Memorable Quotes from Tom Cruise
100 quotesConsequences of Attracting Unwanted Attention
Vincent
You attract attention, you're going to get people killed who didn't need to be.
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Joel Goodson on Human Fulfillment and Success
Joel Goodson
My name is Joel Goodson. I deal in human fulfillment. I grossed over eight thousand dollars in one night. Time of your life, huh kid?
[voiceover]
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Coffee Critique Among Team Members
Ethan Hunt
Yeah. Could we get a cappuccino machine in here? Cause I don't know what you call this.
Jack Harmon
I call it cruel and unusual.
Claire Phelps
Hey, I made that coffee.
Ethan Hunt
Exactly. Is it possible that it's any worse than the sludge you made in that barn in Kiev?
Claire Phelps
Thank you.
[sarcastically]
Jim Phelps
Take it easy on my wife's coffee.
Ethan Hunt
We missed you in Kiev, Jim.
Jim Phelps
Missed you too, Ethan.
Jack Harmon
You're off on one of your cushy recruiting assignments again?
Ethan Hunt
Yeah, where did they put you up this time? The Plaza?
Jim Phelps
Drake Hotel, Chicago.
Jack Harmon
Ooh! Punishing! 24-hour room service!
Ethan Hunt
Yeah, chauffeured cars.
Jack Harmon
Fat expense accounts.
Ethan Hunt
He's getting soft in his old age.
Jack Harmon
Yes he is, look at him.
Jim Phelps
All right. Now, listen, if that list gets out into the open, the names of all our agents in every country in Eastern Europe will be up for grabs to the highest bidders. Third World terrorists, arms dealers, drug lords, any and everybody who'd love to get rid of long-term coverts like us. If they're exposed, they'll be executed. So, I'll run the whole show from the crow's nest here. Everyone knows their roles. Let's punch out the details.
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Aspiration and Recognition in Aviation Training
Goose
What are you doing?
[as Maverick is looking around the room]
Maverick
Just wondering who's the best.
Viper
In case some of you are wondering who the best is, they're up here on this plaque on the wall. The best driver and his RIO from each class has his name on it, and they have the option to come back here to be Top Gun instructors. You think your name's gonna be on that plaque?
[turns to Maverick]
Maverick
Yes, sir.
Viper
That's pretty arrogant, considering the company you're in.
Maverick
Yes, sir.
[pauses]
Viper
I like that in a pilot. Just remember, when it's over out there, we're all on the same team.
[smiles]
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Choosing a Path in Aviation Training
Stinger
They gave you your choice of duty, son. Anything, anywhere. Do you believe that shit? Where do you think you wanna go?
Maverick
I thought of being an instructor, sir.
Stinger
Top Gun?!
Maverick
Yes, sir.
Stinger
God help us.
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Finding Uniqueness in Unexpected Places
David Aames
I dug her completely. Some how I'd found the last semi-guy less girl in New York City.
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Ethan and Luther Prepare for Action
Ethan Hunt
{{small|One. Two.}} Three. TOAST. TOAST.
[testing decibel meter on his wrist]
Luther Stickel
Check.
[through radio]
Ethan Hunt
{{small|Good. Okay, Luther, I'm goin in. Everest, man, you ready to plant the flag?}}
Luther Stickell
Damn!
Ethan Hunt
{{small|Krieger, from here on in, absolute silence.}}
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A Complex Legacy of Adventure and Consequence
Barry Seal
You know I guess you could say I helped build an army, defend a country and create the biggest drug cartel this world has ever seen. DEA, CIA, White House. I mean, it's been a hell of an adventure. Yes sometimes a little more than I bargained for. But goddamn, you try telling me that this ain't the greatest country in the world?
[recording his last confession on video tape before his assassination]
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Condemnation of War and Government Deceit
Ron Kovic
I'm here tonight to say that this war is wrong, that this society lied to me, lied to my brothers. They've deceived the people of this country, tricked them into going 13,000 miles to fight a war against a poor, peasant people who have a proud history of resistance, who have been struggling for their own independence for 1,000 years - the Vietnamese people. I can't find the words to express, and the leadership of this government sickens me. People say that if you don't love America, then get the hell out. Well, I love America. We love the people of America very much, but when it comes to the government, it stops right there. The government is a bunch of corrupt thieves, they are rapists and robbers. And we are here to say that we don't have to take it anymore. We are here to say that we are here to tell the truth; they are killing our brothers in Vietnam! We want them to hear the truth tonight!
[to a news camera, outside the 1972 Republican Convention]
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Confronting Loss and Identity in Vanilla Sky
David Aames
I remember. Somebody died. It was me.
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Listening to the Universe's Messages
Les Grossman
The universe is talking to us right now. You just gotta listen.
Grossman
See, this is the good part, Pecker. This is when the job gets fun.
Rob Slolom
Mmm, yeah.
Grossman
Ask, and you shall receive.
Slolom
All right!
Grossman
You play ball, we play ball. I know you want the goodies. Mmm!
[Slolom nods. Grossman begins dancing like he's slapping ass.]
Slolom
Welcome to the goodie room.
Grossman
You payin attention? Cuz I'm talkin ], Pecker. That's how you're gonna roll. No more frequent flyer bitch miles for my boi. Oh yeah. Playa. Playa. Big dick playa.
[[w:Gulfstream V|G5]
Slolom
Swingin past your knees.
Grossman
Big dick, baby.
Slolom
Yup.
Grossman
Or, you can grow a conscience in the next five minutes and see where that takes you.
Rick "Pecker" Peck
Let me get this straight. You want me to let my client of fifteen years, one of my best friends, die in the jungle alone for some money and a G5.
Grossman
Yes.
Pecker
A G5 airplane.
Grossman
Yes. And lots of money. Playa....
[Grossman starts the music again, and he and Slolom start dancing again.]
Slolom
Yeah! Smack it up, flip up, rub it down, hoo!!
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Miscommunication About Apology and Misunderstandings
Luther Stickell
Reach your folks? How do they feel?
[Ethan nods]
Ethan Hunt
About what?
Luther Stickell
The apology from the Justice Department, VIP treatment. You know, the whole nine yards.
Ethan Hunt
Well, my mom was a little confused how the DEA could mistake her and Uncle Donald for a couple of dope smugglers in the Florida Keys.
[holds up a glass of beer]
Luther Stickell
Cheers.
[holds up his glass]
Ethan Hunt
To you, Luther. And being off the disavowed list.
Luther Stickell
Hey, I'm the flavor of the month. Why don't you come back with me?
