Memorable Quotes from Morgan Freeman
100 quotesFacing Fears and Embracing Resilience
President Tom Beck
Secretary Rittenhouse served his country with full devotion. He resigned for personal reasons. Now, I can promise you this, Miss Lerner, all of you, everyone in this room and everyone listening to my voice, that at some point over the next ten months, all of us will entertain our worst fears and concerns. But I can also promise you this. Life will go on. We will prevail.
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The Urgency of Ending Slavery
Theodore Joadson
There remains one task undone. One vital task the Founding Fathers left to their sons...
John Quincy Adams
Yes?
Theodore Joadson
...before their thirteen colonies could precisely be called United States. And that task, Sir, as you well know, is crushing slavery.
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Inquiry About Origins and Identity
John Quincy Adams
What is their story, by the way?
Theodore Joadson
Sir?
John Quincy Adams
What is their story?
Theodore Joadson
Why, they're um...they're from west Africa.
John Quincy Adams
No. What is their story? Mr. Joadson, you're from where originally?
[Joadson exhales and looks confused]
Theodore Joadson
Why, Georgia, sir.
John Quincy Adams
Georgia.
Theodore Joadson
Yes, sir.
John Quincy Adams
Does that pretty much sum up what you are? A Georgian? Is that your story? No...you're an ex-slave who's devoted his life to the abolition of slavery, and overcoming the obstacles and hardships along the way, I should imagine. That's your story, isn't it? You and this young so-called lawyer have proven you know what they are. They're Africans. Congratulations. What you don't know, and as far as I can tell haven't bothered in the least to discover, is who they are. Right?
[Joadson smiles and nods; laughs]
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Hoke's Progress with Daisy's First Drive
Hoke Colburn
(calling Boolie after convincing Daisy to be driven for the first time) Hello, Mr. Werthan? Yeah, it's me...guess where I'm at? I just finished drivin your mama to da store...yeah, she flap around some, but she alright, she in da store...oh, Lord, she just looked out the window and seen me on the phone...prob'ly gonna throw a fit right there at the checkout...yeah, you sho right about that...only took me six days, same time it took the Lord to make the world!...alright, bye now!
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Exploring the Limits of Human Potential
Professor Norman
But now we are entering the realms of science-fiction, and we don’t know any more than the ] who watches the ].
[[dog; [moon]
Student
Excuse me sir.
Professor Norman
Yes?
Student
But what would happen, if for some reason we ignore, somebody unlocked 100% of the cerebral capacity?
Professor Norman
One hundred percent?
Student
Yes.
Professor Norman
I have no ].
[[idea]
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A Conversation About Air-Conditioning Concerns
Daisy Werthan
Did you have the air-conditioning checked? I told you to have the air-conditioning checked.
Hoke Colburn
I had the air-conditioning checked. I don't know what for. You never allow me to turn it on.
Daisy Werthan
Hush up!
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Reflections on Life and Joy in Death
Carter Chambers
You know, the ancient Egyptians had a beautiful belief about death. When their souls got to the entrance to heaven, the guards asked two questions. Their answers determined whether they were able to enter or not. ‘Have you found joy in your life?’ Has your life brought joy to others?
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The Imperfection of Humanity and Intentions
Azeem
I once heard a wise man say "There are no perfect men in this world. Only perfect intentions".
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A Call to Battle and Freedom
Sgt. Maj. John Rawlins
That's right, honeys. Ain't no dream. We runaway slaves, but we come back fightin men. Go tell your folks how kingdom come in the year of jubilee!
[to a group of children]
Sgt. Maj. John Rawlins
If tomorrow is our great getting up moment...If tomorrow we have to meet the judgment day...Heavenly Father, we want you to let our folks know...that we died facing the enemy. We want'em to know, that we went down standing up! Amongst those that are fighting against our oppression. We want'em to know, Heavenly Father, that we died fighting for freedom!
Pvt. Jupiter Sharts
Tomorrow we goes into battle. So Lordy, let me fight with the rifle in one hand and the Good Book in the other. So that if I may die at the muzzle of the rifle...die on water, or on land, I may know that you blessed Jesus almighty are with me...and I will have no fear.
[praying aloud]
Union Corporal
Give'em hell 54th!
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Encouragement Amidst Uncertainty in War
Trip
Look like we goin the wrong way. Hey. Hey, come on now, buck up boys! Hey, buck up now, come on! Be someday they gonna let the 54th get into it, see! And all your troubles would be over. Come on now, cheer up!
[to a group of Union soldiers marching up the road]
10th Connecticut Corporal
What'd you say, boy?
[stops to face Trip]
Trip
Boy? Hey, let me tell you...
Thomas Searles
Shut up, Trip.
Trip
Would you get up off me, snowflake? See, let me explain something to you. See, the way I figure, I figure this war would be over a whole lot sooner if you boys just turned right on around and headed back on down that way, and you let us head on up there where the real fighting is.
[to Searles; to the 10th Connecticut Corporal]
Union Soldier
There are men dyin up that road.
Trip
And there wouldn't be nothing but Rebs dyin if they'd let the 54th in it.
Union Solder
Listen-
Sgt. Maj. John Rawlins
Hold it! As you were, Trip! As you were! You men move on.
[to the Connecticut soldiers]
10th Connecticut Corporal
Stripes on a nigger. That's like tits on a bull!
[scoffing as he notices Rawlins' rank]
Sgt. Maj. John Rawlins
You're lookin at a higher rank, Corporal. You'll obey and you'll like it.
10th Connecticut Corporal
Make me.
Trip
I'll make you!
Major Cabot Forbes
WHAT THE HELL IS GOING ON HERE?!
[arriving on his horse]
Sgt. Maj. John Rawlins
Attention!
Major Cabot Forbes
You! Yes, you! What's your name? I'm putting you up on charges!
[pointing at the 10th Connecticut Corporal]
Sgt. Maj. Rawlins
There ain't no cause for that, sir.
Major Cabot Forbes
What's that, Sergeant?
Sgt. Maj. John Rawlins
It's just a soldiers fight, sir.
Major Cabot Forbes
All right. You men move along. MOVE IT!
[pause]
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Recalling a Memorable Milk Truck Encounter
Boolie Werthan
Hoke, I thought about you the other day on the road. I saw an Avondale Milk truck.
Hoke Colburn
Is that right?
Boolie Werthan
Monster of a thing, looked to have about sixteen wheels.
Hoke Colburn
You don't say!
Boolie Werthan
I was wondering how you'd like drivin that thing around!
