Memorable Quotes from Roger Rees
4 quotesMiscommunication Between Bottom and Quince
Nick Bottom
Since lion vile hath here deflowered my dear...
Peter Quince
DEVOURED.
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Exploring Civilization and Primal Instincts
Yorish
I say that civilization is an illusion, a game of pretend. What is real is the fact that we are still animals, driven by primal instincts. As a psychiatrist, you must know this to be true.
Carol
To be honest, ambassador, when someone starts talking to me about the truth, what I hear is what they're telling me about themselves more than what they're saying about the world.
Dr. Henryk Belice
Quite right, well done, doctor.
Yorish
Perhaps this is true, perhaps being a Russian in this country is a kind of pathology. So what do you think, can you help me? Can you give me a pill? To make me see the world the way you Americans see the world. Can a pill help me understand Iraq, or Dafur, or even New Orleans?
Dr. Henryk Belicec
Don't be drawn in by his madness, doctor. He is Russian, he needs to argue like he needs to breathe.
Yorish
All I am saying is that civilization crumbles whenever we need it most. In the right situation, we are all capable of the most terrible crimes. To imagine a world where this was not so, where every crisis did not result in new atrocities, where every newspaper is not full of war and violence. Well, this is to imagine a world where human beings cease to be human.
Carol
While I'll give you that we still retain some basic animal instincts, you have to admit we're not the same animal we were a few thousand years ago.
Yorish
True.
Carol
Read Piaget, Kohlberg or Maslow, Graves, Wilber, and you'll see that we're still evolving. Our consciousness is changing. Five hundred years ago, postmodern feminists didn't exist yet one sits right beside you today. And while that fact may not undo all of the terrible things that have been done in this world, at least it gives me reason to believe that one day, things may be different.
Yorish
Thank you, doctor.
Carol
You're welcome, ambassador.
Dr. Henryk Belicec
Excellent.
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Transformation and Confusion in A Midsummer Night's Dream
Tom Snout
Bottom, thou art changed. What do I see on thee?
[Puck has turned Bottom into a Donkey]
Nick Bottom
What do you see? What; do you see an ass head of your own, do you?
Peter Quince
Bless me. Thou art translated.
[backing away]
Nick Bottom
Why do they run away? I see their knavery. This is to make an ass of me.
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The Nature of Humanity and Atrocity
Yorish
In the right situation, we are all capable of the most terrible crimes. To imagine a world where this was not so, where every crisis did not result in new atrocities, where every newspaper is not full of war and violence. Well, this is to imagine a world where human beings cease to be human.
[repeated line; in voice-over]
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