Spy

& Bradley Fine: Haha, close one! Nice drone work, Coop. I could kiss you!
    Susan Cooper: Oh, haha, well I would accept that with an open mouth.

& Nancy B. Artingstall: Bodies has been working out for you.
    Susan Cooper: You noticed?
    Nancy B. Artingstall: You just seemed looser in your hips. I mean athletically... speaking.

& Rick Ford: You really think you’re ready for the field? I once used defibrillators on myself. I put shards of glass in my fuckin’ eye. I’ve jumped from a high-rise building using only a raincoat as a parachute and broke both legs upon landing; I still had to pretend I was in a fucking Cirque du Soleil show! I’ve swallowed enough microchips and shit them back out again to make a computer. This arm has been ripped off completely and re-attached with this fuckin’ arm.
    Susan Cooper: I don’t know that that’s possible... I mean medically...
    Rick Ford: During the threat of an assassination attempt, I appeared convincingly in front of congress as Barack Obama.
    Susan Cooper: In black-face? That’s not appropriate.
    Rick Ford: I watched the woman I love get tossed from a plane and hit by another plane mid-air. I drove a car off a freeway on top of a train while it was on fire. Not the car, *I* was on fire.
    Susan Cooper: Jesus, you’re intense.

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& Rick Ford: Well I make a habit out of doing things that people say I can’t do: Walk through fire, waterski blindfolded, take up piano at a late age.

& Nancy B. Artingstall: I’m very non-physically resourceful. I read a lot of intelligence, I read a lot of poems, and I’ve read all of the ’Hunger Games’.
    Rayna Boyanov: How is that helpful?

& Susan Cooper: You’re a loud kisser.
    Rayna Boyanov: Excuse me?
    Susan Cooper: You’re a loud kisser. And it’s gross and unappealing.

& Aldo: My mama, said to me: Aldo, life is full of sorrow and surprises. But a magnificent pair of bosoms will be...
    Susan Cooper: Good story.

& Sergio De Luca: Welcome to Hungary. Like Chechnya, only easier to pronounce.

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Everybody Has Their Reasons

Falling Skies 5×7

& Tom: A working military base— after three years? With real soldiers.
    Hal: How’s that even possible?

& Tom: The plan is ... we, together, march on the Capitol.
    Weaver: Right into the heart of darkness.

& Capt. Katie Marshall: Take back D.C., then the country, then the world...
    Tom: That’s the idea.

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& Capt. Katie Marshall: He said he flew a ship... to the Moon. What would you do if you were me?

& Capt. Katie Marshall: You have been found guilty of collaborating with the enemy. For these crimes against your country, your sentence is death.

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On Vodka, on Soda, on Blender, on Mixer!

Two and a Half Men 11×10

& Walden: This came for you. I’m pretty sure it’s from Jake. He spelled Malibu, M-A-L-I-B-O-O.
    Alan: No, actually, it’s «Maliboobs.» He put little nipples on the O’s.

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& Brooke: I’m an aesthetician.
    Walden: Ooh, an aesthetician.
    Alan: Very impressive.
    Brooke: You have no idea what I’m talking about, do you?.. How do I put this? Do you guys like hairless vaginas?.. Okay, there you go. That’s what I do.

& Walden: Don’t wax your ass to help your roommate’s lesbian niece.

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Page Eight

Johnny Worricker — 1

& Nancy Pierpan: Has this ever happened to you? That you suddenly realize you’ve made a mistake?
    Johnny Worricker: Huh.

& Benedict Baron: What are you thinking, Johnny? What have you been thinking?

& Johnny Worricker: I’ve seen certain words, I gather we’re back in the Middle East.
    Jill Tankard: We’re always in the Middle East.
    Johnny Worricker: I don’t like faith jobs. I don’t like anything to do with faith.
    Benedict Baron: Still no faith yourself, Johnny?
    Johnny Worricker: The sun will rise in the morning, I’m going to have a drink at 6:00. That’s my faith.
    Jill Tankard: Really? A lot of people in your church, are there?
    Johnny Worricker: Most people. Most people are in my church.

& Johnny Worricker: They’re morbid, Julianne. Okay, I can see it may be my problem to do with getting older, but why do you want to piss on life before you’ve even lived it?

& Johnny Worricker: Take another look at the bottom of page eight.
    Anthea Catcheside: Page eight? What’s on page eight?
    Johnny Worricker: You haven’t read it, have you? I thought not. Page eight, please.

& Emma Baron: Johnny, it’s the 21st century.
    Johnny Worricker: How many more times?! People keep saying that like it justifies everything, every piece of stupidity.

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& Johnny Worricker: The purpose of intelligence is to find the truth, not to confirm what we already believe. We’re meant to look for what’s there, not for what we want to be there.
    Rollo Maverley: Come on, Johnny! Once they wanted communists, we gave them communists. Now they want Arabs, we give them Arabs. They decide what they’re looking for, we find it for them. What has really changed? Nothing.

& Johnny Worricker: Remember your first day, Rollo. First day in the service.
    Rollo Maverley: Of course, Monday morning, 10:00 am. You give the first lecture.
    Johnny Worricker: And what did I say?
    Rollo Maverley: «Never share intelligence you don’t need to share».

& Johnny Worricker: Rollo, Rollo... you have me.
    Rollo Maverley: Sure. How long are you gonna last?

& Nancy Pierpan: Why on earth would you trust me?
    Johnny Worricker: Because that’s the job. Deciding who to trust.

& Johnny Worricker: Do you think Nancy could possibly have a cup of coffee?

& Emma Baron: ...And you’re no use. You like jazz.

& Johnny Worricker: Don’t worry. I don’t do guns or violence.

& Johnny Worricker: We’re heading north.

& Priest: ...And the first hymn [have been chosen] by his oldest friend, John Worricker. I Vow to Thee, My Country.

& Johnny Worricker: I wonder, could we change the station?
    Cab driver: Anything you want?
    Johnny Worricker: I’d like some jazz.

>> Turks & Caicos (Johnny Worricker—2)

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Mr. Robot 1×7

& Elliot: ’Sorry I haven’t talked to you in a while. I mean, it’s only been a month, which I guess in the grand scheme of things isn’t that long. Isn’t our life like a blip in the cosmic calender or something?’

& Elliot: You should clean your sockets.

& Elliot: ’I remember when I was a kid, I got into web design by ripping off sites I liked. All you had to do was view source on your browser and there it was, the code. You could copy-paste it, modify it a little, put your name on it, and like that, it was your site. View source. What if we had that for people?.. Would people really want to see?’

& Darlene: How many times do you want me to hack him? Do you know how hard hacking a hacker is? Cisco switches OSes, like, all the time.

