Mad Men 1x06

Babylon

Season 1, Episode 6

& Pete: So, we have a quasi-communist state where women have guns, and it's filled with Jews.
   Paul: Well, not completely filled. Let's not forget that there are also Arabs.
   Salvatore: As far as I can see, the biggest thing this place has going for it: the people are good-looking. The Jews there don't look like the Jews here.


& Rachel: I'm American. I'm really not very Jewish. If my mother hadn't died having me, I could have been Marilyn instead of Rachel. No one would know the difference.
   Don: What is the difference?
   Rachel: Look, Jews have lived in exile for a long time: First in Babylon, then all over the world... Shanghai, Brooklyn... and we've managed to make a go of it. Maybe it has something to do with the fact that we thrive at doing business with people who hate us.
   Don: I don't hate you.
   Rachel: No. Individuals are wonderful. A country... for "those people," as you call us, well... it seems very important.
   Don: Then why aren't you there?
   Rachel: My life is here. My grandfather came from Russia, now we have a store on Fifth Avenue. I'll visit, but I don't have to live there. It just... has to be. For me, it's more of an idea than a place.
   Don: Utopia.
   Rachel: Maybe. They taught us at Barnard about that word. Utopia. The Greeks had two meanings for it: "Eu-topos," meaning "the good place," and "ou-topos," meaning "the place that cannot be."


& Joan: And remember, the mirror could be your best friend or your worst enemy.

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& Betty: Dr. Wayne suggested a book which... says that it's part of the mourning process.
   Don: Mourning is just extended self-pity. In New Guinea, pygmies grind up their ancestors and drink the powder in a beer.
   Betty: And a model culture at that, pygmies.


& Betty: Did you know Michelangelo was painting the Sistine ceiling when those people were still living in caves discovering fire?
   Don: I didn't know that.
   Betty: Well, it's true. Introduction to Basic Anthropology.
   Don: What about... Advanced Reproduction?


& Ken: Did you know that lipstick was invented to simulate the flush on a woman's face after you treated her right?
   Harry: If you're going to quote the research report, don't start with "Did you know?"


& Rachel: I want him, and I want to ignore everything else about him.
   Barbara: It's 1960. We don't live in a shtetl. We can marry for love.
   Rachel: I'm not sure people do that anymore.
   Rachel: Why do you always have to be so cynical?
   Rachel: Because sometimes... things come... good things... but there's no future in them.


& Roy: L'chaim. So what do you do, Don?
   Don: I blow up bridges.
   Midge: Don's in advertising.
   Roy: No way. Madison Avenue? What a gas.
   Midge: We all have to serve somebody.
   Roy: Perpetuating the lie. How do you sleep at night?
   Don: On a bed made of money.
   Roy: You hucksters in your tower created the religion of mass consumption.
   Don: People want to be told what to do so badly that they'll listen to anyone.
   Roy: When you say people, I have a feeling you're talking about thou.



By the waters
The waters of Babylon
We lay down and wept
And wept
For thee, Zion
We remember thee
Remember thee
Remember thee, Zion
By the waters
The waters of Babylon

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-- Dict:
grind up — измельчать, размалывать
thrive — процветать, преуспевать
huckster — мелочной торговец; лавочник; разносчик; торгаш, барышник; делец; корыстолюбивый человек; составитель реклам, рекламист



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