The Bold Caballero - Power and Consequences in Leadership
Don Diego Vega:
Mercy! What have I done?
Commandante Sebastian Golle:
Nothing. That's just to keep my hand in incase I have to lash the life out of some fool who would betray me.
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The Bold Caballero - Betrayal and Loyalty in Conflict
Lady Isabella Palma:
But this is treason!
Commandante Sebastian Golle:
No, lady. This is common sense. You would betray me tomorrow as you betrayed him today.
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The Bold Caballero - A Proposition of Marriage Rejected
Commandante Sebastian Golle:
You said you'd give anything to him who hangs Zorro, remember? Now, will you give half of Santa Cruz to me... by marriage?
Lady Isabella Palma:
I marry a sweating, grease-brain brute like you? No, never.
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The Bold Caballero - Threats and Irony in Power Dynamics
Commandante Sebastian Golle:
What's she want here?
Don Diego Vega:
For breakfast, a priest to bury her father. For lunch, Zorro's head on a pikestaff.
Commandante Sebastian Golle:
She does, eh? Thinks she can give me orders? I'll get my hands on her and govern her with a lash.
Don Diego Veg:
Bravo. There's no more bracing treat than beating women. Of course, it will cost you your head.
Commandante Sebastian Golle:
Oh, what?
Don Diego Vega:
The queen is her aunt. And the queen hates having her nieces flogged by the soldiery.
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A Night at the Opera - Confusion Over Identity in a Public Space
Gottlieb:
Could you tell me where Lassparri is?
Fiorello:
Sure. There's Lassparri.
Gottlieb:
LASSPARRI!!
Driftwood:
Lassparri? Then, whom did I sign?
Fiorello:
You signed Riccardo Baroni. That's my man.
Gottlieb:
Signor Lassparri, what happened! Speak to me! It's me! It's Gottlieb! It's me! It's Gottlieb!
Gottlieb:
Oh! What is this now!?
Driftwood:
How early is the fruit is falling this season!
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A Night at the Opera - Missed Opportunities at the Opera
Gottlieb:
If you pardon my saying so, Mrs. Claypool, Mr. Driftwood seems hardly the person to handle your business affairs?
Driftwood:
Bravo! Bravo! Bravo! Bravo! Well, I made it. How soon does the curtain go up?
Gottlieb:
The curtain, Mr. Driftwood, will go up again next season.
Mrs. Claypool:
You've missed the entire opera.
Driftwood:
Well, I only missed it by a few minutes. Then, I can go then, huh?
Gottlieb:
Mrs. Claypool, was I right? Isn't Lassparri the greatest tenor that ever lived?
Mrs. Claypool:
He's superb. What would you have to pay him?
Gottlieb:
What's the difference? He must sail with us tomorrow no matter how much we pay him. Why, he would be worth $1,000 a night.
Driftwood:
How much?
Gottlieb:
$1,000 a night.
Driftwood:
A thousand dollars a nacht? What does he do?
Gottlieb:
What's he do? He sings!
Driftwood: [[w:Minnie the Moocher|Minnie the Moocher]
And you're willing to pay him $1,000 a night just for singing? Why, you can get a phonograph record of ] for 75 cents. For a buck and a quarter, you can get Minnie.
Gottlieb:
If you'll excuse me, Mrs. Claypool, I think I had better arrange to see Lassparri immediately. You are agreed-- $1,000 a night?
Mrs. Claypool:
Just as you like.
Driftwood: [To himself; To Gottlieb]
Thousand dollars a night? There must be some way I can get a piece of this? Wait a minute! Why don't I sign Lassparri? I represent Mrs. Claypool.
Gottlieb:
But, I represent the New York Opera Company. My boy? Will you give my card to signor Lassparri, please?
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Only Angels Have Wings - Moral Dilemma in High-Stakes Aviation
Geoff: [after Joe crashes]
In about a week, you'll either collect or lose your shirt.
Dutchy:
Oh, I'm not thinking about that. I just can't go on killing nice kids like that, not if I lose a dozen shirts!
Geoff:
You think you're the only one that feels that way?
Dutchy:
Then why do you send them up for in that kind of weather?
Geoff:
Because I'm running an airline and I'm not running it any different than anybody I ever flew for...Joe died flying, didn't he? That was his job. He just wasn't good enough. That's why he got it.
Dutchy:
I ain't built like you are, Geoff. I shouldn't be in such a business. We can't go on like that...Oh, Geoff! You're a hard man, much too hard.
Geoff:
Cut it out...Cut it out!..What's the use of feeling bad about something that couldn't be helped?...I told you, Joe just wasn't good enough. If he hadn't got it tonight, he was bound to get it sooner or later.
Dutchy:
Then you had no business to let him fly.
Geoff:
What, ground that kid? Say, he'd sooner be where he is than quit.
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