Ethan Hunt
I just...don't know why I'd be doing it. Better go catch my flight. So, how does it feel to be a solid citizen again?
Luther Stickell
Man, I don't know. I'm gonna miss bein disreputable.
Ethan Hunt
Well, Luther, if it makes you feel any better, I'll always think of you that way.
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The Need for Speed
Maverick
I feel the need...
Maverick and Goose
...the need for speed!
[Maverick and Goose high five]
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Determination in Uncertainty
Ethan Hunt
I'll/We'll figure it out!
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Confrontation Between Agent and Suspect
Wayne Tarrance
How about you get down on your knees and kiss my ass for not indicting you as a co-conspirator right now, you chickenshit little Harvard cocksucker?
Mitch McDeere
I haven't done anything, and you know it!
Wayne Tarrance
Who gives a fuck? I'm a federal agent! You know what that means, you lowlife motherfucker? It means you've got no rights, your life is mine! I could kick your teeth down your throat and yank them out your asshole, and I'm not even violating your civil rights!
Mitch McDeere
You are Agent Wayne Tarrance.
Wayne Tarrance
Yeah, you’re goddamn right I am. Maybe local cops can’t…
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Moral Dilemma in Legal Ethics
Mitch McDeere
Let me get this straight: you want me to steal files from the firm, turn them over to the FBI, send my colleagues to jail...
Wayne Tarrance
They roped you into this.
Mitch McDeere
Breach attorney-client privilege, thus getting myself disbarred for life, then testify in open court against the Mafia...
Wayne Tarrance
Well, unfortunately, Mitch...
Mitch McDeere
Let me ask you something: are you out of your fucking mind?
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Confidence in Driving Ability
Cole Trickle
Let me drive I won't make a fool out of you.
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The Overlooked Presence of Life and Death
Vincent
Six hours he's riding the subway before anybody notices his corpse doing laps around L.A., people on and off sitting next to him. Nobody notices.
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Rubbin' is Racin' in NASCAR
Harry Hogge
Cole, you're wandering all over the track!
Cole Trickle
Well, this son of a bitch just slammed into me!
Harry Hogge
No, no, he didn't bump you, he didn't nudge you, he didn't slam into you, he RUBBED you. And rubbin', son, is racin'. Oh, there goes a fender. There goes a quarter-panel.
[Cole slams into the wall side-ways; Cole slams into another car; Cole slams into other cars and causes a multi-car crash; Harry just shakes his head in disbelief and face-palms]
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The Consequences of a Captivating Smile
David Aames
That smile's gonna be the end of me.
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A Discussion on Taking a Cab
Vincent
Let's go.
[after Vincent and Max load a corpse into the cab's trunk]
Max
Hey, why don't you just take the cab?
Vincent
Take the cab?
Max
Yeah, you take it. I'll - I'll chill. I'll - I'll just chill. They don't even know who's driving these things half the time anyway. They never check or anything. Okay... so... just - just take it. You, me...
Vincent
You promise not to tell anybody right?
Max
Yeah... yeah... yeah... Promise.
Vincent
Get in the fucking car.
Max
If you just...
Vincent
Get in the car.
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Identity and Misunderstanding in Jerry Maguire
Jerry Maguire
Bob Sugar said I don't understand what it's like to be a black man? I'm Mister black people!
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A Call for Trust in Critical Moments
Ethan Hunt
I need you to trust me, one last time.
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Commitment to Not Failing Others
Ethan Hunt
I won't let you down! I won't let you down.
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Urgent Plea for Safety in Crisis
Ray Ferrier
Get in the car, Manny, or you're gonna die!
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GPS Guidance and Parachute Instructions
Ethan Hunt
Hey, your heads-up display has a built-in GPS guidance system. Follow it to the target. Open your chute when the system says -- not before, and definitely not after, or the last thing that goes through your mind will be your kneecaps. Is that clear?
['''Walker:''' ''Crystal.'']
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Conflict Under Pressure in a Crisis
Sergeant Johnson
We're going to die here because of you!
Nick Morton
Just let me think!
Sergeant Johnson
What!?
Nick Morton
I'm thinking...
Sergeant Johnson
What are you thinking!?
Nick Morton
I'm thinking we're probably going to die here.
Sergeant Johnson
I knew it!
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The Limits of Legal Boundaries
Avery Tolar
Do you think I'm talking about breaking the law?
Mitch McDeere
No, I'm just trying to figure out how far you want it bent.
Avery Tolar
As far as you can without breaking it.
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Fear of Nothingness Overcomes Fear of Pain
Cole Trickle
Claire, I'm more afraid of being nothing than I am of being hurt.
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Ethan Hunt's Desperate Call to Claire
Ethan Hunt
WAKE UP, CLAIRE! JIM'S DEAD! MY TEAM'S DEAD! THEY'RE ALL DEAD!
[to Claire]
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Confronting Life-Altering Medical Realities
Doctor
We want to make one thing very clear to you, Ron. The possibility of your ever walking again is minimal... almost impossible. You're a T6 - paralyzed from the mid-chest down. Probably... you'll be in a wheelchair for the rest of your life. Do you understand what I'm saying?
[pause]
Ron Kovic
Well, doctor...
Doctor
Hmm?
Ron Kovic
Doctor, will I ever be able to - to have children?
Doctor
No. No, but we have a good psychologist. He's helped a lot of people.
[pause]
Ron Kovic
I'll walk again.
Doctor
No you won't...
Ron Kovic
No, I know I'll walk again!
Doctor
No, let me tell you something, Ron. You will never walk again.
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Inquiry About a Briefcase
Vincent
Yo, homie. Is that my briefcase?
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Friendship and Support Among Pilots
Iceman
Sorry to hear about Cougar. He and I were like brothers in flight school. He was a good man.
Maverick
Still is a good man.
Iceman
Yeah, that's what I meant. You need any help?
[pause]
Maverick
With what?
Iceman
You figured it out yet?
Maverick
What's that?
Iceman
Who's the best pilot.
Maverick
You know, I think I can figure that one out on my own.
Iceman
I heard that about you. You like to work alone.
Slider
Mav, you must've sold under a lucky star, huh? I mean, first the MiG, and then you guys slide into Cougar's spot.
Goose
We didn't slide into Cougar's spot. It was ours, okay?
Slider
Yeah, well, some pilots wait their whole career just to see a MiG up close. Guess you guys are lucky and famous, huh?
Iceman
No, you mean notorious. See you later.
Maverick
You can count on it.
