Born Free - The Dilemma of Taming Wild Animals
Joy Adamson:
Elsa, Elsa
George Adamson:
Let's try this.
Joy Adamson:
all my nightmares had come true.
George Adamson:
...she can't make it. she can't think. she can't mix with her own kind... She can't do anything the wild animals do to survive. You've done too good a job on her. You've made her tame. It's too late to try to let her go wild now. All we're doing is making her miserable, torturing her. How could you be so cruel?
Joy Adamson:
You keep quiet George.
George Adamson:
I don't know what goes on in that head of yours anymore... What's wrong with a zoo, anyway?
Joy Adamson:
nothing. Except that she won't be free.
George Adamson:
and Is freedom so important?
Joy Adamson:
yes, yes, she was born free and she has the right to live free. Why don't we live in a more comfortable setting George? Other people do. We chose to live out here cause it represents freedom for us. Because we can breathe.
George Adamson:
Joy, tell me the truth. You just don't want to give her up. What you're really hoping is that she can stay out here, wild, but not too wild. That you can see her every now and then.
Joy Adamson:
it's not the whole truth. But I don't deny I'd like it.
George Adamson:
it's impossible. It cannot happen.
Joy Adamson:
...at least she would be free. At least she wouldn't be in a cage for the rest of her life.
George Adamson:
even if she gets herself killed in the process.
Joy Adamson: [stroking Elsa's leg; narrates]
I'd never forgive myself I suppose. although at one time we were afraid she'd die, Elsa did recover. And when she did, she seemed somehow different.
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Waterloo - Class Divides and Expectations of Sacrifice
Duchess of Richmond: [referring to the English troops]
They're the salt of England, Arthur.
Duke of Wellington:
Scum. Nothing but beggars and scoundrels, all of them. Gin is the spirit of their patriotism.
Duchess of Richmond:
Yet you expect them to die for you?
Duke of Wellington:
Um-hum.
Duchess of Richmond:
Out of duty?
Duke of Wellington:
Um-hum.
Duchess of Richmond:
I doubt if even Bonaparte could draw men to him by duty.
Duke of Wellington:
Oh, Boney's not a gentleman.
Duchess of Richmond:
Arthur! What an Englishman you are.
Duke of Wellington:
On the field of battle his hat is worth fifty thousand men; but he is not a gentleman.
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Ring of Bright Water - Misunderstanding the Nature of the Animal
Mary MacKenzie: [about her dog's devotion to Mij]
I don't think he realizes he's a dog!
Road mender: [horrified at his mistake]
I-I thought it was just an otter!
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