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Winter Soldier Investigation

The Winter Soldier Investigation was a media event intended to publicize war crimes and atrocities by Americans and allies in Vietnam, while showing their direct relationship to American administration and war policies. This 3-day gathering of American Vietnam War veterans, civilians and media took place in Detroit, Michigan, from January 31-February 2, 1971, and was organized by the Vietnam Veterans Against the War. 109 Vietnam veterans and 16 civilians gave testimony about war crimes they had committed or witnessed during the years of 1963-1970. Journalists and film crews recorded the event, and a transcript was later read into the Congressional Record.

 * ''Note: The public domain status of the below text is unclear. According to The Sixties Project, the transcript is copyrighted, though it has been reproduced elsewhere. Inquiries should be made to the copyright owner regarding the public domain status of this document and any contained excerpts.

Opening statement excerpt
In an opening statement at the beginning of the three day hearing, William Crandall stated:
 * ...We went to preserve the peace and our testimony will show that we have set all of Indochina aflame. We went to defend the Vietnamese people and our testimony will show that we are committing genocide against them. We went to fight for freedom and our testimony will show that we have turned Vietnam into a series of concentration camps.

 * We went to guarantee the right of self-determination to the people of South Vietnam and our testimony will show that we are forcing a corrupt and dictatorial government upon them. We went to work toward the brotherhood of man and our testimony will show that our strategy and tactics are permeated with racism. We went to protect America and our testimony will show why our country is being torn apart by what we are doing in Vietnam...

 * It has often been remarked but seldom remembered that war itself is a crime. Yet a war crime is more and other than war. It is an atrocity beyond the usual barbaric bounds of war. It is legal definition growing out of custom and tradition supported by every civilized nation in the world including our own. It is an act beyond the pale of acceptable actions even in war. Deliberate killing or torturing of prisoners of war is a war crime. Deliberate destruction without military purpose of civilian communities is a war crime. The use of certain arms and armaments and of gas is a war crime. The forcible relocation of population for any purpose is a war crime. All of these crimes have been committed by the U.S. Government over the past ten years in Indochina. An estimated one million South Vietnamese civilians have been killed because of these war crimes. A good portion of the reported 700,000 National Liberation Front and North Vietnamese soldiers killed have died as a result of these war crimes and no one knows how many North Vietnamese civilians, Cambodian civilians, and Laotian civilians have died as a result of these war crimes.

 * But we intend to tell more. We intend to tell who it was that gave us those orders; that created that policy; that set that standard of war bordering on full and final genocide. We intend to demonstrate that My Lai was no unusual occurrence, other than, perhaps, the number of victims killed all in one place, all at one time, all by one platoon of us. We intend to show that the policies of Americal Division which inevitably resulted in My Lai were the policies of other Army and Marine Divisions as well. We intend to show that war crimes in Vietnam did not start in March, 1968, or in the village of Son My or with one Lt. William Calley. We intend to indict those really responsible for My Lai, for Vietnam, for attempted genocide … You who hear or read our testimony will be able to conclude for yourselves who is responsible. We are here to bear witness not against America, but against those policy makers who are perverting America.

Senator Hatfield urges Congress, State Department and Defense Department to act
On Monday, April 5, 1971, Senator Mark Hatfield of Oregon made the following address on the Senate Floor:
 * Mr. President, the moral sensitivity of the Nation has been aroused by the conviction of Lt. William Calley. More clearly than before, this incident has focused the fundamental moral questions that our Nation must confront regarding our conduct in Indochina.

 * The Department of Defense said in its recent statement relating to the Calley conviction:

 * The Department of the Army has had a moral and legal obligation to adopt a continuing policy of investigating fully all substantive allegations or violations of the laws of war involving American personnel. Every allegation of misconduct on the battlefield -- regardless of the rank or position of the person purportedly responsible -- must be thoroughly explored.

 * There has recently been brought to my attention testimony relating to the policy and conduct of American forces in Indochina which has grave and very serious implications. The testimony is given by honorably discharged veterans who had served in Vietnam, and was conducted by Vietnam Veterans Against the War. Three days of testimony were conducted in Detroit, Mich. on January 31, February 1, and 2 of this year. This group, which represents 11,000 veterans, plans to send several thousand to Washington the week of April 19 to petition Congress for full congressional hearings.

 * I, of course, have no way of ascertaining the veracity of all the testimony given, and I am not in agreement with certain of the statements and judgments made by those who testified. However, I believe that the allegations made by these Americans, who served their country in Vietnam, are so serious and so grave that they demand the full study by the appropriate committees of Congress as well as by the executive branch.

 * The testimony and allegations raised by the experience of these veterans includes charges regarding: the torture and murder of suspects and prisoners of war captured by Americans and South Vietnamese forces; the wanton killing of innocent, unarmed civilians; the brutalization and rape of Vietnamese women in the villages; military policies which enabled indiscriminate bombing and the random firing of artillery into villages which resulted in the burning to death of women, children and old people; the widespread defoliation of lands of forests; the use of various types of gases; the mutilation of enemy bodies, and others.

 * A recurrent theme running throughout the testimony is that of institutionalized racist attitudes of the military in their training of the men who are sent to Vietnam--training which has indoctrinated them to think of all Vietnamese as "gooks" and subhuman.

 * Further, the thrust of the reports made in the 3-day testimony is that such actions were the consequence of reasonable and known policy adopted by our military commanders and that the knowledge of incidents resulting from these policies was widely shared.

 * Several of the allegations made in this testimony would place the United States in violation of the Geneva Convention and other international agreements relating to the conduct of war which have been ratified by our Government.

 * Therefore, the necessity for investigating fully these alleged actions, and all evidence that bears on our actions in Indochina and the international agreements we have ratified cannot be overstated.

 * Therefore, first I ask unanimous consent that the testimony presented by over 100 honorably discharged veterans in Detroit be placed in the Congressional Record. I realize that the testimony is very lengthy, but its full force and content must be made available so that it can be read and judged on its own merits.

 * Second, I will transmit this testimony to the Department of Defense and the Department of State and urge, in accord with its stated policy, that the evidence and allegations it contains be fully investigated.

 * Third, I urge the appropriate committees of the Congress to conduct hearings on the policies governing the use of military force in Indochina and their relation to international agreements our country has ratified.

 * Fourth, I recommend consideration be given to forming a special commission that would investigate in full these matters and would provide a forum to assess the moral consequences of our involvement in Indochina to us as a Nation and a people.

 * We as a Nation must find the proper way to honestly confront the moral consequences of our actions, and to corporately turn ourselves from the thinking and the policy that has degraded our moral posture and to recognize that out of contrition and self-examination can come a genuine rebirth of the ideas we hold as a people.

 * The testimony that follows and the steps I have advocated are presented with this hope. I ask unanimous consent to have the testimony printed in the Extensions of Remarks.

Guenter Lewy on the Winter Soldier Investigation, America in Vietnam
From pages 316-317
 * "Another organization active in airing charges of American atrocities in Vietnam was the Vietnam Veterans Against the War (VVAW), which was founded in 1967; by 1970 it was said to have 600 members. From 31 January to 2 February 1971, the VVAW, with financial backing from actress Janes Fonda, convened a hearing, known as the Winter Soldier Investigation, in the city of Detroit. More than 100 veterans and 16 civilians testified at this hearing about "war crimes which they either committed or witnessed"; some of them had given similar testimony at the CCI inquiry in Washington. The allegations included using prisoners for target practice and subjecting them to a variety of grisly tortures to extract information, cutting off the ears of dead VCs, throwing VC suspects out of helicopters, burning villages, gang rapes of women, packing the vagina of a North Vietnamese nurse full of grease with a grease gun, and the like."

 * "Among the persons assisting the VVAW in organizing and preparing this hearing was Mark Lane, author of a book attacking the Warren Commission probe of the Kennedy Assassination and more recently of "Conversations with Americans", a book of interviews with Vietnam veterans about war crimes. On 22 December 1970 Lane's book had received a highly critical review in the "New York Times Book Review" by Neil Sheehan, who was able to show that some of the alleged "witnesses" of Lane's war crimes had never even served in Vietnam while others had not been in the combat situations they described in horrid detail. Writing in the "Saturday Review" a few days later, James Reston, Jr., called "Conversations with Americans" "a hodgepodge of hearsay" which ignored "a soldiers talent for embellishment" and a "disreputable book." To prevent the Detroit hearing from being tainted by such irregularities, all of the veterans testifying fully identified the units in which they had served and provided geographical descriptions of where the alleged atrocities had taken place."

 * "Yet the appearance of exactitude was deceptive. Sen. Mark O. Hatfield of Oregon was impressed by the charges made by the veterans and inserted the transcript of the Detroit hearing into the "Congressional Record." Furthermore, he asked the commandant of the Marine Corps to investigate the numerous allegations of wrongdoing made against the Marine in particular. The results of this investigation, carried out by the Naval Investigative Service, are interesting and revealing. Many of the veterans, though assured that they would not be questioned about atrocities they might have committed personally, refused to be interviewed. One of the active members of the VVAW told investigators that the leadership had directed the entire membership not to cooperate with military authorities. A black Marine who agreed to be interviewed was unable to provide details of the outrages he had described at the hearing, but he called the Vietnam War "one huge atrocity" and "a racist plot." He admitted that the question of atrocities had not occurred to him while he was in Vietnam, and that he had been assisted in the preparation of his testimony by a member of the Nation of Islam. But the most damaging finding consisted of the sworn statements of several veterans, corroborated by witnesses, that they had in fact not attended the hearing in Detroit. One of them had never been to Detroit in all his life. He did not know, he stated, who might have used his name."

 * "Incidents similar to some of those described at the VVAW hearing undoubtedly did occur. We know that hamlets were destroyed, prisoners tortured, and corpses mutilated. Yet these incidents either (as in the destruction of hamlets) did not violate the law of war or took place in breach of existing regulations. In either case, they were not, as alleged, part of a "criminal policy." The VVAW's use of fake witnesses and the failure to cooperate with military authorities and to provide crucial details of the incidents further cast serious doubt on the professed desire to serve the causes of justice and humanity. It is more likely that this inquiry, like others earlier and later, had primarily political motives and goals."

Changing perceptions of veterans
As noted by author Gerald Nicosia in his history of the Vietnam veterans movement Home to War,
 * Winter Soldier heralded a significant change of opinion in the American public toward the Vietnam veterans -- not only in terms of a new willingness to hear their side of things, but also in the amount of respect and credibility they were accorded. Over a dozen members of Congress endorsed the hearings. South Dakota Senator George S. McGovern, who would challenge Richard Nixon in the 1972 Presidential race, and Congressman John Conyers, Jr., of Michigan called for full Congressional investigations into charges leveled by the veterans at Winter Soldier; and Berkeley's radical black Congressman Ronald Dellums offered the veterans office space in Washington, where they could repeat their charges within a stone's throw of the House Armed Forces Committee and Senate Foreign Relations Committee.

 * Perhaps most striking about Winter Soldier was the great humility of all involved. These men, who deserved to be honored for the courage it took to bare their pain and to assume responsibility for actions their country had asked them to perform -- even as they had already been honored (at least minimally, with medals and citations) for risking their lives in the performance of those deeds -- now came before the world in an attitude of profound apology. On the last night of Winter Soldier, several carloads of veterans drove across the border to Windsor, Canada, to meet with a delegation of Vietnamese students in exile, who had been denied visas by the Canadian government to come to Detroit for the hearings. These American veterans signed their own symbolic "people's peace treaty" with the Vietnamese there. As Jan Barry recalls, the gesture was intended as a means of embracing the people they had harmed, of asking forgiveness for those they had killed.

