Roman J. Israel, Esq. (2017)

Roman J. Israel, Esq.: Each one of us is greater than the worst thing we've ever done.

Roman J. Israel, Esq.: I'll take over. Ahem.
Lynn Jackson: No, you're not capable of continuing the practice. ...
Roman J. Israel, Esq.: Right. B-b-but I'll take over, because in the architecture of this firm, I am a pillar.
Lynn Jackson: Yes, and, Roman, I'd hoped to reward you for that.
Roman J. Israel, Esq.: Hope don't get the job done.
Lynn Jackson: What does that mean?
Roman J. Israel, Esq.: That means hope don't get the job done.
Lynn Jackson: Is it ego or delusion? Honestly, I... I never paid enough attention to you. This place runs more like a charity service than a law firm. It's run a deficit for years. We... his family, can no longer afford it. We're clearing the books.

George Pierce: William taught a term at Loyola. That's where we met. I was, uh, top of my class.
Roman J. Israel, Esq.: Potential's a bitch.

Roman J. Israel, Esq.: If I was freed from criminal work, I can get back to my roots. The bigger battles, organized mass action supported by sweeping legal challenges. With my skill and, uh, experience I'm-I'm quite certain I can get this organization right back in line with its core beliefs.
Maya Alston: This organization?
Roman J. Israel, Esq.: Yes.
Maya Alston: Yeah. I-I wasn't aware that we, um, had strayed.
Roman J. Israel, Esq.: Well, I'm not talking about nickel-and-dime reformism. I'm talking about igniting a sustained mass movement, supported by rule change and injunctive relief. And I could get results using class-action tactics. I'm talking about a return to using activist litigation creatively, defensively, counter-offensively.

Roman J. Israel, Esq.: As for my personal life, at a certain point I had to decide whether to have a family or career. I couldn't do both. So I stayed on the front lines. Now, I'm offering at this time... to work, exclusively... as your, um... long-haul, three-dimensional, revolutionary, in-house, full-time, paid advocate.

Jeff: What a freak.
Maya Alston: You stand on his shoulders.

Felicity Ellerbee: What's "Esquire" mean?
Roman J. Israel, Esq.: Uh, it's a designation, uh, in the legal arena. It's like a title of dignity. Slightly above gentleman, below knight.

George Pierce: I sent you an e-mail today to come to my office.
Roman J. Israel, Esq.: I'm sorry, but when people send e-mails, they think it goes straight to your brain.

Roman J. Israel, Esq.: So what I'm offering to you right out here now is a chance to partner with me on a piece of groundbreaking litigation I've been working on for over seven years now. Inside this case is arguably the most important legal brief in modern legal history. A sweeping federal challenge that could yield nothing less than a grand new era of social reform.

Roman J. Israel, Esq.: The Constitution guarantees us a right to a fair trial, but there can't be any fairness if 95 percent of all cases never get heard. Criminal cases never get heard by a jury or a judge.
     I am building a wholly original class-action lawsuit ... aimed at the heart of plea-bargain reform. I'm talking about reforming a system where prosecutors are trying to pull sentences out of their hat. Where guilt or innocence is being completely replaced by fear of having your day in court. Where people are being forced, George, to plead guilty under the threat of overly harsh and coercive sentences.
     It's a job for a legend, or someone who wants to be one.

Roman J. Israel, Esq.: Look at you. Just like I was... Just starting out your fight against the dominant tendencies of our society. Well, you better get ready for the commitment it takes to lead a resistant lifestyle. You better start forging the armor to withstand the temptation and the financial and emotional toll. Because when it comes to social injustice and judicial indifference and institutional racism and outright goddamn greed the overwhelming majority of the people in this country just don't give a damn.

Roman J. Israel, Esq.: Can't you see? It's clear as crystal. We filed the wrong brief in the wrong court to the wrong judge.

Roman J. Israel, Esq.: Freedom is something you can only give yourself.

Roman J. Israel, Esq.: I'm tired of doing the impossible for the ungrateful. I now have, uh, more... practical concerns.

Realtor: Well, what do you think?
Roman J. Israel, Esq.: I think that whatever we're chasing... you got it all here.
Realtor: I'm sorry?
Roman J. Israel, Esq.: When can I move in?

Maya Alston: Well, I was calling to see if you wanted to go for dinner.
Roman J. Israel, Esq.: With me? With you?
Maya Alston: I'm confused.
Roman J. Israel, Esq.: I... I'd like that. I'd like that. I'd like that, yeah. Um...
Maya Alston: Great.
Roman J. Israel, Esq.: Tonight? I mean... Tomorrow?
Maya Alston: Works for me.
Roman J. Israel, Esq.: It works for me. Tonight works for me, but I mean... All right. I'll... I... Tomorrow. I'll do tomorrow.

Roman J. Israel, Esq.: The real enemies aren't on the outside. They're within.

Roman J. Israel, Esq.: It's me, George. See, I didn't see it before because I never experienced the other side. I'm the defendant... and the plaintiff simultaneously. I file against myself, I represent myself, I convict myself, hereby expanding the full scope of the legal desert because the judgment's built in. The only thing left is forgiveness, and I grant that to myself.

Roman J. Israel, Esq.: An act doesn't make the person guilty unless the mind is guilty as well.

Roman J. Israel, Esq.: I know you get it, George. You have such a tremendous future. It's so bright, I... I swear, it's... It's blinding.

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John Wick: Chapter 4

John Wick: Chapter 3 - Parabellum (2019) <<

Bowery King: You ready, John?
John Wick: Yeah...

The Elder: To what do I owe the pleasure?
John Wick: My ring. My freedom.
The Elder: Your ring is gone, like The Elder before me. And if you came here thinking you could end this by killing me, then you are mistaken. My death will not change the outcome any more than you can change your nature. None of us can escape who we are, and no one escapes The Table. And the only way John Wick will ever have freedom or peace, now or ever, is in death.
John Wick: I know.

Winston: You have the unshakeable faith of David, my friend, but you shouldn't be here. This will not be pleasant.
Charon: Such is life, sir.

Marquis: My father used to say, "How you do anything is how you do everything." Called it the first and the last rule of life. You believe in rules... Mr. Manager?
Winston: Oh, I do.
Marquis: And what of consequences?
Winston: Of course. And second chances.
Marquis: Ah. That's where we differ, you and I. Second chances are the refuge of men who fail.

Marquis: The agreement with The Table stays the same. We give you a name, you give us a life. Or... we take one.
Caine: ... I will serve. I will be of service.

Shimazu: Have you given any thought to where this ends? The Table will never stop. You know this. It only takes life and only gives death.

Shimazu: Friendship means little when it's convenient.

