The Shining

& Danny: Do you really want to go and live in that hotel for the winter?
    Wendy: Sure I do. It’ll be lots of fun.
    Danny: Yeah, I guess so.

& Danny: Don’t worry, Mom. I know all about cannibalism. I saw it on TV.

& Dick Hallorann: When I was a little boy... my grandmother and I could hold conversations... entirely without ever opening our mouths. She called it «shining.»

& Dick Hallorann: Who’s Tony?

& Dick Hallorann: Scared of nothing here. It’s just that... you know, some places are like people. Some shine... and some don’t. I guess you could say the Overlook Hotel... has something about it that’s like shining.

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& Danny: Mr. Hallorann, what is in room 237?

& Jack Torrance: God! I’d give anything for a drink. I’d give my goddamn soul... for just a glass of beer. .... Hi, Lloyd. A little slow tonight, isn’t it?

& Jack Torrance: All I tried to do was pull him up. A momentary loss of muscular coordination. I mean... a few extra foot-pounds of energy... per second, per second.

& Delbert Grady: It’s his mother. She... interferes. Perhaps they need a good... talking-to. If... you don’t mind my saying so. Perhaps... a bit more.

& Jack Torrance: I’m home...

& Jack Torrance: Here’s Johnny!

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>> Doctor Sleep (2019)

Lolita

& Humbert Humbert: Are you Quilty?
    Quilty: No, I’m Spartacus. Have you come to free the slaves or something?

& Humbert Humbert: I want you to concentrate. You’re going to die. Try to understand what is happening to you.

& Lolita: Don’t forget me.

& Charlotte: Do you believe in God?
    Humbert Humbert: The question is, does God believe in me?

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& Charlotte: Darling, it’s going to be you and me alone... forever.

& Humbert Humbert: Just a minute, I’m following a train of thought.

& Humbert Humbert: No man can bring about the perfect murder. Chance, however, can do it.

& Quilty: Your daughter? Isn’t it great to have a lovely, tall... pretty little daughter like that? It’s wonderful. I don’t have any children or boys or little tall girls. I’m not even—

& Lolita: Well, what shall we do now?

& Humbert Humbert: Well, what do you want to do?
    Lolita: Why don’t we play a game?

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Spartacus

& Marcellus: You’re not as stupid as I thought. You might even be intelligent. That’s dangerous for slaves.

& Marcellus: You just remember, from now on everything you do I’ll be watching.

& Spartacus: I’m not an animal!

& Gracchus: This republic of ours is something like a rich widow. Most Romans love her as their mother but Crassus dreams of marrying the old girl to put it politely.

& Gracchus: Let’s make an old-fashioned sacrifice for Glabrus’ success?
    Julius Caesar: I thought you had reservations about the gods.
    Gracchus: Privately I believe in none of them — neither do you. Publicly, I believe in them all.

& Marcus Licinius Crassus: Great merciful bloodstained gods! Your pardon. I always address heaven in moments of triumph.

& Marcus Licinius Crassus: One of the disadvantages of being a Patrician is that occasionally you are obliged to act like one. You’ve pledged to go, and go you must.

& Spartacus: Do you realize nobody can ever sell you again?.. Nobody can sell you. Or give you away. Nobody can ever make you stay with anyone. Nobody can make you stay with anybody.

& Marcus Licinius Crassus: There, boy, is Rome. The might, the majesty, the terror of Rome. There is the power that bestrides the known world like a colossus. No man can withstand Rome. No nation can withstand her.

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& Marcus Licinius Crassus: There’s only one way to deal with Rome, Antoninus. You must serve her. You must abase yourself before her. You must grovel at her feet. You must love her.

& Spartacus: Who wants to fight? An animal can learn to fight. But to sing beautiful things and make people believe them...

& Spartacus: I want to... I want to know.
    Varinia: Know what?
    Spartacus: Everything. Why a star falls and a bird doesn’t... Where the sun goes at night... Why the moon changes shape... I want to know where the wind comes from...

& Spartacus: I want to know all about you. Every line, every curve. I want to know every part of you. Every beat of your heart.