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Rediscovering the Law After Three Years
Mitch McDeere
You want to know something funny? I discovered the law again. You actually made me think about it. I managed to go through three years of law school without doing that.
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Brotherly Support Amidst Tough Circumstances
Ray McDeere
How'd you land a job like that with a brother in the slammer?
Ray McDeere
I get it. Don't worry, I'd probably have done the same thing.
Mitch McDeere
You're always there for me, Ray...
Ray McDeere
I'd have done the same thing. You think I want to tell the guys around here that I got a brother at Harvard?
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The Nature of Casual Relationships
David Aames
You keep the relationship casual, until the absolute breaking point. And then one evening or afternoon or morning, it could be months from now. Well, you know how it works
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Recognizing the Good Within Others
Jenny Halsey
You are a good man.
Nick Morton
You don't know that.
Jenny Halsey
Yes, I do. There's good man inside of you fighting to come out. You saved my life. You gave me the only parachute without thinking.
Nick Morton
I thought there was another one.
[taken aback]
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Understanding Stock Car Racing Through Television
Harry Hogge
What do you know about stock car racing?
Cole Trickle
Well... watched it on television, of course.
Harry Hogge
You've seen it on television?
Cole Trickle
ESPN. The coverage is excellent, you'd be surprised at how much you can pick up.
Harry Hogge
I'm sure I would.
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Political Gratitude and Future Uncertainty
Senator Jasper Irving
You first called me the future of my party. I'm returning the favour.
Janine Roth
It was just how I saw it eight years ago.
Senator Jasper Irving
Well, nonetheless, grateful.
Janine Roth
Considering the state of your party, how do you know the tag isn't pejorative?
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The Influence of Money on Performance
Vincent Lauria
I think maybe the money's what's throwing you off here today.
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Frustration and Rebellion Amidst Chaos
Ron Kovic
What are we gonna do now?
Charlie
Fuck em.
Ron Kovic
Yeah. Sure. How are we gonna get outta here?
Charlie
Fuck em all. Fuck the whores. Fuck the cab drivers... fuck Mexico. Fuck Nixon, fuck Vietnam, fuck'em all.
Ron Kovic
Yeah, Charlie, but how are we gonna get outta here?
Charlie
They made me kill babies, man. Little gook babies. You ever have to kill a baby?
Ron Kovic
Yeah, O.K. come on, we gotta get back to the villa.
Charlie
FUCK YOU!
[drawing closer]
Ron Kovic
Gotta get back to the villa.
Charlie
What do you mean "ok"?! What do you mean "ok"? You ever have to kill a baby, you ever have to kill a little gook baby?!!
Ron Kovic
What the fuck do you know what I did!!
[wheels away]
Charlie
I didn't think so. I didn't think so, you're full of shit.
Ron Kovic
No, you are! The fuck? Leave me the fuck alone. You're nuts, you know that? You're nuts. The fuckin sun is goin down! what do you know what the fuck comes out here at night? We gotta get outta here.
Charlie
Don't shit me, Kovic. You never killed a baby. You never HAD to kill a baby because... you never put your soul into that war. You never put your soul on the line, man!
[again drawing closer]
Ron Kovic
How do you know? How the fuck do you know? maybe I killed babies. Maybe I killed more babies than you did, you FUCK! Maybe I killed a whole bunch a babies, but I don't talk about it! I don't have to talk about it.(wheels away)
Charlie
Why not? Wh-Why the fuck not? What do you think you are- better than anybody else? You a hero is that it?
Ron Kovic
Fuck you!
Charlie
Maybe you got a whole bunch'a fuckin medals, but deep down you know you're full of shit. You never fought that war. YOU WEREN'T EVEN THERE, MAN!
Ron Kovic
(Stops. Turns back, enraged) What the fuck did you mean "I wasn't there", man? What did you mean?
Charlie
What the fuck are you hidin from?
Ron Kovic
I'm not the one that's hidin'. You're the one that's hidin'- down here in Mexico- you're the one that's hidin'! What are you hidin from you whiny fuck!
Charlie
Don't shit me. You never killed anybody or anything, did ya, Kovic? Did ya?
Ron Kovic
Did you?!
Charlie
DID YA?!!!
Ron Kovic
Did you?!
Charlie
Ya ever look at yourself in the fuckin mirror?
Ron Kovic
Did you?
Charlie
Fuck you.
Ron Kovic
You.
Charlie
No. You! FUCK YOU!!!
Ron Kovic
No, FUCK YOU!!
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Frustration in a Hospital Setting
Ron Kovic
Washington?! Washington! I've been laying in my own shit for the last three hours. I've been pushing my call button and nobody comes. Why can't I have a bath? Why can't the sheets be changed in this goddamn place? Why can't the vomit be wiped off the goddamn floor once in a while?
[Washington arrives]
Nurse Washington
Don't you raise your voice to me Mr. Kovic, you watch your mouth.
Ron Kovic
Look at my leg. It's twice as big as it ever was. When are you people gonna help me? Where's the doctor? I need to see the doctor- I need to see him now!
Nurse Washington
He's not available now. He's too busy.
Ron Kovic
He's always too busy.
Marvin
What's eating you now, Kovic? You going off the deep end?
Ron Kovic
Fucking shit! What do I have to do to make you people listen to me? I wanna be treated like a fucking human being! I don't want this fucking shit! You wanna keep me drugged all the time so I don't know what's going on. This place is a fuckin slum!
[grabbing Marvin; slaps the valium hypodermic out of the nurse's hand]
Marvin
You want out of here, man? Fine. We take that leg of yours, and we can get you out of here in two weeks!
Ron Kovic
I want my leg.
Marvin
Why?
Ron Kovic
I want my leg!
Marvin
Why? You can't feel it no how!
Ron Kovic
It's my leg! I want my leg, you understand? Can't you understand that? All's I'm sayin is that I want to be treated like a human being! I fought for my country! I am a Vietnam veteran! I fought for my country!
[incredulous and angry]
Patient
Shut the fuck up!
[off-camera]
Ron Kovic
And I think that I deserve to be treated...d- decent!
Marvin
Vietnam? Vietnam don't mean nothing to me man, or any of these other people. You can take your Vietnam and shove it up your ass.
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Indifference to Life in Urban Society
Vincent
Hey, Max, a guy gets on the MTA here in L.A. and dies. Think anybody will notice?
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Focus on the Job and Move Forward
Vincent
Lady Macbeth, we're sitting here and the light's green. Leave the seats.
Max
Asshole!
Vincent
You no longer have the cleanest cab in ]. You gotta live with that. Focus on the job. Drive.