Shimazu: The only path this leads to is death.
John Wick: I'm going to kill them all.
Shimazu: I believe you'll try. But no one, not even you, can kill everyone.

Shimazu: You want to die? That's your choice. A good death only comes after a good life.
John Wick: You and I left a good life behind a long time ago, my friend.

Shimazu: Fools talk, cowards are silent, but wise men listen.
Caine: So which one will you be?

Bowery King: Tell me. Tell me true. Why did the Frenchman let you live?
Winston: Killing a man can turn him into a martyr. Letting him live... tells the world he's a coward or a turncoat.
Bowery King: So what are you?
Winston: Aggrieved.

Marquis: This campaign is not to kill John Wick. It is to kill the idea of John Wick. And to do that, I must destroy everything that idea touches.

Marquis: And you are?
Tracker: Nobody.
Marquis: Coyness, Mr. Nobody, is a pathetic trait. A miscalculation, in which by trying to hide our ego, we let it appear stark naked.

Killa Harkan: Exciting, ja? So, you want to kill him. You want to kill him. I want to kill him. What about you, Mr. Wick?
John Wick: I'm going to kill you.

Harbinger: Marquis de Gramont! A man's ambition should never exceed his worth. You would do well to remember that, sir.

Bowery King: Forty-two regular, wasn't it? It's Kevlar, front to back. The latest in ballistic chic. Appropriate for all formal occasions. Weddings, funerals, High Table duels. After all, a man has to look his best when it's time to get married. Or buried.

Marquis: There are three types of men in this world. Those who have something to live for, those who have something to die for, and those who have something to kill for. John Wick has none of these things. He is but a ghost in search of a graveyard. But the blind man, well, he has all three...

John Wick: "Loving husband."
Winston: Hmm?
John Wick: That's what I want on mine [gravestone]. "John. Loving husband."

Caine: What time is sunrise?
John Wick: Two... maybe three minutes.

John Wick: Last words, Winston?
Winston: Just have fun out there.

John Wick: Those who cling to death, live.
Caine: Those who cling to life, die.

Harbinger: Your obligation to The Table... is satisfied, John Wick. You are free.

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Fast X (2023)

F9: The Fast Saga (2021) <<

Dante Reyes: I'll kill Dominic Toretto. I'll kill 'em all.
Hernan Reyes: Kill them? You'd show them mercy? No, my son. When suffering is owed, never accept death as a payment. Make Toretto suffer.

Han: Well, you better watch out. Little man's gonna be a better wrench than any of us by the time he's 12.
Dominic Toretto: I mean, that's the whole point, isn't it? Pass it down. Each generation better than the last... That's fatherhood.

Letty: You can keep your eyes on that rearview all you want. But you know what you miss?
Dominic Toretto: What?
Letty: Eternity in this moment.

Cipher: I'm here because the enemy of my enemy is you.

Dante Reyes: Never accept death when suffering is owed.

Cipher: There's a war coming. The sides are being chosen. And everyone you love will be destroyed.

Roman Pearce: What have we done?

Aimes: That's their M.O. To corrupt law enforcement. Brian O'Conner. Elena Neves. Luke Hobbs. Everyone becomes family. It's like a cult with cars.

Dominic Toretto: When Rome falls, so does the world.
Queenie: Well, it ain't no Roman holiday. And you're no Gregory Peck.

Dominic Toretto: So, how about we all just start shooting each other and see what happens?
Dante Reyes: Or we race. If you win, you take me in. If you lose... Don't lose.
Dominic Toretto: ... You all came 'cause you wanted to see a race. Let's race!

Dante Reyes: You've saved so many lives... It's like you're a... a saint. Saint Dominic. And I've been studying you. And watching you. I can't figure it out. How... How do you choose? How do you choose the ones you save?

Bowie420: I'm just gonna need cash. Okay? None of that crypto stuff.
Tej: Oh, the Black Jeff Bezos here got you covered.
Bowie420: Black Bezos?
Tej: Yeah, he's even been into outer space.

Jakob: They found us. Now let's lose our tail.
Little Brian: Holy shi...
Jakob: Wait! Swearing is for song lyrics only and stubbed toes.

Dominic Toretto: How someone born so rich chooses the poorest path through life... You got no honor. Without honor, you got no family. And without family... you've got nothing.

Dominic Toretto: That's the problem nowadays. Nobody listens...

Dante Reyes: You know what your problem is? Family. You can't save 'em all.

Dante Reyes: You know how to beat your dad in a street race? Take away the streets.

Dominic Toretto: Son, I never break a promise. Now, let's finish that driving lesson. Feel the car, find your line and fly.

Dante Reyes: You know, Dominic, to become a real saint, you have to perform miracles. Or die a martyr. So what's it gonna be?

Dante Reyes: The suffering is over, Dom. It's time for you to die.

Dante Reyes: I'm gonna make you suffer. The devil is coming for you... lawman.
Luke Hobbs: Well, I ain't hard to find, you sumbitch.

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Triage

Tom Clancy's Jack Ryan 4×1

Jack Ryan: Meaning... it's an ongoing process.
President Bachler: Careful, Ryan, you keep using lines like that, and you're ready for politics.
Jack Ryan: God forbid... No offense.

Jack Ryan: It terrifies me. The CIA is a perfect microcosm of the American people, which means we are in danger of being splintered. More easily controlled by outside interests, both foreign and domestic. Interests that intend to use the Agency for their own advantage.

Cathy Mueller: Girlfriend number two?... Oh, shit. Almost. Boyfriend number one.

Jim Greer: She came over here to lift you up, huh?
Jack Ryan: Something like that.
Jim Greer: Well, I came over here to knock you down.

Domingo Chavez: Just remember to consider the chickens.
Lt Morales: The chickens?
Domingo Chavez: I'll feed you all you want, but the day you ask for more than seeds is the day I chop your head off in front of your fucking family.

Jack Ryan: ...if we want any chance ... there's only one option. I'm gonna shut them all down. Cut off the money.
Elizabeth Wright: Well, is that a question or a statement?
Jack Ryan: Statement.
Elizabeth Wright: ... Go ahead.

Domingo Chavez: ...they're not Chinese. They're from the jungles of Burma. It's a mix of backgrounds and experiences. They're like pirates, except they're worth ten times what we are, and they've kept it that way for a thousand years. You know how? Respect and honor above everything. Even death.

