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Stephen Dillane Quotes

Actor

Memorable Quotes from Stephen Dillane

12 quotes
Spy Game
A Conversation on History and Opportunity
Charles Harker If these walls could talk, huh. All this history, I envy you.
Nathan Muir Then bag your job, you can be just like me.
Charles Harker No, really. The debt this country owes you guys.
Nathan Muir Chuck, are you gonna dance with your hand on my ass all night or are you gonna make your move?
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The Greatest Game Ever Played
The Two Types of Golf Players
Harry Vardon There are only two types of player—those who keep their nerves under control and win championships, and those who do not.
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Spy Game
Incident Report from China
Troy Fogler There's been... an incident, in China.
[re-enters the room looking faintly amused]
Charles Harker Oh, Jesus Christ!
[looks confused for a moment, then shocked as he realises that Muir has played them all]
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King Arthur
A New World Awaits After Rome's Departure
Merlin So Rome is leaving. The Saxon is come. The world we have known and fought for is ended. Now we must make a new world.
Arthur Your world, Merlin, not mine. I shall be in Rome.
Merlin To find peace? The Saxon will come to Rome.
Arthur My knights trust me not to betray them to their enemy!
Merlin Rome was my enemy. Not Arthur. We have no fight between us now.
Arthur You tell that to the knights you've killed before my eyes, whose bones are buried in this earth.
Merlin We have all lost brothers-
Arthur YOU KNOW NOTHING OF THE LOSS I SPEAK! Shall I help you remember? An attack on a village. The screams of an innocent woman ...I ran to the burial mound of my father to free her, to kill you. I feel the heat of that fire on my face even now.
[furious; Arthur sees a flashback of his mother's death; Arthur hold his sword to Merlin's throat]
Merlin I did not wish her dead. She was of our blood...as are you.
Guinevere If you were so determined to leave us to slaughter, why did you save so many?
[Arthur slowly lowers his blade]
Merlin My men are strong, but they have need of a true leader. They believe you can do anything. To defeat the Saxon, we need a master of war; why do you think I spared your life in the forest? That sword you carry is made of iron from this earth forged in the fires of Britain. It was love for your mother that freed the sword, not hatred of me. Love, Arthur.
Guinevere It is your destiny.
Arthur There is no destiny. There is only free will.
Merlin And what of the free will of your knights? Did they die in vain?
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The Greatest Game Ever Played
Pride and Respect in Competition
Harry Vardon Let me tell you something. I came here to win a trophy. And on the face of it Ted Ray or I should carry it off. Not for you, not for England, but for sheer bloody pride at being the best, *that's* why we do this. And if Mr. Ouimet wins tomorrow, it's because he's the best, because of who he is. Not who his father was, not how much money he's got, because of who he bloody is! And I'll thank you to remember that. And I'll thank you to show the respect a gentleman gives as a matter of course.
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Darkest Hour
Debate on Military Strategy and Sacrifice
Halifax I will not stand by and watch another generation of young men die at the bloody altar of your hubris!
Winston Churchill No, you would have us die as lambs!
Viscount Halifax Was Gallipoli not enough for you?
Winston Churchill HOW DARE YOU! Our troops were chewing barbed wire in Flanders and I saw it! Opening a second front, outflanking the Turks was a serious military idea and it could have damn well worked if the Admirals and the First Sea Lord hadn't dithered away the element of surprise!
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Spy Game
A Lesson in Responsibility and Ownership
Nathan Muir When I was a kid I used to spend summers on my uncle's farm. And he had this plow horse he used to work with everyday. He really loved that plow horse. One summer she came up lame. It could barely stand. The vet offered to put her down. You know what my uncle said?
Charles Harker No, Muir, what did he say?
Nathan Muir He said, "Why would I ask somebody else to kill a horse that belonged to me?
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Spy Game
The Complexity of True Knowledge
Charles Harker So, sir, you and Muir came up together, right?
Troy Fogler Mmm-hmm.
Charles Harker How well do you know him?
Troy Fogler No one knows Nathan, not really.
Charles Harker Do you trust him?
Troy Fogler He's a man who got the job done.
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Darkest Hour
The Illusion of Heroism in Defeat
Viscount Halifax The deadly danger here is this romantic fantasy of fighting to the end. What is "the end" if not the destruction of all things? There's nothing heroic in going down fighting if it can be avoided. Nothing even remotely patriotic in death or glory if the odds are firmly on the former. Nothing inglorious in trying to shorten a war we are clearly losing.
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Darkest Hour
The Power of Language in Conflict
Viscount Halifax He mobilized the English language and sent it into battle.
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The Greatest Game Ever Played
Encounter with President Taft at the Event
Eddie Lowery Hey, Francis, who's that fat guy?
Francis Ouimet Oh, my God. That's President Taft.
Eddie Lowery You mean the United States President Taft?
[excitedly]
Eddie Lowery How ya doin', Mr. President?
[waving]
Harry Vardon How'd you sleep?
Ted Ray Like a baby, woke up every 2 hours and cried.
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Spy Game
Press Coverage and Its Necessity
Charles Harker We need the press on this like we need a third tit.
Nathan Muir You using the other two?
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