Daisy Werthan
Hoke came to see me, not you!
[to Boolie]
Hoke Colburn
Look like one o her good days!
Daisy Werthan
Boolie, go charm the nurses!
Boolie Werthan
She wants you all to herself. You're a doodle, Mama.
[smiling; to Daisy]
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Reflecting on Past Lives and Choices
Ned Logan
Hell, Will. We ain't bad men no more. Shit, we're farmers.
Will Munny
Should be easy killing them, supposing they don't go on down to Texas first.
Ned
How long has it been since you fired a gun at a man, Will? Nine, ten years?
Will
Eleven.
Ned
Easy, huh? Hell, I don't know that it was all that easy even back then. And we was young and full of beans. I mean, if you was mad at em, Will, I mean. If they'd done you some wrong, I could see shooting em.
Will
We done stuff for money before, Ned.
Ned
Yeah, we thought we did. All right, so what did these fellas do? Cheat at cards? Steal some strays? Spit on a rich fella? What?
Will
No, they cut up a woman.
Ned
What?
Will
Yeah, they cut up her face, cut her eyes out, cut her fingers off, cut her teats, everything but her cunny, I suppose.
Ned
I'll be dogg - Golly, I guess they got it comin'. Course, you know, Will, if Claudia was alive you wouldn't be doin this.
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Introduction to the Tumbler's Capabilities
Bruce Wayne
What's that?
[look at a very large and odd vehicle]
Lucius Fox
The Tumbler? Oh, you wouldn't be interested in that. She was built as a bridging vehicle. During combat, two of these would jump over a river, towing cables. Over here on the throttle, flip that open and throttle up. This will boost you into a rampless jump. Not now! Not... not now, Sir!
[cuts to Bruce driving it on a test track, with Fox in the passenger's seat describing how it works; Bruce goes to flip the throttle. The Tumbler accelerates]
Tumbler AI
Afterburner disengaged.
Fox
We never could get the damn bridge to work, but this baby works just fine. So, what do you think?
[Bruce swerves the Tumbler to a stop]
Bruce
Does it come in black?
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Liberation Efforts in a Troubled Town
Sgt. Maj. John Rawlins
Town's clean, sir. Ain't no Rebs here, just some women.
Colonel James M. Montgomery
Well, all right. You here that, boys? Let's clear her out!
Colonel Robert G. Shaw
What are you doing?
Colonel James M. Montgomery
Liberating this town in the name of the Republic.
Soldier
The musket, master Colonel. Never shoot it. Shoot now?
Colonel James M. Montgomery
Yeah, I don't see why not. Go ahead.
Soldier
Shoot the lady, boys!
[shoots at figurehead on hotel]
Man
Don't shoot! We ain't Secesh here!
[runs out]
Colonel Robert G. Shaw
That man is a civilian!
Colonel James M. Montgomery
That man is Secesh, and Secesh is all the same, son. Look around you, look at em. You really think anybody's gonna put some boys into some real combat? Do you? I mean, they're little children for God's sake. Little monkey children. You just gotta learn how to control them.
[the soldiers fire at the man, who runs off]
Evil Racist White Woman
Animal! Leave her alone!
[Demonstrates her impertinence and hits the soldier; the righteous soldier grabs and starts choking her, doing the world a favor by ridding it of this evil racist hag]
Colonel James M. Montgomery
Hey, boy! Take your hands off the white lady. Now that would not have been necessary if that Secesh woman hadn't started it (EXACTLY! You go die, Rayciss Whitey!). They'll never learn. You see, Secesh has got to be swept away by the hand of God, like the Jews of old. And now I'll have to burn this town.
[the soldier ignores him, Montgomery pulls out his pistol and shoots the man dead]
Evil Racist White Woman
Nigger soldiers! NIGGER SOLDIERS!
[Impotently screeching like a banshee at the fact she no longer has control over the black man]
Colonel James M. Montgomery
Tell your men to set torches and prepare to fire the buildings.
Colonel Robert G. Shaw
I will not.
Colonel James M. Montgomery
That is an order. You will do it, or you will be brought up on charges for disobeying your superior officer.
Colonel Robert G. Shaw
It is an immoral order, and by articles of war, I am not bound to obey it.
Colonel James M. Montgomery
Well, you can just explain that at your court-martial. After your men are placed under my command.
Colonel Robert G. Shaw
First squad, second platoon. Fall out to set torches. Prepare to fire the town.
[long pause, to his men]
Sgt. Maj. John Rawlins
First squad, second platoon! Fall out!
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Fear of Death and Its Manifestation
Will Munny
I seen him, Ned. I seen the angel of death. I seen a river, Ned. He's got snake eyes!
Ned Logan
Who Will? Who's got snake eyes?
Will
It's the angel of death. Oh Ned, I'm scared of dyin'.
Ned
Easy, partner. Easy.
Will
I seen Claudia too.
Ned
That's good, Will. That's good you saw Claudia, ain't it?
Will
Her face was all covered with worms! Oh Ned, I'm scared. I'm dyin'. Keep your word. Don't tell nobody — don't tell my kids — none of the things I done. Hear me?
Ned
All right, Will.
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Azeem's Vow of Loyalty and Brotherhood
Azeem
Our way lies together with the speed of Allah. You have saved my life, Christian. Now, I will stay with you until I have saved yours. That is my vow.
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The Importance of Sharing Knowledge
Professor Norman
If you're asking me what to do with all this ] you're accumulating, I say, pass it on … just like any simple cell, going through ].
[[knowledge; [time]
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A Reflection on Changing Standards in Gaming
Joe Matheson
This used to be a gentleman's game.
[about identifying the envelope of fingers]
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The Secret Behind the Illusion
Thaddeus Bradley
Want to know how they did it? Just say the magic word.
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The Limits of Human Endurance
Mills
Has he tried to speak or communicate in any way?
[about Victor]
Dr. Beardsley
Even if his brain were not mush, which it is, he chewed off his own tongue long ago.
Somerset
Uh... Doc, is there absolutely no chance that he might survive?
Dr. Beardsley
Detective, he'd die of shock right now if you were to shine a flashlight in his eyes. He's experienced about as much pain and suffering as anyone I've encountered, give or take... and he still has hell to look forward to. Good night.
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Authority and Job Changes in a Meeting
Jessica
The meeting's already started.
William Earle
What meeting? Fox? I seem to remember firing you.
[enters conference room, sees Fox distributing materials to board members seated around table]
Lucius Fox
You did. I got another job: yours.