[[:w:Los Angeles|La-La Land]
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Navigating Ambition and Support in Life Choices
Steve Boyer
You could start out as a cashier... and then work your way up to becoming a manager of one of these places - just like your dad.
Ron Kovic
I get $1700 a month from the government. I think I'm just going to lay low, and look around...
Steve Boyer
That's charity money, Ronnie; this isn't.
[dismissively]
Ron Kovic
Charity?
Steve Boyer
All I'm saying is that you got to - you got to put the war behind you, you know; you got to forget about this chair you're in!
Ron Kovic
Sometimes, Stevie, I think people, they know you're back from Vietnam, and their face - changes: the eyes, the voice, the way they look at you, you know.
[leans forward]
Steve Boyer
I know what you mean, Ronnie, but people here - they don't give a shit about the war! Yeah! To them it's just a million miles away. It's all bullshit, anyway. I mean, the government sold us a bill of goods and we bought it, and got the shit kicked out of us, and for what, huh?
Ron Kovic
What do you mean, "we," Stevie? You were in college, man.
Steve Boyer
You bought that Communist bullshit, Ronnie. Yeah, they were going to take over the world, you remember that? Fenelli, you, Walsh - the whole town was devastated. For what? For lies, for bullshit lies?
[shrugs his shoulders; pause]
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Ego and Consequences in Aviation Leadership
Stinger
Maverick, you just did an incredibly brave thing. What you should have done was land your plane! You don't own that plane, the taxpayers do! Son, your ego is writing checks your body can't cash. You've been busted, you've lost your qualifications as section leader three times, put in hack twice by me, with a history of high speed passes over five air control towers—and one admiral's daughter!
Goose
Penny Benjamin?
[Maverick shrugs]
Stinger
And you, asshole, you're lucky to be here!
[to Goose]
Goose
Thank you, sir.
Stinger
And let's not bullshit, Maverick. Your family name ain't the best in the Navy. You need to be doing it better and cleaner than the other guy. Now what is it with you?
Maverick
Just want to serve my country; be the best fighter pilot in the Navy, sir!
Stinger
Don't screw around with me, Maverick. You're one hell of an instinctive pilot. Maybe too good. I'd like to bust your butt but I can't. I got another problem here. I gotta send somebody from this squadron to Miramar. I gotta do something here, I—I still can't believe it. I gotta give you your dream shot! I'm gonna send you up against the best. You two characters...are going to Top Gun. For five weeks, you'll be flying against the best fighter pilots in the world. You were number two, Cougar was number one. Cougar lost it—turned in his wings. You guys are number one. But you remember one thing: if you screw up just this much, you'll be flying a cargo plane full of rubber dog shit out of Hong Kong!
[pinches fingers for emphasis]
Maverick
Yes sir!
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Life's Game: Taking What You Want
Frank T.J. Mackey
In this big game that we play, life, it's not what you ] for, it's not what you deserve, it's what you take. I'm Frank T.J. Mackey, a master of the muffin and author of the Seduce and Destroy system now available to you on video and audio cassette. Seduce and Destroy will teach you the techniques to have any hardbody blonde just dripping to wet your dock. Bottom line? Language. The magical key to unlocking the female analytical mindset. Tap directly into her hopes, her wants, her fears, her desires, and her sweet little panties. Learn how to make that lady "friend" your sex-starved servant. I don't care how you look. I don't care what car you drive. I don't care what your last bank statement says. Seduce and Destroy produces an instant money-back guarantee trance-like state that will get you this ´— naughty sauce you want fast. Hey — how many more times do you need to hear the all-too-famous line of "I just don't feel that way about you?
[[hope]
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The Allure of Capitalism and Desire
Joel Goodson
It was great the way her mind worked: No guilt, no doubts, no fear. None of my specialties. Just this shameless pursuit of immediate material gratification. What a capitalist! She told me I could make more money in one night than I'd make all year. Enough to pay for my father's car. She told me she'd be my girlfriend. She told me a lot of things. I believed them all. So, she introduced me to her friends. I introduced her to my friends.
[about Lana]
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Confronting Reality Through Alcohol and Regret
David Aames
You're not blind. You're drinking ], and when you drink Jack, you start in with that... ], she shot me down, give me a cigarette, "King of Sad" thing.
[[w:Jack Daniels|Jack Daniels; [w:Frank Sinatra|Frank Sinatra]
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Strategy Under Caution in Racing
Harry Hogge
All right. While we're still under a caution, I want you to go back out on that track and hit the pace car.
Cole Trickle
Hit the pace car?
Harry Hogge
Hit the pace car!
Cole Trickle
What for?
Harry Hogge
Because you've hit every other goddamned thing out there, I want you to be perfect!
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Mocking Praise in Hollywood Negotiations
Studio Executive Rob Slolom
Wow. Eight Oscars, 400 million dollars at the box office, and you saved Tugg Speedman's career.
Les Grossman
I couldn't have done it without you.
Slolom
Really?
Grossman
No, dickhead. Of course I could. A nutless monkey could do your job. Now, go get drunk and take credit at all the parties.
Slolom
I wouldn't do that.
Grossman
Ah... joking.
Slolom
Ah, there he is! Funny. You're a funny guy.
Grossman
Yeah. But seriously, a nutless monkey could do your job.
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Misunderstandings in Communication Among Friends
Charlie
Eh, Lieutenant, what were you doing there?
Goose
Communicating.
Maverick
Communicating. Keeping up foreign relations. I was, you know, giving him the bird.
Goose
You know, the finger!
[Extending his middle finger]
Charlie
Yes, I know the finger, Goose.
Goose
Sorry. I hate it when it does that.
Charlie
So you're the one.
[to Maverick]
Maverick
Yes, ma'am.
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A Global Crisis of Trust and Control
Ethan Hunt
The world's nuclear powers are in a paranoid downward spiral. Every nation had a chance to take their missiles offline, but no one trusted anyone else to do that. Your State Department is warning you that diplomatic channels are breaking down. Everyone who still has control of their arsenals is considering a first strike, just like you are. The intelligence community knows that the Entity is learning as it goes. It's getting smarter, it's getting stronger. They know that we have only 72 hours before every other nuclear arsenal on Earth is under the Entity's control. Three days before it focuses the full force of its energy on the toughest, most secure defense system on the planet: ours, at which point, the Defense Department will have no choice but to insist that you open that case, enter the codes, and launch an all-out preemptive strike on the world's eight other nuclear arsenals before the Entity takes control of ours. Madam President, either you destroy the world or the Entity does. In any case, it is checkmate.