 * Despite the leftist orientation of many of its sponsors, Winter Soldier did not come off as an attack on the United States. What the veterans insisted over and over was that America knew better than to do the things it was doing in Vietnam. They pointed out that search-and-destroy missions, free-fire zones, the relocation of people into strategic hamlets (which were enclosed by barbed-wire, and hardly more congenial than a concentration camp), defoliation of agricultural land, and B-52 pattern-bombing raids against undefended villages and populated areas (which refused to distinguish between combatants and civilians) were all in violation of codes and treaties which the United States had previously signed or accepted: the Rules of Land Warfare, the Geneva Conventions and Accords, and the Nuremberg Charter.

 * In effect, the veterans were asking America to listen to its own much-touted morality, and to begin to practice what it had spent two centuries preaching. At the same time, though, the veterans were careful to point out that the war crimes the United States was committing in Vietnam did not stem from the misconduct of individual soldiers -- which the government had tried to establish by scapegoating Calley and a handful of his fellow officers -- but resulted rather "from conscious military policies... designed by the military brass, National Security Council, and major universities and corporate institutions, and passed down through the chain of command for conversion into Standard Operational Procedures (SOPs) in the field.

While no one involved with the Winter Soldier Investigation, and subsequent Senate hearings, ever accused "all" servicemen of misconduct - it was made evident the problem had grown beyond "isolated incident" status. The problem was perceived by the participants as epidemic, and was seen as ignored and even condoned by leaders at all levels in the military and government. Winter Soldier was the culmination of efforts to bring national attention to this situation, and to expedite the end of America's participation in the Vietnam conflict.

Steve Pitkin's recollection
In August 2004, Steve Pitkin stated in a sworn affidavit that "John Kerry and other leaders of that event pressured me to testify about American war crimes, despite my repeated statements that I could not honestly do so. One event leader strongly implied that I would not be provided transportation back to my home in Baltimore, Maryland, if I failed to comply. Kerry and other leaders of the event instructed me to publicly state that I had witnessed incidents of rape, brutality, atrocities and racism, knowing that such statements would necessarily be untrue." Pitkin did give testimony, but not about war crimes or atrocities. Pitkin is shown in the Winter Soldier film, as well as the Going Upriver film. Pitkin has subsequently admitted his recollections were flawed, and has re-issued an affidavit now reflecting a different date of discharge from the Army, different people traveling with him to the Winter Soldier event, and different circumstances under which he joined the VVAW. Pitkin was not among the summary of scheduled participants which was given to the press at the start of the event. Pitkin testified during the third panel of the third day; the section reserved for any remaining veterans that wanted to speak, but were not scheduled. Veterans speaking during this panel were instructed to be brief, as there were several volunteers yet very little time remaining. Kerry's former brother-in-law, David Thorne, attended the Winter Soldier investigation. When interviewed about Pitkin's recent statements, Thorne flatly denied Pitkin's charges. "Kerry never forced anyone to testify to war crimes in any way. Kerry went to Winter Soldier to listen to what they had to say and to investigate for himself," Thorne said. Scott Camil, another participant at WSI, filed a separate affidavit directly refuting several allegations made by Pitkin.

Recollection of the testimony of one of the Winter Soldiers
On September 23, 2004, another veteran recalls:

 * I testified at the Winter Soldier investigation in 1971. I told the truth and to my knowledge not a single statement has ever proven to be false. I have heard a lot of false claims that the people at winter soldier were not veterans. If so many people were frauds at the Winter Soldier Investigation, why hasn't someone released the names of the vets who falsely testified? Wouldn't this be front page news? Maybe one or two frauds slipped through but I doubt it. The truth of the matter is no one was allowed to testify at the Winter Soldier Investigation unless they had DD214 military separation papers.

 * For years I tried to tell everyone who was willing to listen, about the official and de facto policies of our government that were against the Geneva Convention. They were in fact war crimes. I testified before Congress, before the U.N. Human rights Commission, at the Winter Soldier Investigation, at public hearings, at the Philadelphia Naval Base Criminal Investigation Department, and at the Pentagon. We spoke out against the POLICIES of our government, that were in violation of US law as well as International law. We never spoke out against our fellow soldiers. After all they were our friends, family members and neighbors. I went to the Naval Criminal Investigation Division and told them if they were interested in pursuing those responsible for the policies that resulted in war crimes, I would give them a sworn statement including pictures of war crimes that I personally took. They said they would get back to me but they never did. No one has ever challenged my statements, nor has anyone ever proven that I have made any untruthful statements. From my experiences as an infantry veteran, I was deeply concerned about my fellow soldiers in Vietnam being killed, or coming home severely injured. I wanted the war to come to an end, so that the destruction and madness in Vietnam would also come to an end. I lost many friends in Vietnam. Some were fellow soldiers and others were friends that I grew up with and knew from an early age. Earlier this year (2/2004), I returned to Vietnam and visited the old base camps and battlefields from my year in Vietnam 35 years ago. It was reassuring and very healing, to experience the peace, that is the reality of today's Vietnam. Almost no one in Vietnam talks about the "American War." To them it is ancient history. It is certainly sad to see so many of the old wounds being reopened and the old debates argued once again. In 1971, the members of VVAW were looking for a way to help put an end to the war, and bring peace to this country, as well as Vietnam. The members of VVAW that I knew were good people, with good hearts, that were trying to do the right thing. I have no regrets about working for peace. I still know many VVAW members today. All of them are very proud of their efforts in working for peace. It's time to put the Vietnam debate behind us. It's time to debate the current issues of today. And, let the chips fall where they may.

Hoa Binh John Beitzel, Vietnam Veteran 4/21 Infantry, 11th Bde, Americal Division. 1/1969 - 1/1970 Member - VVAW 9/1970 - 9/1971 Winter Soldier - Jan/Feb-1971

Journalist Neil Sheehan on war crimes in Vietnam, from his NY Times review of Mark Lane's book

 * "It has always been my understanding that it is the task of the Army and the Marines to kill the enemies of the country when they are ordered to do so. The rub is whom they should kill, when they should do the killing and how they should do it. This is what has torn the nation apart over the Vietnam war."

 * "The country desperately needs a sane and honest inquiry into the question of war crimes and atrocities in Vietnam by a body of knowledgeable and responsible men not beholden to the current military establishment. Who these men are and how that inquiry ought to be conducted are questions I do not have the space to discuss here, but the need for the inquiry is self-evident. Too large a segment of the citizenry believes that war crimes and atrocities have taken place for the question to be ignored."

 * "Anyone who spends much time in Vietnam sees acts that may constitute war crimes. One of the basic military tactics of the war, the air and artillery bombardments that have taken an untold number of civilian lives, is open to examination under the criteria established by the Nuremberg tribunal. Is it a war crime? We ought to know. And those professional soldiers who value their uniform would be wise to welcome such an inquiry."

 * "That the men who now run the military establishment cannot conduct a credible investigation also ought to be self-evident from the Army's handling of the My Lai affair, and the Army is the principal service involved in Vietnam."

 * "But until the country does summon up the courage to convene a responsible inquiry, we probably deserve the Mark Lanes."

title: Winter Soldier Investigation


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The Rocky Horror Picture Show

The Rocky Horror Picture Show (RHPS) (first released in the United Kingdom on 14 August 1975) is a comedy-horror musical film about a newly engaged couple whose car breaks down in an isolated area and who must pay a call to the bizarre residence of Dr. Frank-N-Furter.
 * Directed by Jim Sharman. Written by Jim Sharman and Richard O'Brien, who also composed the songs.

Give yourself over to absolute pleasure. Taglines

Brad

 * [singing] Dammit, Janet, I love you.
 * [after the Transylvanians perform the Time Warp.] Say, do any of you guys know how to Madison?
 * [Dr. Scott crashes through the laboratory wall.] Great Scott!
 * [repeated line.] Hi, my name is Brad Majors, and this is my fiancée, Janet Weiss.
 * [After Dr Frank N Furter asked Brad if he had any tattoos] Certainly not!
 * Hospitality! All we wanted to do was use your telephone, goddammit, a reasonable request you’ve chosen to ignore!

Janet

 * I don't like men with too many muscles.
 * If only we were amongst friends... or sane persons!
 * [singing] Touch-a touch-a touch-a touch me / I wanna be dirty! Thrill me, chill me, fulfill me / Creature of the night!
 * I'm a muscle fa-a-a-an!
 * Oh, dear, you're hurt! Did they do this to you?
 * [singing] I'll put up no resistance, I want to stay the distance.
 * [singing] I've tasted blood and I want MORE.
 * Is he.. Frank, I mean, is he your husband?

Dr. Frank N. Furter

 * How do you do? I/ see you've met my/ faithful handyman. He's just a/ little brought down, because/ when you knocked, he thought you were the candy-man.
 * [singing] Don't get strung out by the way I look./ Don't judge a book by its cover./ I'm not much of a man by the light of day,/ but by night I'm one hell of a lover!
 * [singing] I'm just a sweet transvestite, from Transsexual, Transylvania!
 * You look like you're both pretty groovy!
 * Well, you got caught with a flat!/ Well, how 'bout that?/ Well, babies, don't you panic!/ By the light of the night,/ It'll all seem all right!/ I'll get you a satanic mechanic! [While singing 'how 'bout that?', Dr. Frank N. Furter looks directly into the camera and raises one eyebrow, implying that he may have had something to do with the breakdown]
 * So, come up to the lab,/ and see what's on the slab!/ I see you shiver with antici... [3-second long pause] ...pation./ But maybe the rain/ isn't really to blame,/ so I'll remove the cause.../ [chuckles] but not the symptom.
 * Tonight, my unconventional conventionalists, you are about to witness a new breakthrough in biochemical research, and paradise is to be mine!
 * [after hacking Eddie to death with a ice-pick] One from the vaults. Don't be upset - it was a mercy killing. He had a certain naïve charm, but no muscle.
 * In just seven days (And six long nights), I can make you a man. Dig it if you can.
 * [hitting Riff-Raff with a whip] How did it happen?! I understood you were to be watching!
 * That's a rather tender subject. Another slice, anyone?
 * [singing] I'll tell you once, I won't tell you twice! You better wise up, Janet Weiss! Your apple pie don't taste too nice! You better wise up, Janet Weiss!
 * [singing] It's something you'll get used to! A mental mind fuck can be nice!
 * Ok? Ok!? I think we can do better then that! Brad and Janet, what do you think of him?
 * [singing] Planet Schmanet, Janet!!!
 * [singing] Don't get hot and flustered! Use a bit of mustard!
 * It's not easy having a good time! Even smiling makes my face ache!
 * Do you think I made a mistake splitting his brain between the two of them?
 * COME! We are ready for the floor show!
 * [singing] Whatever happened to Fay Wray? / That delicate satin-draped frame; / As it clung to her thigh, / How I started to cry, / 'Cause I wanted to be dressed just the same!
 * [singing] Give yourself over to absolute pleasure. Swim the warm waters of sins of the flesh - erotic nightmares beyond any measure, and sensual daydreams to treasure forever. Can't you just see it? Don't dream it, be it!
 * 'Cause I've seen blue skies, through the tears in my eyes. And I realize, I'm going home.
 * Well, really, That’s no way to behave on your first day out… but, uhmm, since your such an exceptional beauty, I’m prepared to forgive you.

