City of God (2004) - Quotes

The Consequences of Fear and Inaction

Taglines: If you run it will get you. If you stay it will eat you.

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Life's Elements in City of God

Taglines: Drugs, Guns, Music, Love. Real G's.

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A Journey from Paradise to Revelation

Taglines: 15 miles from paradise...one man will do anything to tell the world everything.

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Literacy and Perception in City of God

Li'l Zé: Can you read?

Gang Member: I can read only the pictures

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The Path to Becoming a Drug Dealer

Boy 1: The big deal is dope, you got it?

Boy 2: If you wanna be a dealer, you gotta start as a delivery boy, see?

Boy 1: This delivery boy business is real bullshit. The time it takes being a delivery boy, then security and then manager, is way too long.

Boy 2: What you gonna do? You've gotta wait for them to die...

Boy 1: No way! I'll do it just like Li'l Zé did: you gotta whack everyone and that's it!

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Childhood Lost in Harsh Realities

Knock out Ned: Have you lost your mind? You are just a child!

Steak with Fries (Filé-com-Fritas): Listen man, I smoke, I snort... I've been begging on the street since I was just a baby. I've cleaned windshields at stop lights. I've polished shoes, I've robbed, I've killed... I ain't no kid, no way. I'm a real man.

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Recognition of Talent in a Dangerous Situation

Rocket: Fuck... I'm dead!

Li'l Zé: What's the name of that friend of yours who took these pictures?

Thiago: Rocket.

Li'l Zé: Rocket! This guy is good!

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Love and Gangsters: A Contradictory Perspective

Shaggy (Cabeleira): Hey, Berenice. Listen, I've got something real important to say. Tell me, you ever heard of love at first sight?

Berenice: Sure, but gangsters don't fall in love, they just get horny.

Shaggy: C'mon, you cut everything I say to pieces.

Berenice: Gangsters don't talk, they just smooth talk.

Shaggy: Jesus, I'm gonna stop wasting my saliva on you, you sure ain't easy.

Berenice: Gangsters never stop, they just take a break.

Shaggy: Jeez, Berenice, talking about love with you is pretty complicated, isn't it?

Berenice: Love, you gotta be kidding. You're just leading me on.

Shaggy: But it's just that this jerk here loves you.

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Name Change and Identity Assertion

Li'l Zé (Zé Pequeno): The fuck I'm Li'l Dice! My fucking name is Li'l Zé now!

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Choosing the Target of Violence

Li'l Zé (Zé Pequeno): Where do you want to take the shot? In the hand or in the foot?

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Divided Lives in a War-Torn Community

Rocket (Buscapé): What should have been swift revenge turned into an all out war. The City of God was divided. You couldn't go from one section to the other, not even to visit a relative. The cops considered anyone living in the slum a hoodlum. People got used to living in Vietnam, and more and more volunteers signed up to die.

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