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A Tense Exchange of Words
Ethan Hunt
You turned around.
Nyah Nordoff-Hall
What are you going to do? Spank me?
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The Logic of Trust in Language
Joel Goodson
It seems to me that if there were any logic to our language, trust would be a four letter word.
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Desperation and a life-threatening ultimatum
Ethan Hunt
I've got a charge in my head, I'm going to die unless you kill me.
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Urgent Communication in a Critical Situation
Luther Stickell
Ethan, Nyah's in the building. Do you copy?
[''over radio'']
Ethan Hunt
Thank you.
[''dryly, into radio'']
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Clarity in Chaos: The True Challenge
Ethan Hunt
There's no nations on this one. There's no rival ideologies, no dogma. It's who keeps their head and who panics.
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Irony of Fate and Choices
Mitch McDeere
Hey Ray, wouldn't it be funny if I went to Harvard, you went to jail and we both ended up surrounded by crooks.
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On the Importance of Secrecy
Ethan Hunt
If I let you know where I'm going, I won't be on holiday.
[''Response to Swanbeck's remark'']
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Searching for Meaning in a Lost World
Ron Kovic
I had a mother; I had a father, things - things that made sense. Do you remember things that made sense? Things you could count on? Before we all got so lost? What are we gonna do, Charlie? What am I gonna do?
[to Charlie]
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The Syndicate's Threat to Global Stability
Ethan Hunt
That missing plane was carrying the Secretary of the World Bank. The fire bankrupted a global arms corporation. That wreck triggered a civil war. These are no accidents. They're links in a chain, the work of a single organization - the Syndicate. A rogue nation, trained to do what we do, with a new purpose. To destroy the system that created them, regardless of who's in their way.
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Questioning Decisions in High-Stakes Moments
Ethan Hunt
Did you jump?
Brandt
Should I not have jumped? Cause I jumped!
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The Artistry of Cocktail Creation
Brian Flanagan
I am the world's last barman poet! I see America drinking the fabulous cocktails I make.America is getting stinking on something I stir or shake.The Sex On The Beach...the Schnapps made from peach!The Velvet Hammer...the Alabama Slammer!I make things with juice and froth, the Pink Squirrel...the 3 Toed Sloth.I make drinks so sweet and snazzy, the Iced Tea...the Kamikazi!The Orgasm...the Death Spasm.The Singapore Sling...the Ding a Ling.America you're just devoted to every flavor I've got, but if you want to get loaded...why don't you just order a shot!Bar's open!!
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A Moment of Unfiltered Praise
Vincent
Well, that was brilliant...
[''after Max crashes the cab'']
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Questioning Patriotism and Domestic Issues
Ron Kovic
Am I good? Hey, am I good?
[attempting to walk in the hospital; drags himself forward]
Willie
Man, you're one crazy Marine, Kovic - so gung-ho and everything, but you don't know shit about what's really happenin in this country.
Ron Kovic
Fuck you, Willie.
Willie
I'm serious man. It ain't about burnin the flag and Vietnam, man. While we fight for rights over there, we ain't got no rights at home. It's about Detroit and Newark, man. It's about racism, man.
Ron Kovic
Is that right?
Willie
Because you can't get no job at home. Vietnam is a white man's war, a rich man's war.
Ron Kovic
Where's my money?
[contemptuously]
Willie
I'm serious, man, you gotta read some books. There's a revolution going on, Kovic. Brothers are gettin it together, and if you ain't part of the solution, man, then you're part of the problem.
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Welcome to Prodigium: A Warning of Monsters
Dr. Henry Jekyll
Welcome to Prodigium, Mr. Morton. From the latin "Monstrum vel prodigium," a warning of monsters. Forgive the state of things, we had very little time to prepare for our guest, and only the information Jennifer provided to go on. In truth she works for us, it's not an exact science this business.
Nick Morton
And the business being...?
Dr. Henry Jekyll
Evil, Mr. Morton. Recognize, contain, examine, destroy.
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Acceptance of Finality in Decision Making
Ethan Hunt
What's done is done when we say it's done.
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Barry Seal's Confident Car Offer
Barry Seal
Did you all know that Caddies have more trunk space than any other car? I'll give each and every one of you a Caddy for your troubles, Because I'm going to walk out of here and there ain't a damn thing any one of you can do about it.
[Dana Sibota walks in]
Dana Sibota
He's free to go.
DEA Agent Winter
Whoa, whoa. Wait a minute.
[the officers unlock the cuffs from Barry's wrists]
Barry Seal
You boys should have taken the Caddies.
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Unexpected Encounter at the Meeting
Jorge Ochoa
Come on up. Thank you for coming to see me.
[Barry heads upstairs and into Ochoa's office]
Barry Seal
Sir, I… I think there’s been some sort of mistake here, because I… These fellas just picked me up at the airport, and…
Jorge Ochoa
No, no. No mistake. Just, please, have a seat. Coffee, Mr. Seal?
[asks politely in Spanish]
Barry Seal
You know my name?
Jorge Ochoa
You’re the gringo who flies to Central America every week taking pictures very low with your fancy plane.
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A Father's Concern for His Son's Safety
Ray Ferrier
Robbie, you wanna head in that direction?! There's nothing living in that direction, Robbie!
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The Absence of the Polish Cavalry
Vincent
Only thing that didn't show up is the Polish cavalry.
[''after the nightclub shootout'']
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Unexpected Encounters in Secret Meetings
Ethan Hunt
I thought I was going to see Max.
[face covered by hood]
Matthias
You misunderstood. No one sees Max.
Ethan Hunt
Then what am I doing here?
Matthias
Allowing Max to see you and hear what you've got to say.
Ethan Hunt
I don't communicate very well through a shroud.
Matthias
If Max doesn't like what you have to say, you will be wearing that shroud indefinitely.
Ethan Hunt
I'm willing to take the chance.
[thinks a second]
Matthias
Very well.
Max
Who are you and what are you doing here?
Ethan Hunt
I need $150,000.
Max
Oh, really?....And you thought if you simply showed up, I might give it to you?
[Laughing]
Ethan Hunt
Why not? You gave Job 125.
Max
Hmmm... The penny drops. You are not Job... Job is not given to quoting scripture in his communications... Then there was its tone, aggressive but playful. Job is not playful... So you are something of a paradox.
Ethan Hunt
Well, that depends.
Max
On what?
Ethan Hunt
Whether you like a paradox.
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Countdown Tension in Mission: Impossible Scene
Brandt
26 minutes till door knock...25 minutes till door knock...24 minutes till door knock...