& Mr. Robot: I got a plan in motion.
    Darlene: And God’s laughing.

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& Mr. Robot: Look at my face, Romero. You and I both know I’m crazy. Not the cute kind either. I’m talking crazy crazy!!

& Mr. Robot: I didn’t want to hurt you, Romero. I love you, man. I just wanted you to come back to the arcade with me so we could change the world together. I am clearly too crazy for you to say no to... Bang!

& Colby: How much do you want? Write your number... You can ask me anything you want, but I promise you, at the end of the day, money will always be better than what you’re looking for.

& Trenton: Have you ever considered which part of our scheme motivates you?

& Darlene: There are how many billion people in this world?
    Trenton: 7.3.
    Darlene: Somehow you and I landed together... doing something impossible if we were alone, not to mention at the right point in history with the right resources. We have what we’ve worked for right there for the taking. We just need each other to see this through.

& Elliot: .... I sometimes watch you on your webcam. You cry sometimes... just like me. Because you’re lonely. ....... I want... a way out of loneliness... just like you. Is that what you wanted to hear?

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House of Cards 3×12

Chapter 38

& Seth: I have a suggestion, sir, that’s not on the list.
    Underwood: Who?
    Seth: Me.

& Jacobs: ....You can make a lasting difference here.
    Dunbar: That is exactly what he said.
    Jacobs: His motivations were atrocious, yes, but his logic was sound.
    Dunbar: ... Your mind seems sharp as ever, Robert.
    Jacobs: Except... Except for the fact that I can’t remember your name right now.
    Dunbar: ... Heather.

& Dunbar: If I’m honest with myself, it’s that I want this too much. I didn’t realize it before I started running. It is not that I’ve changed, Robert, that ambition has clouded anything. It is that I was blind to this until now, what I am meant to be. And I am meant to be President of the United States.

& Thomas: «...Here’s a woman who describes her vows as a suicide flirting with a bridge’s edge. And a man who wears his wedding ring as a badge of shame, for the debutante deserved more. But truly, what more could she desire? Together, they rule an empire without heirs. Legacy is their only child.»

& Thomas: «A cold fusion of two universal elements, identical in weight, equal in force. United they stand. A union like none other. The unsplittable atom of American politics.»

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& Remy: I don’t even know if I’ll stay in DC.
    Jackie: What are you gonna do?
    Remy: That’s the best part. I have no idea.

& Doug: Betrayal doesn’t come cheap.

& Thomas: This is it. You and Claire. The marriage. That’s the key that unlocks everything else.

& Underwood: So... you’re finally one of us.
    Dunbar: One of who?
    Underwood: The men. In their smoky back rooms.

& Thomas: I almost felt something for you.

& Doug: It’s not Remy. It’s not Seth. It’s me, Frank.
    Underwood: And how can I know I can ever trust you again?
    Doug: Because I just lit two million dollars on fire.

& Dunbar: What is it?
    Doug: A message from the president.
Underwood: I have only one thing to say... Go fuck yourself. ’Christ, that felt good.’

& Claire: I don’t— I’m starting to question all of it, Francis. What any of it is worth. What... what are we doing this for?
    Underwood: For this house! For the presidency.

& Claire: We’ve been lying for a long time, Francis.
    Underwood: Of course we have. Imagine what the voters would think if we started telling the truth.
    Claire: Not to them. To each other.

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Gett: The Trial of Viviane Amsalem

& Head Rabbi Salmion: Are you married? Do you have a family?
    Carmel Ben Tovim: No, Your Honor.
    Rabbi Abraham: The truth comes out. Why not? Do you have a defect?
    Carmel Ben Tovim: I’m not on trial, Your Honor.
    Head Rabbi Salmion: Everyone is on trial. Every man’s life is on trial. Yours is worth the same as that of your client, the defendant, and every witness who appears here.

& Rachel Amzalleg: Your Honor, I’ve told her time and again that it’s best to make up and move back. A divorced women in Israel eats shit!
    Head Rabbi Salmion: Watch your mouth!
    Rachel Amzalleg: Excuse me, Your Honor, but you tell me who wants to marry a divorced woman? I’m telling you, the Russian immigration did us in! Did us in! If you’re divorced, all your girlfriends stay away. They’re afraid you’ll steal their husbands.

& Rabbi Shimon: What kind of husband is he?
    Simon Abecassis: An exemplary husband.
    Rabbi Shimon: How does he treat his wife?
    Simon Abecassis: Exemplarily. I haven’t a bad word to say about him. He’s a man and husband... of example.

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& Carmel Ben Tovim: What does he do that makes her cry? Mrs. Abecassis, does she cry for no reason?
    Donna Abecassis: I told her... A smart woman... should know when to keep her mouth shut. What do they want? Respect, that’s all. He’s a liberal man, and then she can do whatever she wants. Viviane, I told you. Nothing but respect. Respect, that’s all. Then you can do whatever you want.

& Viviane Amsalem: Why are you making me run around in circles? Why, Your Honor? Why? Why have I come in and out for years now and nothing’s changed? Why? You can’t force him to divorce nor to appear, and you can’t this or that, and what about me? When will you see me?

& Viviane Amsalem: I could drop dead in front of you and all you’d see was him! But nobody is above the law. There’s a God and there’s justice and He’ll judge you as you judge me. Mercilessly. You don’t care about me! In America, if a man doesn’t show up twice in a row, it’s over! They divorce him, whether he’s there or not! If he doesn’t honor the law, the law doesn’t honor him! And who do you honor? For God’s sake, have you no fear? So send me to hell. Go to hell, too!

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Don't Push

Modern Family 6×2

& Haley: Check it— there’s a lab on campus where they do experiments on you for 50 bucks.
    Phil: Oh, yeah. Yeah, I used to do a lot of these in college. Sometimes it’s questions. Sometimes they hook stuff up to you. Sometimes it’s just palling around with a monkey, wondering why they’re rewarding him and not you...

& Luke: We need to push that button, show those eggheads that we’re not sheep!
    Haley: No! Breaking the rules doesn’t make you a hero! It makes you a screw-up! Take it from me, Luke— one out of a million dropouts becomes Steve Jobs. Do you know who become losers with no jobs? The other 99,000!

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& Mitchell: Okay, come on, we have something to show you.
    Lily: Is it dinner, or is my mouth too ugly to put food in?

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Danny Collins

& Frank: John Lennon wrote you a handwritten letter in 1971. Can you fucking believe it?

& Danny: And, Busywork? Um... Take care of her. Okay?
    Judd: My parents had their first dance to one of your songs. Sir.
    Danny: Yeah. Well, that’s fucked up in all kinds of ways now, isn’t it?