Elizabeth Wright: Please continue. What were you saying?
Adebayo 'Ade' Osoji: I was saying that the death of President Udoh has emboldened Ekon Ameh, the Nigerian warlord...
Elizabeth Wright: I know who he is.
Adebayo 'Ade' Osoji: And it's only a matter of time before his supporters take out the new president.
Elizabeth Wright: So what would you suggest? We provide support for the new president?
Adebayo 'Ade' Osoji: Only if you can dispel him of his nationalistic leanings. That was the policy of Nazi Germany. Now in the past, we could rely on America to intervene, but... now you've become too scared to do the right thing.
Elizabeth Wright: And what is the right thing?
Adebayo 'Ade' Osoji: To not look away.

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24 Hours to Live (2017)

Keith Zera: I remember the first time I set foot in Africa. Thought I'd hate if just like Iraq, you know? Figured, it's just more fucking sand to kill each other over. But I was wrong... It was the most beautiful place I ever seen. Took my fucking breath away.

Frank: The fish hate you, you know.
Travis Conrad: You think?
Frank: Yeah. Fish like older men. If you read more, you'd know about these things. And because they hate you, we haven't caught anything.

Frank: You know... The shortest distance between two points is a straight line.
Travis Conrad: Yeah. That's brilliant.
Frank: Why are we not doing it?

Travis Conrad: So, what do you want?
Jim Morrow: I want you to have a drink. Try a peanut. They're great... I want you to put a pin in your vacation for a couple days. I need you to kill somebody for us.

Travis Conrad: For what?
Jim Morrow: See, I just got you two million reasons a day why the answer to that question doesn't matter.

Lin Bisset: What do you do?
Travis Conrad: I think I'm starting to like you, so I don't want to answer that.
Lin Bisset: So you're a stripper.
Travis Conrad: No. No, no. Let's just say that, um... my company tries to convince people to buy things by persuading them they can't live without them.

Jim Morrow: No more wet work. I gave my word.
Wetzler: To whom? Your wife?... Jim, this is the moment, you realize, that the unseen line between friendship and profession is not where you thought it was.

Travis Conrad: What is happening to me?
Dr. Helen: You're going to die. Again.

Travis Conrad: I don't want to kill you. I want the fish to like me.

Travis Conrad: If you'd like to see tomorrow, you just keep making shit work.

Jim Morrow: Semper fi.

Jim Morrow: You know what this is? This is the moment where you realize that the line between friendship and profession is not where you thought it was.

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Shazam! Fury of the Gods (2023)

Shazam! (2019) <<

Hespera: Turns out museums are fun. Let's have more of it.

Shazam: I'm an idiot. I don't deserve these powers, if I'm being honest. Like, what am I even contributing? There's already a superhero with a red suit, with a lightning bolt on it and I'm fast, but he's faster. Aquaman is literally huge, and he's so manly and Batman is so cool! And I'm just me.

Mary Bromfield: At some point, Billy, like everyone on Earth, we have to get a job or... leave home. Nothing lasts forever.

Hespera: The daughters of Atlas are coming for you. ... They're coming to unmake your world and torture mankind for all eternity in the Pit of Endless Agony.
Shazam: Okay, I feel like maybe I should be writing all this down.

Steve: "The Wisdom of Solomon,
Strength of Hercules,
Stamina of Atlas,
Power of Zeus,
Courage of Achilles,
Speed of Mercury."
Shazam: Whoa, guys, look! This is what the name means.

Shazam: Okay, look. I might not have as much experience as you 'cause I'm not, like, super old like you, but I think I have a few experiences that you don't have. 'Cause I've seen all of the Fast and the Furious movies, lady. And let me tell you something. It's all about family!... Family!

Kalypso: Anthea, humans are villains, even to themselves. ... Humans wreak havoc and devastation, then pray to the gods to absolve them. They actually pray for order and peace when all they do is dismantle it at every turn.

Shazam: I know this is a lot to take in, but I promise to explain it all later.
Victor Vasquez: Explain what? That our kids are superheroes being hunted by Greek gods that used a dragon to destroy the house we just bought?

Shazam: Hey! Khaleesi!

Darla Dudley: Taste the rainbow, motherfu...

Shazam: Hey, you know, just because your father's power is surging through me, that doesn't technically make us related, you know, and I'm gonna be 18 in, like, five months, so...
Wonder Woman: Stick to saving the world, kid.

Shazam: Hey, just a little constructive criticism. It's pretty confusing that there are two separate groups of superheroes that are totally unaffiliated, but both have "Justice" in their name, you know. Like, have you guys ever thought about doing a rebranding of sorts? 'Cause just a quick search on Thesaurus.com, you got so many options, man. Like, "Authority Society." Eh? Uh, uh, "Code Society." That's stupid. These are, like, legal terms. "The Avenger Society!" I like that, for some reason.

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Crooked House (2017)

Charles Hayward: Is everything all right?
Edith de Haviland: Do you know anything about moles?
Charles Hayward: No. I'm afraid not.
Edith de Haviland: I have an arsenal of other weapons, of course, traps, poisons. Sometimes I use holly. It pricks them, do you see? Makes them bleed. Moles are hemophiliacs. Little bleeders. Like some European royals. Though I do find a shotgun best expresses my feelings.

Sophia Leonides: We're a very odd family, Charles. There's lots of ruthlessness in us and different kinds of ruthlessness. That's what's so disturbing. The different kinds.

Charles Hayward: Anything you'd like to tell me?
Josephine Leonides: Not yet. You see, I read detective stories. And a good detective will take time to gather evidence... and question everyone before solving a case. The murderer is never the one you initially suspect.

Edith de Haviland: [Aristide Leonides was a] little man, Mr. Hayward, who cast a large shadow. A very large and rather crooked shadow.

Josephine Leonides: Did you find many clues?
Charles Hayward: You know, Josephine... the first round of interrogation is not so much about finding clues... as it is about getting a sense of who you're dealing with.

Charles Hayward: May I ask you a blunt question?
Edith de Haviland: They're the only interesting kind.
Charles Hayward: What's wrong with people in this house?
Edith de Haviland: It is a blunt question indeed.
Charles Hayward: Sorry.
Edith de Haviland: Don't be. Passion. It is a hothouse of suppressed passion. This is what happens when the person you love the most in the world... who you would give your life for... is actually the same person that you hate the most... I'm certain you understand, Mr. Hayward. You wouldn't be in this house yourself otherwise, would you?

Charles Hayward: Any of them could've done it. They all had means. They all had opportunity.
Chief Inspector Taverner: Motive?
Charles Hayward: Anger, jealousy, love, greed. Take your pick.
Chief Inspector Taverner: So no communist? No Las Vegas mafia? No CIA conspiracy? We're investigating too. Quietly. But you can go in the house without a warrant. Get back in there and find out who killed the bloody midget.

Josephine Leonides: I hear you're making progress. But you won't be the one who solves this case. If anything, you're Watson.
Charles Hayward: Is that right? Well, why don't you enlighten me, Holmes?