The Criminologist

 * I would like (You would, wouldn't you?), if I may (You may not.), to take you (Where?) on a strange journey. (How strange was it? It was so strange, they made a movie about it!)
 * It's just a jump to the left.
 * [reading from dictionary] "Emotion: Agitation or disturbance of mind; vehement or excited mental state." It is also a powerful and irrational master. And from what Magenta and Columbia eagerly viewed on their television monitor, there seemed little doubt that Janet was, indeed... its slave.
 * [Last spoken lines.] And crawling (Where?) on the planet's face, (What did you have for breakfast?) some insects (How'd you run your phone bill up so high?) called the human race. (Where's your neck?) Lost in time, (What's your favorite TV show?) lost in space... (What does this film lack?) and meaning.
 * On a night out... (It was a Day's Inn) it was a night out they were going to remember (For how long?) for a very long time.

Riff Raff

 * You're wet. [after observing an obviously drenched Brad and Janet]
 * [singing] It's astounding, time is fleeting, madness takes its toll.
 * The master is not yet married, nor do I think he ever will be. We are simply his servants.
 * Everything is in readiness, Master. We merely await your... word.
 * MERCYYYYYYY!
 * You know this earthling? [correcting himself.] This... person?
 * [laughing with Magenta, cuts off suddenly and turns to her] Hahahahaha—SHUT UP!
 * [singing] Frank'N'Furter it's all over. Your mission is a failure, your lifestyle's too extreme. I'm your new commander, you now are my prisoner. We return to Transylvania, prepare the transit beam.
 * Say good-bye to all of this. (Good-bye, all of this!) And say hello... to oblivion. (Hello, oblivion; how's the wife and kids?)
 * [referring to Frank'N'Furter and Columbia'] They didn't like me!...They never liked me!
 * [After answering the door for Brad and Janet] Hellooo... [After thunder and lightning flash] I think perhaps you better both...come inside.
 * How sentimental...And also presumptuous of you. You see, when I said WE were to return to Transylvania, I referred only to Magenta and myself. I'm sorry, however, if you found my words misleading; but, you see, you are to remain here...in spirit, anyway.

Magenta

 * You're lucky. He's lucky. I'm lucky! WE'RE ALL LUCKY! [laughs.]
 * [singing]It's so dreamy / Oh, fantasy, free me! / So you can't see me / No, not at all. In another dimension, / With voyeuristic intention, / Well secluded, I see all.
 * Come along, the master doesn't like to be kept waiting. [beat.] Shift it!
 * [bangs gong.] Master! Dinner is prepared!
 * [frustrated] Ahh, I grow weary of this world! When do we return to Transylvania, huh?!
 * I ask for nothing! ...Master.
 * But I thought you liked them! ...They liked you.
 * Tell us about it, Janet!

Columbia

 * [singing.] Well I was walking down the street, just a-havin' a think/ When a snake of a guy gave me an evil wink! He shook-a me up, he took me by surprise/ He had a pick-up truck and the devil's eyes! He stared at me and I felt a change/ Time meant nothin', never would again!
 * [watching Brad and Janet being stripped to their underwear.] Oh, slowly, slowly! It's too nice a job to rush!
 * "He's okay!"
 * My God! I can't stand any more of this! First you spurn me for Eddie, and then you throw him off like an old overcoat for Rocky! You chew people up and then you spit them out again! I loved you... do you hear me? I loved you! And what did it get me? Yeah, I'll tell you: a big nothing! You're like a sponge, you take, take, take, and drain others of their love and emotion! Yeah, well, I've had enough! You're gonna choose between me and Rocky, so named 'cause of the rocks in his head!
 * [singing] It was great when it all began/ I was a regular Frankie fan.
 * [singing] Everybody shoved him, I very nearly loved him I said, 'Hey listen to me, stay sane inside insanity', but he locked the door and threw away the key.
 * You’re very lucky to be invited up to Frank’s Laboratory, some people would give their right arm for the privilege. (People like you?) Ha! I’ve seen it!

Eddie

 * [singing] Whatever happened to Saturday night?
 * [singing] Hot patootie, bless my soul! I really love that rock n' roll!
 * [singing]I'm out of my head / Oh hurry, or I may be dead. They musn't carry out their evil deeds. [bloodcurdling scream.]

Dialogue

 * Riff Raff: Hello.
 * Brad: Hi! My name is Brad Majors, and this is my fiancée, Janet Weiss. I wonder if you might help us. You see, our car broke down a few miles up the road. Do you have a phone we might use?
 * Riff Raff: You're wet.
 * Janet: Yes - it's raining. [gives Brad an off look.]
 * Brad: Yes.
 * Riff Raff: Yes... I think perhaps you better both come inside.
 * Janet: You're too kind.

 * Janet: Oh Brad, I'm frightened. What kind of a place is this?
 * Brad: Uh, it's probably some kind of hunting lodge for rich weirdos.
 * Janet: Oh.
 * Riff Raff: This way.
 * Janet: Are you having a party?
 * Riff Raff: You've arrived on a rather special night. It's one of the master's affairs.
 * Janet: Oh, lucky him.
 * Magenta: You're lucky, he's lucky, I'm lucky, we're all lucky  ! [laughs maniacally.]

 * [singing]
 * Riff Raff: With a bit of a mind flip/
 * Magenta: You're into the time slip/
 * Riff Raff: And nothing can ever be the same.
 * Magenta: You're spaced out on sensation. HAH!
 * Riff Raff: Like you're under sedation!
 * All: Let's do the time warp again!

 * Janet: Brad, please, let's get out of here.
 * Brad: For Godssakes, get a grip on yourself, Janet.
 * Janet: But it seems so unhealthy here.
 * Brad: It's just a party, Janet.
 * Janet: Well, I wanna go!
 * Brad: Well we can't go anywhere until I get to a phone.
 * Janet: Well then ask the butler or someone!
 * Brad: Just a moment, Janet. We don't want to interfere with their celebration.
 * Janet: This isn't the Junior Chamber of Commerce, Brad!
 * Brad: They're probably foreigners with ways different from our own. They may do some more... folk dancing.

 * Frank: Enchanté. Well! How nice. And what charming underclothes you both have. But here. Put these on. They'll make you feel less... vulnerable. It's not often we receive visitors here, let alone offer them... hospitality.
 * Brad: Hospitality!? All we wanted to do was to use your telephone, Goddammit, a reasonable request, which you've chosen to ignore!
 * Janet: Brad, don't be ungrateful.
 * Brad: Ungrateful!
 * Frank: How forceful you are, Brad. Such a perfect specimen of manhood. So... dominant. You must be awfully proud of him, Janet.
 * Janet: [bashful.] Well, yes I am.
 * Frank: Do you have any tattoos, Brad?
 * Brad: Certainly not!
 * Frank: Oh, well. [looks at Janet.] How 'bout you?

 * Janet: What have you done with Brad?!
 * Frank: [honestly surprised] Nothing. Why, do you think I should?

 Later
 * Brad: What have you done with Janet?!
 * Frank: [honestly surprised] Nothing. Why, do you think I should?

 [After finding Rocky and Janet have had sex.]
 * Dr. Scott: Janet!
 * Janet: Dr. Scott!
 * Brad: Janet!
 * Janet: Brad!
 * Frank: Rocky!
 * [Rocky looks over to Frank]
 * Dr. Scott: Janet!
 * Janet: Dr. Scott!
 * Brad: Janet!
 * Janet: Brad!
 * Frank: Rocky!
 * [Rocky looks over to Frank]
 * Dr. Scott: Janet!
 * Janet: Dr. Scott!
 * Brad: Janet!
 * Janet: Brad!
 * Frank: Rocky!
 * [Rocky looks over to Frank]

 * Dr. Scott: This sonic transducer...it is, I suppose, some kind of audio-vibratory-physio-molecular transport device?
 * Brad: You mean...?!
 * Dr. Scott: Yes, Brad, it's something we ourselves have been working on for quite some time. But it seems our friend here has found a means of perfecting it. A device which is capable of breaking down solid matter and projecting it through space...and who knows, perhaps even time itself!

 * Magenta: I ask for nothing, Master!
 * Frank: And you shall receive it, IN ABUNDANCE!

 * Janet: You killed them!
 * Magenta: But I thought you liked them! They liked you.
 * Riff-Raff: They didn't like me! They never liked me!

 * Dr Scott: We came here to discuss Eddie
 * Columbia: Eddie?!
 * Frank: [threatens Columbia with an electric carver] That’s a rather tender subject, another slice anyone?
 * Columbia: Excuse me… [leaves room and starts screaming]
 * Dr Scott: [breaking the fourth wall] I knew he was in with a bad crowd, but it was worse then I imagined… Aliens!
 * Rocky: Ugh?!
 * Frank: Go on, Dr Scott. Or should I say, Dr Von Scott?
 * Brad: Just what exactly are you implying?
 * Dr Scott: It’s alright!
 * Brad: But Dr Scott!
 * Dr Scott: That’s alright, Brad!!

Taglines

 * Give yourself over to absolute pleasure.
 * Dig It If You Can
 * A Different Set Of Jaws.
 * Another Kind Of Rocky.
 * He's the hero—that's right, the hero!!
 * Don't Dream it, Be It!
 * A Musical Dream Come True (British poster)

Cast

 * Jonathan Adams - Dr. Everett Von Scott
 * Barry Bostwick - Brad Majors
 * Nell Campbell - Columbia
 * Tim Curry - Dr. Frank-N-Furter
 * Charles Gray - The Criminologist
 * Peter Hinwood - Rocky
 * Hilary Labow - Betty Munroe Hapschatt
 * Meat Loaf - Eddie
 * Jeremy Newson - Ralph Hapschatt
 * Richard O'Brien - Riff Raff
 * Patricia Quinn - Magenta
 * Susan Sarandon - Janet Weiss

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Walter Scott

Sir Walter Scott, 1st Baronet (August 15, 1771 – September 21, 1832) was a Scottish historical novelist, poet, playwright and historian popular throughout Europe during his time. He had a major impact on European and American literature. As an advocate, judge and legal administrator by profession, he combined writing and editing with daily work as Clerk of Session and Sheriff-Depute of Selkirkshire. He was prominent in Edinburgh's Tory establishment, active in the Highland Society, long a president of the Royal Society of Edinburgh (1820–1832), and a vice president of the Society of Antiquaries of Scotland (1827–1829). His knowledge of history and literary facility equipped him to establish the historical novel genre and as an exemplar of European Romanticism.

Quotes

 * Where lives the man that has not tried, How mirth can into folly glide, And folly into sin!
 * The Bridal of Triermain (1813), canto i. Stanza 21.

 * But mankind—the race would perish did they cease to aid each other.—From the time that the mother binds the child's head, till the moment that some kind assistant wipes the death-damp from the brow of the dying, we cannot exist without mutual help. All, therefore, that need aid, have the right to ask it of their fellow-mortals; no one who has the power of granting can refuse it without guilt.
 * The Black Dwarf (1816), Ch. 17.

 * Come as the winds come, when Forests are rended, Come as the waves come, when Navies are stranded.
 * Pibroch of Donald Dhu (1816), St. 4.

 * War's a fearsome thing. They'll be cunning that catches me at this wark again.
 * Old Mortality, Volume II (1816), Chapter XI.