& Mary: I’m sorry, are you on drugs?
    Danny: Currently or in general?
    Mary: Currently?
    Danny: No. Dinner?
    Mary: No. I’m going to have to decline.
    Danny: You’re not a fan?
    Mary: Currently or in general?

& Danny: I want to cancel the rest of the tour.
    Frank: I’m sorry?
    Danny: I’m not sorry. I’m done, Frank.

---

& Frank: But why the fuck New Jersey?
    Danny: One shock at a time, Frank.

& Mary: You know, that song, it’s beautiful. It’s just a little short. But other than that, it’s beautiful.

& Danny: Just give me a day to do something good for you. And then, you know, I’m gone, forever. And you still go to heaven because you’re so damn tolerant. And I will still go to hell because, you know, you can’t buy redemption. Everybody wins.

& Frank: This is my second time in New Jersey in two months. I am not happy about that.

& Mary: You know what I like about you? You never give up.
    Danny: Some dinners are worth fighting for.

& Frank: The point, my boy, is that he’s got a good heart. He just keeps it up his ass half the time. What you do with that is up to you.

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Mr. F

Arrested Development 3×5

& Michael: Tobias, maybe you should spend less time... focused on your looks, and more time focused on your daughter, okay? Her grades are terrible. She’s gonna start getting F’s.

& Michael: We’ll have to be honest with these Japanese investors. They, uh, come from a culture that values honor and respect.
    Gob: And Godzilla!
    Buster: Godzirra!

& Michael: It’s time for us to start having some fun.
    George Michael: I don’t know. «Fun» and «Failure» both start out the same way.

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& Michael: Rita set me up. She set us all up. This beautiful, funny, brilliant woman was a spy. Everybody was right. It was too good to be true. And I... am turning her in. Let me tell you something else. I would not want to be the next woman who tries to fool me.

& Rita: You know, I really did fancy you. I can’t stay here now.
    Michael: Marry me.
    Rita: What?
    Michael: Let me marry you.

& Jay: Interesting.
    Frank: Don’t even think about it, Jay. She’s an MRF.
    Jay: MRF? What’s that?
    Frank: Mentally Retarded Female.
    Jay: That explains what she’s doing with him.
    Frank: And the hats.

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Heaven Is a Place

Halt and Catch Fire 2×10

& Donna: This is time-sharing. This is the name of the game. You know... look, we’ll counter Telenet, we’ll do the dance.
    Cameron: No, screw the dance. I want to change the music.

& Brendan: Gordon?
    Gordon: Uh, ahem, 0.28.
    Brendan: That’s pretty low. Must’ve been a good week.
    Gordon: Yeah, nothing to report....
    Brendan: What registered the .28 of stress?
    Gordon: Oh, uh, I couldn’t find my glasses.

& — I’m gonna stop you right there. Now, you brought Westgroup into tech recently, right? WestNet? All that?
    Joe: I transitioned Westgroup into time-sharing and helped them realize a dormant passive income stream.
    — So why did you torch it?

& — What I want to know is... why? Also how? Some destructive program? Right? A virus or something? You know, I looked into you, what you did at Cardiff. Immolating 100 computers out by Lake Texoma... Holy shit. I am blown away. I’ve never met a legitimate psychopath before.

& Cameron: We should buy this. IBM 3033 mainframe. It’s a refurbish job. It needs a little love, but then we’d own it. No more network partners.

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& Donna: If you want to drive a submarine, you gotta join the Navy. Yeah, you might have to salute somebody every once in a while, but I... it’s better than buying a rickety old diesel boat that sinks you to the bottom of the ocean.

& Joe: Boy, it seems like yesterday, doesn’t it?
    Gordon: Yeah, it seems like forever ago.

& Donna: Oh, God, I am ready for this day to be over.

& Cameron: Listen, I don’t want to add to your misery here, but the coffeemaker is broken, so... I think we should move to California.
Ω Hello, Silicon Valley?

& Cameron: Here. The diesel sub. Look, if we can’t bring the mainframe to Mutiny, maybe we bring Mutiny to the mainframe.

& Gordon: I just came by to give you this. I went into the Sonaris code, fixed the missing branch error. Not only that, this version targets older copies. It eradicates them. I muscled it up some, too, so it’ll inoculate machines from future infection. I mean, it’s... it’s one hell of an antidote.

& Gordon: So what is this, extortion?
    Donna: No, it’s an investment.

& Joe: Do you know what a vaccine is? It’s not medicine; it’s a little bit of the virus. You take a little bit of something bad so you can never be hurt like that again. Check it out.
Ω MacMillan as... MsAfee?

& Joe: The real security is trusting no one.

& Gordon: You know... we could be happy again. I really believe that.

& Bosworth: All right, ladies. You know, I never thought I’d say this... but I guess it’s time to move out to the Left Coast.

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Σ With a hope for Season 3...

Fathers and Sons

Tyrant 2×8

& Timmons: I think sleeping in all my clothes on a first date sends the right message. Says I’m a good time, but I’m in no hurry.

& Sammy: There’s a man inside Ma’an who’s fighting the Caliphate, and his name’s Khalil. He needs money.

& Jamal: God in Heaven, are you listening? Are you there? Is someone who has done what I’ve done even allowed to pray to you?

& Daliyah: You would work with your brother?
    Bassam: One devil at a time.

& Jamal: It’s God’s will, is it? Or is it because of me?

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& Solomon: You will not even get a chance to fire a shot at the Caliphate before Jamal turns on you.
    Rami: He’s my father. My family.
    Solomon: Idi Amin, Baby Doc, Saddam Hussein. Family is always the first to disappear.

& Bassam: What money? He doesn’t have any money.
    Daliyah: Yes, he does. He inherited it when you died.

& Jamal: First tell me who you are.
    Bassam: I told you... my name is Khalil.
    Jamal: Yes, but who are you really?

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Wild Tales

Relatos Salvajes

& Salgado: Does anyone else know Gabriel Pasternak?

& Cocinera: ...Besides, prison’s not that bad. It just has bad reputation. They feed you, you don’t pay rent, you have nothing to worry about. And if you make nice friends, you can have a good time. You play cards...

& Cocinera: How does it work? If rat poison is expired, is it more or less harmful?

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& Deputy: What’s your theory, sheriff? Crime of passion?

& Mauricio: I gave you the best education and you always did whatever you wanted. Now, go screw yourself.

& Romina: .....I’ll post all your secrets on Facebook! I’ll torture you until you scream with pain. You’ll be so humiliated that your only way out will be jumping off a bridge. And then, when death do us part... when your death do us part, I’ll have it all.

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Σ Brilliant.