Josephine Leonides: I'd say we're due another murder. Don't you think, Watson?
Charles Hayward: Another murder, Holmes?
Josephine Leonides: Well, there's always a second murder. Someone who knows something is bumped off... before they can reveal what they know.

Edith de Haviland: Well, then, Charles. How about a blunt question for you, then? What are murderers like?
Charles Hayward: Well, you. And me. Everyone. Hot-blooded. Cold-blooded. They do share one or two traits. Vanity. A distorted morality. A lack of empathy. And murderers tend to feel that they are above... the rules and laws that govern ordinary mortals.
Magda Leonides: Well, that description fits every member of this family.

Edith de Haviland: Well... always leave a party at its height... when you're most enjoying it.

Charles Hayward: You listen to me. I daresay you are extremely clever. It won't be much good to you if you're not alive long enough to enjoy the fact. Don't you understand, you foolish child, that so long as you insist... on keeping secrets, you put yourself in imminent danger?
Josephine Leonides: Of course I do. But in some books, person after person is killed. You end by spotting the murderer because he or she... is practically the only person left. We must see what happens next.

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Tetris (2023)

Eddie: What's it called?
Henk Rogers: Tetris.
Eddie: Tetris... I don't get it.
Henk Rogers: It's a combination of tetra, Greek for "four"... All the game's pieces are variants of four... and tennis.
Eddie: Tennis?
Henk Rogers: Tennis. Yeah, supposedly, the Russian inventor, he, um... he likes tennis.

Tracy: Here, Henk. Try it.
Henk Rogers: Was this coded in Pascal, or C?

Henk Rogers: But, Eddie, I played Tetris for five minutes, yeah. I still see falling blocks in my dreams. This game isn't just addictive. It stays with you. It's poetry. Art and math all working in magical synchronicity. It's… It's the perfect game.

Henk Rogers: But, Eddie, this is different. Tetris is already a hit.
Eddie: Where?
Henk Rogers: Russia.
Eddie: Henk, there is no video games business in Russia.
Henk Rogers: I know.

Henk Rogers: It all began with a guy named Alexey Leonidovich Pajitnov, four years ago. By day, he worked as a programmer for the government at the Soviet Computer Science Center. But by night, he invented games for fun. His computer, a Stone Age, Soviet piece of crap called an Electronika 60, didn't even have a graphics card. His falling blocks were parentheses pushed together.

Henk Rogers: Alexey and a couple of buddies from work made the game IBM-compatible. Which meant color graphics, 8-bit music and floppy disks that people copied and shared for free. It spread like wildfire.

Henk Rogers: But this is the Soviet Union, remember? Nothing gets out easily. It would take an entrepreneur to actually go there and monetize it.
Eddie: Who? You?
Henk Rogers: Jesus, no. I'm not that crazy. That was Robert Stein.

Hiroshi Yamauchi: Not too bad.
Henk Rogers: Really?

Hiroshi Yamauchi: We publish our games in-house. We don't use outside partners.
Henk Rogers: You don't do it often, true. But you do make exceptions. Because you know as well as I do, partners are what make us great. That's why Mario has Luigi. That's why Zelda has Link. That's why Mike Tyson has whoever he's punching out in Punch-Out!!

Henk Rogers: This is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity, Eddie. Nintendo is letting me become a publisher. Nintendo. It's a license to print money.

Henk Rogers: An NDA? Why?
Howard Lincoln: Because only ten other people in the world have seen what you're about to see, and, to be honest, we don't trust you.

Henk Rogers: 8-bit graphics?
Minoru Arakawa: Yes, and a brand-new Sharp LR35902 core at 4.19 mega-hertz with eight kilobytes internal RAM.
Henk Rogers: Impressive. No color screen?
Minoru Arakawa: Color, you'd need eight batteries instead of four. It's too expensive. This gives you 30 hours of game play, all for $89.
Henk Rogers: What's it called?
Howard Lincoln: It's called the Game Boy.

Henk Rogers: Gentlemen, if you wanna sell a couple hundred thousand Game Boys to little kids, package them with Mario. But if you wanna sell millions of Game Boys to absolutely everyone, young and old, around the world, package them with Tetris.
Howard Lincoln: Can you get us the rights?

Henk Rogers: Screw it. I'm gonna go to Moscow.
Howard Lincoln: Wait, wait, wait. Hold on, you can't just go to the Soviet Union, Henk. You need a... You need a business visa, a full background check. It takes months.
Henk Rogers: Well, I'll get a tourist visa then.
Howard Lincoln: So, you'll lie? That's a felony. They could throw you in jail.
Henk Rogers: I'll take my chances.

Howard Lincoln: Who you gonna talk to?
Henk Rogers: Some company called ELORG.
Howard Lincoln: Companies don't exist in the USSR, Henk. ELORG is probably KGB.
Henk Rogers: Do you guys want this game or not?
Howard Lincoln: Yeah, course we do. But you're walking into a communist country that still considers America enemy numero uno. If you go, we can't protect you.
Henk Rogers: Okey dokey then.

Immigration Agent: You're Danish?
Henk Rogers: Huh? No. I'm Dutch.
Immigration Agent: Yet you sound American.
Henk Rogers: Well, I grew up in New York, but I'm Dutch. An... And I live in Japan.

Sasha: Salutations. You're in need of succor?
Henk Rogers: Excuse me?
Sasha: Uh, succor. Noun. Uh, assistance in times of stress. Synonymous with help... Sasha. Translation services. Esteemed to meet you.
Henk Rogers: Oh.

Sasha: He inquires, "What is Nintendo?"
Henk Rogers: Ha. Very funny... Uh, Nintendo's the most popular video game console in the world, sir.

Sasha: He denies obtaining a tape. And says that this is an illegal copy. Mr. Rogers, I think we should vanish.
Henk Rogers: He thinks I stole Tetris?
Sasha: Affirmative.

Henk Rogers: Pascal or assembler?
Alexey Pajitnov: I was gonna ask you the same thing.
Henk Rogers: Um, I like Pascal. Assembler is my go-to. But never underestimate…
Alexey Pajitnov: …the power of BASIC.
Henk Rogers: That's spooky.

Howard Lincoln: What makes you so sure this Alexey character isn't lying?
Henk Rogers: Because he's the only one who stands to gain nothing from this.

Sasha: Why is it so important that the Maxwells win? Isn't the offer with more money better for the Soviet Union?
Valentin Trifonov: I'll concern myself with the fate of the Soviet Union. You go and do your job. Dismissed.

