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The Thin Blue Line

The Thin Blue Line (1988) is a documentary film concerning the murder of a Texas police officer who had stopped a car for a routine traffic citation. The documentary presents testimony suggesting that the police altered, fabricated, and suppressed evidence to convict the man they wanted to be guilty, in spite of evidence to the contrary. The Thin Blue Line is American filmmaker Errol Morris' third film.

Quotes from The Thin Blue Line

 * He, of course, almost overacted his innocence: he protested he hadn't done anything, couldn't imagine why we were bringing him in. He didn't fight or he didn't resist. He just protested his innocence.
 * Gus Rose, homicide detective in Dallas

 * And we sort of tried to inquire: didn't he think it was a little strange that there was a robbery committed with that same pistol, and here it was David Harris' pistol, David Harris' automobile that picked up Randall Adams, didn't he think it was a little odd that all the utensils for committing this so-called murder were committed… were… were furnished by David Harris who got off scott free and was being a witness for the prosecution? And all he said was "Well, ho-hum, we don't feel that was in Vidor, Texas. Our people just are not that… we're not that keen on ruining a young man's life.
 * Edith James, defense attorney

 * Yeah, when I was a kid I used to want to be a detective all the time because I used to watch all the detective shows on TV. When I was a kid they used to show these movies with Boston Blacki and he always had a woman with him. And I wanted to be a wife of a detective or be a detective, so I always watching detective stories. I'm always looking because I never know what might come up. Or how I could help. I like to help in situations like that. I really do. It's always happening to me, everywhere I go, you know, lot of times there's killing or anything, even around my house. Wherever. And I'm always looking or getting involved, you know, find out who did it, or what's going on. I listen to people. And I'm always trying to decide who's lying or who killed who before the police do. See if I can beat them. Yeah.
 * Emily Miller, surprise eyewitness

 * I'm a salesman. And you develop something like total recall. I don't forget places, things, or streets, because it's a habit. Something I just picked up. I just stare intensely at people and try to figure them out. Being nosey, I just stare. I was leaving the Plush Pub one night, driving a 1977 Cadillac, heading west on Hampton. I noticed a officer had two individuals pulled over to the curb in a blue … some type of vehicle. It was… it was a blue…it was a blue… I think… it was a blue Ford. It was a blue something.
 * Michael Randell, third surprise witness

 * I always tried very hard — every judge I know of does — to not show emotion on the bench. The reason: if you do show emotion, the jury might take it that you're favoring on side or another. So you try to remain passive, emotionless, objective. I do have to admit that in the Adam's case — and I've never really said this — Doug Mulder's final argument was one I'd never heard before: about the "thin blue line" of police that separate the public from anarchy. I have to conceded that my eyes kind of welled up when I heard that. It did get to me emotionally, but I don't think I showed it.
 * Don Metcalfe, judge, Criminal District Court No. 2 in Dallas

 * You have a D.A., he doesn't talk about when they convict you or how they convict you, he's talking about how he's going to kill you. He don't give a damn if you're innocent. He don't give a damn if you're guilty. He's talking about killing you. You get numb. You get…It's like a bad dream. You want to wake up but you can't do it.
 * Randall Adams, convicted murderer of officer Robert Wood

 * He went over my testimony with me, pretty extensively, instructed me how I should testify, et cetera, how I should answer certain questions, things of this nature. That's what you call "coaching the witness", you know. Let's get this evidence in the spectrum where it's going to be most effective. At the same time, I didn't really ponder on it, but he was deceiving the jury, see. He wanted to deceive Justice. That's why I think that statute with the scales, Justice… what is she called? I don't know that she called. She's got that blindfold on. We don't see what goes on behind the closed doors.
 * David Harris, death-row inmate

 * My mom had a good phrase. She said the first night she pulled into Dallas, it was raining, that it was lightning. And they're coming into Dallas and she said if there was ever a hell on earth, it's Dallas County. She's right. She's right.
 * Randall Adams, convicted murderer of officer Robert Wood

