The Science of Sleep (2006) - Quotes

Emotions Overwhelm in Dreams

Taglines: In dreams emotions are overwhelming.

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Embrace Dreams and Feelings

Taglines: Close your eyes. Open your heart.

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Checking In on Well-Being

Stéphanie: Stephane, wait. Do you feel better?

Stephane: I'm going to work

Stéphanie: I just wanted to know if you're okay.

Stephane: Yeah I'm super fine thanks.

Stéphanie: So I get it, so you dont want to be my friend anymore?

Stephane: No! I don't want to be your friend anymore!I don't want to be your friend anymore! Do I have to nail it on your door? "I don't want to be your friend.

Stéphanie: No you, you can't, you can't stop being my friend. It's not something people can decide.

Stephane: Oh yeah they can. People have an argument and they stop talking to each other.

Stéphanie: Okay then lets have a date or something and we can talk about things if thats whats you want.

Stephane: Whats the point you'll just want me as your friend and then you'll have a really nice boyfriend and that will kill me.

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Appreciating Uniqueness Amidst Boredom

Stéphanie: Why me?

Stephane: Because everyone else is boring. And because you're different. You don't like me, Stéphanie.

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Inappropriate Comment on Physical Attributes

Stéphanie: I have big hands.

Stephane: [embarrassed] That means you have a large penis. ...That was inappropriate.

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Floating Objects and Fish Reactions

Guy: [after throwing his TV into the canal] It floats!

Stephane: Yeah, it floats.

Guy: Maybe the fish will enjoy that crap.

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Gift and Appreciation in Uncertainty

Stéphanie: I'm not sure I should accept this gift. Why do I deserve a present anyway?

Stephane: Because...for the occasion that you are pretty.

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The Nature of Normalcy in Life

Stéphanie: How's your head?

Stephane: It's okay. It's not normal though...

Stéphanie: It's never going to be.

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The Struggle Between Randomness and Organization

Stéphanie: Randomness is very difficult to achieve... organization always merges back if you don't pay attention.

Stephane: Death to organization.

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A Conversation About Hands and Perception

Stephane: It's like touching your penis with your left hand.

Stéphanie: I don't have a penis.

Stephane: But you have a left hand.

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Perception of Reality in 3-D

Stephane: [Shows 3-D glasses] You can see real life in 3-D.

Stéphanie: Isn't life already in 3-D?

Stephane: No but, yeah but, come on.

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Love and Doubt in Relationships

Stéphanie: (1:20:48): Things will turn out the way you want, if you could just stop doubting that I love you. Call me home, next door. Doot. Doot. Doot. Doot.

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Distraction Hinders Creative Progress

Stéphanie: (1:06:11): Distraction is an obstruction to the construction.

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Struggling Between Sleep and Wakefulness

Stéphane Miroux: I'm exhausted, I'm going to wake up now.

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Seeking Comfort in a Moment of Rest

Stéphane Miroux: Stephanie, can you hold my hand? I cannot sleep...She takes it.

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Loneliness and Life's Complexities

Stéphane Miroux: Well in my case the problem is that I don't have a girlfriend. And I'm not dead.

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Language Barrier and Awkward Compliments

Stéphane Miroux: No, I can't speak French with you. I'm too shy. The only thing I can say is: "I like your tit. It erects me in my pants.

The Beauty of Collected Objects

Stéphane Miroux: I am collecting beautiful objects. A pair of shoes. Some glasses. Telephone. Typewriter. They are made from wool and felt. With apparent stitches. Their delicate, unfinished appearance is friendly. And they are quiet.

Heartbreak and Self-Reflection in Love's Complexity

Stéphane Miroux: This girl is at once all the women that broke my heart. She is so beautiful and generous and she is asking me to leave because she is dumping me. She is dumping me because I am a cheap drug dealer. And I am a drug dealer because she wants to leave me.

Appreciation for Creativity and Connection

Stéphane Miroux: [''wiggles fingers''] I love her because she makes things. You know? She makes things with her hands. It's as if her synapses was married directly to her fingers. Like this. In this way.

Emotional Complexity in Relationships

Stéphane Miroux: I like it when you cry, because it means you have to wear your glasses. No, actually I don't like it when you cry. I find it horrible. Especially when it's not for me.

Exploring the Complexity of the Brain

Stéphane Miroux: [plays drums] P. S. R. Parallel Synchronized Randomness. An interesting brain rarity and our subject for today. Two people walk in opposite directions at the same time and then they make the same decision at the same time. Then they correct it, and then they correct it, and then they correct it, and then they correct it, and then they correct it. Basically, in a mathematical world these two little guys will stay looped for the end of time. The brain is the most complex thing in the universe and it's right behind the nose. Fascinating!