& Tigranes Levantus: If you looked into a magic crystal, you saw your army destroyed and yourself dead. If you saw that in the future, as I’m sure you’re seeing it now, would you continue to fight?
    Spartacus: Yes.
    Tigranes Levantus: Knowing that you must lose?
    Spartacus: Knowing we can. All men lose when they die and all men die. But a slave and a free man lose different things.
    Tigranes Levantus: They both lose life.
    Spartacus: When a free man dies, he loses the pleasure of life. A slave loses his pain. Death is the only freedom a slave knows. That’s why he’s not afraid of it. That’s why we’ll win.

& Spartacus: You’re all wrong! The best wine comes from home, wherever it is.

& Marcus Licinius Crassus: Rome is an eternal thought in the mind of God.
    Julius Caesar: I had no idea you’d grown religious.
    Marcus Licinius Crassus: That doesn’t matter. If there were no gods at all, I’d revere them. If there were no Rome, I’d dream of her as I want you to do.

& Marcus Licinius Crassus: Have you thought how costly my services might be?
    Gracchus: We buy everything else these days. No reason why we shouldn’t be charged for patriotism. What’s your fee?

& Julius Caesar: So now we... deal with pirates. We bargain with criminals.
    Gracchus: Don’t be so stiff-necked. Politics is a practical profession. If a criminal has what you want, you do business with him.

& Marcus Licinius Crassus: This campaign is not alone to kill Spartacus. It is to kill the legend of Spartacus.

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Eyes Wide Shut

& William: You know what they say: «Once a doctor, always a doctor.»
    Nick: Yes, or in my case: «Never a doctor, never a doctor.»

& Sandor: My name is Sandor Szavost. I’ m Hungarian.
    Alice: My name is Alice Harford. I’m American.

& Sandor: Don’t you think one of the charms of marriage... is that it makes deception a necessity for both parties?

& William: I guess that’s understandable.
    Alice: Understandable?
    William: Because you are a very... very beautiful woman.
    Alice: Wait. Because I’m a beautiful woman... the only reason any man ever wants to talk to me... is because he wants to fuck me. Is that what you’re saying?
    William: Well, I don’t think it’s quite that black and white... but I think we both know what men are like.

& Alice: If you men only knew...

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& Ziegler: Why? In plain words... to scare the living shit out of you. To keep you quiet about where you’d been... and what you’d seen.

& Ziegler: Listen, Bill, nobody killed anybody. Someone died. It happens all the time. But life goes on. It always does... until it doesn’t. But you know that, don’t you?

& William: I’ll tell you everything.

& Alice: Am I sure? Only as sure as I am... that the reality of one night... let alone that of a whole lifetime... can ever be the whole truth. And no dream is ever... just a dream.

& Alice: The important thing is... we’ re awake now... and hopefully... for a long time to come.
    William: Forever.
    Alice: Forever?
    William: Forever.
    Alice: Let’s not use that word. You know? It frightens me. But I do love you... and you know... there is something very important... that we need to do as soon as possible.
    William: What’s that?
    Alice: Fuck.

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Barry Lyndon

& Narrator: First love! What a change it makes in a lad. What a magnificent secret it is he carries with him! The tender passion gushes out of a man’s heart. He loves as a bird sings... or a rose blows from nature.

& Sergeant: Gentlemen, you may fight it out with fists if you choose. We’ll form a square for that purpose.

& Narrator: It would require a great philosopher and historian to explain the causes of the famous Seven Years’ War in which Europe was engaged and in which Barry’s regiment was now on its way to take part. Let it suffice to say, that England and Prussia were allies and at war against the French, the Swedes, the Russians and the Austrians.

& Narrator: It is well to dream of glorious war in a snug armchair at home, but it is a very different thing to see it first hand. And after the death of his friend, Barry’s thoughts turned from those of military glory to those of finding a way to escape the service to which he was now tied for another six years. Gentlemen may talk of the age of chivalry, but remember the ploughmen, poachers and pickpockets whom they lead. It is with these sad instruments that your great warriors and kings have been doing their murderous work in the world.

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& Narrator: A lady who sets her heart upon a lad in uniform must prepare to change lovers pretty quickly, or her life will be but a sad one. This heart of Lischen’s was like many a neighboring town and had been stormed and occupied several times before Barry came to invest it...