Ethan Hunt
The countdown is not helping.
Brandt
I'm just saying.
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The Fate of Warriors Discussed
Katsumoto
What happened to the warriors at ]?
[[w:Battle of Thermopylae|Thermopylae]
Nathan Algren
Dead to the last man.
[smiling]
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Traffic Command in Mission: Impossible
Ethan Hunt
RED LIGHT! GREEN LIGHT!
[Holding the wad of explosive chewing gum before jumping off a chopper in the Channel Tunnel]
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A Sweet Bargain for a Kiss
Oona
I'll do what you ask if you'll kiss me, Jack.
Jack
Easy enough.
[pecks her quickly on the cheek]
Oona
You call that a kiss? Am I not sweet?
Jack
Sweeter than bee pollen on summer wind.
Oona
Sweet as the wind that blows me to you!
[taking the form of Lili]
Screwball
It's fairy magic!
Jack
Lili? Lili!
Oona/Lili
Yes, Jack?
Jack
This isn't real.
Oona/Lili
Oh, but it is! I'm warn and alive and want to be in your arms.
Jack
No, I can't! No. It's just more fairy glamor. Human hearts don't work that way.
[hesitating]
Oona
What care I for human hearts, soft and spiritless as porridge? A fairy's heart beats fierce and free!
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The Illusion of Eternal Youth
David Aames
Isn’t that what being young is about, believing secretly that you would be the one person in the history of man that would live forever?
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Desire for awakening and relief from confusion
David Aames
I wanna wake up! Tech support! It's a nightmare! Tech support! Tech support!
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Consequences of Recklessness in Ancient Discoveries
Nick Morton
You're welcome, by the way.
Jenny Halsey
How's that?
Nick Morton
Because I saved your...whatever-it-is.
[pointing out at the desert]
Jenny Halsey
That was safely hidden for 5,000 years before you dropped a Hellfire missile on it.
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Betting on Pool: A Conversation About Winnings
Eddie Felson
How much did you take off Moselle? I heard a hundred...
Vincent Lauria
One fifty!
Eddie Felson
A hundred and fifty?
[sarcastically]
Vincent Lauria
That's right, a hundred and fifty.
Vincent Lauria
You walk into a shoe store with a hundred and fifty bucks, you come out with one shoe! We were working on five thousand!
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Ethan Hunt's Greeting in Vienna
Ethan Hunt
Welcome to Vienna, Benji. Miss me?
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A Bond Forged in Competition and Trust
Iceman
You! You are still dangerous. You can be my wingman any time.
[smiles]
Maverick
Bullshit! You can be mine. (They hug; they're friends now)
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Planning a Complex Operation with Multiple Players
Ethan Hunt
Simple game. Four players. Exfil opens the pocket, Cyber Ops lifts the wallet.
Franz Krieger
Bank?
Ethan Hunt
IMF mainframe.
[shakes his head]
Franz Krieger
Where exactly is it?
Ethan Hunt
In Langley.
Luther Stickell
In Langley? The-one-in-Virginia Langley?
Franz Krieger
Inside CIA headquarters at Langley? Is he serious?
[to Claire]
Claire Phelps
Always.
Franz Krieger
If we're going to Virginia, why don't we drop by Fort Knox? I can fly a helicopter right in through the lobby and set it down inside the vault. And it would be a hell of a lot easier than breaking into the goddamn CIA.
[scoffs]
Luther Stickell
What are we downloading?
Ethan Hunt
Information.
Luther Stickell
What kind?
Ethan Hunt
Profitable.
Claire Phelps
Payment on delivery.
Luther Stickell
I don't know. I just don't know.
[doubtfully]
Ethan Hunt
Well, this doesn't sound like the Luther Stickell I heard of. What'd they used to call you? The Net Ranger? Phineas Phreak? The only man alive who actually hacked NATO Ghost Com.
Luther Stickell
There was never any physical evidence that I had anything to do with that... with that... ...that exceptional piece of work.
[smiles]
Ethan Hunt
You don't know what you're missing. This is the Mount Everest of hacks.
Luther Stickell
You're all kidding yourselves. Even with top-of-the-line crypto, Cray access, STU-3's...
Claire Phelps
Krieger can get it. Right?
[cuts him off; to Krieger]
Franz Krieger
It may take a little time.
Ethan Hunt
What the hell do you mean, a little time? That's not what Claire tells me about you.
Luther Stickell
Thinking Machine laptops? I'm talking about the 686 prototypes, with the artificial intelligence RISC chip.
[to Krieger]
Franz Krieger
Twenty-four hours.
Luther Stickell
And, uh, I get to keep the equipment when we're done.
[laughs]
Ethan Hunt
Well, Luther, I guess you're all out of excuses.
Luther Stickell
Hmm. Look, uh, I just can't hack my way inside. See, there's no modem access to the mainframe. It's in what we call a standalone, which means I'd have to be physically at the terminal.
[laughs]
Ethan Hunt
Relax, Luther. It's much worse than you think. The terminal is in a black-vault lockdown. The only person allowed in the room has to pass through a series of security checks.
[voice-over, the scene goes to William Donloe approaching the door to the computer vault]
CIA Analyst William Donloe
William Donloe.
[to keypad microphone]
Ethan Hunt
The first is a voice-print identification, and a six-digit access code. This only gets him into the outer room. Next he has to pass a retinal scan. And finally, the intrusion countermeasures are only deactivated by a double electronic key card... ...which we won't have. Now, inside the black vault, there are three systems operating whenever the technician is out of the room. The first is sound-sensitive. Anything above a whisper sets it off. The second system detects any increase in temperature. Even the body heat of an unauthorized person in the room will trigger it if the temperature rises just a single degree. Now, that temperature is controlled by the air conditioning coming in through an overhead duct, 30 feet above the floor. That vent is guarded by a laser net.
[voice-over; Donloe enters a code; the door opens and he enters an office; Donloe removes his glasses and looks into a retinal scanner; Donloe inserts his ID card into a reader; cut to Hunt on the train; Donloe then enters the vault and logs in at the terminal]
Ethan Hunt
The third system's on the floor and is pressure-sensitive. The slightest increase in weight will trigger the alarm. And any one of these systems, if set off, will activate an automatic lockdown. Now, believe me when I tell you, gentlemen, all three systems are state-of-the-art.
[voice-over; Donloe shuts the door, activating the security systems]
Luther Stickell
And you really think we can do this?
[After a stunned silence]
Ethan Hunt
We're going to do it.