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Extraction 2 (2023)

Extraction (2020) <<

Tyler Rake: Thanks, Nik. For keeping me around. Really excited about this next chapter of my life.
Nik Khan: Believe it or not, it's pretty difficult to let someone you care about die... But you fought your way back. You just have to find out why.

Zurab Radiani: One of our prize bulls is sick. We have to kill him. Bury him before he infects the others.

Tyler Rake: What's this?
Nik Khan: We packed up your house. This is all we found. Your entire life fits in one little box. Maybe it's time to change that.

Alcott: This is beautiful, honestly, but the tea? Not so much. You're out of milk, by the way.

Alcott: Job starts in six weeks. We take our cut, and for, uh, political considerations, you're on your own. If all goes well, you don't get caught or shot in the face, I'll meet you on the other side and give you a kiss.

Keto: You're scaring him.
Tyler Rake: Yeah, well, he's about to be terrified.

Tyler Rake: Do you trust me?
Nik Khan: Should I not?

Alcott: Rake... That's such a fun name to say.
Tyler Rake: You never told me your name. Is it as much fun?
Alcott: My name doesn't matter.
Tyler Rake: Yeah? What does?
Alcott: Who I work for.
Tyler Rake: Who's that?
Alcott: A gnarly motherfucker. You'll love him...

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Violent Night (2022)

UK Mall Santa: This is my, uh, fourth year as a Santa.
Santa: Ah.
UK Mall Santa: How about you?
Santa: Lost count. I forget why I started doing it in the first place.
UK Mall Santa: Same reason anybody does anything. The money.
Santa: Money. Money. This whole planet runs on greed.

UK Mall Santa: It's the look on the kiddies' faces, innit? That's what does it for me.
Santa: Ah, the look. Yeah, that look. Lasts about two seconds. As soon as they're finished unwrapping, they want the next present, they want the next cool thing. That's how this world works.

Santa: And kids... What kids have become. They're just like little junkies. They're little shits. They just demand. They don't believe. They just want, crave, consume.

Santa: Maybe this is my last year. The last Christmas...

Santa: I better get going. Presents aren't gonna deliver themselves.

Scrooge: This is what breaking into a vault has turned into? Remember when you just had to drill holes and blow shit up? I don't know, maybe I'm getting old, but there was something romantic about that.

Santa: Oh, shit. Shit. Shit. Shit. Video game. Video game. Didn't anybody ask for a bat or a sword or Molotov cocktails?

Trudy: Hello? Santa?
Santa: Yeah, this is Santa.

Scrooge: I want to make it my personal mission, my holiday to-do list, to find you and to end you and to wipe my ass with you and this whole fucking holiday. That's what I want for Christmas, Santa.
Santa: That is a terrible thing to want for Christmas.

Santa: Don't be too hard on your parents, all right? Grown-ups have a hard time believing things.

Trudy: Can you use your Christmas magic to make them love each other again?
Santa: I wish I had that kind of power. Mrs. Claus and I have been going on year, uh, 1,100, and... Grown-up relationships are complicated. It takes work. A lot of work.

Candy Cane: You don't think...
Scrooge: Now, I know you're an idiot, but don't be an idiot out loud.

Gertrude: Jean-Claude Van Dipshit just ditched us, sweetie.

Santa: Trudy, I want you to, uh... just do me a favor. Just turn around and close your eyes. Maybe put your fingers in your ears and, uh, sing "Jingle Bells" as loud as you can.

Trudy: I'm okay, Mommy. This is my friend, Santa.
Linda: I can't thank you enough, Mister...
Santa: Claus. But please call me Santa.

Scrooge: Whatever it takes... Christmas dies tonight.

Santa: Hyah! Now, Dasher! Now, Dancer! Now, Prancer and Vixen! On, Comet! On, Cupid! On, Donner and Blitzen! Come on, you beautiful bastards! We've got some work to do! Hyah! Ho, ho, ho! Merry Christmas!

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Mazey Day

Black Mirror 6×4

Nathan: So, you know I don't like to judge other people's lifestyle choices. But I have really delicate sinuses. And when you fry garlic and ginger, it just makes the whole apartment a little acrid?
Bo: Yeah, sure, I'll, um... Yeah, I'll open the window, Nathan.

Bo: Hey, I'll take a skinny vanilla latte.

Clay: That's what you ought to call that, "pecan perfection." I mean, the chicken was perfection. The chicken was perfect. It is so easy to screw up chicken. Not many people know this. They think, "Oh, well, you just drop it in the deep fryer." No. It's not about frying chicken. You're gonna sauté it, bake it... But it's gotta be done, you know... Because you undercook it, and, you know, people die.

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Old Acquaintances

The Walking Dead: Dead City 1×1

Maggie: Sorry, thought you were better on your feet.
Negan: Good to see you, too.

Negan: Ginny, this here is Maggie. See, Maggie and I are... old acquaintances.

Negan: So, you are either here not to kill me, or you have gotten seriously rusty.

Maggie: I tracked them all the way up the Hudson, by then they'd already made it across.
Negan: Across to what?
Maggie: Manhattan.

Negan: Let's just say there were a lot of psychos in my crew back then. But [Croat] always stood out as being an exceptionally insane son of a bitch.

Negan: All right, tell me this. Why would I help you?
Maggie: Because you owe me...
Negan: Because I owe you, right.

Pearlie: The reason it's crucial we find this man is because he's murdered a magistrate in cold blood, along with four others. Which means under Code 14, Section 2 of New Babylon law, he'll be executed. But not just executed. Nothing so magnanimous as a hanging or beheading, no. For what this man has done, he'll be dangled upside down and sawed in half lengthwise from the groin to the head very, very slowly.

Pearlie: This is a man who's built up an empire like a greedy king. Story goes, he once lined up a group of unarmed folks and he bashed in a man's head with a baseball bat in front of the man's pregnant wife.

Pearlie: Tranquillitas ordinis. Tranquility, order, justice, the law. That's what keeps our Federation of States at peace. Safe, stable.

Pearlie: See. That's all you needed to say. The truth. And yet, Code 14, Section 8... Aiding and abetting.

Negan: All right, so how's this whole operation supposed to lay out? I mean, besides the part where I charm my old pal into giving you your kid back?
Maggie: I got a plan.
Negan: Ah, top secret, huh? I am on a need-to-know basis, I guess. That's cool, you don't trust me. Hell, I wouldn't trust me either.

Jano: So what's the deal with Manhattan? What's so special about it?
Pearlie: Manhattan was one of the epicenters. Military destroyed all the bridges and tunnels, hoping to contain it, hoping to contain them. Once home to a million and a half people. Now...