 * Since his trial I have given up my practice of criminal law. I have not had a jury trial since I heard the verdict of this jury in this case, and don't intend to. I just feel like I'll let other people handle these problems for a while because if justice can miscarry so badly, I'd rather do something else.
 * Dennis White, defense attorney

Quotes about The Thin Blue Line

 * An important message for Errol Morris: Stay away from the hearing in Dallas on Wednesday. You might disappear.
 * anonymous; qutoed in "Predilections" by Mark Singer

 * Our criminal justice system, on paper, is the best in the world… but we're human, and so we make mistakes. If you execute and execute and execute, at some point you will execute an innocent man.
 * Randall Adams, quoted in "Columbus Alive: Adams v. The Death Penalty", TruthInJustice.org

 * I like to call Errol the Easter Bunny. I needed somebody to gather up all these facts and put them in one basket. He went and did his investigative work, and everything we're doing now is because of what he did with his investigation of the facts. That is what The Thin Blue Line did for me.
 * Randall Adams, quoted in "Predilections" by Mark Singer

 * The Thin Blue Line was a project done by Errol Morris and though it helped me by taking my case to the public, I could not win my freedom in a theater. It had to be achieved in a courtroom. After my release, Mr. Morris felt he had the exclusive rights to my life story. He did not. Therefore, it became necessary to file an injunction to sort out any legal questions on the issue. The matter was resolved before having to go before a judge. Mr. Morris reluctantly conceded that I had the sole rights to my own life. I did not sue Errol Morris for any money or any percentages of The Thin Blue Line, though the media portrayed it that way.
 * Randall Adams, quoted in "72 HOURS AWAY FROM EXECUTION: Danny Yeager Interviews Randall Dale Adams", The Touchstone, Summer 2000

 * It seems like my whole life is surrounded by "wrongs" of some kind and it seems like I've never done the right thing when I could and should have. Absolving Randall Dale Adams of any guilt is a difficult thing for me to do, but I must try to do so because he is innocent. That is the I truth.
 * David Harris in a letter he wrote to his mother, September, 1988; quoted in "Predilections" by Mark Singer

 * Yes I do. Sir, in honor of a true American hero. "let's roll". Lord Jesus receive my spirit.
 * David Harris' last words, June 30, 2004; quoted at the Texas Department of Criminal Justice website

 * The movie wasn't accurate. It wasn't, you know. I went along because he said what the heck, it's a movie. He tried to make me look like trash.
 * Emily Miller during Randall Adams' habeas corpus hearing; quoted in "Predilections" by Mark Singer

 * The re-enactments in The Thin Blue Line were never used to make you think you were looking at the real world. In fact, they were ironic re-enactments, re-enactments that were in conflict with each other, re-enactments that were demonstrations of falsehood, re-enactments of beliefs, re-enactments of what people claimed that they had seen rather than what I thought they had seen. And the purpose of them was to bring you deeper and deeper and deeper into the mystery of what actually happened. And to heighten the conflict between the claims made by the various witnesses and the reality of that world out there. Because, after all, there is a world out there in which things happen or don't happen.
 * Errol Morris, "The Anti-Post-Modern Post-Modernist"

 * I've had people accuse me of being responsible for reenactment television, for infotainment television … The reenactments have been widely imitated, but the use of graphics in the Thin Blue Line, the use of close-ups of words, or parts of an actual document, is also something that has been imitated widely. It's now seen — and I could be wrong about this. I could have my history of the documentary confused and reinterpreted by myself in a self-serving way, I'm not sure — but I believe my use of these close-ups was something that's unusual and originates with Thin Blue Line. So I like to think of it as not the convention, but something that's come to be imitated widely. Even by myself.
 * Errol Morris, quoted in "Learning at Errol Morris' Leg", greg.org, February 20, 2004

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Fast, Cheap and Out of Control

In Fast, Cheap & Out of Control, a 1997 film, Errol Morris brings together four seemingly disparate subjects: a lion tamer, a naked mole rat researcher, an aging topiary artist and an artificial intelligence researcher at MIT.