Earle
On whose authority?
Alfred Pennyworth
Batman may have made the front page, but Bruce Wayne got pushed to page eight.
[driving Bruce Wayne]
Bruce Wayne
Bruce Wayne.
[Bruce reads headline, answers phone]
Earle
What makes you think you can decide who's running Wayne Enterprises?
Bruce
Well, the fact that I'm the owner.
Earle
What are you talking about? The company went public a week ago.
Bruce
And I bought most of the shares - through various charitable foundations, and trusts, and so forth. Look, it's all a bit technical, but the important thing is that my company's future is secure. Right, Mr. Fox?
[speaks slightly louder]
Fox
Right you are, Mister Wayne. Didn't you get the memo?
[turns to Earle, takes off glasses]
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A City’s Burden and New Beginnings
Somerset
Why don't you tell me what's really bothering you, Tracy?
Tracy
David and I are gonna have a baby.
Somerset
Oh, Tracy... I don't think I'm the one to talk to about this...
[baffled]
Tracy
I hate this city.
Somerset
I had a relationship once. It was very much like a marriage. We got pregnant. This was long time ago. I remember getting up one morning and going to work. Just another day like any other, except it was the first day after I knew about … pregnancy. And I felt this fear for the first time ever. I remember thinking, "How can I bring a child into a world like this? How can a person grow up with all this around them?" I told her I didn't want to have it, and over the next few weeks, I wore her down.
[sighs]
Tracy
I want to have children.
Somerset
I can tell you now that I know … I mean, I'm positive … that I made the right decision. But there's not a day that passes that I don't wish that I had made a different choice. If you don't keep the baby – I mean, if that's your decision – don't ever tell him that you were pregnant. But if you choose to have this baby, you spoil that kid every chance you get. That's about all the advice I can give you, Tracy.
[Tracy starts crying]
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Pessimism in a High-Stakes Situation
Jezzie Flannigan
Dr. Cross, Agent Ben Devine. Agent Devine is security systems supervisor.
Ben Devine
Well, for now. We're going to be thrown to the wolves, as soon as they find Megan Rose dead in a ditch.
Alex Cross
Now what makes you so sure that's what's going to happen?
Ben Devine
Me getting fired or the girl in a ditch? Sorry. I'm having a pessimistic day.
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Humans: Preoccupied with Having Over Being
Professor Norman
Now let's examine a special case, the only living being that uses its brain better than us: the ]. It is estimated that this incredible animal uses 20% of its cerebral capacity. In particular, this allows it to have an echolocation system that is more efficient than any sonar ever invented by mankind. But the dolphin did not invent the sonar — it developed it, naturally. And this is the crucial part of our philosophical reflection we have today: can we therefore conclude that humans are more concerned with "having" than "being"?
[[dolphin]
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The Nature of Sense and Choice
The Boss
I knew you had sense.
[''after Slevin has just told him he'll take the job killing the Rabbi's son'']
Slevin
Sense is something you have when you have a choice.
The Boss
Sometimes, and sometimes it's when you know you don't.
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The Power of Neurons and Movement
Professor Norman
One neuron, you're alive. Two neurons you're moving. And with movement, interesting things begin to happen.
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Presidential Address on Comet Crisis Response
President Tom Beck
Hello, America. It is my unhappy duty to report to you that the Messiah has failed. This computer-enhanced radar image from Houston shows how the detonation succeeded, however, did not destroy the comet. There are now two pieces, one six miles wide, the other a mile and a half. Both are still on a path towards Earth. We've lost communication with the Messiah spacecraft although we continue to track it visually. We don't know how many are alive. We don't know their condition. Now we have to make some decisions together. What do we do? You have a choice. We have a choice right now. Ever since the comet was discovered, we've been hoping and working for the best, but we've also been planning for the worst. Our strategy has been twofold: First, our strategic missile command has been coordinating with the Russians a massive strike of Titan missiles to intercept the comets. If we can deflect these comets enough, they will bounce harmlessly off our atmosphere, and head on out into space. Unfortunately, the Titans cannot be launched until the comets are ony a few hours away, and while we are confident the missile attack will succeed, it is only prudent that we now take cautionary steps to ensure the continuation of our way of life, to guarantee that there will be enough of us left to rebuild a new world in the unlikely event that the comets do strike the Earth. So, in the soft limestone of Missouri, we've been preparing a network of immense caves, and they're almost finished. And we can put a million people in them. And that million people can survive there, underground, for two years, until the air clears, and the dust settles. Now the cave is more than a dormitory. It's our new Noah's Ark. We're storing seeds and seedlings, plants, animals, enough to start over. On August 10, a computer will randomly select 800,000 Americans, to join the 200,000 scientists, doctors, engineers, teachers, soldiers and artists who have already been chosen. Other countries are preparing similar caves along whatever lines they feel are best to preserve their way of life. This is ours. Beginning tonight and continuing tonight until the crisis passes, I am declaring a state of martial law. The armed forces and the National Guard are working with local law enforcement. A national curfew begins at midnight tonight. Now wherever you are, go home. Stay off the roads after sunset. Crimes against persons or property will be dealt with swiftly and harshly. News stations around the nation are being faxed copies of the lottery procedure as we speak and they'll be broadcasting the details to you in a few moments.
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Impending Catastrophe and Its Dire Consequences
President Tom Beck
Our missiles have failed. The comets are still headed for Earth, and there's nothing we can do to stop them. So, this is it. If the world does go on, it will not go on for everyone. We have now been able to calculate the comet's final trajectories, and we have determined where they're going to strike. The smaller of the two comets, Biederman, will hit first, somewhere in the Atlantic Seaboard, probably off the waters of Cape Hatteras, in just under twelve hours, at 4:35 PM Eastern Daylight Time. The impact of the comet is going to be... well, disastrous. There will be a very large tidal wave moving quickly through the Atlantic Ocean. It'll be 100 feet high, travelling at 1,100 miles per hour. That's faster than the speed of sound. As the wave reaches shallow water, it's going to slow down, but the wave height, depending on the shelf off the coast will be anywhere from 1,000 to 3,500 feet high. Where the land is flat, the wave will wash inland, 600 to 700 miles. The wave will hit our nation's capital forty minutes after impact. New York City, Boston, Atlanta, Philadelphia, all will be destroyed. If you have any means of escaping the path of this wave, leave now. The impact of the larger comet will be nothing less than an extinction level event. It will strike land in Western Canada, three hours after Biederman. Within a week, the skies will be dark with dust from the impact and they will stay dark for two years. All plant life will dead within... four weeks. Animal life within... a few months. So, that's it. Good luck to us all.