 * Sound, sound the clarion, fill the fife! To all the sensual world proclaim, One crowded hour of glorious life Is worth an age without a name.
 * Old Mortality, Volume II (1816), Chapter XIII.
 * Cf. Thomas Osbert Mordaunt and John Scott of Amwell

 * Time will rust the sharpest sword, Time will consume the strongest cord; That which molders hemp and steel, Mortal arm and nerve must feel.
 * Harold the Dauntless (1817), Canto I, st. 4.

 * Vacant heart, and hand, and eye, Easy live and quiet die.
 * The Bride of Lammermoor (1819), Ch. 3 - Lucy Ashton's Song.

 * '''The Sun never sets on the immense empire of Charles V.
 * Life of Napoleon (1827); see Charles V, Holy Roman Emperor

 * Although too much of a soldier among sovereigns, no one could claim with better right to be a sovereign among soldiers.
 * Life of Napoleon (1827).

 * There is a southern proverb—fine words butter no parsnips.
 * A Legend of Montrose (1819), Ch. 3.

 * Oh, poverty parts good company.
 * The Abbot (1820), Ch. 7.

 * Fat, fair, and forty.
 * St. Ronan's Well (1824), Ch. 7.

 * Too much rest is rust.
 * The Betrothed (1825), Heading, Ch. 13

 * Widowed wife and wedded maid.
 * The Betrothed, Ch. 15

 * Woman's faith and woman's trust, Write the characters in dust.
 * The Betrothed, Ch. 20

 * A miss is as good as a mile.
 * Journal (December 3, 1825).

 * The eye of the yeoman and peasant sought in vain the tall form of old Sir Henry Lee of Ditchley, as, wrapped in his laced cloak, and with beard and whiskers duly composed, he moved slowly through the aisles, followed be the faithful mastiff, or bloodhound, which in old time had saved his master by his fidelity, and which regularly followed him to church. Bevis indeed, fell under the proverb which avers, ‘He is a good dog, which goes to church’; for, bating an occasional temptation to warble along with the accord, he behaved himself as decorously as any of the congregation, and returned much edified, perhaps, as most of them.
 * Woodstock (1826), Ch.1.

 * If you keep a thing seven years, you are sure to find a use for it.
 * Woodstock (1826), Ch. 28.

 * What can they see in the longest kingly line in Europe, save that it runs back to a successful soldier?
 * Woodstock (1826), Ch. 37.

 * There is a vulgar incredulity, which in historical matters as well as in those of religion, finds it easier to doubt than to examine.
 * The Fair Maid of Perth (1828), Introductory

 * Come fill up my cup, come fill up my can, Come saddle your horses, and call up your men; Come open the West Port, and let me gang free, And it's room for the bonnets of Bonny Dundee!
 * The Doom of Devorgoil, Bonny Dundee (1830), Chorus.

 * All men who have turned out worth anything have had the chief hand in their own education.
 * Letter to J. G. Lockhart (c. 16 June 1830), in H. J. C. Grierson (ed.), Letters of Sir Walter Scott, Vol. II (1936), as reported in The Oxford Dictionary of Quotations (1999), p. 652

 * Heaven knows its time; the bullet has its billet.
 * Count Robert of Paris (1832), Heading, Ch. 25.

 * One hour of life, crowded to the full with glorious action, and filled with noble risks, is worth whole years of those mean observances of paltry decorum, in which men steal through existence, like sluggish waters through a marsh, without either honour or observation.
 * Countess Brenhilda in Count Robert of Paris (1832), Ch. 25.

 * Thy hue, dear pledge, is pure and bright As in that well-remember'd night When first thy mystic braid was wove, And first my Agnes whisper'd love.
 * To a Lock of Hair.

 * My dear, be a good man — be virtuous — be religious — be a good man. Nothing else will give you any comfort when you come to lie here. ...God bless you all.
 * Last words, as quoted in John Gibson Lockhart Memoirs of the life of Sir Walter Scott, Bart, Vol. VII (1838), p. 294

The Lay of the Last Minstrel (1805)

 * The way was long, the wind was cold, The Minstrel was infirm and old; His withered cheek, and tresses gray, Seemed to have known a better day.
 * Introduction

 * Such is the custom of Branksome Hall.
 * Canto I, stanza 7.

 * Steady of heart, and stout of hand.
 * Canto I, stanza 21.

 * If thou would'st view fair Melrose aright, Go visit it by the pale moonlight.
 * Canto II, stanza 1.

 * O fading honours of the dead! O high ambition, lowly laid!
 * Canto II, stanza 10.

 * I was not always a man of woe.
 * Canto II, stanza 12.

 * I cannot tell how the truth may be; I say the tale as 'twas said to me.
 * Canto II, stanza 22.

 * In peace, Love tunes the shepherd's reed; In war, he mounts the warrior's steed; In halls, in gay attire is seen; In hamlets, dances on the green. Love rules the court, the camp, the grove, And men below, and saints above; For love is heaven, and heaven is love.
 * Canto III, stanza 2.

 * Her blue eyes sought the west afar, For lovers love the western star.
 * Canto III, stanza 24.

 * Along thy wild and willow'd shore.
 * Canto IV, stanza 1.

 * For ne'er Was flattery lost on poet's ear: A simple race! they waste their toil For the vain tribute of a smile.
 * Canto IV, conclusion

 * Call it not vain;—they do not err, Who say, that when the Poet dies, Mute Nature mourns her worshipper, And celebrates his obsequies.
 * Canto V, stanza 1.

 * True love's the gift which God has given To man alone beneath the heaven: It is not fantasy's hot fire, Whose wishes, soon as granted, fly; It liveth not in fierce desire, With dead desire it doth not die; It is the secret sympathy, The silver link, the silken tie, Which heart to heart, and mind to mind In body and in soul can bind.
 * Canto V, stanza 13.

 * Breathes there the man, with soul so dead, Who never to himself hath said, This is my own, my native land! Whose heart hath ne'er within him burn'd, As home his footsteps he hath turn'd, From wandering on a foreign strand! If such there breathe, go, mark him well; For him no Minstrel raptures swell; High though his titles, proud his name, Boundless his wealth as wish can claim; Despite those titles, power, and pelf, The wretch, concentred all in self, Living, shall forfeit fair renown, And, doubly dying, shall go down To the vile dust, from whence he sprung, Unwept, unhonor'd, and unsung.
 * Canto VI, stanza 1.

 * O Caledonia! stern and wild, Meet nurse for a poetic child! Land of brown heath and shaggy wood, Land of the mountain and the flood!
 * Canto VI, stanza 2.

 * That day of wrath, that dreadful day, When heaven and earth shall pass away, What power shall be the sinner's stay? How shall he meet that dreadful day?
 * Canto VI, stanza 31.

Marmion (1808)

 * Profan'd the God-given strength, and marr'd the lofty line.
 * Canto I, introduction.

 * November’s sky is chill and drear, November’s leaf is red and sear.
 * Canto I, introduction, st. 1.

 * Stood for his country’s glory fast, And nail’d her colours to the mast!
 * Canto I, introduction, st. 10.

 * But search the land of living men, Where wilt thou find their like again?
 * Canto I, introduction, st. 11.

 * Just at the age 'twixt boy and youth, When thought is speech, and speech is truth.
 * Canto II, introduction.

 * When, musing on companions gone, We doubly feel ourselves alone.
 * Canto II, introduction.

 * 'T is an old tale and often told; But did my fate and wish agree, Ne'er had been read, in story old, Of maiden true betray'd for gold, That loved, or was avenged, like me.
 * Canto II, stanza 27.

 * And come he slow, or come he fast, It is but Death who comes at last.
 * Canto II, introduction, st. 30.

 * When Prussia hurried to the field, And snatch'd the spear, but left the shield.
 * Canto III, introduction.

 * In the lost battle, Borne down by the flying, Where mingles war's rattle With groans of the dying.
 * Canto III, stanza 11.

 * Where's the coward that would not dare To fight for such a land?
 * Canto IV, stanza 30.

 * So shall he strive, in changeful hue, Field, feast, and combat, to renew, And loves, and arms, and harpers' glee, And all the pomp of chivalry.
 * Canto V, introduction.

 * Lightly from fair to fair he flew, And loved to plead, lament, and sue; Suit lightly won, and short-lived pain, For monarchs seldom sigh in vain.
 * Canto V, stanza 9.

 * Oh, young Lochinvar is come out of the West, Through all the wide Border his steed was the best.
 * Canto V, st. 12 (Lochinvar, st. 1).

 * So faithful in love, and so dauntless in war, There never was knight like the young Lochinvar.
 * Canto V, st. 12 (Lochinvar, st. 1).

 * For a laggard in love, and a dastard in war, Was to wed the fair Ellen of brave Lochinvar.
 * Canto V, st. 12 (Lochinvar, st. 2).

 * She look'd down to blush, and she look'd up to sigh, With a smile on her lips, and a tear in her eye.
 * Canto V, st. 12 (Lochinvar, st. 5).

 * But woe awaits a country when She sees the tears of bearded men.
 * Canto V, stanza 16.

 * Heap on more wood!-the wind is chill; But let it whistle as it will, We’ll keep our Christmas merry still.
 * Canto VI, introduction, st. 1.

 * England was merry England, when Old Christmas brought his sports again. ‘Twas Christmas broach’d the mightiest ale; ‘Twas Christmas told the merriest tale; A Christmas gambol oft could cheer The poor man’s heart through half the year.
 * Canto VI, introduction, st. 3.

 * And darest thou then To beard the lion in his den, The Douglas in his hall?
 * Canto VI, st. 14.

 * O, what a tangled web we weave, When first we practise to deceive!
 * Canto VI, st. 17.

 * O, Woman! in our hours of ease, Uncertain, coy, and hard to please, And variable as the shade By the light quivering aspen made; When pain and anguish wring the brow, A ministering angel thou!
 * Canto VI, st. 30.

 * A light on Marmion’s visage spread, And fired his glazing eye: With dying hand, above his head, He shook the fragment of his blade, And shouted "Victory!- Charge, Chester, charge! On, Stanley, on!" Were the last words of Marmion.
 * Canto VI, st. 32.

 * Oh for a blast of that dread horn On Fontarabian echoes borne!
 * Canto VI, stanza 33.

 * To all, to each, a fair good-night, And pleasing dreams, and slumbers light!
 * L'Envoy.

The Lady of the Lake (1810)

 * The stag at eve had drunk his fill, Where danced the moon on Monan's rill, And deep his midnight lair had made In lone Glenartney's hazel shade.
 * Canto I, stanza 1.

 * With head upraised, and look intent, And eye and ear attentive bent, And locks flung back, and lips apart, Like monument of Grecian art, In listening mood, she seemed to stand, The guardian Naiad of the strand.
 * Canto I, stanza 17.

 * And ne'er did Grecian chisel trace A Nymph, a Naiad, or a Grace Of finer form or lovelier face.
 * Canto I, stanza 18.

 * A foot more light, a step more true, Ne'er from the heath-flower dash'd the dew.
 * Canto I, stanza 18.

 * On his bold visage middle age Had slightly pressed its signet sage, Yet had not quenched the open truth And fiery vehemence of youth; Forward and frolic glee was there, The will to do, the soul to dare, The sparkling glance, soon blown to fire, Of hasty love or headlong ire.
 * Canto I, stanza 21.

