Renaissance Man (1994) - Quotes

One Man to Take Them On

Taglines: There's only one man big enough to take them on...

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Teaching the Few and the Proud

Taglines: One Man's Mission To Teach The Few, The Proud... The Impossible!

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Reflection on Brotherhood and Sacrifice

Pvt. Donnie Benitez: [from ''[[Henry V] He that shall live this day, and see old age, Will yearly on the vigil feast his neighbors, And say To-morrow is Saint Crispian. Then will he strip his sleeve and show his scars. And say These wounds I had on Crispin's day. Old men forget: yet all shall be forgot, But he'll remember with advantages What feats he did that day. Then shall our names, Familiar in his mouth as household words, Harry the king, Bedford and Exeter, Warwick and Talbot, Salisbury and Gloucester, Be in their flowing cups freshly remember'd. And this story shall the good man teach his son; And Crispin Crispian shall ne'er go by, From this day to the ending of the world, But we in it shall be remember'd; We few, we happy few, we band of brothers; For he to-day that sheds his blood with me Shall be my brother. And gentlemen in England now a-bed Shall think themselves accursed they were not here, And hold their manhoods cheap whiles any speaks who fought with us upon Saint Crispin's day.

Pvt. Donnie Benitez: That enough, Drill Sergeant?

Sgt. Cass: [quietly] Yes, Benitez. Good.

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Exploring Fate and Purpose in Education

Bill: Write... why you're here.

Tommy Lee: This is where they told us to be.

Bill: No, no. Write about the magical twist of fate that prompted you to gravitate towards this institute of imbeciles.

Jamaal: [''confused''] What?

Bill: [''very nonchalantly''] Write why you joined the Army.

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Encouraging Participation in Group Discussion

Bill: [''about reading their essay''] All right, who wants to start?

Bill: Nobody?

Bill: I thought this was the volunteer army...

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Seeking Purpose Through Unconventional Paths

Tommy Lee: There's these woods behind our trailer park. This old guy lives in the woods there. Everybody in town swore he was crazy. He showed me how to hunt, and how to be real quiet, and how to listen. He said he had seen everything in the world he wanted to see, and he ain't never wanted to leave those woods. Well, me and my daddy got laid off at the paper mill, and whilst I spent about five months watching TV with my brothers, I kept thinking of what the old man said. Finally, I decided that I did want to see more of the world, and what was behind that trailer park. And that's why I joined up.

Miranda: I liked living with my aunt, Mavis, in Chicago the best. Bust last summer, my mother, Ruthie, came back and we drove to Atlanta. She said, "We don't have to stay long," but then she met a man, and they take off. I waited around for a while, waiting for her to come back, but everybody keep saying, "Just go on home." I don't know where that is. So I take the bus to Cleveland and spend two days staring at the poster behind the driver saying, "Be all you can be." So I think about that for a week, and think I got to be somewhere, so here I am.

Jamaal: In my crib, there ain't never been a time where we eat, sleep, or nothing. You know, everybody just run around crazy. Half the time, I don't even know who we are. I must be the only person in the world who joined the army so he'd know exactly what time he'd be eating lunch.

Roosevelt: I wanted to learn a new trade.

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Discussion About Missing Green Socks

Soldier 1: Has anyone seen my green socks?

Solider 2: We all got green socks.

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Misunderstanding Language in Communication

Jamaal: Bill, are you going translate this?

Bill: Why? It's in English.

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A Call for Patience in Recovery

Bill: Melvin, read the rest of it when you come out of the coma.

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Choices Shape Your Life and Identity

Bill: All I know is, the choices you make dictate the life you lead. "To thine own self be true.

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Understanding Oxymorons in Conversation

Jamaal: You can't say that. That is a diss. I ain't no ox moron.

Bill: [getting no response; class laughs] No, no, no. Not ox moron, schmuck; oxymoron. That's when you take two words that are totally opposite and you jam them together, like, uh Military Intelligence'... Dark Victory'... Thunderous Silence'... Girly Man! Now we'll end today with an oxymoron from Shakespeare himself,