Ray Mendez

 * People just come and look....They're looking to see if there's a common ground. They're constantly trying to find themselves in another social animal."

Quotes about Fast, Cheap & Out of Control

 * "For me, it's about what a lot of my work is about, creating a character in their specific situation and also revealing their mental landscape, a model of their universe. At the heart of it, this was made when my parents were dying and I was fascinated with the way mortality interferes with our plans whether we like it or not." ~Errol Morris "Sand that Grows and Other Stories" by Liam Lacey, April 29, 2005

 * "Then I got interested in the mole rats. What's the connection between the lion tamer and the mole rats? I don't know if there even is one. Mole rats spend their entire lives digging tunnels. They have a rigid social system. They're like wasps or bees - there's a queen and workers. Mole rats dig at random, looking for tubers. Maybe they find a tuber, or maybe they don't. They just dig away. At one point I had thought the mole rats addressed the Utopian ideal of what it would be like if there were no crime or criminals, if you could say hello to your neighbor and your neighbor would say hello in return and we'd all be assured that no one would attack us with an axe. Is aggression innate in mammals? Well, supposedly not in mole rats. The mole rat was thought to be the only mammal that lives in harmony with its fellow-mammals, its fellow mole rats. The only. But it turns out that mole rats are nonviolent only under certain circumstances - that, in fact, they can be really nasty critters after all, who at times really do seem to hate one another. When one colony of mole rats meets another, they can be extremely vicious. Anyway, that was my original idea - Dr. Grigson, lion tamers, mole rats. I then decided to add to this compote 'Electrocuting an Elephant' - which was, if anything, a miscarriage-of-justice story." ~Errol Morris, discussing his planned project Dr. Death. Source: Predilections by Mark Singer, 1989

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Mr. Death: The Rise and Fall of Fred A. Leuchter, Jr.

Mr. Death: The Rise and Fall of Fred A. Leuchter, Jr. is a 1999 American documentary film about the life and career of the infamous American execution device designer and holocaust denier Fred A. Leuchter.
 * Directed by Errol Morris.

Fred A. Leuchter

 * I became involved in the manufacture of execution equipment because I was concerned with the deplorable condition of the hardware that's in most of the states' prisons, which generally results in torture prior to death. A number of years ago I was asked by a state to look at their electric chair. I was surprised at the condition of the equipment and I indicated to them what changes should be made to bring the equipment up to the point of doing a humane execution.

 * The human body is not easy to destroy and it is not easy to take a life humanely and painlessly without doing a great deal of damage to the individual's body. Excess current cooks the tissue. There have been occasions where a great amount of current has been applied and the meat actually will come off the executee's body like the meat coming off a cooked chicken.

 * As you've probably guessed by now, I am a proponent of capital punishment. I am certainly not a proponent of capital torture. We must always remember and we must never forget, the fact that the person being executed is a human being. One of the things that I've had to deal with is the feelings of the people who are doing the executions. The guards that work with the execution equipment are generally the same guards that have dealt with that inmate for the last five, ten, fifteen, and sometimes twenty years while the man was on death row. . . .Most people think of a hardened criminal and a murderer as someone who is in a cell and going to be executed, but these people are really no different than somebody that we work with every day. The only difference is that the inmate doesn't go home and the guard does. And now at the end of this ten or fifteen year cycle, they now are faced with the task of executing this man with equipment that's defective. With equipment that 's going to cause pain.