 * Soldier, rest! thy warfare o'er, Sleep the sleep that knows not breaking; Dream of battled fields no more, Days of danger, nights of waking.
 * Canto I, stanza 31.

 * Hail to the Chief who in triumph advances!
 * Canto II, stanza 19.

 * Some feelings are to mortals given With less of earth in them than heaven; And if there be a human tear From passion's dross refined and clear, A tear so limpid and so meek It would not stain an angel's cheek, 'Tis that which pious fathers shed Upon a duteous daughter's head!
 * Canto II, stanza 22.

 * Time rolls his ceaseless course.
 * Canto III, stanza 1.

 * Like the dew on the mountain, Like the foam on the river, Like the bubble on the fountain, Thou art gone, and forever!
 * Canto III, stanza 16 (Coronach, stanza 3).

 * The rose is fairest when 't is budding new, And hope is brightest when it dawns from fears. The rose is sweetest wash'd with morning dew, And love is loveliest when embalm'd in tears.
 * Canto IV, stanza 1.

 * Art thou a friend to Roderick?
 * Canto IV, stanza 30.

 * Come one, come all! this rock shall fly From its firm base as soon as I.
 * Canto V, stanza 10.

 * Respect was mingled with surprise, And the stern joy which warriors feel In foeman worthy of their steel.
 * Canto V, stanza 10.

 * Who o'er the herd would wish to reign, Fantastic, fickle, fierce, and vain! Vain as the leaf upon the stream, And fickle as a changeful dream; Fantastic as a woman's mood, And fierce as Frenzy's fever'd blood. Thou many-headed monster thing, Oh who would wish to be thy king!
 * Canto V, stanza 30.

 * Where, where was Roderick then! One blast upon his bugle-horn Were worth a thousand men.
 * Canto VI, stanza 18.

Rokeby (1813)

 * Still are the thoughts to memory dear.
 * Canto I, stanza 33.

 * A mother's pride, a father's joy.
 * Canto III, stanza 15.

 * Oh, Brignal banks are wild and fair, And Greta woods are green, And you may gather garlands there Would grace a summer's queen.
 * Canto III, stanza 16.

 * Thus aged men, full loth and slow, The vanities of life forego, And count their youthful follies o'er, Till Memory lends her light no more.
 * Canto V, stanza 1.

 * No pale gradations quench his ray, No twilight dews his wrath allay.
 * Canto VI, stanza 21.

Waverley (1814)

 * Now I protest to thee, gentle reader, that I entirely dissent from Francisco de Ubeda in this matter, and hold it the most useful quality of my pen, that it can speedily change from grave to gay, and from description and dialogue to narrative and character. So that, if my quill display no other propertoies of its mothergoose than her mutability, truly I shall be well pleased; and I conceive that you, my worthy friend, will have no occasion for discontent. From the jargon, therefore, of the Highland gillies, I pass to the character of their Chief. It is an important examination, and therefore, like Dogberry, we must spare no wisdom.
 * Chapter XIX

 * [Romeo ... transfers his affections from Rosalind to Juliet] 'A lover, my dear Lady Betty,' said Flora, 'may, I conceive, persevere in his suit, under very discouraging circumstances. Affection can (now and then) withstand very severe storms of rigour, but not a long polar frost of downright indifference. Don't, even with your attractions, try the experiment upon any lover whose faith you value. Love will subsist on wonderfully little hope, but not altogether without it.'
 * Chapter LIV

 * The Baron of Bradwardine being asked what he thought of these recruits, […] answered drily, 'that he could not but have an excellent opinion of them, since they resembled precisely the followers who attached themselves to the good King David at the cave of Adullam, vidilicet, every one that was in distress, and every one that was in debt, and every one that was discontented, which the Vulgate renders bitter of soul;'
 * Chapter LVII

 * [...] a stone rolled down hill by an idle truant boy [...]. Even such is the course of a narrative like that which you are perusing. The earlier events are studiously dwelt upon, that you, kind reader, may be introduced to the character rather by narrative, than by the duller mdium of direct description; but when the story drwas near its close, we hurry over the circumstances, however important, which your imagination must hvae forestalled, and leave you to suppose those things which it would be abusing your patience to relate at length.
 * Chapter LXX

 * There is no European nation which, within the course of half a century, or little more, has undergone so complete a change as this kingdom of Scotland. The effects of the insurrection of the 1745 — the destruction of the patriarchal power of the Highland chiefs — the abolition of the heritable jurisdictions of the Lowland nobility and barons — the total eradication of the Jacobite party [...]. [...] This race has now almost entirely vanished from the land, and with it, doubtless, much absurd political prejudice — but also many living examples of singular ad disinterested attachment to the principles of loyalty which they received from their fathers, and of old Scottish faith, hospitality, worth, and honour. [...] for the purpose of preserving some idea of the ancient manners of which I have witnessed the almost total extinction, I have embodied in imaginary scenes [...].
 * Chapter LXXII, A postscript, which should have been a preface

Guy Mannering (1815)

 * Wise men say that we resign to civil society our natural right of self-defence only on condition that the ordinances of law should protect us.
 * Ch. 16.

 * A lawyer without history or literature is a mechanic, a mere working mason; if he possesses some knowledge of these, he may venture to call himself an architect.
 * Ch. 37.

 * Bluid is thicker than water.
 * Ch. 38.

 * Hunger and fear are excellent casuists.
 * Ch. 46

The Lord of the Isles (1815)

 * In man's most dark extremity Oft succour dawns from Heaven.
 * Canto I, stanza 20.

 * Spangling the wave with lights as vain As pleasures in the vale of pain, That dazzle as they fade.
 * Canto I, stanza 23.

 * The wind breath'd soft as lover's sigh, And, oft renew'd, seem'd oft to die, With breathless pause between, O who, with speech of war and woes, Would wish to break the soft repose  Of such enchanting scene!
 * Canto IV, stanza 13.

 * O! many a shaft at random sent Finds mark the archer little meant! And many a word, at random spoken, May soothe or wound a heart that's broken!
 * Canto V, stanza 18.

 * Randolph, thy wreath has lost a rose.
 * Canto VI, stanza 18.

The Antiquary (1816)

 * It's no fish ye're buying, it's men's lives.
 * Volume I, Ch. 11.

On the postal service
Chapter 15 opens at a small Scottish post office, "Mrs. Mailsetter's shop, —a source more famous for the circulation of news than for their accuracy." An express has arrived at the office, and which must now rise to the challenge of delivering it.
 * ...We beg leave to transport the reader to the back-parlour of the post-master's house at Fairport, where his wife, he himself being absent, was employed in assorting for delivery the letters which had come by the Edinburgh post. This is very often in country towns the period of the day when gossips find it particularly agreeable to call on the man or woman of letters, in order, from the outside of the epistles, and, if they are not belied, occasionally from the inside also, to amuse themselves with gleaning information, or forming conjectures about the correspondence and affairs of their neighbours. Two females of this description were, at the time we mention, assisting, or impeding, Mrs. Mailsetter in her official duty.
 * "I'm no gaun to let naebody see the letter," sobbed the boy, "till I gie't to Mr. Lovel, for I am a faithfu' servant o' the office—if it werena for the powny." "Very right, my little man," said Ochiltree, turning the reluctant pony's head towards Monkbarns; "but we'll guide him atween us." … [They met Lovel on the way,] and Davie, who insisted upon a literal execution of his commission by going on to Monkbarns, was with difficulty prevailed upon to surrender the packet to its proper owner, although he met him a mile nearer than the place he had been directed to. "But my minnie said, I maun be sure to get twenty shillings and five shillings for the postage, and ten shillings and sixpence for the express—there's the paper." "Let me see—let me see," said Oldbuck, putting on his spectacles, and examining the crumpled copy of regulations to which Davie appealed. "Express, per man and horse, one day, not to exceed ten shillings and sixpence. One day? why, it's not an hour—Man and horse? why, 'tis a monkey on a starved cat!"
 * Vol. I, Ch.15.

Rob Roy (1817)

 * Sea of upturned faces.
 * Chapter 20.

 * There's a gude time coming.
 * Chapter 32.

 * My foot is on my native heath, and my name is MacGregor.
 * Chapter 34.

 * Scared out of his seven senses.
 * Chapter 34.

The Heart of Midlothian (1818)

 * when we had a king, and a chancellor, and parliament-men o' our ain, we could aye peeble them wi' stanes when they werena gude bairns - But naebody's nails can reach the length o' Lunnon.
 * Vol. I, Ch. 3.

 * Jock, when ye hae naething else to do, ye may be ay sticking in a tree; it will be growing, Jock, when ye're sleeping.
 * Vol. I, Ch. 7.

 * Revenge—the sweetest morsel to the mouth that ever was cooked in hell!
 * Vol. II, Ch. 6.

 * Guilt, though it may attain temporal splendour, can never confer real happiness.
 * Vol. II, Ch. 28.

 * The evil consequences of our crimes long survive their commission, and, like the ghosts of the murdered, for ever haunt the steps of the malefactor.
 * Vol. II, Ch. 28.

 * The paths of virtue, though seldom those of worldly greatness, are always those of pleasantness and peace.
 * Vol. II, Ch. 28.

Ivanhoe (1819)

 * Pride and jealousy there was in his eye, for his life had been spent in asserting rights which were constantly liable to invasion; and the prompt, fiery, and resolute disposition of the man, had been kept constantly upon the alert by the circumstances of his situation.
 * Ch. 3.

 * He’s expected at noon, and no wight till he comes May profane the great chair, or the porridge of plums; For the best of the cheer, and the seat by the fire, Is the undenied right of the Barefooted Friar.
 * Ch. 17, One of the verses of the ballad "The Barefooted Friar", sung by Friar Tuck to the Black Knight.

 * Her haughtiness and habit of domination was, therefore, a fictitious character, induced over that which was natural to her, and it deserted her when her eyes were opened to the extent of her own danger, as well as that of her lover and her guardian; and when she found her will, the slightest expression of which was wont to command respect and attention, now placed in opposition to that of a man of a strong, fierce, and determined mind, who possessed the advantage over her, and was resolved to use it, she quailed before him.
 * Ch. 23.

 * "Alas! fair Rowena," returned De Bracy, "you are in presence of your captive, not your jailor; and it is from your fair eyes that De Bracy must receive that doom which you fondly expect from him."
 * Ch. 23, De Bracy's vain attempt to woo Rowena using the language of courtly love.

 * Pax vobiscum will answer all queries. If you go or come, eat or drink, bless or ban, Pax vobiscum carries you through it all. It is as useful to a friar as a broom-stick to a witch, or a wand to a conjuror.
 * Ch. 26, Wamba explaining to Cedric how to get away with impersonating a priest. Pax vobiscum means "peace be with you".

 * Norman saw on English oak. On English neck a Norman yoke; Norman spoon to English dish, And England ruled as Normans wish; Blithe world in England never will be more, Till England's rid of all the four.
 * Ch. 27, Proverb recited by Wamba to De Bracy and Front-de-Boeuf.

 * "What remains?" cried Ivanhoe; "Glory, maiden, glory! which gilds our sepulchre and embalms our name."
 * Ch. 29, Ivanhoe to Rebecca, who questions the value of chivalry and has asked what remains for knights when death takes them.

 * Chivalry!-why, maiden, she is the nurse of pure and high affection-the stay of the oppressed, the redresser of grievances, the curb of the power of the tyrant-Nobility were but an empty name without her, and liberty finds the best protection in her lance and her sword.
 * Ch. 29, Ivanhoe explains to Rebecca the virtues of chivalry.

