOKI!
Loki
You're getting off light.
Bartleby
Loki!
Loki
I know, I'm coming. You're so lucky.
[walks off]
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Memory and Identity in Bourne's Journey
Jason Bourne
I remember. I remember everything.
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The Dark Humor of Legal Profession
Rudy Baylor
What's the difference between a lawyer and a hooker? A hooker'll stop screwing you when you're dead.
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A Casual Farewell from Linus Caldwell
Linus Caldwell
I guess I'll see you when I see you
[At the airport, homage to real life]
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The Illusion of Free Will Explained
David Norris
What ever happened to ]?
[[w:Free will|Free Will]
Thompson
We actually tried Free Will before. After taking you from hunting and gathering to the height of the ], we stepped back to see how you'd do on your own. You gave us the ] for five centuries... until finally we decided we should come back in. The Chairman thought maybe we just needed to do a better job of teaching you how to ride a bike before taking the training wheels off again. So we gave you the ], the ], the ]. For six hundred years, we taught you to control your impulses with reason, then in 1910, we stepped back. Within fifty years, you'd brought us ], the ], ], the ] and capped it off by bringing the entire planet to the brink of destruction in the ]. At that point, a decision was taken to step back in again before you did something that even we couldn't fix. You don't have free will, David. You have the appearance of free will...You have free will over which toothpaste you use or which beverage to order at lunch, but humanity just isn't mature enough to control the important things.
[[w:Roman Empire|Roman Empire; [w:Dark Ages (historiography)|Dark Ages; [w:Renaissance|Renaissance; [w:Age of Enlightenment|Enlightenment; [w:Scientific revolution|Scientific Revolution; [w:World War I|World War I; [w:Great Depression|Depression; [w:Fascism|Fascism; [w:The Holocaust|Holocaust; [w:Cuban missile crisis|Cuban Missile Crisis]
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Discussion of Marksmanship and Firearms
LaBoeuf
I was within three hundred yards of Chelmsford once. The closest I have been. With a Sharp's carbine that is within range, but I was mounted and had the choice of firing off-hand or dismounting to shoot from rest, which would allow Chelmsford to augment the distance. I fired mounted...and fired wide.
Rooster Cogburn
You cannot hit a man three hundred yards if your gun was resting on ].
[[w:Rock of Gibraltar|Gibraltar]
LaBoeuf
The Sharp's carbine is an instrument of uncanny power and precision.
Rooster Cogburn
Oh, I've no doubt that the gun is sound.
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Seeking Answers Amidst Loss and Memory
Jason Bourne
What do you want from me? Everything I know is history. Everyone I knew is dead.
[from the alternate ending]
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The Need for Financial System Reform
Narrator
For decades the American financial system was stable and safe. But then something changed. The financial industry turned its back on society, corrupted our political system and plunged the world economy into crisis. At enormous cost, we've avoided disaster and are recovering. But the men and institutions that caused the crisis are still in power and that needs to change. They will tell us that we need them and that what they do is too complicated for us to understand. They will tell us it won't happen again. They will spend billions fighting reform. It won't be easy. But some things are worth fighting for.
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Conflict with Family Legacy and Career Choice
Rudy Baylor
My dad hated lawyers. You might think I became one just to piss him off, but you'd be wrong. Did piss him off so much though that when he heard he fell off a ladder and didn't know who to sue first.
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Freedom and Consequences in The Great Wall
Commander Lin Mae
I set you free.
William
And here I am.
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Weapons and Their Impact on Fear
Gun Salesman
We call this piece the Fecalator. One look at it and the target shits him or herself. Try it on.
Loki
Well, it's a lot more compact than the flaming sword, but it's not nearly as impressive. Just doesn't have that wrath-of-the-almighty edge to it. I mean, come on, how am I supposed to strike fear into the hearts of the wicked with this thing? Look at this...
Bartleby
Well, then, you know, don't use a gun. Just lay the place to waste, like.
Loki
Easy for you to say. You get off light in razing. You got to stand there and read at ], I had to do all the work.
[[w:Sodom and Gomorrah|Sodom and Gomorrah]
Bartleby
What work did you do? You lit a few fires.
Loki
I rained down sulfur, man, there's a subtle difference.
Bartleby
Oh, yeah, I'm sure.
Loki
Hey, you know, fuck you, man; any moron with a pack of matches can set a fire. Raining down sulfur is like an endurance trial, man. Mass ] is the most exhausting activity one can engage in, outside of soccer.
[defensively; [w:genocide|genocide]
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Confusion Over Identity and Roles
Frank Toomey
Who are you?
Rory
She's our hostage.
Cobby Murphy
She's our psychiatrist.
Dr. Donna Rivera
I'm not your psychiatrist.
Frank Toomey
You're underpaid.
Dr. Donna Rivera
Yeah, no shit.
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The Cost of Their Manipulation
Jason Bourne
Look at us. Look at what they make you give.
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A Personal Connection with the President
Francois Pienaar
Can I ask you a question, Lieutenant?