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The Nature of Character in Competition
Eddie Felson
You're some piece of work... You're also a natural character.
Vincent Lauria
You see? I been tellin her that. I got natural character.
[to Carmen]
Eddie Felson
That's not what I said, kid. I said you are a natural character; you're an incredible flake.
Eddie Felson
But that's a gift. Some guys spend half their lives trying to invent something like that. You walk into a pool room with that go-go-go, the guys'll be killing each other, trying to get to you. You got that... But I'll tell you something, kiddo. You couldn't find Big Time if you had a road map.
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Sharing Divisions Among Family Members
Ray Ferrier
Two for you, two for Robbie, two for me... One for the house.
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A Surprising Encounter with a Fairy
Meg
Foul tasting fairy! Come to Meg, juicy boy! Who be this tender morsel to disturb Meg Muckelbones's rest?
[sees Jack]
Jack
Jack. They call me Jack ma'am.
Meg
Jack! What a fine, fat boy you are, Jack!
Jack
You don't really mean to eat me, do you Ma'am?
Meg
Oh, indeed I do!
Jack
That would be a shame, because someone as fair and lovely as yourself Miss Meg, deserves far better than scrawny me. Don't you think?
Meg
You think me fair, do you Jack?
Jack
All the heavenly ] must envy your ]!
[[angels; [beauty]
Meg
What a fine meal you will make, be the rest of you as sweet as your tongue!
Jack
No wait! Fill your ] with loveliness! Feast on the beauty of your reflection. You are an angel miss Meg. Look!
[[soul]
Meg
Clever boy.
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The Limits of Emotional Impact in Conflict
Ethan Hunt
If you're dealing with someone who's crushed, shot, stabbed, and detonated five members of his own IMF team, how devastated do you really think you're gonna make him by hauling Ma and Uncle Donald down to the county courthouse?
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Intense Pain and Mental Struggle
David Aames
These? These are more than headaches. These are steel plates slicing through my every thought.
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The Significance of Little Things
David Aames
The little things... there's nothing bigger, is there?
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A Regretful Moment of Loss
David Aames
I lost you when I got in that car. I'm sorry.
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Communication Breakdown in High-Stakes Situation
Brandt
Your line's not long enough.
Ethan Hunt
No shit!
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Brotherhood and Connection Through Shared Moments
Charlie Babbitt
What you have to understand is, four days ago he was only my brother in name. And this morning we had pancakes.
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Family Conflict and Strained Relationships
Mrs. Kovic
What happened in that war? What happened to you? You need help, Ronnie, you need help.
Ron Kovic
No, you need help! All your God and your bullshit dreams about me!
Mrs. Kovic
You'll wake the whole neighborhood.
[She starts telling the other children to go to bed]
Ron Kovic
YOU ARE ASHAMED OF ME! You're EMBARRASSED by me.
Tommy Kovic
Please, Mom, let me talk to him.
Mrs. Kovic
You go to bed!
Ron Kovic
FUCK YOU!
Mr. Kovic
Don't you talk to your mother like that!
Mrs. Kovic
What did you say to me?! WHAT DID YOU SAY TO ME??
[Comes back to Ron's room, enraged; Smacks Ron's face a couple of times and leaves; Ron strolls after her]
Ron Kovic
FUCK YOU!!!
Mr. Kovic
Ronnie, that's ENOUGH!
Mrs. Kovic
You're gonna wake the whole neighborhood!
Ron Kovic
OH, WAKE EM UP! TELL THEM! CUSACKS, CAMELLETTIS, WALSHES!! You tell them all! Tell them what they did to me. What they did to this country.
Mrs. Kovic
They're gonna call the police this time
[To Mr. Kovic]
Ron Kovic
We went to Vietnam to stop communism!... We shot women and children!
Mrs. Kovic
You didn't shoot women and children! What are you saying?
Ron Kovic
That was the war, communism, the insidious evil! They told us to go.
Mrs. Kovic
Yes, yes that's what they told us.
Ron Kovic
Thou shalt not kill, Mom. Thou shalt not kill women and children! Thou shalt not kill! Remember? Isn't that what you taught us? Isn't that what they taught us?
Mrs. Kovic
Stop it! Stop it!
Ron Kovic
But they're the evil, Mom. They're the ones we should be fighting. They lied to me growing up, they lied to all of us, but it's not gonna work anymore. Not for you... for me... for anybody else.
Mrs. Kovic
Stop it, stop it! As long as you're in this house, you will not talk that way. Eli, please stop him.
Mr. Kovic
Ron, come on now... you made your point, now stop.
Ron Kovic
No, I haven't made my point. Tell her, Dad. They're killing everybody now.
Mrs. Kovic
I didn't force you to go!!
Ron Kovic
YES, YOU DID! YES, YOU DID!!! It's all falling apart, Mom! King. Kennedy. Kent State. We all lost the war, Mom. Fucking Communism won! It's all for nothing!
Mrs. Kovic
That is not true, Ronnie.
Ron Kovic
What do you know, Ma? WHAT DO YOU KNOW?!?
Tommy Kovic
Ron.
Ron Kovic
What? Tell her, Tommy. You tell her, Dad! Tell her it's all a lie! It's a fucking lie! Tell her God's as dead as my legs. There's no God and there's no country. It's just me... and this fucking wheelchair for the rest... of my life. It's just me and this... dead... penis.
[Unzips his pants and sticks his hand in]
Mrs. Kovic
OH MY GOD! RONNIE!!
[Hysterically disgusted]
Mr. Kovic
Don't, Ronnie! Not with the catheter! For God sake!
Ron Kovic
DEAD... PENIS!
Mrs. Kovic
Oh, GOD! Eli, I can't take this anymore.
Mr. Kovic
Go to your rooms. Go to your ROOMS!
[Notices the children]
Mrs. Kovic
THE HELL WITH YOU!!!
[To Ron]
Ron Kovic
In church they said that it's a sin if you play with your penis, I wish I could.
Mrs. Kovic
Don't say "penis" in this house!
Ron Kovic
Penis!
Mrs. Kovic
Stop!
Ron Kovic
Penis! Big fucking erect penis, MA!
Mrs. Kovic
STOOOOOOP!!
Ron Kovic
PENIS! PENIIIIIIIIIS!!!
Mrs. Kovic
Lord, he won't let go, what do I do?
[Praying in tears]
Ron Kovic
I really don't have time to learn to use it. It's gone in some jungle. Some fucking jungle over there. It's just gone. I'm sorry it happened this way. I'm sorry if you're sad, Mom. I'm so sorry you're sad. I'm sorry.