Notapusy

Arrested Development 3×4

& Narrator: Michael was heading to work when he saw something he had never seen before lunch... his twin sister Lindsay.

& Michael: I’m very embarrassed to be out of breath in front of you. But you take my breath away.
    Rita: Oh, Michael. You’re such a!@%$#.
    Narrator: Michael was stunned. He assumed Rita was using the word !@%$# in the American sense... meaning «weak» or «cowardly.» In fact, Rita meant it in the British sense... meaning «sweet» or «gentle,» as in «pussycat.»

& Maeby: I got some news for you. There’s no such thing as an inner beauty pageant. They’re just gonna pick the chick with the best T and A.

& Maeby: I’ll show them a little T and A... Tobias and Ann.
    George Michael: My Ann?! No, I don’t... I don’t think we need any help.
    Tobias: Oh, George Michael, she’s a girl. I need to teach her how to be a woman. Within her lies a queen. Let me out that queen.
    Michael: I think you just did.

---

& George Michael: Hey, what are you doing, Maeby?
    Maeby: It’s Surely.

& Tobias: Ann, you need to decide... whether you want a man or a boy. I know how I’d answer.

& Steve Holt: Don’t ask, «Can I?» Ask, «I can!» ... You can control your bladder when you’re dead. ... No blood, no oil. ... There’s no «I» in win!

& Michael: Hey, does anyone know why my handlebars are in my bed?

& Rita: You really are quite a man, Michael.
    Michael: Do you really think so?
    Rita: Oh, yes. You’re a complete and utter!@%$#.
    Narrator: I can’t believe we had to bleep that. It would have been such a nice moment.

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The Second Best Exotic Marigold Hotel

<< The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel

& Sonny: ...And we become the furthest outpost of the Evergreen franchise. Leading to a chain of hotels stretching across India and beyond... for those such as... this great lady... whose face is a map of the world... and whose mind, though failing, still contains many of the secrets of the universe. Who had the chance to say, when she left her home for the Best Exotic Marigold Hotel... as others will do... «Why die here... when I can die there?»

& Muriel: Now, listen and learn, son. Tea is an herb that’s been dried out. So to bring it back to life, you have to infuse it... in boiling water. Everywhere I’ve been in this country... they slap down a cup of tepid nonsense... you know with the teabag lying beside it... which means I’ve got to go through the ridiculous business of dunking it... in the lukewarm piss... waiting for the slightest change of color to occur. And at my age... I haven’t got the time.

& Douglas: ...So they’re looking at me, awaiting my wisdom and knowledge... and I have none of either.
    Evelyn: How many times have you done that tour now’?
    Douglas: Oh, 63.
    Evelyn: And you still can’t remember a word you said?
    Douglas: You know how it is. First the knees, then the names.

& Sonny: Instinct, Sunaina. Instinct is the nose of the mind. And I have a large nose. It goes well with my poppy-out ears.

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& Muriel: Just because I’m looking at you when you talk, don’t think I’m interested or listening.
    Madge: Thing is, I don’t know who to say «yes» to.
    Muriel: Well... No, I don’t care.

& Douglas: The great and terrible thing about life... there’s just so much bloody... potential. All of which is almost certainly nonsense and I’ve no idea what I’m talking about.

& Muriel: You know, there’s a long list of things I don’t care for. Doctors’ sunburn. Mosquitoes. People who outstay their welcome. I could go on forever. But there is one thing... I cannot bear and that’s self-pity. It destroys everything around it.

& Douglas: In the end, it’s all very simple. All it takes is to look into someone’s eyes... and say... «Yes. This is what I want.» And for them to reply... «It’s what I want, too.» And there’s nothing to be afraid of.

& Burley: There’s nothing I respect more than someone planting trees under whose shade they may never sit.

& Muriel: There’s no such thing as an ending; just a place where you leave the story.

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Let Your Hair Down

Grimm 1×7

& Captain Renard: Another drug dealer getting rid of the competition?
    Hank: They would have taken his plants.
    Captain Renard: Who kills a pot grower in the middle of the woods for a sleeping bag and some food?
    Nick: Somebody hungry and cold.

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& Sgt. Wu: Hold on to your... Whatever you hold on to.

& Monroe: If she goes for my throat... Shoot her.

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Элиезер Юдковский — Гарри Поттер и методы рационального мышления (15)

HPMOR

<< Ранее

Глава 29. Эффект эгоцентричности

&  Подойдя слишком близко к Мальчику-Который-Выжил, становишься частью его истории.
     Без шансов написать свою.

&  – Подозрительные вещи случаются постоянно, а если ты конспиролог – ты всегда найдёшь что-нибудь подозрительное.

&  – Гермиона, – раздражённо заметил Гарри, – он не злой. Он слегка тёмный, и уж конечно слизеринец до мозга костей. Но это не значит, что он злой.
     Проблема Гарри в том, что у него слишком много разных названий для явлений. Для него же было бы лучше чётко поделить мир на Добро и Зло.

&  – Это какой-то план? – спросил Гарри.
     – Почему всё, что я делаю, должно быть каким-то планом? – с удивлённым видом спросил профессор Квиррелл. – Неужели я не могу творить хаос просто ради хаоса?

&  Нельзя разбогатеть, если тратить деньги, когда нутром чувствуешь подвох.

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Глава 30. Работа в группах. Часть 1

&  В историю социальной психологии вошёл легендарный эксперимент «Робберс Кейв». Он проводился в смутное десятилетие после окончания Второй мировой войны с целью исследовать причины и найти способы решения конфликтов между группами. Учёные организовали летний лагерь в лесопарке для 22 мальчиков из 22 разных школ, выбирая детей из полных семей среднего класса. В первой фазе эксперимента изучались предпосылки возникновения конфликта между группами. 22 мальчика были поделены на две группы по 11 человек – и уже этого оказалось достаточно.
     Враждебность возникла, как только обе группы узнали о существовании друг друга, обмен оскорблениями случился на первой же встрече. Одна группа назвала себя «Орлами», другая – «Гремучниками» (им не требовались названия, пока они думали, что одни). В группах стали развиваться контрастирующие групповые стереотипы. Гремучники считали себя крутыми и жёсткими и много сквернословили, а Орлы, соответственно, считали себя честными и приличными.
     Вторая часть эксперимента была направлена на разрешение межгрупповых конфликтов. Идея собрать ребят вместе для проведения фейерверка не сработала. Они держались поодаль и ругались друг с другом. А вот когда было объявлено, что в лагере побывали вандалы, и группам нужно работать сообща, чтобы починить водоснабжение – это сработало. Общая задача, общий враг.