& Narrator: Five years in the English and Prussian army, and some considerable experience of traveling the world, had by now dispelled any of those romantic notions regarding love with which Barry commenced life. And he began to have it in mind, as so many gentlemen had done before him, to marry a woman of great fortune and condition...

& Narrator: To make a long story short... six hours after they met... Her Ladyship was in love.

& Mother: Shall I tell you something?.. There is only one way for you and your son to have real security. You must obtain a title. I shall not rest until I see you Lord Lyndon. You have important friends. They can tell you how these things are done. For money, well-timed and properly applied... can accomplish anything.

& Second: Mr. Lyndon, are you ready to receive Lord Bullingdon’s fire? ...

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Full Metal Jacket

& Gny. Sgt. Hartman: I am Gunnery Sergeant Hartman, your senior drill instructor. From now on you will speak only when spoken to, and the first and last words out of your filthy sewers will be «Sir». Do you maggots understand that?
    Recruits: Sir, yes Sir.
    Gny. Sgt. Hartman: Bullshit I can’t hear you. Sound off like you got a pair!..
    Recruits: SIR, YES SIR!
    Gny. Sgt. Hartman: If you ladies leave my island, if you survive recruit training, you will be a weapon. You will be a minister of death praying for war. But until that day you are pukes. You are the lowest form of life on Earth. You are not even human fucking beings. You are nothing but unorganized grabastic pieces of amphibian shit! Because I am hard, you will not like me. But the more you hate me, the more you will learn. I am hard but I am fair. There is no racial bigotry here. I do not look down on niggers, kikes, wops or greasers. Here you are all equally worthless. And my orders are to weed out all non-hackers who do not pack the gear to serve in my beloved Corps. Do you maggots understand that?

& Gny. Sgt. Hartman: What have we got here? A fucking comedian. Private Joker. I admire your honesty. Hell, I like you. You can come over to my house and fuck my sister. You little scumbag. I’ve got your name. I’ve got your ass. You will not laugh. You will not cry. You will learn by the numbers. I will teach you. Now get up. Get on your feet. You best unfuck yourself or I will unscrew your head and shit down your neck.
    Joker: SIR, YES SIR!

& Gny. Sgt. Hartman: Tonight, you pukes will sleep with your rifles. You will give your rifle a girl’s name because this is the only pussy you people are going to get. Your days of finger-banging ol’ Mary-Jane Rottencrotch through her pretty pink panties are over! You’re married to this piece. This weapon of iron and wood. And you will be faithful. Port, hut!
    Prepare to mount!..
    Mount!..
    Port, hut! Pray!
    This is my rifle. There are many others like it, but this one is mine. My rifle is my best friend. It is my life. I must master it as I must master my life. Without me, my rifle is useless. Without my rifle, I am useless. I must fire my rifle true. I must shoot straighter than my enemy, who is trying to kill me. I must shoot him before he shoots me. I will. Before God I swear this creed: my rifle and myself are defenders of my country, we are the masters of our enemy, we are the saviors of my life. So be it, until there is no enemy, but peace. Amen.
    Order, hut!
    At ease! Good night, ladies.

& Gny. Sgt. Hartman: Private Joker, do you believe in the Virgin Mary?
    Joker: Sir, no, sir!
    Gny. Sgt. Hartman: Well, well, Private Joker, I don’t believe I heard you correctly!
    Joker: Sir, the private said «no, sir,» sir!
    Gny. Sgt. Hartman: Why you little maggot, you make me want to vomit!.. You Goddamn communist heathen, you had best sound off that you love the Virgin Mary, or I’m gonna stomp your guts out! Now you DO love the Virgin Mary, don’t ya?
    Joker: Sir, NEGATIVE, sir!
    Gny. Sgt. Hartman: Private Joker, are you trying to offend me?
    Joker: Sir, NEGATIVE, sir! Sir, the private belives any answer he gives will be wrong and the Senior Drill Instructor will only beat him harder if he reverses himself, SIR!
    Gny. Sgt. Hartman: Who’s your squad leader, scumbag?
    Joker: Sir, the squad leader is Private Snowball, sir!
    Gny. Sgt. Hartman: Private Snowball!
    Snowball: Sir, Private Snowball reporting as ordered, sir!
    Gny. Sgt. Hartman: Private Snowball, you’re fired. Private Joker’s promoted to squad leader.