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Be the Miracle
God
Parting your soup is not a ], Bruce, it's a ] ]. A single mom who's working two jobs, and still finds ] to take her kid to soccer practice, that's a miracle. A teenager who says "no" to ] and "yes" to an ], that's a miracle. ] want Me to do everything for them, but what they don't realize is, they have the ]. You want to see a miracle, son? Be the miracle.
[[miracle; [magic; [trick; [time; [drugs; [education; [People; [power]
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A Cold Morning Greeting Among Friends
Hendrick Booyens
Gee, It's cold, man.
Linga Moonsamy
Morning, Madiba
Nelson Mandela
How are you?
Linga Moonsamy
Fine, thanks.
Hendrick Booyens
Morning, sir.
Nelson Mandela
How is your family, Hendrick?
Hendrick Booyens
Top shape, sir. How about yours?
Nelson Mandela
I have a very large family. 42 million. I don't think I'll walk today.
[goes back inside]
Linga Moonsamy
We never, never ask him about his family.
[furiously]
Hendrick Booyens
But he asks us about ours all the time!
Linga Moonsamy
Hey, think about it, man. He's separated from his wife, his children. How often do you see them here, huh? He's not a saint, okay? He's a man, with a man's problems. He doesn't need us reminding him about them.
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Measuring Self Through Relationships with Others
Carter Chambers
You measure yourself by the people who measure themselves by you.
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Questioning Historical Conquests and Knowledge
Azeem
How did your uneducated kind ever take Jerusalem?
[Swatting the scope from Robin's eye]
Robin of Locksley
God knows.
[puts his sword away]
Maid Marian
What is it?
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A Simple Errand in Everyday Life
Daisy Werthan
What are you doing?
Hoke Colburn
I'm tryin to drive you to the store!
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Desperation and Silence in a Tense Encounter
Doe
She begged for her life, Detective.
Somerset
Shut up.
Doe
She begged for her life –
Somerset
Shut up!
Doe
... and for the life of the baby inside her.
Somerset
Shut up!
[back-hands him]
Doe
Oh … he didn't know.
[smiles]
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The Purpose of Cells in Time
Professor Norman
And it is going through time that seems to be also the only real purpose of each of the cells in our bodies. To achieve that aim, the mass of the cells that make up earthworms and human beings has only two solutions—be immortal or to reproduce.
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Admiration for Patience and Dedication
Alex Cross
Wow. Imagine the patience... the dedication...
Jezzie Flannigan
You sound like an admirer.
Alex Cross
Well, he's like a spider. I happen to like spiders.
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A Mind's Dark Gift
Gary Soneji
No bargaining Alex, no cheap interrogation techniques. It's transparent and it's clumsy. This is between me and you. I want you to see. I want you to look inside here and tell me what the fuck you see! I'm a gift to you, Alex. I'm a gift to you. And you are beyond pitiful if you cannot understand that. I'm living proof that a mind - the mind is a terrible thing.
[puts hand to forehead; laughs]
Alex Cross
To be brutally honest, I think you have a morbid desire to burn in hell.
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Azeem on Hospitality and Weather
Azeem
The hospitality of this country is as warm as the weather.
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The Origin of the Nickname "the Fairy
The Boss
They call him "the Fairy"...
Slevin
Why do they call him "the Fairy"?
The Boss
Because he's a fairy.
[impatiently]
Slevin
What, he's got wings, he can fly, he sprinkles magic dust all over the place?
The Boss
He's a homosexual.
[angrily]
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Introduction to the Fraternity
Sloan
Welcome to the Fraternity.
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The Value of Fighting for the World
Police Captain
We’ll take care of him.
[about Mills]
Somerset
Anything he needs.
Police Captain
Where you gonna be?
Somerset
Around. I'll be around. ] once wrote, "The world is a fine place and worth fighting for." I agree with the second part.
[voiceover; [Ernest Hemingway]
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The Dangers of Human Advancement and Instability
Professor Norman
] this ], Lucy — I'm not even sure that ] is ready for it. We're so driven by ] and ]. Given man's ], it might bring us only instability and ].
[as Lucy prepares to inject herself with all the remaining CPH4; [All; [knowledge; [mankind; [power; [profit; [nature; [chaos]
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Conflict and Loyalty Amidst Desperation
Robin of Locksley
I've seen enough blood spilled to last two lifetimes. Now get off my land! And tell Nottingham what happens to his scum when they pick on small children! And you! You travel ten thousand miles to save my life and leave me to be butchered?!
[to Azeem]
Azeem
I fulfill my vows when I choose!
Robin of Locksley
Which does not include prayer times, meal times, or anytime I'm outnumbered six to one.
Azeem
You whine like a mule. You are still alive!
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A Pledge to Unity and Justice
God
(appears at Congress and recites the the ]) I pledge allegiance to the flag under the ] and to the republic for which it stands. One nation under me indivisible and liberty and justice for all.
[[w:Pledge of Allegiance|Pledge of Allegiance; [w:United States of America|United States of America]
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A Delicate Situation of Aging
Boolie Werthan
What I need is for somebody to drive my mother around.
Hoke Colburn
Well, if you don mind my askin', sir—how come she's not hirin for herself?
Boolie Werthan
See, it's kind of a delicate situation.
Hoke Colburn
Oh, yessir, yessir...done gone around the bend a little bit. Well, now, that'll happen as they get old...
Boolie Werthan
Oh, no, she's all there. Too-much-there is the problem!
[Hoke laughs]
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Morning Visit Raises Suspicion and Concern
Hoke Colburn
Now what do you suppose he's doin here this early in the morning?
Idella
Dunno... can't be good, I promise you that!
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Investigation Uncovers a Mysterious Death
Mills
What do you got?
Somerset
Dead dog.
Doe
I didn't do that.
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The Burden of Expectations and Identity
Patrick Meighan
Ted, you're special. You could have been an inspiration to the world. You could have been a leader, a role model. Instead, you're... ].
[[Justin Bieber]
Ted
Fuck you!
Samantha
Ted!
Ted
Sorry. Sorry.
Patrick Meighan
There's just no indication that you've had any positive effect on the world around you.
John
That's not true. He's had a positive effect on me.
Patrick Meighan
Would that positive effect include your joint arrest in 2003 for possessing marijuana?
John
Well, how the fuck do you prepare for a ] concert?