&  – Я правильно понимаю, – Гарри посмотрел Драко прямо в глаза, – что эти аккуратные троечки – боевой порядок, который используют профессиональные маги-военные? Которых специально тренируют, чтобы у них не дрожали руки, и они легко поражали движущиеся цели, и которые умеют объединять силы для обороны, когда они вместе? В отличие от твоих солдат?
     Ухмылка исчезла с лица Драко. Теперь оно было напряжённым и угрюмым.
     – Видишь, – не понижая голос произнёс Гарри, – вот почему нужно всегда ставить под сомнение всё, что делают те, кому ты подражаешь, и спрашивать себя, почему они поступают так, а не иначе, и есть ли смысл делать то же самое в твоей ситуации.

&  – Я могу достичь чего угодно, если буду достаточно усердно учиться.

Глава 30. Работа в группах. Часть 2

&  Драко произнёс вслух:
     – Я замечаю, что я озадачен.
     Сила рационалиста состоит в способности быть озадаченным вымыслом больше, чем реальностью.
     Драко был в замешательстве.
     Значит, что-то из того, в чём он убеждён, – вымысел.
     Грейнджер не могла сделать всё это.
     Значит, она, вероятно, и не делала.

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OXV: The Manual

& Leonardo: Meet my friend. This is Isaac-Newton Midgeley.

& Zak: How are you?
    Marie: Greeting or serious question?

& Strauss: Everybody can play something. Everybody. All you need is heart, soul, and a little imagination. You have those?

& Mrs. Fortune: So, Zak, how have you been since you left school?
    Zak: A serious question, or polite conversation?

& Mr. Fortune: If the world is a maze, this is the map. Do you realize what you’ve done?.. I mean, this could be the most important discovery of all time!.. It levels the playing field. I mean, think what would happen if everybody uses it— No lucky, no unlucky, true balance in the universe for the first time. An end to war. Justice for all. Have you got a patent?

& Mr. Fortune: If we believe you, then you are just a fool who got lucky. If we don’t you are a lying genius. I’m sure you’ll appreciate the irony.

& Bridges: Is it special music?
    Strauss: Well, kind of. It’s Mozart. Listen, gentlemen... and ladies. When Mozart plays, we are all the same frequency.

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& Strauss: A brief history lesson. A secret history. There was never any magic, only just The Book being lost and found, being written, being rewritten, being burned, being used to control the masses. And then... came the music. We knew from early on that music held some power, some power to free us. You’ve heard of the Pied Piper, I have no doubt. Composer— literally «To Come». The first composers weren’t writing simply to entertain. They were writing to give us control of our minds back. With each new piece, the book was weakened, until... Mozart.
    Zak: 1760...
    Strauss: His first composition, the first piece that truly immunized us against The Book. Since then, there’ve been many. When you recognize a melody you’ve never heard before, that’ll be one, tapping into our collective subconscious. Most complex music just interferes enough with the book to make it unreliable and, so, useless.

& Strauss: The masses didn’t take too kindly to being reminded they are just mechanisms— Complex, certainly... but mechanisms with buttons to push, nonetheless. Music— it’s the reset button.
    Bridges: Where is that, precisely?
    Strauss: The soul.
    Bridges: And what happens when the music stops?
    Strauss: Oh, it can never stop.

& Theo: So, why don’t we tell them?
    Strauss: Because the masses prefer not to be self-aware, which by choice, puts them on a level with all their cousins in the animal kingdom.

& Doctor: Zak, this is a course of Mozart and Brahms. Marie, Pachelbel, once daily.

& Theo: ...I will know the true pattern. You ask me what good that will do. I tell you, «Knowledge is useless if you only know parts— There can be no truth. Everyone else will know only pieces. Only I will know... everything.» You ask me if I don’t miss surprises. I tell you that although I might get the score, there is still the joy in watching the performance.

& Zak: It means that whatever gave us our minute wasn’t love... It was fate. It means I’m just here to serve a purpose for you. It means everything’s already decided. There’s no freedom, no responsibility, and knowledge absolutely does not determine destiny.
    Marie: Yes. Does it matter?
    Zak: No. Not to me.
    Marie: Me neither.

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The Three Bad Wolves

Grimm 1×6

& Hap: He’s a cop and a Grimm? Is that legal?

& Angelina: Do you remember that time in the cascades? We didn’t go inside for a month. Admit it, you have never felt so free.
    Monroe: The call of the wild isn’t always such a good thing.

& Nick: Monroe, it’s Nick! Open up!
    Monroe: Maybe I should just get you your own key?

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& Lt. Orson: This isn’t between you and me.
    Monroe: Then what’s with the shotgun?
    Lt. Orson: I didn’t wanna end up on the dinner table with an apple stuffed in my mouth.

& Nick: What the hell are you doing?
    Lt. Orson: Mud bath.
    Nick: Yeah, I got that.
    Lt. Orson: It’s a bauerschwein thing. It soothes the skin. It helps me think.

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While We're Young

& Fletcher: Why is it that when one person picks up their phone, everybody else has to?
    Cornelia: I have a quick thing.
    Marina: The baby.
    Josh: Richard Donner.
    Fletcher: Each of us is so certain that we’ve got the most important thing to do right now.
    Cornelia: I know, it’s so rude.
    Fletcher: Not anymore. It used to be, but now it’s accepted. It’s like showing your ankles in the 1800s.

& Cornelia: My dad likes to say, «The more, the more.»
    Josh: That’s because your dad has everything. And then he gets more.

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& Fletcher: Before you have a kid, everyone tells you, «It’s the best thing you’ll ever do.» And as soon as you get the baby back from the hospital, those same people are like, «Don’t worry, it gets better.» I’m like, «What the fuck was all that before?»

& Josh: I do know that documentaries are over.
    Jamie: Are you kidding? It’s what everyone is doing. ...
    Josh: If everyone is filming everything, what’s a documentary anymore?

& Josh: I wish we could just go back and meet each other all over again. I’d present myself differently, so I didn’t get your hopes up...

& Josh: I think it’s hard for me to have something great every day and to acknowledge it... I have something great every day.

& Josh: You were right, he’s not evil. He’s just young.

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House of Cards 3×11

Chapter 37

& Claire: Francis Underwood is a good man. He’s dedicated and generous. And I have 28 years of proof. And I can honestly say, even if I wasn’t married to him, he would definitely have my vote.

& VP Blythe as Dunbar: Negligence. Nepotism. Misappropriation of federal funds. A foreign policy fiasco and loose with the truth. What do these five fingers have in common?.. Francis J. Underwood.

& Seth: What about «vision»?
    Underwood: Isn’t that too generic?
    Seth: That’s what we want. I mean, the more generic, the better. People can project anything they want on «vision.»

