Fear, Perception, and Political Commentary in Dialogue
Braxton Belyeu:
I'm no more afraid of the Grim Reaper than I am of a Presbyterian on Mother's Day.
Constance Harraway:
You work so hard not to be seen as a sex object. Before long, you're not seen at all.
Zack:
73% of all serial killers vote Republican.
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The Burden of Hidden Hatred
Bitsy Bloom:
Hate's no fun if you keep it to yourself.
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Sympathy for Murderers in David Gale's Story
Bitsy Bloom:
Of course he sympathizes with murderers... he is one!
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Facing Challenges in Pursuit of Goals
David Gale:
Noemi, a shaved man, has given up on her English task.
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A Character's Observation on Employment Status
David Gale:
Alejandro, the woman with facial hair, has no job.
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Contemplating Death and Its Meaning
David Gale:
We spend our whole lives trying to stop death. Eating, inventing, loving, praying, fighting, killing. But what do we really know about death? Just that nobody comes back. But there comes a point in life - a moment - when your mind outlives its desires, its obsessions, when your habits survive your dreams, and when your losses... Maybe death is a gift. You wonder. All I can tell you is that by this time tomorrow I'll be dead. I know when. I just can't say why. You have 24 hours to find out.
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The Perspective on Death as a Gift
David Gale:
Death is a gift.
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The Illusion of Freedom in Death
David Gale:
They wanted me to die knowing the key to my freedom was out there somewhere!
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Struggles with Personal Demons and Consequences
David Gale:
I fell off the wagon and hurt myself.
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Philosophers' Flaws Highlighted by David Gale
David Gale: [while drunk]
Socrates was ugly, Plato was fat, and, um, and Aristotle was a prissy dresser!
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The Nature of True Happiness Explained
David Gale:
This is what Pascal means when he says that we are only truly happy when daydreaming about future happiness.
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The Value of Ideals Over Desires
David Gale: [Giving a lecture to his college students]
Living by your wants will never make you happy; what it means to be fully human is to strive to live by ideas and ideals and not to measure your life by what you ever attain in terms of your desires but those small moments of integrity, compassion, rationality, even self-sacrifice.
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The Nature of Desire and Fulfillment
David Gale: [Giving a lecture to his college students]
Fantasies have to be unrealistic. Because the minute- the second- that you get what you want, you don't- you can't- want it anymore.
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