 * I've been drinking coffee for a long time, since I was probably around 4 or 5 years old. It's still true, I love coffee. I think it's running through my veins. Coffee never bothers the ulcer, but I remember, must be 15, 20 years ago when I went to the doctor, he was asking me, how much coffee do you drink a day, and I says, about 40 cups, so he's writing down. He says, how much coffee you drink a day? And I says about 40 cups. He says, how much coffee do you drink a day? and I says about 40 cups. He says, look, I am not kidding. I says, I'm not kidding either. He said, Oh? How much do you smoke a day? I said about six packs. He said, six packs of cigarettes, 40 cups of coffee a day, he says, you should be dead by now. [laughs]

 * Because of my expertise in the construction of execution equipment, I was asked to testify by the defense team of Mr. Ernst Zundel, a German national living in Canada, for some 20 odd years, who published a pamphlet, 'Did Six Million Really Die?'.

 * What happened in all of these facilities is undoubtedly a mystery. Whether or not these facilities were used for gas execution, that's not a mystery; I don't believe they were, because in my best engineering opinion I don't think they could've been.

 * Of course I'm not an anti-Semite. I have a lot of friends that are Jewish. I've lost Jewish friends, too, because of what's happened. I bear no ill will to any Jews any place, whether they're in the United States or abroad. I bear a great deal of ill will to those people that have come after me, those people who have persecuted and prosecuted me, but that's got nothing to do with them being Jewish. That only has to do with the fact that they've been interfering with my right to live, think, breathe, and earn a living.

Ernst Zundel

 * We can solve the mystery of the gas chambers in Auschwitz and all these other places if we find an American expert, because America is the only country that dispatches people with gas. You can't open up the telephone book and say gas, and then chamber, and then experts, and out come ten Fred Leuchters. No. There's nobody. Fred Leuchter was our only hope. This was the first time that the scene of the crime of mass murder, industrial mass murder, was examined forensically.

 * When my doubt about the Holocaust first came to me, it took me two and a half years, and I was like a reforming alcoholic. I was like one yo-yo, back and forth: believe, not believe, maybe believe, false belief, true belief. Fred was able to purge his own mind within a matter of a week. That's amazing to me. So I said: 'Fred, what convinced you?' He said: 'Ernst, it wasn't what I found, it was what I didn't find.' That blew me away. It never, ever occurred to me that a man could be convinced by something that is not there. That's what Fred said.

 * The Leuchter Report, about five hundred thousand circulate in Germany. There have been translations; a Leuchter edition appeared in Russian. In Latvia, in Hungary, in Spanish. The Leuchter Report is out there in dozens of languages, and I would dare say in millions of copies. We will not go down in history as being a nation of genocidal maniacs. We will not. We can, with historical truth, detoxify a poisoned planet.

 * Did Christ have a diploma in Christianity? Did Marx have a diploma in Marxism? Did Adolf Hitler have a diploma in National Socialism? No, they did not. But they knew one hell of a lot about their field.

Robert-Jan Van Pelt

 * Holocaust denial for me is so revolting, and the way for me not to immediately become sick with having to deal with Leuchter, was by saying, OK, I am going to map his journey. I have a job to do and my job, my first job, is to try to understand where this guy was at what time. To take that tape and to record every camera angle, where it was, what piece of wall they were looking at, where he took the samples. It was important to be able to follow that trail very, very precisely. I wanted to see how he had done it.

 * Leuchter is a victim of the myth of Sherlock Holmes. A crime has been committed. You go to the site of the crime and with a magnifying glass you find a hair, or you find a speck of dust on the shoe. Leuchter thinks that is the way reality can be reconstructed. But he is no Sherlock Holmes.

 * Crematorium II is the most lethal building of Auschwitz. In the 2500 square feet of this one room, more people lost their lives than any other place on this planet. 500,000 people were killed. If you would draw a map of human suffering, if you created a geography of atrocity, this would be the absolute center. Every year, remains of human beings are found. Bones, teeth. The earth doesn't rest.

 * Holocaust denial is a story about vanity. It is a way to get in the limelight, to be noticed -- to be someone -- maybe to be loved. I have a sympathy to Fred, who's lost in Auschwitz, because I think he's lost. But not any more with the Fred who appears in these conferences.