Negan: What I don't get is after all these years, you still think I'm the bad guy? I'm not. No one is. Or you know what, Maggie? Maybe everyone is... Ask yourself one question. How many husbands and fathers have you killed?

Negan: Seriously, walkers are falling from the sky now?

Negan: Nope!

The Croat: Twenty stories! New record, no? And yet...

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Guy Ritchie's The Covenant (2023)

Master Sergeant John Kinley: Well, Akhmed, this unit specializes in finding Taliban munitions and explosive sites. Basically, we get into trouble. Sadly... we lost our last interpreter.
Ahmed: Understood. And it's "Ahmed", sir.
Master Sergeant John Kinley: Oh. Yeah. Well, it's "Sergeant", not "sir".

Colonel Vokes: Look, you've been tasked with finding IED factories. You can get creative in finding them, yeah? Do it your way.
Master Sergeant John Kinley: I don't think you'll like my way.
Colonel Vokes: I don't think it's important whether I like it or not, especially if I don't know about it. I really enjoyed not having this conversation.

Master Sergeant John Kinley: You're out of your bounds, Ahmed. You're here to translate.
Ahmed: Actually, I'm here to interpret.

Master Sergeant John Kinley: Ahmed, you stay here. We don't need a translator for this.

Master Sergeant John Kinley: I'm lying in this bed. I kiss my children before they go to school. And he's hiding in a hole somewhere. A hole he can never get out of. A hole that we put him in. And that wasn't the deal.

Master Sergeant John Kinley: The deal was that we offered his family sanctuary. Then we tied a noose around his neck and we kicked the stool out from under him. I should be in that hole.

Master Sergeant John Kinley: You think he blessed you? Well, he fuckin' cursed me. I am a man who gets no rest.

Master Sergeant John Kinley: We both know how this is gonna end. I am gonna have to get him out myself.

Master Sergeant John Kinley: There is a hook in me. One that you cannot see. But it is there. And you think I have a choice? There is no fuckin' choice. I am going to get that man and his family out of the position that we put him in. And of that, I have no doubt.

Ali: Do you know what John means in my country?... My dear. My love.

Ahmed: I like your outfit.
Master Sergeant John Kinley: And I like what you've done with your hair.

Eddie Parker: You know, if you'd have told me that you were John Kinley, and he's the Ahmed, you'd have got this whole thing on me, pal.

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Rough Diamonds 1×1

Noah Wolfson: He didn't like the firm or what?
Adina Glazer: He found it okay, but he wasn't passionate about it. I think he mainly did it because he thought it's what tate wanted.
Noah Wolfson: Naturally, they all do what tate wants.

Noah Wolfson: Come on, Adina. For real. How many years did you fight before he let you become a trader? Huh? You were the best out of any of us and he wanted you to teach or something.
Adina Glazer: Yeah, but he did make me a dealer and I'm doing fine now. The first woman in four generations. Give him credit for that. He's earned it.

Eli Wolfson: This whole entire thing... They come here, to our house and make threats as if we were just... This is what's become of us. You know? There used to be rules, used to be honor. I mean, they wouldn't have dared come here. It's crazy.

Gila Wolfson: The Wolfsons... You're all the same kind of person. You expect us all to love you. You can't stand anybody speaking badly about you. But when times get hard, "poof"... you disappear.

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Joan Is Awful

Black Mirror 6×1

Joan: I... I feel like I'm not the main character in my own life story.
Dr Atkinson: And would you like that to change?

Joan: Mmm... Amazing... Is that salt?

Krish: Uh... Oh my God. Uh... What?
Joan: "New drama. Joan Is Awful." Is that Salma Hayek?

Joan: That's not my hair.
Krish: Well, it's a lot like your hair. And she's even called Joan.

Joan: I think we should turn this off.
Krish: What? Well, actually, I wanna keep watching.
Joan: No. No...

Salma Hayek: Is that Cate Blanchett?

Joan: Did you see it?
Eric: Everybody saw it. It's all anyone can talk about.
Joan: How'd it come across?... Fair.

Joan's Lawyer: ...you assigned them the right to exploit all of that.
Joan: What? When?
Joan's Lawyer: Terms and conditions.
Joan: I have never seen this before.
Joan's Lawyer: You have. You just haven't seen it printed out before. All of that would have popped up on your phone or whatever when you first signed up to Streamberry. And you clicked "accept."
Joan: What? I mean, I had... I had no... How was I supposed to know this?
Joan's Lawyer: I know. But you did accept it, and so they're in the clear.

Joan: No, no. No, no, no. They can't... they can't do this to me.
Joan's Lawyer: There are only so many ways for me to tell you they absolutely can.

Joan: But how do they... how do they even know what I'm doing? It's the same... it's the same day. Joan's Lawyer: Well, you know when you got your phone face down on the table, and you're in your kitchen, and you're talking to your friend about, I don't know, shoe deodorizers, and then, you know, you go on your computer and what pops up? A shoe deodorizing ad. Then you get an email, and it's all about shoe deodorizing. Then you're walking down the street, shoe deodorizing. You can't escape it. And it's...
Joan: Yeah, so?
Joan's Lawyer: Uh, that's how they know.

Joan: Fuck!
Joan's Lawyer: I agree. Uh, I hate to say it, but this thing is... is watertight.
Joan: Oh my God.
Joan's Lawyer: They got you every which way and then some. My advice is to try and ignore it.
Joan: What the fuck kind of advice is that?
Joan's Lawyer: It's the only kind I got.

Mac: It's, um... It's... This is so public.
Joan: What do you mean?
Mac: This is gonna be on the show.
Joan: Okay, but it's not us. It's... it's computer people. It's Salma Hayek and...
Mac: Well, yeah, I know. So, I mean, like, I'm gonna be the guy who can't get it up for Salma Hayek?

Mac: You know, it's one thing to not be able to get it up for, like, you, but Salma Hayek? I mean, look, people are gonna laugh at me.
Joan: The show is called fucking Joan Is Awful! How do you think I feel?

Joan: Have you not seen Joan Is Awful?
Male Cop: No, but it's on my list.
Joan: Just wait till episode four. I hear it's gonna be a blast.

Salma Hayek: I am Roman Catholic. My grandmother Rosa was going to be a nun. She might die when she sees this. What right do they have to kill my abuela with this deepfake heretic abomination?
Salma's Lawyer: Uh, page 39, paragraph eight.
Salma Hayek: Paragraph eight can suck my dick! I don't even know what it says anyway.
Salma's Lawyer: Uh, your image rights agreement with Streamberry. It's page 39, paragraph eight.

Salma Hayek: You know I don't read this crap. I am a dyslexic, talented actress with questionable English. That's why I overpay you to protect me. Joan: Please don't kill me, Salma Hayek.
Salma Hayek: You're lucky I'm a humanitarian. Let's have a talk.