[[Foo Fighters]
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Instructions for Building an Ark
God
(to Evan) Build the ark. And if anybody asks, just say, a flood is coming.
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A New Commandment: Embrace the Dance
God
I now issue a new commandment: "Thou shalt do the dance.
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A Comment on Physical Appearance
The Boss
I bet it was that mouth that got you that nose.
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The Power of Random Acts of Kindness
God
How do you change the world?
Evan
One single act of random kindness at a time.
God
One Act, of Random, Kindness.
[spoken while writing A-R-K on the ground with a stick]
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Perceptions of Identity and Culture
Azeem
And they call me Barbarian.
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Opportunities Through Prayer and Personal Growth
God
Let me ask you something. If someone prays for patience, you think God gives them patience? Or does he give them the opportunity to be patient? If he prayed for courage, does God give him courage, or does he give him opportunities to be courageous? If someone prayed for the family to be closer, do you think God zaps them with warm fuzzy feelings, or does he give them opportunities to love each other?
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A Prayer for Survival and Faith
President Tom Beck
I wish... No, wishing is wrong. It's the wrong word right now. That's not what I mean. What I mean is, I believe in God. I know a lot of you don't, but I would like to offer a prayer for our survival, mine included. Because I believe that God, whomever you hold that to be, hears all prayers, even if sometimes the answer is no. So may the Lord bless you, may the Lord keep you, may the Lord lift his divine countenance upon you, and give you peace.
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Cultural Perspectives on Women and Love
Azeem
In my country, we talk to our women. We do not drug them with plants.
Robin of Locksley
What do you know about women?
Azeem
Where I come from, Christian, there are women of such beauty, that they can possess a man's mind so, that he be willing to die for them.
Robin of Locksley
Wait a minute. Was that why you were to be executed? Because of a woman? That's it, isn't it? That's it?
Azeem
It is close to sunset.
Robin of Locksley
You painted old hound, who was she? The mullah's daughter? Another man's wife? What's her name?
Azeem
Is there no sun in this cursed country? Which way is East?
Robin of Locksley
Her name.
Azeem
East?!
Robin of Locksley
Her name.
Azeem
Jasmina.
Robin of Locksley
That way.
[points]
Azeen
You are sure?
Robin of Locksley
I would know blindfolded, I'm five miles from home. Was she worth it?
Azeem
Worth dying for.
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The Essence of True Justice and Decency
Judge Leonard White
Racist? You dare call me racist? Well I say unto you, what does it matter the color of a man's skin if witnesses perjure themselves. If a prosecutor enlists the perjurers. When a district attorney throws a man to the mob for political gain, and men of the cloth, men of God, take the prime cuts? Is that justice? I don't hear you...Let me tell you what justice is. Justice is the law. And the law is man's feeble attempt to lay down the principles of decency. Decency! And decency isn't a deal, it's not a contract or a hustle or an angle! Decency... decency is what your grandmother taught you. It's in your bones! Now you go home. Go home and be decent people. Be decent.
[to court room]
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Enduring March of the Emperor Penguins
Narrator
And they will march just as they have done for centuries, ever since the emperor penguin decided to stay, to live and love in the harshest place on Earth.
[last lines]
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The Weight of Lost Control
Dylan Rhodes
Hey, tell me you're safe. Where are you?
Thaddeus Bradley
Right where you left me. 18 months ago, Agent Rhodes.
Dylan
Thaddeus?
Thaddeus
How does it feel to lose everything? Your job. Your identity. Your reason for living. How does it feel to be out of control, perhaps for the first time?
Dylan
What do you want?
Thaddeus
You're a fool, Agent Rhodes. You always have been.
Dylan
Where are they?
Thaddeus
I'm not telling you on the phone!
Dylan
Don't lie to me, Thaddeus. Where are they?!
Thaddeus
And if you're wondering if I was behind the Horsemen's recent debacle... well, I'll let you work that out for yourself.
Dylan
Hey, I burned you once; I'll burn you again. And I'm not playing, Thaddeus.
Thaddeus
It's not my game, Agent Rhodes. It's yours. You started it when you locked me in a cell. This is simply my move. Next one is yours, and yours alone.
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A Stark Revelation of Loss
The Boss
Look at me. Look at my smile. Your son is dead.
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The Loom of Fate Explained
Sloan
We call this the Loom of Fate.
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Perception and Reality in Illusionary Actions
Thaddeus Bradley
The Eye. It may not lie, but don't think for a moment that it can't be lied to. Seeing is believing. But is it truth... or just an illusion? People see the Horsemen as noble Robin Hoods. But are they? Or are they nothing more than common thieves? Depends on your point of view. Here's what you know: they robbed a bank in Paris from a stage in Las Vegas. They fleeced an insurance magnate out of hundreds of millions of dollars and disappeared from a roof in New York, always showering their devoted fans with money. Here's what you don't know: they left one man behind, framed, holding the bag... me.
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Exploring Ancient Knowledge and Human Evolution
Professor Norman
For the ] it's just ], I confess. But if you think about it, it's troubling to realize that the Greeks, the Egyptians and the Indians had notion of cells centuries before the invention of the microscope. And what's to say about ] whom everyone took for a fool when he put forth his theory of ]? It's up to us to push the ] and ], and go from evolution, to ].
[[moment; [hypothesis; [w:Charles Darwin|Darwin; [evolution; [rules; [laws; [revolution]
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Divine Guidance and Human Agency
Evan
You knew it all along, didn't you? You knew the dam was unstable. If it hadn't been for the ark, my family, the neighbors... I fought you every step of the way.
God
Yes, but you did it.
Evan
So you had nothing to do with the flood? Like where the ark landed exactly?
God
I gave you a little shove at the end. Sue me.
God
You did good, son. You changed the world.
Evan
No. No I didn't.
God
Well lets see. Spending time with your family making them very happy. You gave that dog a home.
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The Limits of Human Potential Explored
Professor Norman
* Lecturing on his newly published research
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Consequences Await for the Horsemen
Thaddeus Bradley
Are you listening, Horsemen? When you emerge, and I know you will, I will be there, waiting for you. Cause mark my words, you will get what's coming to you... in ways you can't expect, or imagine, but very much deserve. Because one thing I believe in is an eye for an eye.