David Irving

 * He's not the kind of person that would strike you. He is a mouse of a man. He's also a man who is totally honest and totally innocent; innocent in the sense of being a simpleton. He went into this as a glorious adventure. He was taken out of oblivion. He was given this task to perform. He traveled abroad, probably for the first time in his life, to Poland. He came back with these earth-shattering results. The big point: there is no significant residue of cyanide in the brickwork. That's what converted me.

 * He's been destroyed as a human being; he's had his marriage destroyed, he's had his life destroyed. I frankly am surprised he didn't go and commit suicide, jump under a train. He saw everything that he had built up in his own quiet, humble way, destroyed by these people he had never met, whom he had offended. All he did was take the bucket and the spade and go over to Auschwitz and come back with the samples, and that was an act of criminal simplicity. He had no idea of what he was blundering into. He wasn't putting his name on the line because he had no name. He came from nowhere and he went back to nowhere.

Dr. James Roth

 * I don't think the Leuchter results have any meaning. There's nothing in any of our data that says those surfaces were exposed or not. Even after I got off the stand, I didn't know where the samples came from. I didn't know which samples were which. And it was only at lunch that I found out, really, what the case involved. Hindsight being 20/20, the test was not the correct one to have been used for the analysis. He presented us with rock samples anywhere from the size of your thumb up to half the size of your fist. We broke them up with a hammer so that we could get a sub-sample; we placed it in a flask, add concentrated sulfuric acid. It undergoes a reaction that produces a red-colored solution. It is the intensity of this red color that we can relate with cyanide concentration. You have to look at what happens to cyanide when it reacts with a wall. Where does it go? How far does it go? Cyanide is a surface reaction. It's probably not going to penetrate more than 10 microns. Human hair is 100 microns in diameter. Crush this sample up, I have just diluted that sample 10,000; 100,000 times. If you're going to go look for it, you're going to look on the surface only. There's no reason to go deep, because it's not going to be there. Which was the exposed surface? I didn't even have any idea. That's like analyzing paint on a wall by analyzing the timber that's behind it.

Shelly Shapiro

 * There is no slippery slope for Mr. Fred Leuchter. The man is an anti-Semite. There are hate-mongers in this country, and he's one of them. He handed over his entire life and reputation to the cause of spreading hatred. He didn't stop, he kept on going. He could've gotten out any time. . . .I don't think he's naive. I think he was empowered by being part of this group. Who is this guy? The bottom line here, is you got a guy who basically made a deal with the devil.

Dialogue

 * Errol Morris: Have you ever thought that you might be wrong, or do you think that you could make a mistake?
 * Fred Leuchter: No, I'm past that. When I attempted to turn those facilities into gas execution facilities and was unable to, I made a decision at that point that I wasn't wrong. And perhaps that's why I did it. At least it cleared my mind, so I know that I left no stone unturned. I did everything possible to substantiate and prove the existence of the gas chambers, and I was unable to.

Quotes about Mr. Death

 * Fred Leuchter: What is the film about to you? Errol Morris: It's a good question. What it is about is my curiosity--how you got yourself into this fix.
 * The above brief exchange between Morris and Leuchter took place immediately after Leuchter saw Mr. Death for the first time.
 * Source: The Friendly Executioner by Mark Singer

 * Isn't Fred a sweetie?
 * Errol Morris, Source: The Friendly Executioner by Mark Singer

 * It seemed that that audience had no place to stand outside Fred. They became trapped in his ego. They took him quite literally. And when the film was over there were people in the room who wondered whether the Holocaust had really happened.
 * Errol Morris discussing reactions to the film after he screened it to a Harvard film class. Morris subsequently reworked the film, including new footage of Leuchter's critics.
 * Source: The Friendly Executioner by Mark Singer