Fatima Klaas: Why that particular woman? What's so special about her?
Mona Javadi: Absolutely nothing. We were looking for a totally average, nobody person, just... just to test the system. The point is, Joan Is Awful is just the beginning. The aim here is to launch unique, tailored content to each individual in our database, all 800 million of them, created on the fly by our system. The most relatable content imaginable. Actually, there's one for you... I couldn't resist.

Fatima Klaas: Uh, why "awful"? Why is it all so negative?
Mona Javadi: Yeah. No, that's a great question, Fatima. Um, we did try more affirmative content in the test cell, but we found that, um, our subjects just didn't buy it. It didn't chime with their neurotic view of themselves. What we found instead was when we focused on their more weak or selfish or craven moments, it confirmed their innermost fears and put them in a state of mesmerized horror. Which really drives engagement. They literally can't look away.

Salma Hayek: Let's kill this quam-puta.

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Marlowe (2022)

Clare Quincannon: How private exactly are your investigations, Mr. Marlowe?

Clare Quincannon: You're very perceptive and sensitive, Mr. Marlowe. I imagine it gives you trouble...

Philip Marlowe: That's the last thing you want in homicide, I realize, homicide.

Floyd Hanson: Goodbye, Mr. Marlowe. I'm sorry that it was ultimately uninteresting to talk to you... Ah, but I do like this thing that you have about not being afraid, when you should be.

Dorothy Quincannon: First of all, you have to boil the water, now is that water boiled?.. And then scald the teapot. Give it a good scalding... Put in one teaspoon per cup, then one for the pot and then leave it to draw for three minutes. Think of a soft boiled egg, darling, three minutes, no more, no less and then you're ready to pour, have you got that?... When you make tea, make tea. When you make water, make water.
Philip Marlowe: I... I don't think he got it.
Dorothy Quincannon: Did you?
Philip Marlowe: You lifted it from Joyce, ma'am.
Dorothy Quincannon: Uh-ho, and he lifted it from somewhere else, shitty little man that he is. Never a day's work in his life.
Philip Marlowe: Yeah, apart from the books.
Dorothy Quincannon: Terrible little syphilitic. Tricked an American, sometimes that's all you have to do.
Philip Marlowe: Is that what you did?
Dorothy Quincannon: I've tricked any number of Americans, including playing pagan princesses, Elizabeth of England, ruined widows and any number of flash-eyed barefoot peasant girls. There's nothing to it, all you need are regular features and the ability to read.
Philip Marlowe: Oh, I very much doubt that.

Dorothy Quincannon: The key to Hollywood, Mr. Marlowe, is knowing when your game is up. Take the money and run, or stay, if you want. But at least take the money.

Lou Hendricks: I think you'll keep looking for Peterson, client or not, because you can't stop.

Joe Green: There are certain things I'm just not gonna hear.

Philip Marlowe: They took my .38.
Det. Joe Green: Yeah. There's your .38, if someone gets killed with your .38, you still have a .38. If they ever make us record serial numbers, it'll be fucked.

Philip Marlowe: Just really look for her, I lost her.
Det. Bernie Ohls: When you're getting to be an old timer, it's okay to get out alive.

Cedric: Mr. Hendricks... that's not fair.
Lou Hendricks: As the progeny of sharecroppers, Cedric, you should know life isn't fair!
Cedric: You're right... Life isn't fair.

Cedric: ...we should stick together. I'll be your driver for the moment.
Philip Marlowe: Cedric, I have my own wheels.
Cedric: Of course you do... but consider the parking.

Clare Quincannon: You see, Mr. Marlowe... her lover dumped her. ... So she's playing the only role left for her to play. The femme fatale. Her very own Medea.
Dorothy Quincannon: Oh, well! It's a role that awaits us all, my dear.

Philip Marlowe: Are you okay?
Clare Quincannon: I don't care that I'm less than you think I am. I'm always less than people think I am. You're one of those people who's just lucky to be more than we think you are.

Cedric: A car is more than a vehicle Mr. Hendricks used to tell me. It's a sealed confessional. A repository of secrets. And this city, devoted as it is to the internal combustion engine is a city of motorized secrets.

Clare Quincannon: We all have our secrets, Mr. Marlowe. Leading men with their little peccadilloes. Leading ladies who can't function without their Mexican tinctures. We all need someone to keep us in line.

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More with Less

The Wire 5×1

Det. Christeson: This shit actually works?
Sgt. Jay Landsman: Hell, yeah. Americans are stupid people. We believe what we're told.

Det. William 'Bunk' Moreland: The bigger the lie, the more they believe.

Sgt. Ellis Carver: We're all professionals. And we're about to police the roughest district in one of the roughest cities in the world. Show some pride.

Maj. Dennis Mello: Gave them the professionalism bit?
Sgt. Ellis Carver: In the real world, they pay professionals. That's why we call them pros.

Managing Editor Thomas Klebanow: Just because Chicago tightens its belt, it's no reason for us to fall down. Their cutbacks there shouldn't affect our ability to put out an excellent product. Simply have to do more with less.

Col. Cedric Daniels: So one thieving politician trumps 22 dead bodies. Good to know.

Col. Cedric Daniels: When the money starts to flow, I'll get you all back on this somehow. Sorry.
Det. James 'Jimmy' McNulty: .... Wonder what it feels like to work in a real fucking police department!

Scott Templeton: Who's doing the react piece?
City Editor Augustus 'Gus' Haynes: Jeff Will, why?
Scott Templeton: I'm just, uh... I need a story. I'm up.
City Editor Augustus 'Gus' Haynes: Yeah. Stay hungry like that. Good things come when they come.

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The Menu (2022)

Margot: We have reached the base camp of mount bullshit. This is insane.

Chef Slowik: Welcome to Hawthorn. I am Julian Slowik, and tonight it'll be our pleasure to feed you.

Chef Slowik: Over the next few hours you will ingest fat, salt, sugar, protein, bacteria, fungi, various plants and animals, and, at times, entire ecosystems. But I have to beg of you one thing. It's just one. Do not eat... Taste. Savor. Relish. Consider every morsel that you place inside your mouth. Be mindful. But do not eat. Our menu is too precious for that... And look around you. Here we are on this island. Accept. Accept all of it. And forgive... And on that note, food!

Chef Slowik: Now, here is what you must remember about this dish. We, the people on this island, are not important. The island and the nutrients it provides exist in their most perfect state without us gathering them or manipulating them, or digesting them. What happens inside this room is meaningless compared to what happens outside in nature, in the soil, in the water, in the air... We are but a frightened nanosecond. Nature is timeless... Enjoy.