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Survival and Love in Harsh Conditions
Narrator
There are few places hard to get to in this world. But there aren't any where it's harder to live. The average temperature here at the bottom of the Earth is a balmy 58 degrees below. That's when the sun is out. It wasn't always like this. Antarctica used to be a tropical place densely forested and teeming with life. But then the continent started to drift south. And by the time it was done drifting, the dense forests had all been replaced with a new ground cover, Ice. As for the former inhabitants, they had all died or moved on long ago. Well, almost all of them. Legend has it that one tribe stayed behind. Perhaps they thought the change in weather was only temporary. Or maybe they were just stubborn. But whatever their reasons, these stalwart souls refused to leave. For millions of years they have made their home on the darkest, driest, windiest and coldest continent on Earth. And they've done so pretty much alone. So in some ways this is a story of survival. A tale of life over death. But it's more than that, really. This is a story about love.
[first lines]
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Defining Partnerships and Loyalties
Jezzie Flannigan
Would you kill another partner?
Alex Cross
You're not my partner.
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Tenant's Silence Conceals Dark Secrets
Somerset
Victor's landlord said there was an envelope of cash in the office mailbox the first of every month. Quote: "I never heard a single complaint from the tenant in apartment 306, and nobody ever complained about him. He's the best tenant I've ever had." End quote.
Mills
Yeah, a landlord's dream: a paralyzed tenant with no tongue.
Somerset
Who pays the rent on time.
Mills
I'm sick of all this waiting!
Somerset
This is the job.
Mills
Why aren't we out there, huh? Why we gotta sit here, rotting, waiting until the lunatic does it again?
Somerset
It's dismissive to call him a lunatic. Don't make that mistake.
Mills
Come on, he's insane. Look, right now he's probably dancing around in his grandmother's panties, yeah, rubbing himself in peanut butter. Ooh. How's that?
Somerset
I don't think so.
Mills
His luck will run out.
Somerset
He's not depending on luck. We walked into that apartment exactly one year after he tied Victor to the bed. One year to the date. He wanted us to.
Mills
Don't know that for sure.
Somerset
Oh yes, we do. This note he left, his first words to us: "Long is the way, and hard, that out of hell leads up to light.
Mills
Fuck him. So what?
Somerset
He's right so far. Imagine the will it takes to keep a man bound for a full year, to sever his hand and use it to plant fingerprints, to insert tubes into his genitals. This guy's methodical, exacting, and worst of all, patient.
Mills
He's a nut-bag! Just because the fucker's got a library card doesn't make him Yoda.
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Corporate Secrets and Demands Uncovered
Lucius Fox
What can I do for you, Mr. Reese?
Coleman Reese
You wanted me to do the diligence on the LSA Holdings deal, again. Well, I found some irregularities.
Fox
Yes, their CEO is in police custody.
Reese
No, not with their numbers; with yours. Applied Sciences - a whole division of Wayne Enterprises - just disappeared, overnight. I went down to the archives and started pulling some old files. You're not gonna tell me you didn't recognize your baby out there, pancaking cop cars on the evening news. Now you have the entire R&D department burning through cash, claiming that it's related to cell phones for the army? What are you building for him now, a rocket ship? I want $10 million a year, for the rest of my life.
Fox
Let me get this straight: You think that your client - one of the wealthiest, most powerful men in the world - is secretly a vigilante who spends his nights beating criminals to a pulp with his bare hands, and your plan is to blackmail this person?
Fox
Good luck.
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Exploring Modern Homicide Investigations
Mills
Modern Homicide Investigation, ], ] … bondage?
[[w:In Cold Blood|In Cold Blood; [w:Of Human Bondage|Of Human Bondage]
Somerset
Not what you think it is.
Mills
Okay. The Marquis de-Shaday …
Somerset
It's the ].
[[Marquis de Sade|Marquis de ''Sade'']
Mills
Whatever. The Writings of Saint Thomas Aqua-something.
Somerset
Saint ]? There it is. He wrote about the seven deadly sins. Is that it?
[[Thomas Aquinas]
Mills
Yeah.
Somerset
Let's try it.
Mills
Jonathan Doe?
Somerset
Whatever.
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Understanding the Rules of Power
God
Okay, let me explain the rules.
Bruce
Rules?
God
Yeah, you left in such a rush, I didn't get a chance to explain.
Bruce
Well, the "two extra fingers" thing freaked me out a little bit.
God
I figured that would get your attention. I did the same thing to ], he didn't eat for three weeks. Now, here's the deal. You have all my power, use it any way you choose. There are only two rules. You can't tell anybody you're God; believe me, you don't want that kind of attention. And you can't mess with free will.
[laughs; [w:Mahatma Gandhi|Gandhi]
Bruce
Can I ask why?
God
Yes, you can! That's the beauty of it!
[smiling]
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Confronting Reality in Pursuit of Justice
Somerset
You know, this isn't gonna have a happy ending.
Mills
Hey man, if we catch him, I'll be happy enough.
Somerset
If we catch John Doe and he turns out to be the Devil – I mean, if he's Satan himself – that might live up to our expectations. But … he's not the Devil. He's just a man.
Mills
You know, see, you bitch and you complain and you tell me these things – if you think you're preparing me for hard times, thank you, but …
Somerset
But you got to be a hero? You want to be a champion. Well, let me tell you, people don't want a champion. They wanna eat cheeseburgers, play the lotto and watch television.
Mills
Hey, how did you get like this? I wanna know.
Somerset
Well. It wasn't one thing, I can tell you that.
[sighs]
Mills
Go on.
Somerset
I just don't think I can continue to live in a place that embraces and nurtures apathy as if it was a virtue!
Mills
You're no different. You're no better.
Somerset
I didn't say I was different or better. I'm not! Hell, I sympathize; I sympathize completely. Apathy is a solution. I mean, it's easier to lose yourself in drugs than it is to cope with life. It's easier to steal what you want than it is to earn it. It's easier to beat a child than it is to raise it. Hell, love costs: it takes effort and work.
Mills
We are talking about people who are mentally ill. We are talking about people who are fucking crazies.
Somerset
No. No, we're not. We're talking about everyday life here. You – you can't afford to be this naive!
Mills
Fuck off. See, you should listen to yourself. Yeah. You say that the problem with people is that they don't care, so I don't care about people. It makes no sense. You know why?
Somerset
You care?
Mills
Damn right.
Somerset
And you gonna make a difference?
Mills
Whatever. The point is that I don't think you're quitting because you believe these things you say. I don't. I think you wanna believe them because you're quitting. You want me to agree with you, and you want me to say, "Yeah, yeah, yeah. You're right. It's all fucked up. It's a fucking mess. We should all go live in a fucking log cabin." But I won't. I won't say that. I don't agree with you. I do not. I can't.