& Claire: Tomorrow, maybe. My brain is a bit fried.
    Thomas: Is it what Sharp said? Why you don’t want to watch anymore? The sexist comment?
    Claire: Oh, I honestly don’t care. It’s all spectacle. Who can get the most points, right?

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& Claire: What would you call this color? Scarlet isn’t right. It’s not crimson or maroon.
    Thomas: Carmine.
    Claire: Carmine? You must be a writer.

& Underwood: This is not a partnership of equals. Nothing close to it. If you are to be my vice president, you will do what I ask. And we will not have this conversation every time you feel uncomfortable with what I ask you to do, or how I choose to conduct myself. That’s our dynamic.

& Claire: He proposed and I said... I said seven years. If it’s still good, another seven. If not... Every seven years.

& Claire: You ever have that feeling?.. On a bridge, you look over and... step back. ............ I didn’t jump. I didn’t step back. I didn’t...

& Claire: I don’t know what to do! Don’t do anything?

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Salting the Battlefield

<< Turks & Caicos (Johnny Worricker—2)

Johnny Worricker — 3

& Margot: We could MAKE coffee, you know.
    Johnny: I never make coffee, I buy it.
    Margot: I’ve noticed.
    Johnny: It’s better. I see more.

& Ted: So? So, what shall I say?
    Alec Beasley: Well, we say nothing. If we go near the fire, we feed it. If we ignore it, it dies. That’s what I’ve learn.

& Sterling: Alec, you are the greatest politician of the age. Your enemies are plankton. Truly. Some rogue M15 man with a file! Is that what the Prime Minister of Great Britain should be worrying about first thing in the morning? Some tie-dyed arsehole from the Turks and Caicos?
    Alec Beasley: Was he wearing tie-dye?

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& Jill: We can deal with that.
    Anthea: You can deal with the British press in full cry?
    Jill: I don’t see why not. At MI5 we’ve never had any problem with the press.
    Anthea: Really?
    Jill: Politics is fair game, national security isn’t. They’re like all bullies, they don’t like being bullied back.

& Margot: I remember one thing about spying... Spies work alone.

& Johnny: A campaign isn’t a campaign if it’s only been picked up by one paper.

& Johnny: I can get you back in... I’ve watched you the last few months. You’re brilliant at it. You love it.
    Margot: Yes. But I love you more.

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White Justice

Hell on Wheels 5×3

& The Swede: You are God’s instrument. I come to remind you, is all.
    Bohannon: You remember... got you in my line of sight.

& Bohannon: No women on the railroad, plain and simple.

& Huntington: Spectacular! Three inches before lunch. That is what I call an improvement. We’ll be makin’ four foot a week.
    Bohannon: If it holds up.
    Huntington: Oh, Mr. Bohannon, you are like Hercules, triumphant after his seven labors. I believe in this colossus of yours.

& Huntington: Back in Sacramento, during the rush of ’49, every jackanape with a dollar and a dream wanted to turn up his fortune in gold. Now, the thing about gold is, it’s buried in the ground. If you wanna get it out, you gotta dig it up. In order to dig it up, you need one thing... At that time, a shovel cost $15. A plot of land, $75. I had $90 to my name, exactly $90. Just enough to buy a plot of land and a shovel.
    Jim: Or enough to buy six shovels...
    Huntington: The first six sold by Huntington Hardware Incorporated.

& Huntington: And Jim, uh, you can be a man with a shovel in your hand or you can be the man that sells the shovel to the man with a shovel in his hand.

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& Jim: Matt Keane, Pete Jones, Dan Cates. They’re good men. They’re good men with families.
    Huntington: Good men with families get fired every day. Don’t be one of ’em.

& Chang: «By three methods we may learn wisdom. First, by reflection, second, by imitation...»
    Tao: «And third, by experience.»
    Chang: «Which is the bitterest.»
    Tao: Hmm. Wisdom gained through experience is the reason young men must respect their elders.

& Jim: I had it under control.
    Bohannon: Hell you did.
    Jim: It was moving in the right direction.
    Bohannon: Hell it was.

& Bohannon: This is America. Ain’t nobody belongs to nobody. We fought a war over it.
    Mei: But we still Chinese.

& The Swede: Control yourself. For your own good.

& Jim: All right, the railroad comes first.
    Bohannon: It’s all we got. You and me.
    Jim: Actually, boss, I have a wife. Five sons, a daughter, two dogs, eight hens, a couple of cats, and a canary.
    Bohannon: I liked you better quiet.

& Chang: So this is America. It may be the law, Mr. Bohannon, but it is not justice.
    Bohannon: No, it ain’t.

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Кен Лю — Моно-но аварэ

  “Мир по форме похож на иероглиф «зонт», но написанный так неуклюже (так от руки их рисую я), что все части непропорциональны. ...

&  – А какая игра тебе нравятся? ...
     – Думаю, шахматы. Мне нравится ферзь. Он сильный и отличается от остальных. Настоящий герой.
     – Но шахматы – игра мелких стычек. А го даёт больше возможностей. Здесь разыгрываются настоящие сражения.
     – Но в го нет героев.
     Я не знаю, что ответить ему...

&  Я пытаюсь сложить для неё слова в стихи, но по моему у меня не очень получается. «Вареваре ха, зоси но айда ни каику ни ките». То есть: «Мы пришли, чтобы стать гостями средь звёзд».
     Я вспоминаю: «Есть тысячи способов, чтобы сказать что то, – обычно приговаривал папа. – И каждый подходит именно для своего случая».
     Он учил меня, что наш язык полон нюансов и гибкого изящества, каждое предложение которого – поэма. Как сталь японских мечей, этот язык складывается из слоёв, и несказанные слова важны не менее, чем сказанные, контекст внутри контекста и смысл внутри смысла.

&  Я никогда не слышал, чтобы мои родители говорили друг другу: «Я люблю тебя», но некоторые слова не надо произносить вслух, чтобы они оказались правдой.

&  – А будут ли пытаться построить больше спасательных звездолётов?
     Папа не ответил. Вечерний летний ветер приносил стрекотание цикад: «Чиррр чирр чирррр». Вдруг папа произнёс:
     В стрекотаньи цикады
     Нет намёка на то,
     Что умрёт она скоро.

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&  Папа вздохнул и улыбнулся мне. Он посмотрел на заходящее солнце и снова заговорил:
     Бесконечная красота
     в угасающем свете Солнца,
     Хоть день уж близится к концу.
     Я повторил эти строчки про себя. Что то в них трогало меня. Я попытался выразить это словами:
     – Это как будто ласковый котёнок умывается у меня в сердце.

&  Поникший цветок,
     Жёлтый, как лучи Луны,
     Тонок этой ночью.