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& Gny. Sgt. Hartman: Private Pyle.
    Pyle: Sir, Private Pyle reporting as ordered, sir.
    Gny. Sgt. Hartman: From now on... Private Joker is your new squad leader and you will bunk with him. He’ll teach you everything. He’ll teach you how to pee.
    Pyle: Sir, yes, sir.
    Gny. Sgt. Hartman: Private Joker is silly and he’s ignorant, but he’s got guts and guts is enough. Now, you ladies, carry on.
    Pyle: Sir, aye, aye, sir!

& Gny. Sgt. Hartman: Today... is Christmas! There will be a magic show at zero-nine-thirty! Chaplain Charlie will tell you about how the free world will conquer Communism with the aid of God and a few Marines! God has a hard-on for Marines because we kill everything we see! He plays His games, we play ours! To show our appreciation for so much power, we keep heaven packed with fresh souls! God was here before the Marine Corps! So you can give your heart to Jesus, but your ass belongs to the Corps! Do you ladies understand?

& Joker: The Marine Corps does not want robots. The Marine Corps wants killers. The Marine Corps wants to build indestructible men, men without fear.

& Gny. Sgt. Hartman: Today, you people are no longer maggots. Today, you are Marines. You’re part of a brotherhood. From now on until the day you die, wherever you are, every Marine is your brother. Most of you will go to Vietnam. Some of you will not come back. But always remember this: Marines die. That’s what we’re here for. But the Marine Corps lives forever. And that means YOU live forever.

& Joker: Are those... live rounds?
    Pyle: Seven-six-two millimeter. Full metal jacket.

& Rafterman: You know what really pisses me off about these people?
    Joker: What?
    Rafterman: We’re supposed to be helping them, and they shit all over us every chance they get. I just can’t feature that.
    Joker: Don’t take it too hard, Rafterman. It’s just business.

& Colonel Pogue: Marine, what is that button on your body armor?
    Joker: A peace symbol, sir.
    Col. Pogue: Where’d you get it?
    Joker: I don’t remember, sir.
    Col. Pogue: What is that you’ve got written on your helmet?
    Joker: «Born to Kill», sir.
    Col. Pogue: You write «Born to Kill» on your helmet and you wear a peace button. What’s that supposed to be, some kind of sick joke?
    Joker: No, sir.
    Col. Pogue: You’d better get your head and your ass wired together, or I will take a giant shit on you.
    Joker: Yes, sir.
    Col. Pogue: Now answer my question or you’ll be standing tall before the man.
    Joker: I think I was trying to suggest something about the duality of man, sir.
    Col. Pogue: The what?
    Joker: The duality of man. The Jungian thing, sir.
    Col. Pogue: Whose side are you on, son?
    Joker: Our side, sir.
    Col. Pogue: Don’t you love your country?
    Joker: Yes, sir.
    Col. Pogue: Then how about getting with the program? Why don’t you jump on the team and come on in for the big win?
    Joker: Yes, sir.
    Col. Pogue: Son, all I’ve ever asked of my marines is that they obey my orders as they would the word of God. We are here to help the Vietnamese, because inside every gook there is an American trying to get out. It’s a hardball world, son. We’ve gotta keep our heads until this peace craze blows over.
    Joker: Aye-aye, sir.

& Rafterman: Well, at least they died for a good cause...
    Animal Mother: What cause was that?
    Rafterman: Freedom.
    Animal Mother: Flush out your headgear, new guy. You think we waste gooks for freedom? This is a slaughter. If I’m gonna get my balls blown off for a word... my word is poon tang.

& Private Eightball: Personally, I think, uh... they don’t really want to be involved in this war. You know, I mean... they sort of took away our freedom and gave it to the, to the gookers, you know. But they don’t want it. They’d rather be alive than free, I guess. Poor dumb bastards.

& Rafterman: I fucking blew her away. Am I bad? Am I a life-taker? Am I a heartbreaker?

