15 quotes
Confusion Between Violence and Motivation
Aaron Cross
I'm still trying to figure out if you're supposed to kill me or give me a pep-talk.
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Questioning the Limits of Possibility
Mark Turso
Is it possible?
Ezra Kramer
Possible? ] ] I've kind of lost my perspective on what's possible.
[[The Bourne Supremacy (film)|We had Bourne six weeks ago in Moscow. He was on foot, wounded, with a full Cossack posse up his ass.; [The Bourne Ultimatum (film)|Somehow, he walked out of there.]
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Misuse of Potential and Resources
Mark Turso
You were given a Ferrari and your people treated it like a lawnmower.
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Assessing the Spread of a Serious Infection
Eric Byer
We're here talking about a serious infection, and all we're trying to do is determine how far it's spread so that we know how much we have to cut to save the patient. You have never heard of Treadstone. And Bourne -- I don't care if they bag him and drop the body on the sidewalk, we're not gonna touch it.
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Perceptions of Humanity and Animal Behavior
Number Three
Your friends are here.
[''wolves howling in the distance'']
Aaron Cross
I know. Don't you think that's strange? The wolves? They don't do that. They don't track people.
Number Three
Well, maybe they don't think you're human.
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A Sense of Belonging
Aaron Cross
We belong here.
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A Plan for Anticipating Danger
Aaron Cross
What I'm going to do is wait for the next person to show up to kill you. Maybe they can help me.
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Navigating Uncertainty in Decision-Making
Shearing
Are we lost?
Cross
No, I was just looking at our options.
Shearing
Oh, I was kinda hoping we were lost.
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Desperation and Manipulation in Crisis
Marta Shearing
Look, I want to get out! Would you please stop the car?
Cross
You can't be that naive.
Shearing
Would you let me out of the car?
Cross
There's no way you're that naive. You want out? Get out. Go on. Get out. You don't have any chems. You don't know where they are. You don't know anything. That's fine. Just get out. But you got a plan, right? Yeah, of course you do. You're a doctor. You've got this all worked out, don't you? What are you gonna do? Huh? What are you gonna do? You can't run, not alone. You don't know how. You certainly can't hide. Not from people like this, with the resources they have. You won't make it to sundown. So what's that leave you? You can go public. Sure. You can go loud. Call your sister, cause that worked out well for you. Call some ex-roommate. Call a guy that knows a guy at The Washington Post. Put it online. Cause you know what? You blow me off, that's the only play you've got. But you'd better ask yourself this- could you ever say it loud enough or fast enough that they'd be too afraid to finish what they started? Now, I've got a plan, and it's just not that complicated. What I'm going to do is wait for the next person to show up to kill you. Maybe they can help me. So go for it.
[swerves the car to the side of the road]
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Imminent Danger and Urgency to Escape
Cross
We have less than eight minutes to clear out of here, okay?
Shearing
Yes.
Cross
Good. Because the next thing coming though that door is going to wipe us out.
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The Burden of Moral Choices in Duty
Cross
With all due respect, sir, now's not the best time. Twenty minutes, this place is gonna fall apart.
Eric Byer
I'm aware of that. I'll take the chance. We need to talk. I need you to stop what you're doing and turn around. That's an order. We got screwed on the intel, okay? Nobody knew those people were in there. It would be perfectly normal for a person to have doubts about the morality of what we just asked you to do.
Cross
Is that a question, sir?
Byer
No, it's not. Tune in to what I'm trying to say to you. Do you know what a sin eater is? Well, that's what we are. We are the sin eaters. It means that we find the moral excrement that we find in this situation and we bury it down deep inside of us so that the rest of our cause can stay pure. That is the job. We are morally indefensible and absolutely necessary. You understand?
[Aaron mouths no]
Cross
Will that be all?
[shakes his head yes]
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The Role of Viruses in Genetic Reprogramming
Dr. Marta Shearing
Well, if you're going to reprogram human genetic material, you need a delivery system, and nothing works better than virus. It's like a suitcase.
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Decisive Action Over Argumentation
Aaron Cross
I'm not gonna sit here and argue with you. I'm gonna call your boss and we're gonna figure it out.
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The Burden of Necessary Morality
Eric Byer
We are the sin eaters. It means that we take the moral excrement we find in this equation and we bury it down deep inside of us, so that the rest of our case can stay pure. That is the job. We are morally indefensible, and absolutely necessary.
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Exploring the Complexity of Identity
Taglines
There Was Never Just One
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