 * Saint George and the Dragon!-Bonny Saint George for Merry England!-The castle is won!
 * Ch. 31, Wamba celebrates their victory.

 * For he that does good, having the unlimited power to do evil, deserves praise not only for the good which he performs, but for the evil which he forbears.
 * Ch. 33, The Black Knight speaking to Locksley.

 * Women are but the toys which amuse our lighter hours-ambition is the serious business of life.
 * Ch. 36, Malvoisin speaking to De Bois-Guilbert.

 * When Israel, of the Lord belov'd, Out of the land of bondage came, Her fathers' God before her mov'd, An awful guide in smoke and flame.
 * Ch. 39, Devotional hymn sung by Rebecca in prison.

 * Thou and I are but the blind instruments of some irresistible fatality, that hurries us along, like goodly vessels driving before the storm, which are dashed against each other, and so perish.
 * Ch. 39, De Bois-Guilbert speaking to Rebecca.

 * There is yet spirit in him, were it well directed- but, like the Greek fire, it burns whatever approaches it.
 * Ch. 43, Malvoisin to Mont-Fitchet

 * You have power, rank, command, influence; we have wealth, the source both of our strength and weakness; the value of these toys, ten times multiplied, would not influence half so much as your slightest wish.
 * Ch. 44, Rebecca speaking to Rowena.

The Monastery (1820)

 * The happy combination of fortuitous circumstances.
 * Answer of the Author of Waverley to the Letter of Captain Clutterbuck.

 * But with the morning cool reflection came.
 * Ch. 3

 * As old as the hills.
 * Ch. 9.

 * Within that awful volume lies The mystery of mysteries!
 * Ch. 12.

 * And better had they ne'er been born, Who read to doubt, or read to scorn.
 * Ch. 12.

 * Spur not an unbroken horse; put not your ploughshare too deep into new land.
 * Ch. 25.

 * Meat eaten without either mirth or music is ill of digestion.
 * Ch. 25.

 * I am she, O most bucolical juvenal, under whose charge are placed the milky mothers of the herd.
 * Ch. 28

Peveril of the Peak (1822)

 * The stores of history are accessible to every one, and are no more exhausted or impoverished by the hints thus borrowed from them than the fountain is drained by the water which we subtract for domestic purposes. And in reply to the sober charge of falsehood against a narrative announced positively to be fictitious, one can only answer by Prior's exclamation - 'Odzooks, must one swear to the truth of a song?'
 * Prefatory Letter

 * "Lambe them, lads! lambe them!" a cant phrase of the time derived from the fate of Dr. Lambe, an astrologer and quack, who was knocked on the head by the rabble in Charles the First's time.
 * Ch. 42.

Quentin Durward (1823)

 * The pith of conversation does not consist in exhibiting your own superior knowledge on matters of small consequence, but in enlarging, improving, and correcting the information you possess, by the authority of others.
 * Introduction

 * It is a strong castle, and strongly guarded; but there is no impossibility to brave men.
 * Ch. 3.

 * Ah! County Guy, the hour is nigh, The sun has left the lea, The orange flower perfumes the bower, The breeze is on the sea.
 * Ch. 4.

 * Ridicule, the weapon of all others most feared by enthusiasts of every description, and which, from its predominance over such minds, often checks what is absurd, and fully as often smothers that which is noble.
 * Ch. 7.

Redgauntlet (1824)

 * Look to a gown of gold, and you will at least get a sleeve of it.
 * Letter 2.

 * You will, I trust, resemble a forest plant, which has, indeed, by some accident, been brought up in the greenhouse, and thus rendered delicate and effeminate, but which regains its native firmness and tenacity, when exposed for a season to the winter air.
 * Ch. 9.

 * Tell that to the marines—the sailors won't believe it.
 * Ch. 13.

 * Those who follow the banners of Reason are like the well-disciplined battalion, which, wearing a more sober uniform, and making a less dazzling show, than the light troops commanded by Imagination, enjoy more safety, and even more honour, in the conflicts of human life.
 * Ch. 17.

The Talisman (1825)

 * The playbill, which is said to have announced the tragedy of Hamlet, the character of the Prince of Denmark being left out.
 * Introduction.

 * Blessed be His name, who hath appointed the quiet night to follow the busy day, and the calm sleep to refresh the wearied limbs and to compose the troubled spirit!
 * Ch. 3.

 * Rouse the lion from his lair.
 * Heading, Ch. 6.

 * Fortune may raise up or abase the ordinary mortal, but the sage and the soldier should have minds beyond her control.
 * Ch. 9.

 * Recollect that the Almighty, who gave the dog to be companion of our pleasures and our toils, hath invested him with a nature noble and incapable of deceit.
 * Ch. 24.

Quotes about Walter Scott

 * The English writers who had a big influence on me during my adolescence were Sir Walter Scott, Jane Austen, the Brontë sisters, Charles Dickens, Bernard Shaw, Oscar Wilde, James Joyce, D.H. Lawrence, and Virginia Woolf.
 * Isabel Allende Interview

 * And think'st thou, Scott! by vain conceit perchance,
 * On public taste to foist thy stale romance,
 * Though Murray with his Miller may combine
 * To yield thy muse just half-a-crown per line?
 * Lord Byron, English Bards, and Scotch Reviewers: A Satire (1809)

 * Shakespeare and Scott are certainly alike in this, that they could both, if literature had failed, have earned a living as professional demagogues.
 * G. K. Chesterton in Twelve Types (1903)

 * The blow is struck--the lyre is shattered--the music is hushed at length. The greatest--the most various--the most commanding genius of modern times has left us to seek for that successor to his renown which, in all probability, a remote generation alone will furnish forth. It is true that we have been long prepared for the event--it does not fall upon us suddenly--leaf after leaf was stripped from that noble tree before it was felled to the earth at last;--our sympathy in his decay has softened us to the sorrow for his death.
 * Edward Bulwer-Lytton, "On the Death of Sir Walter Scott," in The Mirror (October 6, 1832)

 * Someone having observed that the next Waverley novel was to be 'Rob Roy', Wordsworth took down his volume of Ballads, and read to the company 'Rob Roy's Grave'; then, returning it to the shelf, observed, "I do not know what more Mr. Scott can have to say upon the subject."
 * In Charles Cowden Clarke, Recollections of Writers (1878)

 * Sir Walter Scott was the Luther of literature. He reformed and he regenerated. To say that he founded a new school is not saying the whole truth ; for there is something narrow in the idea of a school, and his influence has been universal. Indeed, there is no such thing as a school in literature ; each great writer is his own original, and "none but himself can be his parallel." We hear of the school of Dryden and of Pope, but where and what are their imitators ? Parnassus is the very reverse of Mont Blanc. There the summit is gained by treading closely in the steps of the guides ; but in the first, the height is only to be reached by a pathway of our own. The influence of a genius like Scott's is shown by the fresh and new spirit he pours into literature.
 * Letitia Elizabeth Landon, The New Monthly Magazine (1837-1), 'Female Portrait Gallery, No. I. — Flora M'Ivor and Rose Bradwardine.'

 * I am of course aware that there were other influences on Scott besides medieval literature and that sometimes there are alternative sources for a particular motif or detail or point of style. I cannot always pin Scott down to a medieval source to the exclusion of other possible sources. In such cases it is altogether conceivable that three or four or more literary works from different periods of literary history were on his mind at the same time. If so, I am inclined to believe that medieval romance weighed most heavily because of his utter fascination with literature of this sort during his formative years. Although he also read widely in other literature at an early age, ballads and old romances were his passion. ...I point out what Scott has borrowed and show how he has used the borrowing. When he has covered his tracks, I cannot always say which romance is involved... but the accumulation of interesting parallels provides good circumstantial evidence in support of my belief that medieval romance is the most important source for the Waverly Novels.
 * Jerome Mitchell, Scott, Chaucer, and Medieval Romance: A Study in Sir Walter Scott's Indebtedness to the Literature of the Middle Ages (1987)

 * Then we turned to Scott, whom he [ William Ewart Gladstone ] held to be by far the greatest of his countrymen. I suggested John Knox. "No, the line must be drawn firm between the writer and the man of action; no comparisons there." J. M.—Well, then, though I love Scott so much that if any man chooses to put him first, I won't put him second, yet is there not a vein of pure gold in Burns that gives you pause? Mr. G.—Burns very fine and true, no doubt; but to imagine a whole group of characters, to marshal them, to set them to work, to sustain the action—I must count that the test of highest and most diversified quality.
 * John Morley, notes (22 February 1891), quoted in John Morley, The Life of William Ewart Gladstone, Vol. III (1903), p. 424

 * There never was such a novelist and there never again will be another such... But with all his unquestionable merits, Scott was a sad bigot. Look at his Monastery; he makes the monks all fools or knaves. What a strange conception he must have had of monks! If Scott were to write that book at the present time, how differently would he not write it! The progress of knowledge and public enlightenment has been rapid. The stale old calumnies against priests and monks which were some years ago currently received as undeniable truths, are now in a great measure exploded. A great writer who should at the present day paint a community of the Catholic clergy as being such rogues or imbecile dolts as those with whom Scott has peopled his Monastery, would thereby degrade himself and mar the reputation of his works.
 * Daniel O'Connell, remarks to William Joseph O'Neill Daunt (1841), quoted in William Joseph O'Neill Daunt, Personal Recollections of the Late Daniel O'Connell, M.P., Vol. II (1848), pp. 44-45

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American Wedding

American Wedding is a 2003 film, the third film in the American Pie series, which deals with the wedding of Jim and Michelle and the gathering of their families and friends, including Jim's old friends from high school and Michelle's little sister Cadence.
 * Directed by Jesse Dylan. Written by Adam Herz

This time they're going all the way.

Steve Stifler

 * No, no, no, shit-head, you hooked up with one other girl for what, ten seconds? Not to mention that you passed on Nadia, dumbest fucking thing ever. You're like a blind man picking out his favorite porno.
 * It's on like Donkey Kong, biotch.
 * My dick looks like a corn dog and I've got cake all over my balls. Hey Finch, you want this for here or to go?
 * Hey, Finch, what's the capital of Thailand? [Hits Finch in the groin] Bangkok!
 * Well, polish my nuts and serve me a milkshake.
 * If you'll excuse me, I have some shit to attend to.
 * Gee, thanks for inviting me to the graduation party, fucker.
 * "Congratulation, Jism!"
 * Happy "Fuck Day", Ass Mouth! What happened to my invite? Get lost in the mail, Fuckface?
 * Told ya that guy wanted to fuck me.
 * It's time for me to boom-boom with the bridesmaids, Finch-fucker. 'Cause I'm gonna hang out with my wang out, and I'm gonna rock out with my cock out.
 * Everyone wants a piece of the Stifmeister.
 * Oh wedding this, suck my ass that. I'm special, you're special, we're all just a bunch of special fuckers. Well, you know what? Im-a gonna get laid Finch-fucker and it's going to be like oh so good. And I'm gonna' be like "You like this shit, mama?" and she's gonna be like "Fucking right, doggy, give it to me. Suck on my nipples like you're milking a cow!"
 * Fine. Adios!
 * Hey, flower-fuckers, you there?!
 * Save it, dickhead, I'm working.
 * This sucks! [Kevin & Finch look at him] Did I say that out loud? [Whispers to Jim] Keep going, man. It's good.
 * Fuckface! What part of "This sucks my ass" do you not under-fucking-stand?!
 * Suck my dick. Ron Jeremy
 * Dear Steve, I will be forever in your debt if you teach me to dance like you did in the gay bar
 * Fuck you Finch, you didn't eat shit OK, you didn't prance around here like a ballerina for the whole week. (Cadence appears) Oh wedding this, suck my ass that. I'm special, you're special, we're all just a bunch of special fuckers aren't we? Well, you know what? I'm-a gonna get laid Finch-fucker and it's going to be like "oh so good". It's gonna' be like "Do you like this shit, mama?" and she's gonna be like "Fucking right, doggy, give it to me. Suck on my nipples like you're milking a cow!" Like... [sucking noise] Moo (Not amused Cadence)[sucking noise] Moo. [sucking noise] Moo. (Looks at Cadence) You been here long?