& Rafterman: Hey Joker, we ought to put you up for the Congressional Medal of... Ugly! Ha-ha!
    Donlon: Hard core man, fucking hard core.

& Private Joker: My thoughts drift back to erect nipple wet dreams about Mary Jane Rottencrotch and the Great Homecoming Fuck Fantasy. I am so happy that I am alive, in one piece and short. I’m in a world of shit... yes. But I am alive. And I am not afraid.

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Paths of Glory

& Narrator: War began between Germany and France on August 3rd 1914. .... By 1916, after two grisly years of trench warfare, the battle lines had changed very little. Successful attacks were measured in hundreds of yards, and paid for in lives, by hundreds of thousands.

& Gen. Mireau: George, I’m responsible for the lives of 8,000 men. What is my ambition against that? What is my reputation in comparison to that? My men come first of all, George, and those men know it too.
    Gen. Broulard: I know that they do.
    Gen. Mireau: You see, George, those men know that I would never let them down.
    Gen. Broulard: That goes without saying.
    Gen. Mireau: The life of one of those soldiers means more to me... than all the stars and decorations and honors in France.
    Gen. Broulard: So... you think this attack is absolutely beyond the ability of your men at this time?
    Gen. Mireau: I didn’t say that, George. Nothing is beyond those men, once their fighting spirit is aroused.

& Gen. Mireau: Of course, artillery would make an enormous difference. What artillery support can you give me?
    Gen. Broulard: Well, I’ll see.
    Gen. Mireau: What about replacements?
    Gen. Broulard: We’ll see what we can do, but I feel sure that you can get along with what you have.
    Gen. Mireau: Might just do it...
    Gen. Broulard: Paul. I knew that I was right to come to you. You are the man to take the Anthill.

& Gen. Mireau: Hello there, soldier. Ready to kill more Germans?... Well, is everything all right, soldier?
    Soldier: All right? Yes, sir, I’m all right.
    Gen. Mireau: Aha. Good fellow. Are you married, soldier?
    Soldier: Married? Me, married?
    Gen. Mireau: Yes. Have you got a wife?
    Soldier: A wife? Have I got a wife?
    Sgt. Boulanger: Sir, he’s a bit shell-shocked.
    Gen. Mireau: I beg your pardon, Sergeant. There is no such thing as shell shock! Have you got a wife, soldier?
    Soldier: My wife? My wife. Yes, I have a wife. I’m never gonna see her again. I’m gonna be killed.
    Gen. Mireau: Get a grip on yourself! You’re acting like a coward!
    Soldier: I am a coward, sir.

& Colonel Dax: What support will we have?
    Gen. Mireau: I have none to give you.
    Colonel Dax: What sort of casualties do you anticipate, sir?
    Gen. Mireau: Say, five percent killed by our own barrage.
    Colonel Dax: That’s a very generous allowance.
    Gen. Mireau: Ten percent more in getting through no-man’s-land... and 20% more getting through the wire. That leaves 65% with the worst part of the job over. Let’s say another 25% in actually taking the Anthill. We’re still left with a force more than adequate to hold it.
    Colonel Dax: General, you’re saying that more than half of my men will be killed.
    Gen. Mireau: Yes, it’s a terrible price to pay, Colonel... but we will have the Anthill.
    Colonel Dax: But will we, sir?
    Gen. Mireau: I’m depending on you, Colonel. All France is depending on you!

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& Gen. Mireau: Patriotism may be old-fashioned, but show me a patriot, and I’ll show you an honest man.
    Colonel Dax: Not everyone has always thought so. Samuel Johnson had something else to say about patriotism.
    Gen. Mireau: And what was that, may I ask?
    Colonel Dax: Nothing really.
    Gen. Mireau: What you do mean, «Nothing really»?
    Colonel Dax: Well, sir, nothing really important.
    Gen. Mireau: Colonel, when I ask a question, it’s always important! Now, who was this man?
    Colonel Dax: Samuel Johnson, sir.
    Gen. Mireau: All right. Now, what did he have to say about patriotism?
    Colonel Dax: He said it was the last refuge of a scoundrel, sir. I’m sorry. I meant nothing personal.
    Gen. Mireau: .... You’re tired, Dax. You’re very tired.

