Speak - The Struggle for Speaking Out
David:
The suffragettes fought for their right to speak. They were attacked, arrested and thrown in jail for daring to do what they wanted to do. Like them, Melinda is willing to stand up for what she believes. That no one should be forced to give speeches.
Mr. Neck:
What is this?
David:
Melinda has to deliver her report to the class as part of the assignment. She made copies everyone can read.
Mr. Neck: [to David; to Melinda]
Oh, no you don't. When I say oral I mean oral. Now you sit down! And you, read that report. Open your mouth Sordino. Open your damn mouth!
Mr. Neck:
I am so sick of your attitude.
Melinda: [voice over]
I forgot: the suffragettes were hauled off to jail. Duh!
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Speak - Struggling for Help in the Classroom
Melinda:
Excuse me, sir? Um, I was wondering if... uh, I was j...
Mr. Neck:
Come on, Sordino. Spit it out. You have to learn to enunciate. Or else no one will listen.
Melinda:
I was wondering if there was any way I can raise my grade?
Mr. Neck:
Parents got the report card, huh?
Melinda:
No, I just wanted to.
Mr. Neck:
Why should I give you that chance?
Melinda:
Everyone deserves a second chance. I mean, isn't that what Jesus said?
Mr. Neck:
Are you being smart with me?
Mr. Neck:
OK. I'm feeling generous. Just because I don't wanna have to see your face in summer school. Write me a report on a cultural influence at the turn of the century. And it better be good.
Melinda Sordino: [voiceover]
It will be. I'll write about the suffragettes. Before they came along, women were treated like dogs.
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Speak - Historical Perspectives on Employment and Discrimination
Melinda: [voiceover]
We're studying American history for the ninth time in nine years. Every year they say we're gonna get right up to the present but we always get stuck in the industrial revolution.
Mr. Neck:
My family has been in this country for over 200 years. We built this place. We fought in every war, from the first one to the last one, paid our taxes and voted. So tell me why my son can't get a job?
Mr. Neck:
Reverse discrimination. He wanted to be a firefighter. Went up for the job but he didn't get it. What I'm suggesting here is maybe if we had closed our borders in 1900 then real americans would get the jobs they deserved.
Mr. Neck:
Young lady.
Heather:
Um, I think that we're all foreigners and should just give the country back to the Native Americans.
Mr. Neck: [scoffs]
Now we have a debate, don't we? "Native Americans"?
Black student:
Maybe your son didn't get the job because he wasn't good enough. Or maybe he's lazy. Or maybe the other guy was just better than him.
Mr. Neck:
Watch your mouth, mister. That's my son you're talking about. You know what? That's enough debate. Everybody take out your book.
Mr. Neck:
Mr. Petrakis, please take your seat.
David:
If the class is debating, then each student has the right to say what's on his mind.
Mr. Neck:
I decide who talks in here, Mr. Petrakis.
David:
You opened a debate, you can't close it just because it's not going your way.
Mr. Neck:
Watch me! Take your seat, Mr. Petrakis!
David:
The constitution does not recognize different levels of citizenship based upon the time spent in the country. As a citizen and a student, I'm protesting the tone of this lesson as racist, intolerant, and xenophobic.
Mr. Neck:
Sit your butt in that chair, Mr Petrakis, and watch your mouth! I try to get this debate going and you people turn it into a "race" thing. Sit down, Mr. Petrakis, or you're gonna go down to the principal's office.
Melinda: [voiceover]
Dave Petrakis is my new hero.
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Speak - Hallway Kissing Prohibited by Authority
Mr. Neck:
There is no kissing in the hallway!
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Confessions of a Dangerous Mind - Methods of Killing Without a Weapon
Instructor Jenks: [demonstrates on a volunteer, then realizes what he's done]
There are several efficient methods for killing a man were you to find yourself without a weapon. The edge of your hand, against your adversary's Adam's apple. This will crush his windpipe, causing strangulation and death. Shit! I need another volunteer!
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RoboCop 3 - Corporate Ambition Meets Unexpected Consequences
OCP CEO: [Mr Kanemitsu says a rapid phrase and walks off. to translator, thinking Kanemitsu agreed with him]
Kanemitsu-san, I realize that it looks bad but maybe our plans were over-ambitious. Let's start a skoshy bit smaller. Let's gentrify this neighborhood. Build strip malls. Fast-food chains. Lots of popular entertainment. What do you think? What's he saying?
Mr Kanemitsu's aide:
He said, "You're fired.
OCP CEO:
I got to hand it to you. What do they call you? Murphy, is it?
RoboCop:
My friends call me Murphy. You can call me... RoboCop.
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RoboCop 3 - Power Management and Coordination in RoboCop 3
Dr Marie Lazarus:
What I've done is programmed the command system to take its cues from your hard drive. I've also rigged it to work as an auxiliary power unit. So if you ever have a power drain like yesterday, just interface with the flight pack and recharge whether you fly or not. Nikko, see those resistors over there? Get them for me, will you?
Sgt Anne Lewis: [in monitors showing RoboCop's visual memories; repeats]
Get them for me. Promise me.
Bertha:
What's going on?
RoboCop:
Excuse me.
Bertha:
Hey, Mac, where you going?
RoboCop: [to Bertha; leaves]
Unfinished business.
Dr Lazarus:
It's okay. He'll be back. He needs us too.
Nikko Halloran:
Where's he going?
Dr Lazarus:
To keep a promise.
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