Hendrick Booyens
Ja, of course.
Francois Pienaar
What's he like?
Hendrick Booyens
When I worked for the previous President, it was my job to be invisible. This President... Well, he found out I like English toffee, and he brought me some back from his visit to England.
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Contemplation in Uncertainty
Jason Bourne
Let me think about it.
[in response to Heather Lee's offer to rejoin the CIA]
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The Importance of Meaningful Props
Linus Caldwell
It is not a prop for prop's sake!
[reference to Damon's last line in Rounders]
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Building a Ford to Compete with Ferrari
Ken Miles
You're gonna build a car to beat Ferrari with... a Ford.
Carroll Shelby
Correct.
Ken Miles
And how long did they tell you that they need it? Two, three hundred years?
Carroll Shelby
Ninety days.
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Tax Cuts Favor the Wealthiest Americans
Narrator
Most of the benefits of these tax cuts went to the wealthiest 1% of Americans.
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A Magnet's Unexpected Use in the Desert
Tovar
Amigo, only you would carry a stupid magnet through the desert.
William
I can use it to make a compass.
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Betrayal and Loyalty in Unexpected Alliances
William
The last time I saw you, you left me for dead.
Tovar
The time before that I saved your life.
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Surveillance and Preparedness in Uncertain Situations
Jason Bourne
Who has a safety deposit box full of... money and six passports and a gun? Who has a bank account number in their hip? I come in here... and the first thing I'm doing is I'm catching the sight lines and looking for an exit.
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The Beginning and End of Jason Bourne
Jason Bourne
This is where it started for me. This is where it ends.
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The Language of the Divine and Human
Odysseus
Why can't gods speak in ways we understand?
Athena
Who doesn't understand thunder? Fire? A child's smile? A good harvest?
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Unexpected Responses in a Friendship
Walt
She'll be back. Where else is she gonna find a guy like you?
Bob
I don't know. Chernobyl?
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Customer Complaints About Delayed Food Service
Mimmy
Bob, the people at Table 14 are really hungry, where's the food?
Bob
How much time have I got left?
Mimmy
You're already 14 minutes over!
Bob
Well, then, what are they bitching about? They're gonna get a free meal.
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The Power of Choice in Love
David Norris
All I have are the choices I make, and I choose her, come what may.
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A Question of Honor and Expectations
William
We are honored, to be honored.
Tovar
Is that the best you've got?
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The Impact of Knowledge and Loss
Jason Bourne
It changes things, that knowledge, doesn't it? When what you love gets taken from you... You'd wanna know the truth.
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Unrequited Love and Irony in Confession
Tom Ripley
And that's the irony, Marge. I loved you. You may as well know it, Marge: I loved you. I don't know... maybe it's grotesque of me to say this now, so just write it on a piece of paper or something and put it in your purse for a rainy day. Tom loves me. Tom loves me.
[while planning to kill Marge]
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Critique of Financial Value and National Progress
Bryan Woodman
But what do you need a financial advisor for? Twenty years ago you had the highest ] in the world, now you're tied with Albania. So, good job. Your second largest export is secondhand goods, followed closely by dates for which you lose five cents a pound. You know what the business world thinks of you? They think a hundred years ago you were living in tents out here in the desert chopping each other's heads off and that's exactly where you'll be in another hundred years- so on behalf of my firm, yes, I accept your money.
[to Prince Nasir Al-Subaai; [GNP]
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Searching for Identity and Self-Understanding
Jason Bourne
Do you know who I am? I do not know who I am. Tell me who I am. If you know who I am... Please stop messing around... ...and tell me.
[to himself, in French; in Dutch]
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Cultural Generalizations and Their Implications
Julie Woodman
Arabs are very family-oriented. As a people. Is that racist?
Bryan Woodman
Sure! A little.
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A Challenging Situation Unfolds in Court
Judge Kipler
Are you in over your head, son?
Rudy Baylor
Absolutely!
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Courage Leads to Fortune
Odysseus
Fortune favors the brave.
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A Concern for Pam's Well-Being
Jason Bourne
Get some rest, Pam. You look tired.
[last lines]
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Identity and Ambition in School Ties
Charlie Dillon
You know something? I'm still gonna get into Harvard. And in 10 years no one will remember any of this. But you'll still be a goddamn Jew.
David Green
And you'll still be a prick.
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Defying the Gods for a Journey Home
Tiresias
Your men don't want you to defy the gods. But the gods say only you make it home.
Odysseus
Then I defy the gods.
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The Illusion of Speed in Space Travel
Mark Watney
I know what they're doing. I know exactly what they're doing. They just keep repeating "go faster than any man in the history of space travel", like that's a good thing. Like it'll distract me from how insane their plan is. Yeah, I get to go faster than any man in the history of space travel, because you're launching me in a convertible. Actually it's worse than that, because I won't even be able to control the thing. And by the way, physicists, when describing things like acceleration do not use the word "fast". So they're only doing that in the hopes that I won't raise any objections to this lunacy, because I like the way "fastest man in the history of space travel" sounds. I do like the way it sounds... I mean, I like it a lot. I'm not gonna tell them that.