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Negotiating Favor and Opportunity in Crisis
President Tom Beck
Give us two days, Miss Lerner, you'll get second row centre, at the White House press conference. Now, from what I know of your career, that's a promotion.
Jenny Lerner
I want exclusivity.
President Tom Beck
Now listen, young lady. This is a presidental favour. I'm letting you go because I don't want another headache. And I'm trusting you because I know what this can do for your career. Now, it might seem that we have each other over the same barrel, but it just seems that way.
Jenny Lerner
I want...
President Tom Beck
You want?
Jenny Lerner
May I... May I have the first question?
President Tom Beck
I'll see you Tuesday, Miss Lerner.
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Leadership and the Cost of Courage
Brenda Mazibuko
You're risking your political capital, you're risking your future as our leader.
Nelson Mandela
The day I am afraid to do that is the day I am no longer fit to lead.
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Reflections on Life and Happiness at Death
Carter Chambers
: Edward Perryman Cole died in May. It was a Sunday in the afternoon and there wasn't a cloud in the sky. He was 81 years old. Even now, I can't claim to understand the measure of a life, but I can tell you this: I know that when he died, his eyes were closed and his heart was open, and I'm pretty sure he was happy with his final resting place, because he was buried on the mountain, and that was against the law.
[Narrating the end of the film]
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The Justification of Sinful Actions
Doe
Nothing wrong with a man taking pleasure in his work. I won't deny my own personal desire to turn each sin against the sinner.
Mills
Wait a minute, I thought all you did was kill innocent people...
Doe
Innocent? Is that supposed to be funny? An obese man, a disgusting man who could barely stand up, a man who if you saw him on the street, you'd point him out to your friends so that they could join you in mocking him, a man, who if you saw him while you were eating, you wouldn't be able to finish your meal. And after him I picked the lawyer, and you both must have secretly been thanking me for that one. This is a man who dedicated his life to making money by lying with every breath that he could muster to keeping murderers and rapists on the streets!
[outraged; his voice rising in anger]
Mills
Murderers?
Doe
A woman …
Mills
Murderers, John, like yourself?
Doe
A woman, so ugly on the inside that she couldn't bear to go on living if she couldn't be beautiful on the outside. A drug dealer, a drug-dealing pederast, actually! And let's not forget the disease-spreading whore! Only in a world this shitty could you even try to say these were innocent people and keep a straight face. But that's the point: we see a deadly sin on every street corner, in every home, and we tolerate it. We tolerate it because it's common, it's trivial. We tolerate it morning, noon, and night. Well, not anymore. I'm setting the example. And what I've done is going to be puzzled over and studied and followed … forever.
Mills
Uh... yeah. Delusions of grandeur.
[to Somerset]
John Doe
You should be thanking me.
Mills
Why is that, John?
Doe
Because you're going to be remembered after this. Realize, detective, the only reason that I'm here right now is that I wanted to be.
Mills
No. No, we would have got you eventually.
Doe
Oh, really? So, what were you doing? Biding your time? Toying with me? Allowing five "innocent" people to die until you felt like springing your trap? Tell me, what was the indisputable evidence you were going to use on me right before I walked up to you and put my hands in the air?!
Mills
John. Calm down. I seem to remember us knocking on your door.
Doe
Oh, that's right. And I seem to remember breaking your face. You're only alive because I didn't kill you.
[leans forward]
Mills
Okay, sit back.
Doe
I spared you.
Mills
Sit back!
Doe
Remember that, detective, every time you look in the mirror at that face of yours for the rest of your life, or should I say, for the rest of what life I've allowed you to have.
Mills
Sit back! Sit back, you fucking freak! Shut your fucking mouth! You're no messiah. You're a movie of the week. You're a fucking T-shirt, at best.
John Doe
Don't ask me to pity those people. I don't mourn them any more than I do the thousands that died at ].
[[w:Sodom and Gomorrah|Sodom and Gomorrah]
Somerset
Is that to say, John, that what you were doing was God's good work?
Doe
The Lord works in mysterious ways.
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Understanding Reading and Self-Belief
Daisy Werthan
You know your letters, don't you?
Hoke Colburn
Oh yeah, yeah, I know my ABCs pretty good, just can't read.
Daisy Werthan
Stop saying that, you're making me mad! If you know your letters, you can read. You just don't know you can read.
Hoke Colburn
Ma'am?
Daisy Werthan
I taught some of the stupidest children God ever put on the face of this earth, and all of them could read well enough to find a name on a tombstone.
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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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Rebuilding Hope After Devastation
President Tom Beck
We watched as the bombs shattered the second comet into a million pieces of ice and rocks that burned harmlessly in our atmosphere, and lit up the sky for an hour. Still, we were left with the devastation of the first. The waters reached as far inland as the Ohio and Tennessee Valleys. It washed away farms and towns, forests and skyscrapers, but the water receded. The wave hit Europe and Africa, too. Millions were lost, countless more left homeless, but the waters receded. Cities fall, but they are rebuilt. And heroes die, but they are remembered. We honor them with every brick we lay, with every field we sow, with every child we comfort and then teach to rejoice in what we have been regiven. Our planet, our home. So now, let us begin.
[last line]
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Morning Conversations and Humorous Exchanges
Hoke Colburn
Hey, there, Oscar, Junior...how you boys doin this morning?
Oscar
How the old lady treatin you, Hoke?
Hoke Colburn
Lord, I tell you one thing...she sho know how to throw a fit!
Daisy Werthan
What's so funny?
Hoke Colburn
Nothin', Miss Daisy. We jus carryin on.
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Divine Spark of Joy and Laughter
Bruce
Am I...?
[to God]
God
You can't kneel down in the middle of a highway and live to talk about it, son.
Bruce
But why? Why now?
God
Bruce, you have a divine spark. You have the gift of bringing joy and laughter to the world. I know, I created you.
Bruce
Quit braggin'.
God
You see! That's what I'm talking about. That's the spark.
Bruce
What do you want me to do?
God
I want you to pray, son. Go ahead. Use them.
Bruce
Lord, feed the hungry and bring ] to all of mankind. How's that?
[trying to pray; [peace; to God]
God
Great!... If you wanna be Miss America. Now c'mon - what do you really care about?
Bruce
].
[starting to break down; [Grace]
God
Grace.... You want her back?
Bruce
No... I want her to be happy. No matter what that means. I want her to find someone, who will treat her with all of the love she deserved from me... I want her to meet someone... who will see her always, as I do now... through your eyes...