& Soldier 1: I’m not afraid of dying tomorrow, only of getting killed.
    Soldier 2: That’s as clear as mud.
    Soldier 1: Well, which would you rather be done in by: a bayonet or a machine gun?
    Soldier 2: Oh, a machine gun, naturally.
    Soldier 1: Naturally, that’s just my point. They’re both pieces of steel ripping into your guts, only the machine gun is quicker, cleaner, and less painful, isn’t it?
    Soldier 2: Yeah, but what does that prove?
    Soldier 1: That proves that most of us are more afraid of getting hurt than of getting killed. Look at Bernard. He panics when it comes to gas. Gas doesn’t bother me a bit. He’s seen photos of gas cases. Doesn’t mean anything to me. But I’ll tell you something though, I’d hate like the devil to be without my tin hat. But on the other hand I don’t mind not having a tin hat for my tail. Why is that?
    Soldier 2: You’re darn tootin’, because...
    Soldier 1: Because I know a wound to the head would hurt much more than one to the tail. The tail is just meat but the head- ah, the head is all bone.
    Soldier 2: That’s...
    Soldier 1: Tell me this. Aside from the bayonet, what are you most afraid of?
    Soldier 2: High explosives.
    Soldier 1: Exactly, and it’s the same with me, because, because I know that it can chew you up worse than anything else. Look, just like I’m trying to tell you, if you’re really afraid of dying you’d be living in a funk all the rest of your life because you know you’ve got to go someday, anyday. And besides...
    Soldier 2: Yes?
    Soldier 1: If it’s death that you’re really afraid of why should you care about what it is that kills you?
    Soldier 2: Oh, you’re too smart for me, Professor. All I know is, nobody wants to die.

& Gen. Mireau: To France!

Colonel Dax: Gentlemen of the court, there are times when I’m ashamed to be a member of the human race and this is one such occasion. It’s impossible for me to summarize the case for the defense since the Court never allowed me a reasonable opportunity to present that case—
    General Mireau: Are you protesting the authenticity of this court?
    Colonel Dax: ... Yes, sir. I protest against being prevented from introducing evidence which I considered vital to the defence; the prosecution presented no witnesses; there has never been a written indictment of charges made against the defendants, and lastly, I protest against the fact that no stenographic records of this trial have been kept...
    The attack yesterday morning was no stain on the honor of France, and certainly no disgrace to the fighting men of this nation. But this Court Martial is such a stain, and such a disgrace. The case made against these men is a mockery of all human justice. Gentlemen of the court, to find these men guilty would be a crime, to haunt each of you till the day you die. I can’t believe that the noblest impulse for man — his compassion for another — can be completely dead here. Therefore, I humbly beg you... show mercy to these men.

& Colonel Dax: The attack was impossible from the start. The General Staff must have known that.
    Gen. Broulard: Colonel Dax, we think we’re doing a good job running the war. You must be aware of the fact that the General Staff... is subject to all kinds of unfair pressures from newspapers and politicians. Maybe the attack against the Anthill was impossible. Perhaps it was an error of judgment on our part. On the other hand, if your men had been a little more daring, they might have taken it. Who knows? In any case... why should we have to bear any more criticism for failure than we have to...

& Gen. Mireau: I have only one last thing to say to you, George... The man you stabbed in the back is a soldier!
    Gen. Broulard: Well... had to be done. France cannot afford to have fools guiding her military destiny.

& Gen. Broulard: It would be a pity to lose your promotion before you get it... a promotion you have so very carefully planned for.
    Colonel Dax: Sir, would you like me to suggest what you can do with that promotion?

& Gen. Broulard: Colonel Dax! You will apologize at once, or I shall have you placed under arrest!
    Colonel Dax: I apologize for not being entirely honest with you. I apologize for not revealing my true feelings. I apologize, sir, for not telling you sooner... that you’re a degenerate, sadistic old man... and you can go to hell before I apologize to you now or ever again!

& Proprietor of Cafe: ...And as my wife always says, «What is life without a little diversion?»

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Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb

& Peace is our Profession.

& Narrator: For more than a year, ominous rumors had been privately circulating among high-level Western leaders that the Soviet Union had been at work on what was darkly hinted to be the ultimate weapon: a doomsday device.....