Elsa: You will eat less than you desire and more than you deserve.

Chef Slowik: Please eat. The menu only makes sense if you eat.
Margot: But you told us not to eat.
Chef Slowik: That is not what I meant, madam. And you know it.

Chef Slowik: Eat! Enjoy.

Chef Slowik: It's all part of the menu.

Chef Slowik: There's a saying. "Sometimes all you need is a good cup of tea." I learned that growing up in Bratislava. I've found that not only does tea cleanse the palate, but it offers a soothing balm when facing some hard home truths.

Chef Slowik: You belong here with your own breed.
Margot: And what breed is that?
Chef Slowik: With the shit shovelers. You thought I couldn't tell? Oh, I know a fellow service industry worker when I see one.

Chef Slowik: Do you enjoy providing your services?
Margot: Yes. Or I... I used to. Do you enjoy providing yours?
Chef Slowik: Oh, I used to, but I haven't desired to cook for someone in ages. And one does miss that feeling.

Lillian Bloom: Are we all really dying tonight?
Katherine Keller: It doesn't work if you live.
Lillian Bloom: What doesn't work?
Katherine Keller: The menu.
Lillian Bloom: Why not?
Katherine Keller: It needs an ending... That ties everything together conceptually. Otherwise, it just tastes good, and who cares.

Chef Slowik: Swallow first.

Chef Slowik: Mmm. Wow. Wow. It's actually quite... bad. You are why the mystery has been drained from our art.

Chef Slowik: What about my food is not to your liking?
Margot: For starters, you've taken the joy out of eating. Every dish you served tonight has been some intellectual exercise rather than something you want to sit and enjoy. When I eat your food, it tastes like it was made with no love.
Chef Slowik: Oh, this is ridiculous. We always cook with love. Don't we?
— Yes, chef!
Chef Slowik: Everyone knows love is the most important ingredient.
Margot: Then you're kidding yourself.

Margot: You cook with obsession, not love. Even your hot dishes are cold... You're a chef. Your single purpose on this earth is to serve people food that they might actually like, and you have failed. You've failed. And you've bored me. And the worst part is I'm still fucking hungry.

Margot: You know what I'd really like?
Chef Slowik: Tell me.
Margot: A cheeseburger.
Chef Slowik: .... Yeah, we can do a cheeseburger.
Margot: A real cheeseburger. Not some fancy, deconstructed avant bullshit.
Chef Slowik: A real cheeseburger... Well, I'll make you a very good, very traditional cheeseburger.
Margot: I don't think you can.
Chef Slowik: I'll make you feel as if you're eating the first cheeseburger you ever ate. The cheap one your parents could barely afford.
Margot: Show me.
Chef Slowik: How do you like it?
Margot: Medium. American cheese.
Chef Slowik: American cheese is the best cheese for a cheeseburger, because it melts without splitting.
Margot: How much will that set me back?
Chef Slowik: $9.95.
Margot: That come with fries?

Chef Slowik: And now, our final dessert course is a playful twist on a comfort food classic. The s'more. The most offensive assault on the human palate ever contrived. Unethically sourced chocolate and gelatinized sugar water imprisoned by industrial-grade Graham cracker. It's everything wrong with us, and yet we associate it with innocence. With childhood.

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Sharper (2023)

Sandra: Must be nice being surrounded by books all day.
Tom: It's the best.
Tom: I was just a little depressed... It got bad but, you know, it's like, who hasn't been borderline suicidal at some point in their life?

Max: I don't watch movies. They're a waste of time. But I gave you the impression that I did, and that's what we're gonna do with you.

Max: We're gonna give people the impression that you're somebody that you're not. And when I'm done with you, it's gonna be 100% convincing. We're gonna teach you a little about everything. So that you can lie about anything.

Max: Don't feel sorry for him. You can't cheat an honest man, right? That's why we never feel sorry for the mark.

Richard: All that work for $1,000... Let me give you a piece of advice, Max. If you're gonna steal, steal a lot.

Max: I don't like the way you look at him... You like him a little bit.
Madeline: Of course I like him. He's a billionaire.

Madeline: People get their hearts broken every day. It happens to everybody, okay? All the time. But most kids aren't entitled enough to hire men to find the girl who did it.

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Thirteen Lives (2022)

Coach: Okay, bye. See you at 7pm.

Governor: This could be a long night...

Rick Stanton: I don't even like kids.

Rick Stanton: That was exciting. Not in a good way.

John Volanthen: Suppose they're alive in there. What's it like for them?...
Rick Stanton: Why say that?
John Volanthen: I was just wondering.

Rick Stanton: I'm just telling it like it is. All this water pumping, flooding fields, praying to shrines, it's bullshit! I'm not having it. ... Those boys are never coming out. Never.
Capt. Arnont Sureewong: Our most experienced divers are going to...
Rick Stanton: No, sir. It's not about your divers. We brought a man out on our first dive, and he completely panicked. Almost drowned. And that was a very short swim. You try and dive those kids the whole way, all you'll be bringing out is dead bodies!

John Volanthen: Rick... Whoa. What are you thinking?
Rick Stanton: Just a crazy idea.
John Volanthen: So tell me. Rick, crazy is better than nothing. We've got nothing.
Rick Stanton: We call Harry.
John Volanthen: Harry?
Rick Stanton: Mmm. Doctor Harris.
John Volanthen: That's brilliant!
Rick Stanton: Mmm.
John Volanthen: Or insane. Or both.

Harry Harris: I'm not in the same league as you guys, but...
Rick Stanton: But you've got a skill none of the rest of us have, Harry.
Harry Harris: What's that?
John Volanthen: Well, he's talkin' about your area of expertise. ....
Harry Harris: No. No! No, no, no. No.
Rick Stanton: It's their only chance.

Harry Harris: ...anyway, it just wouldn't work.
John Volanthen: Well, you don't know that. It's never been done before.
Harry Harris: No, you'll kill 'em.
Rick Stanton: They're gonna die anyway.

Rick Stanton: Harry. We do nothing, we'll be bringin' 'em out dead for sure. But if they die while we're bringin' 'em out, at least we will have tried.

Governor: How safe is this procedure?
Harry Harris: I just can't answer that. Because I've never done it before. As far as I know, nobody ever has.

Governor: Do your best. And if we fail, the failure is mine alone.

John Volanthen: Here. For good luck.
Rick Stanton: Don't believe in luck.
John Volanthen: Just take it, take it. [Mother]'s watching, come on.

Rick Stanton: Yesterday, they said if we got one boy out alive, we'd be heroes. Now, we bring a single one out dead...
John Volanthen: Yeah...

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