&  – Всё проходит, Хирото, – произнёс папа. – То чувство в твоём сердце, оно называется «моно но аварэ». Это ощущение бренности всего в жизни. Солнце, цикада, Молот, мы сами; всё это – члены уравнений Джеймса Клерка Максвелла, и всё это эфемерные структуры, которым предназначено исчезнуть, чему то всего за секунду, а чему то за эон.

&  Одуванчики.
     Бриз разбросает семя
     Поздней осенью.

&  Так получилось. Всё преходяще.

&  – Мы живём в краю вулканов и землетрясений, тайфунов и цунами, Хирото. Каждый день мы сталкиваемся с тем, как ненадёжна наша жизнь на узкой полоске поверхности этой планеты между подземным жаром и ледяным вакуумом сверху... Но именно это осознание близости смерти, бесконечной красоты каждого мгновения, позволило нам выжить. Моно но аварэ, сынок, это эмпатия со вселенной. Это душа нашей нации. Благодаря этому мы пережили Хиросиму, оккупацию, все лишения и угрозу полного уничтожения, не теряя силу духа...

&  Нас определяет место, которое мы занимаем в сети жизни других людей.

  ... И мы идём по улице так, чтобы запомнить бесконечную красоту каждой травинки, каждой капли, каждого тусклого лучика заходящего солнца...”

Бумажный зверинец

  “Одно из моих самых ранних воспоминаний: я рыдаю, а Папа с Мамой пытаются успокоить меня, но у них ничего не выходит. ...

&  В старших классах мне казалось, что я знаю так много обо всём. Презренье бурлило в жилах, как хорошее вино...

  ... По складкам я заново сложил Лаоху, посадил его на сгиб руки, он замурлыкал, и мы пошли домой.”

Cinderella

& Mother: I want to tell you a secret. A great secret that will see you through all the trials that life can offer. You must always remember this. Have courage, and be kind.

& Father: ...She’ll merely be your stepmother. And you’ll have two lovely sisters to keep you company.

& Stepmother: Do shut up.

& Prince: Miss, what do they call you?
    Ella: Never mind what they call me.

& Prince: But we’re hunting, you see. It’s what’s done.
    Ella: Just because it’s what’s done doesn’t mean it’s what should be done.

& Grand Duke: Your business is my business, Your Royal Highness. It will not do to let the stag go free.
    Prince: Just because it’s what’s done doesn’t mean it’s what should be done. Or something like that.

& Fairy Godmother: I’m your hairy dogfather. I mean, fairy godmother!

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& Fairy Godmother: Now, I need that coachman.
    Ella: Coachman?
    Fairy Godmother: Did I say «coachman»? I meant «goose.»
    Goose: I can’t drive. I’m a goose!

& Fairy Godmother: I’m rather good at shoes...

& Ella: I’m frightened, Mr. Lizard. I’m only a girl, not a princess.
    Lizard: And I’m only a lizard, not a footman. Enjoy it while it lasts.

& Ella: I have to leave. It’s hard to explain. Lizards and pumpkins, and things.

& Ella: Such bad timing.

& Prince: I believe that we need not look outside of our borders for strength or guidance. What we need is right before us. And we need only have courage and be kind to see it.

& Captain: Miss. You are requested and required to present yourself to your king.

& Fairy Godmother: Would who she was, who she really was, be enough? There was no magic to help her this time. This is perhaps the greatest risk that any of us will take. To be seen as we truly are.

& Fairy Godmother: Hmm, where did everyone go?

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Respite

Falling Skies 5×6

& Tom: I don’t think you understand. There’s a war on, and I’ve got people out there waiting for me —
    Willie: No, sir. There is no fight here, no war. This is a safe place.

& Hal: 2nd Mass. Stands for «2nd Massachusetts.»
    Isabella: 2nd Mass? Is that some callback to the Revolutionary War? Like you’re the Continental Army fighting the British again?

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& Tom: You gotta ditch the cigarettes. Those haven’t been popular since the Nixon administration.

& Alicia: Iced tea sound okay?
    Tom: Oh, iced anything sounds like a miracle.

& Anne: All your spikes are completely out... Well, I guess you won’t be climbing any 30-foot walls anytime soon.

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Black Maps and Motel Rooms

True Detective 2×7

& Det. Woodrugh: I’m just trying to be a good man.

& Frank: Holy cow. You must be what they call a natural-born pimp. Me, I always saw a difference between a whore and a pimp. A whore can still have integrity.

& Velcoro: Have I got a fucking story for you.

& Frank: Look me in the eyes. I want to watch your lights go out.

---

& Eliot: Oh, God. God damn everything.
    Bezzerides: That’s what I say.

& Frank: Delegate nothing.

& Frank: Here we are. Under the bright lights.

& Bezzerides: You’re not a bad man.
    Velcoro: Yes... I am.

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The Awful Grace of God

Tyrant 2×7

& Samira: What a cosmic joke. Everything went to shit after you died, you know that?

& Jamal: Catastrophe helps take one’s mind off tragedy.

& Samira: I used to think the world is a very complicated place. But that’s not true. You either win... or you lose. You’re either human, or you’re a dog. You’re either inside the cage, or you’re out. And I’m out right now, and I’m never, never going back in.

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& Bassam: No more pain. No more pain. No more pain.

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House of Cards 3×10

Chapter 36

& Eliana Caspi: Forgive me, Prince Ryad. You may be dealing with a few hundred refugees, but we are facing mortar attacks. Fourteen in the last two weeks.
    Hasan Aruri: None of your people have died yet!
    Eliana Caspi: The last one came within 50 meters of a school.
    Hasan Aruri: Your troops have killed over a dozen Palestinians in house raids. You expect us not to fight back?

& Claire: We need to discuss the no-fly zone.
    Eliana Caspi: It’s only for the Russians, not the peacekeepers. They can’t stay if they have nothing to eat.
    Claire: What are you going to do, shoot down a supply plane?
    Eliana Caspi: We hope they won’t make us face that choice.
    Claire: They’ll ignore it. And you’re just going to antagonize Moscow.
    Eliana Caspi: I’m sorry, but the no-fly zone is above my pay grade. Perhaps your husband can talk to the prime minister...

& Jackie: I don’t want a wife who’s miserable because she turned her back on the White House. Alan: Look... The thing about surgery is, once you’re in, you’re in. There’s a beating heart in front of you. Someone’s life. There’s no room for doubt. So, whatever goes wrong... say hemorrhage or a blood clot, you deal with it. You don’t get to walk away.
    Jackie: But that’s life or death. This isn’t.
    Alan: It is for you.