[Notices his mother sits down crying, and he, too, is in tears; Softens]
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Understanding Failure in Hospital Reflections
Ron Kovic
When I was in the hospital, I thought, "Yeah, this makes sense.
Timmy Burns
What makes sense?
Ron Kovic
Because I failed, Timmy.
Timmy Burns
What are you talking about?
Ron Kovic
Because I - I killed some - people; I made some terrible - mistakes!
Timmy Burns
Oh, for Christ's sake, Ronnie, we all made mistakes. I mean, you - you had no choice. That's something that those goddamn pansy demonstrators ain't never gonna understand! Now, you don't even have to talk about it, Ronnie; I mean, it was insane over there! It was crazy!
Ron Kovic
Sometimes I wish, I wish I'd - The first time I got hit, I was shot in the foot. I could have laid down, I mean - who gives a fuck now if I was a hero or not? I was paralyzed, castrated that day; why? It was all so - stupid! I'd have my dick and my balls now, and some days, Timmy - some days I think I'd give everything I believe in - everything I got, all my values, just to have my body back again, just to be whole again. But I'm not whole; I never will be, and that's - that's the way it is, isn't it?
Timmy Burns
For Christ's sake, Ronnie, it's your birthday. You're alive. You made it! Smile.
[after a slight pause]
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Confronting the Entity's Psychological Warfare
Ethan Hunt
], you know psychological warfare. Well, you see it! Just look around! We are in the Entity's reality!
[to Sloane; [Mission: Impossible – Fallout|You ran the CIA]
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Legacy of Heroism in Combat Aviation
Viper
I flew with your old man. ], the ]. You're a lot like he was. Only better… and worse. He was a natural heroic son of a bitch, that one.
[[w:VF-51|VF-51; [w:USS Oriskany (CV-34)|Oriskany]
Maverick
So he did do it right.
Viper
Yeah, he did right. Is that why you fly the way you do? Trying to prove something? Yeah, your old man did it right. What I'm about to tell you is classified and it could end my career. We were in the worst dogfight I could've dreamed of. There were bogeys like fireflies all over the sky. His F-4 was hit; he was wounded, but he could've made it back. He stayed in it; saved three planes before he bought it.
[Maverick and Viper take a walk.]
Maverick
How come I never heard that before?
Viper
Well that's not something the State Department tells its dependents when the battle occurred over the wrong line on some map.
Maverick
So you were there?
Viper
I was there. What's on your mind?
Maverick
My options, sir.
Viper
Simple. First, you've acquired enough points to show up and graduate with your Top Gun class, or you can quit. There'll be no disgrace. That spin was hell; it would've shook me up.
Maverick
So you think I should quit?
Viper
I didn't say that. The simple fact is you feel responsible for Goose and you have a confidence problem. Now I'm not gonna sit here and blow sunshine up your ass, Lieutenant. A good pilot is compelled to always evaluate what's happened, so he can apply what he's learned. Up there, we gotta push it. That's our job. It's your option, Lieutenant. All yours.
Maverick
Sorry to bother you on a Sunday, sir, but thank you very much for your time.
Viper
No problem. Good luck.
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The Meaning of Dying Well
Jack
How can a man die better...
Sally
You don't have to die, Jack. She doesn't have to die.
Jack
Everybody dies, Sally. The thing is, to die well.
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Loneliness and Regret in Relationships
Constance Sack
You know, you're not so weird. You're just another lonely man with many regrets.
[after the interview]
Stacee Jaxx
I said time. We can go now.
Constance Sack
Final question. What happens when you realize you can't get rid of Stacee Jaxx?
Stacee Jaxx
You have no idea what it's like to be me.
Constance Sack
Well, then here's your chance. What's it like to be the Stacee Jaxx?
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Exfiltration Plan and Acknowledgment of Loss
Eugene Kittridge
I am...I can't tell you how sorry I am. I know how much Jim, in particular, meant to you, Ethan...personally as well as professionally.
Ethan Hunt
Yeah.
Eugene Kittridge
Here's a passport, visa. Usual drill. We'll work the exfiltration through Canada, debrief you at Langley. Throw the Prague police a bone or two. You know, toss them a few suspects....You follow me?
Ethan Hunt
Yeah, I follow.
Eugene Kittridge
I think we've lost enough agents for one night.
Ethan Hunt
You mean, I've lost enough agents for one night.
Eugene Kittridge
You seem hell-bent on blaming yourself, Ethan.
Ethan Hunt
Who else is left?
Eugene Kittridge
Yeah. I see your point.
Ethan Hunt
Why was there another team?
Eugene Kittridge
What?
Ethan Hunt
Of IMF agents at the embassy tonight.
Eugene Kittridge
I don't quite follow you.
Ethan Hunt
Well, see if you can follow me around the room. The drunk Russians on the embankment at 7:00 and 8:00...The couple waltzing around me at the embassy at 9:00 and 11:00...The waiter standing behind Hannah at the top of the stairs..Bow tie, 12:00...The other IMF team. You're worried about me. Why?
Eugene Kittridge
Well, for a little over two years we've been spotting serious blowback in IMF operations. We have a penetration. The other day, we decoded a message on the internet from a Czech we know as Max.
Ethan Hunt
The arms dealer.
Eugene Kittridge
That's right. Max, it seems, has two unique gifts: a capacity for anonymity and for corrupting susceptible agents. This time, he'd gotten to someone on the inside. He'd gotten himself in a position to buy our NOC list. An operation he referred to as "Job 314." The job he thought Golitsyn was doing tonight.
Ethan Hunt
But the list Golitsyn stole was a decoy.
Eugene Kittridge
That's correct. The actual list is secure at Langley. Golitsyn was a lightning rod. He was one of ours.
Ethan Hunt
This whole operation was a mole hunt. This whole operation was a mole hunt.
Eugene Kittridge
Yeah. The mole's deep inside. And, like you said, you survived. I want to show you something, Ethan. Since your father's death your family's farm has been in receivership, and now, suddenly, they're flush with over $120,000 in the bank. Your father's illness was supposed to have wiped out that bank account. Dying slowly in America, after all, can be a very expensive proposition. So...why don't we quietly get out of here and onto a plane? I can understand you're very upset.
Ethan Hunt
Kittridge, you've never seen me very upset.
Eugene Kittridge
All right, Hunt. Enough is enough. You have bribed, cajoled, and killed, and you have done it using loyalties on the inside. You want to shake hands with the devil, that's fine with me. I just want to make sure that you do it in hell!
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