Michelle Flaherty

 * Wow, Steve Stifler just gave a rose to a girl and meant it. This is huge; it's like, monkeys learning to use tools for the first time.
 * Love isn't just a feeling. It's shaving your balls.
 * Jim, I had trouble finding the words to tell you how I feel. And I realized something. Love isn't just a feeling. Love is something you do. It's a dress, a visit to band camp. A special haircut. Jim, you've given me everything I ever wanted, and it is my solemn vow to give everything I am to you.

Paul Finch

 * Hey I'm gonna give you a little piece of advice: love life, get paid, then get laid. That is the basic philosophy of... The Finch-meister!
 * Voltaire can suck on my balls!
 * Oh, Stifler's Mom!
 * I did fuck your Mom... Twice!

Others

 * Jim's Dad: Son, step away from the animal...

Dialogue

 * Kevin Myers: Guys, here's to the next step!
 * Paul Finch: Would you please shut up with that stepping?! Put your glass down!

 * Steve Stifler: Are you saying I'm impolite or something?
 * Jim: "Impolite" would be an improvement.

 * Jim's Dad: Why do you think, uh, Michelle, they call it "making love"?
 * Michelle: I don't know. I just call it "boning".
 * Jim's Dad: Boning? Well, when-when you're doing other things with Jim, when you're not... um... boning, how does he make you feel?
 * Michelle: Horny, like I wanna bone.
 * Jim's Dad: But-but, we can't be boning from sunrise to sunset, dear.
 * Michelle: Oh, you've never tried it?
 * Jim's Dad: I certainly have. I have. I've boned... from sunrise, uh, right through brunch on more than one occasion.

 * Finch: Now, Jim, let me handle this. These are my people.
 * Stifler: They're gay?
 * Finch: No, you bleeding imbecile. They have style, they're cultured, they're sophisticated.
 * Stifler: So, they're gay.

 * Michelle: [about Stifler] Jim, he's not doing it to be nice; he's doing it to bone Cadence.
 * Jim: Look, maybe we should give him a chance. You know, I think - I think that underneath all the "fucks" and "shits" and "blow me's", there's a very sensitive person who's just thirsty for acceptance. That's... that's what I think.
 * Michelle: Oh, Jim... you gotta stop masturbating... it's melting your brain.

 * Finch: "A witty saying proves nothing," -Voltaire.
 * Stifler: "Suck my dick!" -Ron Jeremy.

 * Stifler: Observe the fucking Stif-meister. What is his defining characteristic?
 * Jim: He uses the F-word excessively.
 * Stifler: Thanks, man. But I also have confidence. You're one big floppy cock!

 * Cadence: So, can I see the ring?
 * Stifler: Nope. Promised to keep it safe. It's not leaving my pocket.
 * Cadence: Okay, Frodo.

 * Jim: Honesty, now- Honestly, would you have passed up sex with Nadia?
 * Jim's Dad: Why? Did she say something?
 * Jim: Hypothetically, Dad.
 * Jim's Dad: Oh, hypothetically. Well, I mean, you know, Jim, I'm a married man. I'm...
 * Jim: If-If-If you weren't married.
 * Jim's Dad: She's a college girl.
 * Jim: If you were a college guy.
 * Jim's Dad: In a heartbeat. Oh yeah.

 * Michelle: How did a little perv like you turn into such a great guy?
 * Jim: How did a little nympho like you turn into such a great girl?
 * Michelle: I'm still a nympho.
 * Jim: Well, I'm still a perv.

 * "Stifler": It's on like Donkey Kong biatch.

 * Paul Finch: Grandmother fucker.
 * Steve Stifler: You're a motherfucker.
 * Paul Finch: [smiling] Yes, I am!
 * Steve Stifler: You son of a bitch.

 * Stifler: So, you upset about me and Cadence?
 * Finch: Well, let's see. She wasn't into the heavy intellectual stuff; she actually enjoyed me being that imbecile. I don't know, I suppose she's better with you.
 * Stifler: [pats Finch on the back and smiles] Thanks shit-break. [pauses and scowls] Dick. I fucking hate not hating you.
 * Finch: [grins] I did fuck your Mom...twice.
 * Stifler: That's better, fucker.

 * Stifler's Mom: If this is your idea of a proposal... Finchy, you've got to know I'm over you now.
 * Finch: Well, as they say, we'll always have Paris.
 * Stifler's Mom: And the pool table.
 * Finch: And the car.
 * Stifler's Mom: And the two-room suite I have upstairs...

 * Jim: [following Michelle accepting his proposal] I am the happiest man in the world. [His pants fall down to reveal a huge hard-on.]
 * Jim's Dad: Well, we should all be so happy.

 * [Kevin and Finch open the linen cupboard door where Stifler thinks he's having sex with Cadence.]
 * Finch: Urgh! Stifler, Granny!
 * Stifler: Granny?
 * [Jim's Grandmother appears, naked.]
 * Jim's Grandmother: Focus, FOCUS!!!
 * Stifler: Ughhh, it's not what it looks like! Shut the fucking door!
 * Finch: You got it, champ.
 * [Finch and Kevin immediately shuts the door. Stifler is disgusted over the realization that he had just fucked Jim's grandmother and not Cadence]

 * [At the wedding, Finch and Stifler exchange words as Jim's grandmother is much kinder and polite.]
 * Finch: Grandmother-fucker.
 * Stifler: Yeah, well you're a motherfucker.
 * Finch: Yes, I am.
 * Stifler: Oh you son of a bitch.

Taglines

 * This time they're going all the way.
 * Forever hold your piece.

Cast

 * Jason Biggs - Jim Levenstein
 * Seann William Scott - Steve Stifler
 * Alyson Hannigan - Michelle Flaherty
 * Eddie Kaye Thomas - Paul Finch
 * Thomas Ian Nicholas - Kevin Myers
 * January Jones - Cadence Flaherty
 * Eugene Levy - Jim's Dad

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A Cinderella Story

A Cinderella Story is a 2004 film about a girl who named Samantha Montgomery who is routinely exploited by her wicked stepmother but is now excited about the prospect of meeting her Internet lover at the school's Halloween dance. This film is released theaters July 16, 2004 in United States.
 * Directed by Mark Rosman. Written by Leigh Dunlap

'''Once upon a time... can happen any time.'''

Fiona

 * [to Sam] Sweetheart, now that you're old enough, there's something I've always wanted to tell you and I think you're ready to hear it: you're not very pretty and you're not very bright. I'm so glad we had that talk.
 * [to Rhonda, biting her freshly manicured nail] I'm a very appealing person.

Carter

 * [repeated line] Anything is possible if you just believe.
 * Have no fear! Zorro is here... [slight pause] AND HE'S GOT THE KEYS TO HIS DAD'S MERCEDES!
 * [after Sam and Austin get together] Oh my God! You gotta love high school!

Others

 * Hal: Never let the fear of striking out keep you from playing the game.
 * Shelby: [Sam walks down the main stairs into the dance] Love her dress. Hate her.
 * Austin: I live in a world full of people pretending to be something they're not. But when I talk to you I'm the guy I want to be.

Dialogue

 * Sam: Carter, what are you wearing?
 * Carter: What...? This is my Snoop Dizzle look.
 * Sam: [pause] I cannot drive you to school like that.
 * Carter: [takes off his sunglasses] Sam, I am a method actor, okay? This is part of my training.
 * Sam: [takes off Carter's hat] I know, I know, I know, but... Look at this.
 * Carter: Alright. Take 2. [gets out of the car]

 * Fiona: Where are your prizes? Winners get prizes.
 * Gabriella: We didn't win, Mom. Some girl stole it from us.
 * Fiona: I am very, very, very, very upset about this.
 * Brianna: You don't look upset.
 * Fiona: Oh, it's the Botox. I can't show emotion for another hour and a half.

 * Austin: Sam! Okay, I know you think I'm just some...
 * Sam: Coward? Phony?
 * Austin: Okay, just listen.
 * Sam: No, you listen. You turned out to be exactly who I thought you were. I never pretended to be somebody else. It's been me all along. And it was me who was hurt in front of everybody. Look, I didn't come here to yell at you, okay? I know what it feels like to be afraid to show who you are. I was, but I'm not anymore. And the thing is, I don't care what people think about me, because I believe in myself. And I know that things are gonna be okay. But even though I have no family, and no job, and no money for college, it's you that I feel sorry for.
 * David: Heads up! Yo, five minutes.
 * Austin: I'm coming!
 * Sam: I know that guy that sent those emails is somewhere inside of you, but I can't wait for him... [voice breaking] ...because waiting for you is like waiting for rain in this drought: useless and disappointing.
 * [Sam walks away]
 * Austin: Sam...

 * Coach: What's the problem?
 * Andy: [stops Austin with his hand] Whoa, whoa, whoa. Hey, what are you doing?
 * Austin: I'm outta here.
 * Andy: What? You're throwing away your dream!
 * Austin: No, Dad, I'm throwing away yours. [turns to Ryan] It's your game now. Go get 'em.

Cast

 * Hilary Duff - Sam Montgomery
 * Jennifer Coolidge - Fiona
 * Chad Michael Murray - Austin Ames
 * Dan Byrd - Carter
 * Regina King - Rhonda
 * Madeline Zima - Brianna
 * Andrea Avery - Gabriella
 * Julie Gonzalo - Shelby

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40 Days and 40 Nights

40 Days and 40 Nights is a 2002 film about a young man vows to stay celibate during the 40 days of Lent because of a brutal breakup, but finds the girl of his dreams and is unable to do anything about it.
 * Directed by Michael Lehmann. Written by Rob Perez

One man is about to do the unthinkable. No sex. Whatsoever. For... 40 Days and 40 Nights. (Taglines)

Matt Sullivan

 * I almost fucked an outlet today.

 * You stupid, stupid... silly little person.

 * Wait, wait. Don't go to sleep yet. We got to talk about something. [pause] Stickers. Do you like stickers?

Ryan

 * Dude, you've got to tell her. Seriously. You can pass off two dates without a kiss as being old fashioned – you go three and you're a homo.

 * Do you know how many hours I spent looking for for my "Temple of Poon" tape. One. That is a long time to be looking for porn, Matt, what the fuck is going on.

 * This is a photocopy of Candy's ass? You're gonna call her, right?

Others

 * Mandy: [describing the importance of women's power of abstinence] Women have been doing this since... the beginning. It's all part of the system. But you're taking the power and you're fucking with the system. Now, you realize that we can't let this happen, hmm?

 * Candy: [describing the typical sexuality of men] They're like animals; their whole lives revolve around their penises.