[after hearing he has to take the top off of the Mars Ascent Vehicle; pauses]
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The Guardians of Fate's Plan
David Norris
Who the hell are you guys?
Richardson
We... are the people that make sure things happen according to plan.
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Financial Industry's Lobbying Expenditure Insights
Narrator
Between 1998 and 2008 the financial industry spent over $5 billion on lobbying and campaign contributions. And since the crisis, they're spending even more.
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Trust in Unconventional Situations
Melissa Lewis
You're in Martinez's hands now.
Mark Watney
Well... tell that asshole no barrel rolls.
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Witty Banter in True Grit
LaBoeuf
I've just come from Yell County.
Mattie Ross
We have no rodeo clowns in Yell County.
LaBoeuf
A saucy line will not get you far with me.
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The Value of Identity and Self-Worth
Tom Ripley
I always thought it would be better to be a fake somebody than a real nobody.
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Questioning the absence of a tie
Carroll Shelby
Where's the tie?! Where's the goddamn tie?!
[Demanding with Leo Beebe while finding out the results of the Le Mans race]
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Confronting the Past and Seeking Closure
Jason Bourne
A week ago, I was 4,000 miles away, in India, watching Marie die. They came for me, and they killed her instead. This ends now.
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Identity and Nationality in Uncertainty
Jason Bourne
I'm an American... Okay.
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The Essence of Speed and Identity
Carroll Shelby
There's a point at 7,000 RPM... where everything fades. The machine becomes weightless. Just disappears. And all that's left is a body moving through space and time. 7,000 RPM. That's where you meet it. You feel it coming. It creeps up on you, close in your ear. Asks you a question. The only question that matters. Who are you?
[narration]
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Reflections on Risk and Redemption at the Table
Mike McDermott
I've often seen these people, these squares at the table, short stack and long odds against them. All their outs gone. One last card in the deck that can help them. I used to wonder how they could let themselves get into such bad shape, and how the hell they thought they could turn it around.
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Motivations Driven by Deception and Loss
Jason Bourne
I volunteered because I thought our enemies killed him. I volunteered because of a lie.
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Brotherly Bonds and Sacrifices in Friendship
Tom Ripley
You're the brother I never had. I'm the brother you never had. I would do anything for you, Dickie.
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Pursuing Passion in Racing and Innovation
Carroll Shelby
Thank you. Well, if my daddy was here today, he'd tell me to sit on down and leave the yakking to the college boys so, like my cars, I'll make this fast. When I was 10 years old, Pops said to me, Son, it's a truly lucky man who knows what he wants to do in this world. Cause that man will never work a day in his life. But there are a few, a precious few, and, hell, I don't know if they're lucky or not. But there are a few people who find something they have to do. Something obsesses em. Something that if they can't do it, it's gonna drive them clean out of their mind. I'm that guy. And I know one other man feels exactly the same. His name... His name is Henry Ford. And together, we're gonna build the fastest automobiles in the world. And we're gonna make history too, at Le Mans. My name is Carroll Shelby. I build race cars.
[Shelby's speech at the Ford Mustang's debut event]
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The Challenges of Sharing Space
Walt
Think about it. You'll be able to read a book alone, play golf by yourself, masturbate in private like the good Lord intended.
[whispering]
Bob
What are you talking about?
Walt
Oh, please. Last night, it was like trying to sleep next to a paint-shaker.
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Astonishment at Unmatched Military Might
William
Look at this army. Have you ever seen anything like this?
Tovar
Incredible.
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Mutual Gratitude Between Leaders
Nelson Mandela
I want to thank you for what you have done for your country.
Francois Pienaar
No, Mr. President. Thank you for what you have done for our country.
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Financial Industry's Resistance to Reform Efforts
Narrator
After the crisis, the financial industry, including the Financial Services Roundtable, worked harder than ever to fight reform. The financial sector employs 3,000 lobbyists, more than five for each member of Congress.
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A Promise of Presence in the Morning
Bob
Promise me you'll still be there when I wake up.
[to Walt, on the operating table just before the twins are anesthetized for dangerous separation surgery]
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Perception of Morality in Self-Justification
Tom Ripley
Well, whatever you do, however terrible, however hurtful, it all makes sense, doesn't it, in your head. You never meet anybody that thinks they're a bad person.
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Perspective Shapes Understanding of a Man
Odysseus
The clearest view of a man is from below.
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Survival Challenges in Isolation on Mars
Mark Watney
If the oxygenator breaks down, I'll suffocate. If the ] reclaimer breaks down, I'll die of thirst. If the hab breaches, I'll just kind of implode. If none of those things happen, I'll eventually run out of ] and starve to ]. So, yeah... Yeah...
[[water; [food; [death]
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Understanding and Gratitude Beyond the Wall
Commander Lin Mae
Why did you go over the Wall?
William
Xinren... Did I say it right?
Commander Lin Mae
Thank you.
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