& President Petrov: I say to Israel, keep your airspace. Keep your no-fly zone. I will be flying through it, nevertheless. Shoot me down, if you wish, because nothing can stop me from standing side by side with my countrymen. I will embrace the men who serve this country, because I am Russian, and Russians... do not abandon their own.

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& Underwood: Claire, I value your opinion. I just don’t agree with it this time.

& President Petrov: I think she should be gone.
    Underwood: Gone in what way? Gone from these negotiations?
    President Petrov: As ambassador. My final condition.
    Underwood: That cannot be on the table!
    President Petrov: It is. And it’s non-negotiable.

& President Petrov: I’m doing you a favor.
    Underwood: You are being petty!
    President Petrov: The SEAL team you sent... Look how easily we manipulated her. Moryakov didn’t have to work too hard. Did we blow up our own men? Maybe we did. Maybe we didn’t. But we made her believe that we did. And she convinced you. Now, wouldn’t you call that blindness?

& President Petrov: I’ve killed a man with my bare hands. It wasn’t make-believe. Do you think you’re capable?.... I think you are. You’re ruthless. Like me.

& President Petrov: Sometimes we must be ruthless with those who hate us... And sometimes we must be ruthless with those we love.

& Underwood: I need to concentrate on what’s in front of me right now.
    Claire: I am. I’m in front of you.

& Underwood: My decision. Sometimes I think the presidency... is the illusion of choice.

& Underwood: I wish I could do that sometimes. Escape myself.

& Tom: I’m not asking as your biographer. I’m asking as your friend.
    Underwood: Are we friends?
    Tom: We could pretend to be...
    Underwood: This isn’t pretend. I’m real.

& Tom: You’re hurting.
    Underwood: She’s hurting more.
    Tom: Everyone’s hurting.

& Tom: Whatever he did out there must have worked.
    Kate: Mm... I wonder what it cost him.

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Kali

Halt and Catch Fire 2×9

& Donna: Holding hands with Joe MacMillan never ends well. Trust me, I know.

& Bosworth: Hey, cut that out. That down-in-the-mouth crap. Come on, buyers hear defeat, they scatter quicker than crawfish at a church boil. You’re the boss bitch around here. Queen of the Nile. Sittin’ on a gold mine. People be lucky you don’t charge admission, get me?

& Bosworth: Oh, hell, I got no interest in blowin’ your grand plans, whatever they are. Yeah, it’s a free country. Couple things, though..... Two, it’s a lot easier to establish a beachhead under a friendly flag. Why do you think Toyota’s building cars in Fremont rather than Fuji-what-now? Well, four little words... Made in the U.S.A.

& Tom: Happiness is not some side effect. It’s kind of the whole point.

& Joe: Cameron, I can’t do this.
    Cameron: No. You’re Joe MacMillan. I think you can do whatever you want.

---

& Joe: From the cave paintings to the funny pages, the stone tablets to the telephone, we humans seek, we crave connection. The exchange of our thoughts and ideas from the trivial to the sublime. Welcome to the printing press, the newspaper, and telephone of tomorrow. With just a few keystrokes on a PC, talk to loved ones across the country. Share a stock tip, a story, tell a joke. Or, better yet, find new friends. ..... It’s a never-ending conversation on tap 24/7. No boundaries, no borders. It’s a pathway to a new world. The key, of course, is the unique interface. It makes participation not just fun, not just exciting, but addictive. And all this...

& Bosworth: It ain’t about the money. I’m just too damn old to be eating three meals a day out of a toaster. It’s undignified.

& Sara: All this time, I thought that you were a victim of your genius, some sidetracked prophet.... But you’re not, are you, Joe? You’re an accident. You’re something that happens to people who deserve better.
    Joe: I’m not an accident. I deserve better.

& Sara: I just wish that you ... could just see your face when you say her name. Say it, Joe. Say Cameron.

& Cameron: I couldn’t have done any of this without you!
    Tom: No, Cameron. You did this all by yourself.

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Admiral

Michiel de Ruyter

& Maarten Tromp: The wind is blowing the wrong way. Like politicians, very unpredictable.

& Johan de Witt: This is our country. A country we conquered from the water. A country where we earn our own happiness. By working hard, in the villages and cities. In the ports and on the mainland. Our freedom can only be protected if we are willing to fight for freedom for others. That is why the Dutch lion holds these seven arrows in his claw. That is what binds us. Your freedom is my freedom. I’ll defend this freedom until my last breath.

& Michiel de Ruyter: No one will listen to me.
    Johan de Witt: We’ll make them listen.
    Michiel de Ruyter: I’m not of noble birth.
    Johan de Witt: Even better.
    Michiel de Ruyter: Sailors are conservative. You can’t just make anyone admiral of the fleet. That’s not how it works.
    Johan de Witt: Yes, it does. It’s the 17th century, anything is possible.

& Jan: The Royal Charles. Unsinkable, or so they say.
    Michiel de Ruyter: All ships are unsinkable, Jan. Until they sink.

& Johan de Witt: What about those sea soldiers you’re training? What do you call them?
    Michiel de Ruyter: Marines.

& Johan de Witt: Diplomacy, Michiel, diplomacy is the future of warfare.
    Michiel de Ruyter: The people don’t understand diplomacy.
    Johan de Witt: I can’t adapt my policy to people who understand less than we do...

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& Johan de Witt: The French are at the border. The English near the coast. And that’s not all. The bishops of Cologne and Munster are joining in. They’ve divided our country, everyone gets a piece of the pie. It’s not just about destroying our fleet. They want to land near The Hague with a huge number of troops. You must stop them. Our land army won’t survive it. You’re our only hope, Michiel. Don’t let them turn us into English and French provinces.

& Jan: The brothers De Witt are lost. Stay out of it.
    Michiel de Ruyter: What kind of country would that be? I say whatever I want, as long as I live.

& Willem III: Gentlemen, excuse me, we’re going to flood the country.

& Michiel de Ruyter: The wind comes from the south, and so we’ll do what they expect us to do. We’re going to sail in line here... and then Tromp is going to leave a hole here. He’s good at that.

& Michiel de Ruyter: You want me to join a rebellion?
    Dequesne: You can be the symbol of our resistance. The people look up to you.
    Michiel de Ruyter: And I have the fleet behind me. You’re crazy, man. Plunge the country into a civil war?
    Dequesne: Anything is better than a dictatorship!

& Willem III: I might as well have condemned him to death. That would’ve been more honest.
    Bentinck: Think of it as an act of a true statesman.
    Willem III: ... I’ve decided to form an alliance with the English throne. I have to seize this opportunity.
    Bentinck: What!?
    Willem III: A marriage with Mary Stuart. Think of it as an act of a true statesman.

& Willem III: Give him the most beautiful grave possible.

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