 * Jerry Anderson: I've jerked off three times since lunch and I've still got this fucking hard-on.

Dialogue

 * Ryan: One – you can't do it. You just can't. This isn't a personal attack towards you, I'm just saying that no man can do it, it goes against nature. The male was biologically designed to spread his seed. You're gonna piss off the seeds Matt! It goes against science! You wanna be the guy who goes against science?
 * Matt: And two?
 * Ryan: And two, are you out of your fucking mind? You're the guy who can't finish a sandwich, you think you can go 40 days? Did your brother put you up to this?
 * Matt: No – in fact he's been about as supportive as you are. Look, this doesn't affect you in any way.
 * Ryan: Oh, this affects everybody...

 * Ryan: Okay, I know you have some Nicole issues right now but...
 * Matt: I do not have any Nicole issues.
 * [Ryan picks up an old picture of Matt and Nicole]
 * Ryan: 'Hi, I'm one of the many pictures of Nicole that still infest Ryan and Matt's apartment after six months'. I mean she's hot Matt, I don't mind looking at her, all I'm saying is – you have issues.

 * Matt: Have you ever noticed a crack in my ceiling?
 * Ryan: Dude, you're action packed with issues.

 * Erica: If I told you, "Don't think about the color red", what would you think about?
 * Matt: Sex.

 * Nicole: Hey, Bagel Guy.
 * The Bagel Guy: You know my name?

 * Duncan: She said I looked like Lionel Ritchie.
 * Neil: Well that's great!
 * Duncan: No it's not.

 * Matt: You gotta... You gotta light a candle or something.
 * John Sullivan: I'm not gonna light a candle so you can feel better about getting laid!

 * Matt: Listen, isn't part of the priestly thing giving relationship advice?
 * John Sullivan: Relationship advice, yes – sex advice, no. Part of the priestly thing – and stop calling it that – is not to have sex, remember?
 * Matt: It's funny. I didn't say a thing about sex.
 * John Sullivan: Sure you did...
 * Matt: No, I didn't. I guess thinking about sex is part of the priestly thing – at least for some.
 * John Sullivan: Get out.
 * Matt: Fine.

 * Susie: [after hearing Matt's obviously fake orgasmic moan] What the fuck was that? Did you come?
 * Matt: Uh... yeah.
 * Susie: No you didn't. You faked it.

 * Ryan: Do you like her?
 * Matt: Yeah.
 * Ryan: So why do you not wanna fuck her?

Taglines

 * One man is about to do the unthinkable. No sex. Whatsoever. For... 40 Days and 40 Nights.

 * This March, sex takes a holiday.

Cast

 * Josh Hartnett – Matt Sullivan
 * Shannyn Sossamon – Erica Sutton
 * Paulo Costanzo – Ryan
 * Adam Trese – John Sullivan
 * Emmanuelle Vaugier – Susie
 * Monet Mazur – Candy
 * Christine Chatelain – Andie
 * Keegan Connor Tracy – Mandy

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Talk:Peace

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 * "Watch your thoughts; they become your words. Watch your words; they become your actions. Watch your actions; they become your habits. Watch your habits; they become your character. Watch your character for it will become your destiny." -Frank Outlaw

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 * I could not live in peace if I put the shadow of a wilful sin between myself and God.
 * George Eliot

 * Peace can only last where human rights are respected, and where individuals and nations are free.
 * Dalai Lama

 * Peace cannot be achieved through violence, it can only be attained through understanding.
 * Ralph Waldo Emerson

 * Peace Sells but Who's Buying?
 * Megadeth

 * Peace is more than the absence of war
 * Bonabes, Comte de Rougé

 * There are interests by the sacrifice of which peace is too dearly purchased. One should never be at peace to the shame of his own soul — to the violation of his integrity or of his allegiance to God.
 * Edwin Hubbell Chapin

 * We will not learn how to live together in peace by killing each other's children.
 * Jimmy Carter

 * We must be prepared to make heroic sacrifices for the cause of peace that we make ungrudgingly for the cause of war. There is no task that is more important or closer to my heart.
 * Albert Einstein

 * The real and lasting victories are those of peace, and not of war.
 * Ralph Waldo Emerson

 * Whatever you do, you need courage. Whatever course you decide upon, there is always someone to tell you that you are wrong. There are always difficulties arising that tempt you to believe your critics are right. To map out a course of action and follow it to an end requires some of the same courage that a soldier needs. Peace has its victories, but it takes brave men and women to win them.
 * Ralph Waldo Emerson

 * In a universe where chaos reigns and irrationality prospers, peace would go against universal means and the human nature. To have peace mankind would no longer be mankind.
 * Kyle Flynn

 * We look forward to the time when the Power of Love will replace the Love of Power. Then will our world know the blessings of peace.
 * William Gladstone

 * I never advocated war except as a means of peace.
 * Ulysses S. Grant

 * I think a pillow should be the peace symbol, not the dove. The pillow has more feathers than the dove, and it doesn't have a beak to peck you with.
 * Jack Handey

 * Even silence speaks
 * Hausa proverb

 * The goal toward which all history tends is peace, not peace through the medium of war, not peace through a process of universal intimidation, not peace through a program of mutual impoverishment, not peace by any means that leaves the world too weak or too frightened to go on fighting, but peace pure and simple based on that will to peace which has animated the overwhelming majority of mankind through countless ages. This will to peace does not arise out of a cowardly desire to preserve one's life and property, but out of conviction that the fullest development of the highest powers of men can be achieved only in a world of peace.
 * Robert Maynard Hutchins

 * One of the most persistent ambiguities that we face is that everybody talks about peace as a goal. However, it does not take sharpest-eyed sophistication to discern that while everbody talks about peace, peace has become practically nobody's business among the power-wielders. Many men cry Peace! Peace! but they refuse to do the things that make for peace.
 * Martin Luther King, Jr.

 * One day we must come to see that peace is not merely a distant goal that we seek, but that it is a means by which we arrive at that goal. We must pursue peaceful ends through peaceful means.
 * Martin Luther King, Jr.

 * If you stop calling him your opponent, then perhaps he can join you as a partner.
 * Tristan J. Loo

 * The environment is very important in the aspects of peace because when we destroy our resources, they become scarce and we fight over that.
 * Wangari Maathai

 * Peace sells... But who's buying?
 * Megadeth

 * Peace demands the most heroic labor and the most difficult sacrifice. It demands greater heroism than war. It demands greater fidelity to the truth and a much more perfect purity of conscience.
 * Thomas Merton

 * We cannot have peace if we are only concerned with peace. War is not an accident. It is the logical outcome of a certain way of life. If we want to attack war, we have to attack that way of life.
 * A.J. Muste

 * Peace is not merely an absence of war. It is also a state of mind. Lasting peace can come only to peaceful people.
 * Jawaharlal Nehru

 * Peace cannot suddenly descend from the heavens. It can only come when the root causes of the trouble are removed."
 * Jawaharlal Nehru

 * This is the way of peace: overcome evil with good, and falsehood with truth, and hatred with love.
 * "Peace Pilgrim" Mildred Lisette Norman

 * When you find peace within yourself, you become the kind of person who can live at peace with others.
 * "Peace Pilgrim" Mildred Lisette Norman

 * One little person, giving all of her time to peace, makes news. Many people, giving some of their time, can make history.
 * "Peace Pilgrim" Mildred Lisette Norman

 * Pacifists are objectively pro-fascist.
 * George Orwell

 * The structure of world peace cannot be the work of one man or one party or one nation. It must be a peace which rests on the cooperative effort of the whole world.
 * Franklin Delano Roosevelt

 * It's odd how those who dismiss the peace movement as utopian, don't hesitate to proffer the most absurdly dreamy reasons for going to war: to stamp out terrorism, install democracy, eliminate fascism, and most entertainingly, to "rid the world of evil-doers.
 * Arundhati Roy

 * Cooperation + Tolerance = Peace
 * Adi Da Samraj

 * Peace has to be created, in order to be maintained. It is the product of Faith, Strength, Energy, Will, Sympathy, Justice, Imagination, and the triumph of principle. It will never be achieved by passivity and quietism.
 * Dorothy Thompson

 * Peace is not the absence of conflict but the presence of creative alternatives for responding to conflict — alternatives to passive or aggressive responses, alternatives to violence.
 * Dorothy Thompson

 * Anyone can love peace, but Jesus didn't say, "Blessed are the peace-lovers." He says peacemakers. He is referring to a life vocation, not a hobby on the sidelines of life.
 * Jim Wallis

 * Most people think of peace as a state of Nothing Bad Happening, or Nothing Much Happening. Yet if peace is to overtake us and make ust he gift of serenity and well-being, it will have to be the state of Something Good Happening.
 * E. B. White

 * Violence will give you violence and Peace will give you peace. Choose what you want.
 * R K Srivastava

Jesus quote
First this image is not a, it's a. Second the image is way more closely related with the quote, although I agree that don't comply with WQ:IMAGE since is a political statement so I change it. Third the placing fails WP:NPOV. Rupert Loup 03:13, 5 February 2020 (UTC)
 * To respond to your first assertion: political cartoons are generally recognized and categorized as "satire" despite many being darkly meaningful rather than overtly comic, and many of them quite often have more aspects of potential interpretation and application than are generally realized — and the lack of appropriateness of this contentiously CYNICAL and darkly satirical image, whether one interprets it as aimed at those who imprison, or those imprisoned, or at Jesus, or at various forms of christianity, I believe makes it entirely inappropriate for this page about peace, and you seem to have recognized that as you changed it for a more iconographic image of Jesus to use with the quote, which you moved from its placement.
 * This PAGE is devoted to quotes about "Peace" and the use of that quote regarding the worth of Peacemakers with the generally recognized modern "PEACE" sign, amidst a diverse multicultural array of symbols is one that had basically endured as clearly appropriate and acceptable head of the page for nearly 11 years with little or no dispute, since "9 May 2008", when I first placed it there, until a point in recent months when an anon IP editor of evidently dull and narrow perceptions asserted rather stupidly and presumptively that "the quote is by Jesus and so should be the image", and changed it to an iconographic representation of Jesus. The PAGE is about peace and so a symbol representing Peace is entirely appropriate for the quote about PEACEMAKERS — and thus I can to some extent understand and accept some of the impulses of those who subsequently removed that image from its placement, as a representative image of Jesus is actually NOT so appropriate to head the page as the symbol was. I myself tend to strongly prefer heading with images strongly pertinent to the SUBJECT of the page on THEME pages, including use of widely used symbols, rather than dull and vapid use of images of authors, or representations of them, on pages NOT specifically devoted to such authors or their works. I believe that with the more generally applicable image MOST people of normal levels of intelligence can recognize and accept the general applicability of those widely appreciated words in contexts beyond those of various factional and fractious ideas or ideologies, and thus the placement as the lead image is entirely appropriate, and had endured as such for nearly 11 years, and I am now restoring it. ~ ♞☤☮♌Kalki·⚚⚓⊙☳☶⚡ 09:44, 5 February 2020 (UTC)
 * Why that quote from Jesus should be in the lead and not the ones from Buddha, Confucius or the other religious leaders? Highlighting that quote over the others fails WQ:NPOV, if you gonna put some quote there it should be a neutral one that meet that policy. And your comments about the intelligence of some editors are personal attacks WQ:ATTACK, please refrain of doing that. Rupert Loup 21:58, 6 February 2020 (UTC)

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