[looking into the distance then to God]
God
Now that's a prayer.
Bruce
Yeah?
God
Yeah. It's good.
Bruce
It's good?
[relieved]
Both
It's good!
[laughs]
God
I'm gonna get right on it...
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Criticism Without Understanding Is Selfish Thinking
Nelson Mandela
You criticize without understanding. You seek only to address your own personal feelings. That is selfish thinking, Zindzi. It does not serve the nation.
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The Power of Forgiveness
Nelson Mandela
Forgiveness liberates the soul. It removes fear. That is why it is such a powerful weapon.
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Ned Logan's Nostalgia for Comforts of Home
Ned Logan
I sure do miss my bed.
Will Munny
You said that last night.
Ned
No. last night I said I missed my wife. Tonight I just miss my dadgummed bed.
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Azeem Inspires Action Through Sacrifice
Azeem
Come, my friend! Make his sacrifice an act of ]! Come now.
[[honor]
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Embracing Inner Strength and Potential
Sloan
] is wasting your ] with a nothing when you have the blood of a killer flowing in your veins. Insanity is being shit on, beat down, coasting through life on a miserable existence when you have a caged ] locked inside and the ] to release it.
[[Insanity; [life; [lion; [key]
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The Challenge of Self-Forgiveness
Vickie
It's time you forgave yourself.
Alex Cross
Vickie, you know that forgiving yourself is the one thing a person cannot do.
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Unexpected Humor in Serious Conversations
Edward Cole
You're shitting me.
Carter Chambers
Cats beat me to it!
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Challenging Expert Opinions on Possibilities
Colleague
According to the experts, we'll reach the Quarter Finals, and no further.
Nelson Mandela
According to the experts, you and I should still be in jail.
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An Unexpected Encounter with Brain Research
Lucy
Professor Norman, my ]'s Lucy, I just read all your research on the human brain — we need to meet.
[on phone; [name]
Professor Norman
All my research? Wow, I'm very flattered young lady, but I find that hard to ]. I must have written no less than—
[laughs; [believe]
Lucy
Six thousand seven hundred thirty four pages. I can recite them to you all by heart, if you wish.
Professor Norman
Are you one of Emily's friends? This sounds like one of her silly ]. Is she there with you?
[[jokes]
Lucy
] screen] No, I'm on my own.
[suddenly appearing on his [[television]
Professor Norman
Who are you?
[stunned and puzzled]
Lucy
I just told you.
Professor Norman
Uh, Lucy, right? Yes. Sorry.
[still hesitant and puzzled]
Lucy
I read your ] on the use of the ]'s capacity. It’s a little rudimentary but you're on the right track.
[[theory; [brain]
Professor Norman
I thank you.
[meekly]
Lucy
Professor, my cells are reproducing at a phenomenal speed, several million per second. I'm having trouble precisely evaluating the time of my ], but I doubt if I'll last more than 24 hours.
[[death]
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Cultural Differences in Robin Hood's Journey
Duncan
A curse on Moors and Saracens! If it were not for their ungodly ways, Master Robin would never have left. What manner of name is "Azeem"? Irish? Cornish?
[To Azeem]
Azeem
Moorish.
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Confrontation Between Warden and Inmate
Brubaker
Hey. Can we talk?
Walter
Who the fuck are you? I want the man!
Brubaker
I am. I am the man. I'm the new warden here. My name's Henry Brubaker.
Walter
Man, don't be fucking with my head. New warden my ass!
[throws Bullen and advances on Brubaker]
Brubaker
It's true - I swear it.
Walter
Then how come you look like a scumbag?
Brubaker
Cause I'm fooling those guys out there.
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Departure Plans for Tomorrow
Idella
I'm goin Miss Daisy.
Daisy Werthan
Alright, Idella, see you tomorrow.
[from upstairs]
Hoke Colburn
I'm goin too, Miss Daisy.
Daisy Werthan
Good.
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Azeem's Frustration with the Weather
Azeem
Is there no sun in this cursed country?!
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Breaking Habits Through New Practices
Craig
The best way to break old habits is to make new ones.
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Divine Encounter and Human Doubt
God
This last entry was a little disturbing; "The gloves are off, ]." "God has taken my bird and my bush." "God is a mean kid with a magnifying glass." "Smite me, O mighty smiter!" Now, I'm not much for blaspheming, but that last one made me ].
[[God; [laugh]
Bruce
Are you spying on me?! Who are you?
[shocked]
God
I'm the one. Creator of the ] and ], Alpha and Omega.
[[heavens; [earth]
Bruce
Oh, I see where this is going...
God
Bruce, I'm God.
Bruce
Bingo! Yahtzee! Is that your final answer? Our survey says, God'! Bing, bing, bing, bing, bing, bing, bing! Well, it was nice to meet you, God. Thank you for the Grand Canyon, and ] ] with the ]. Oh, and by the way, you SUCK! You know what? It would have been a little bit more impressive though if you hadn’t used the cheesy file cabinet illusion. Anybody with a brain stem can tell that drawer is being fed through the wall from the other side.
[[good; [luck; [Apocalypse]
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A Policeman Offers Comfort to a Child
Megan Rose
Who are you?
Alex Cross
I'm a policeman. My name is Alex Cross. I'm a friend of your parents.
Megan Rose
Can you take me to them?
Alex Cross
Nothing would give me greater pleasure. Could you... Ah, thanks.
[she helps him up]
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The Resilient Journey of Emperor Penguins
Narrator
There is a mysterious ritual that dates back thousands of years. No living creature has survived it except the penguin. They have wings but cannot fly. They're birds that think they're fish. And every year, they embark on a nearly impossible journey to find a mate. For twenty days and twenty nights, the emperor penguin will march to a place so extreme it supports no other life. In the harshest place on Earth, love finds a way. This is the incredible true story of a family's journey to bring life into the world: March of the Penguins.
[in trailer]
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The Choice Between Ordinary and Extraordinary
Sloan
It's a ], Wesley, that each of us must face: to remain ordinary, pathetic, beat-down, coasting through a miserable existence, like sheep herded by ], or you can take ] of your own ] and join us, releasing the caged ] you have inside. Our purpose is to maintain stability in an unstable ] — kill one, save a thousand. Within the fabric of this world, every life hangs by a thread. We are that thread — a fraternity of assassins, weapons of fate. This is the ] that lies before you now: the ], or the wolf. The ] is yours.
[[choice; [fate; [control; [destiny; [wolf; [world; [decision; [sheep; [choice]
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