& Narrator: In order to guard against surprise nuclear attack... America’s Strategic Air Command maintains... a large force of B-52 bombers airborne 24 hours a day. Each B-52 can deliver a nuclear bomb load of 50 megatons... equal to 16 times the total explosive force of all the bombs... and shells used by all the armies in World War II. Based in America, the Airborne Alert Force... is deployed from the Persian Gulf to the Arctic Ocean. But they have one geographical factor in common... They are all two hours from their targets inside Russia.

& Major Kong: Old Ripper wouldn’t be giving us Plan R... unless them Ruskies had already clobbered Washington... and a lot of other towns with a sneak attack.

& Major Kong: Well, boys, I reckon this is it. Nuclear combat toe-to-toe with the Ruskies.

& Major Kong: Boys, I ain’t much of a hand at making speeches. But I got a fair idea that something doggone important... is going on back there. I’ve got a fair idea of the kind of personal emotions... that some of you fellows may be thinking. Heck, I reckon you wouldn’t be human beings... if you didn’t have pretty strong personal feelings about nuclear combat. I want you to remember one thing. The folks back home are counting on you. And by golly, we ain’t about to let them down.
    Tell you something else. If this thing turns out to be half as important as I figure it might be... I’d say you’re all in line for some important promotions... and personal citations when this thing’s over with. That goes for every last one of you... regardless of your race, color or your creed. Now let’s get this thing on the hump. We got some flying to do.

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& General Ripper: Mandrake, do you recall what Clemenceau once said about war?
    Group Capt. Mandrake: No, I don’t think I do, sir, no.
    General Ripper: He said war was too important to be left to the generals. When he said that, 50 years ago, he might have been right. But today, war is too important to be left to politicians. They have neither the time, the training, nor the inclination for strategic thought. I can no longer sit back and allow Communist infiltration, Communist indoctrination, Communist subversion and the international Communist conspiracy to sap and impurify all of our precious bodily fluids.

& General Ripper: Have you ever heard of fluoridation of water?
    Group Capt. Mandrake: Yes, I have heard of that, Jack, yes.
    General Ripper: Do you know what it is?
    Group Capt. Mandrake: No, no, I don’t know what it is.
    General Ripper: Do you realize that fluoridation... is the most monstrously conceived... and dangerous communist plot we have ever had to face.

& Group Capt. Mandrake: Shoot it off! Shoot with the gun! That’s what the bullets are for, you twit!
    Colonel Guano: Okay, I’m gonna get your money for you. But if you don’t get the president on the phone, you know what’s gonna happen? You’re gonna have to answer to the Coca-Cola Company.

& President Muffley: You mean people could actually stay down there for a hundred years?
    Dr. Strangelove: It would not be difficult, Mein Führer. Nuclear reactors could— heh, I’m sorry, Mr. President— nuclear reactors could provide power almost indefinitely.

& President Muffley: Well, I would hate to have to decide... who stays up and who goes down.
    Dr. Strangelove: Well, that would not be necessary, Mr. President. It could easily be accomplished with a computer. And the computer could be set and programmed... to accept factors from youth, health... sexual fertility, intelligence... and a cross-section of necessary skills.
    Of course, it would be absolutely vital... that our top government and military men be included... to foster and impart the required principles of leadership and tradition. Naturally, they would breed prodigiously. There would be much time and little to do. But with the proper breeding techniques and a ratio of, say... ten females to each male... they could then work their way back to the present gross national product... within 20 years.

& General Turgidson: Doctor... you mentioned the ratio of ten women to each man. Now, wouldn’t that necessitate the abandonment... of the so-called monogamous sexual relationship? I mean, as far as men were concerned?
    Dr. Strangelove: Regrettably, yes. But it is a sacrifice required for the future of the human race. I hasten to add that since each man will be required to do prodigious... service along these lines... the women will have to be selected for their sexual characteristics... which will have to be of a highly stimulating nature.
    General Turgidson: I must confess, you have an astonishingly good idea there, Doctor.

& Dr. Strangelove: Sir! I have a plan!.. Mein Führer! I can walk!

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