 * Fred's story raises lots of interesting questions, such as: What happens if you really need to be loved and the only people who will love you are Nazis? And his version of what he saw in Auschwitz and what happened to him afterward seems to come right out of Nabokov--the clueless narrator, the narrator so far out of touch with what he's saying that it's totally absurd. But how clueless could he possibly be? That's the central mystery. Do we all have these self-invented fables? There's a deep mystery about why Fred's doing what he's doing, and for me it connects with the mystery of the Holocaust: the mystery not of whether it happened but of how it could happen. Is it happenstance that Fred, a person obsessed with death-not unlike me-ended up at Auschwitz? Somehow, he was drawn there, pulled to the center of twentieth-century death. And maybe it's pulling me, too. It's one of my predilections that people do not do evil knowingly. Evil is always construed as some form of doing good. We are always in some kind of delusional state about what our actions mean. I hope this movie becomes more effective if Fred emerges as more a person like you and me. If it's a movie that creates one more Manichaean illustration of good and evil, it becomes less interesting. If he becomes a person who makes us think about how the Holocaust came about, then it's useful.
 * Errol Morris, Source: The Friendly Executioner by Mark Singer

 * Fred hasn't questioned anything we've asked him to do over the last five days. I haven't lied about anything. I haven't had to; he's too honest and decent a man, I look over all this, and I think he's just misguided. He got mixed up with the wrong group of people. There are people who think he's evil, but he's not. The movie, I think, is becoming a kind of odd danse macabre, with Leuchter as my brand of existential hero, or, if you like, existential antihero: the completely benighted human being who still deserves our sympathy.
 * Errol Morris while shooting Mr. Death. Source: The Friendly Executioner by Mark Singer

 * Part of me has very little desire to get into a debate with Ernst Zündel, David Irving, or even Leuchter. I have read a number of reviewers who have taken me to task for not declaring whether I believe Leuchter is a good person or evil person, that somehow I've been remiss in this regard. I beg to differ. The movie is absolutely clear that his ideas are pernicious and false. That is not up for discussion. What is up for discussion is that I wish to put the viewer in the same position for what I find myself in. It's not to give you on a platter a received view but to force you into the mystery of what is in fact very disturbing and peculiar behavior.
 * Errol Morris, Source: Pitch Weekly

 * Very near the end of my work editing the movie, before it was to be shown publicly for the first time, I invited Fred into my studio to look at what I had done, to give him the opportunity at least to see what was going to be put in front of the public and to comment on it. He told me he liked the movie. He felt that the movie had treated his story fairly and responsibly. And then I presented him with my list of reasons why he's wrong, many of which are in the movie itself. The documents, these powerful documents that are in the Auchwitz archive. German documents.  Not allied documents, not Jewish documents, NAZI documents.  Nazi documents that make specific reference to all of these things Fred said were not there and could not possibly have been there.  Fred's answer: I dunno where these documents came from. I can't vouch for their authenticity.  I'll just keep my original position.
 * Errol Morris, Source: An audio interview conducted in January, 2000 in which Errol Morris discusses Fred Leuchter and Mr. Death.


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A. P. J. Abdul Kalam

Avul Pakir Jainulabdeen Abdul Kalam (15 October 1931 – 27 July 2015) was an Indian aerospace scientist who served as the 11th president of India from 2002 to 2007. He was born and raised in Rameswaram, Tamil Nadu and studied physics and aerospace engineering.

APJ Abdul Kalam was a great mind and an inspiration to many. His words were often wise and full of meaning. When it comes to inspirational personalities, few are as revered as APJ Abdul Kalam. The former President of India was known for his humanitarian work and dedication to education, and his words have inspired people around the world.

Quotes

 * Most people: they take birth. Earn a living, and, then, they die. Never follow them.

 * If you want to shine like a star, first you have to burn like a star.

 * The best brains of a nation may be in the last bench of a classroom.

 * Excellence happens not by accident, it is a process.

 * Small aim is a crime, have a great aim.

 * Creativity is seeing the same thing, but thinking differently.

 * I am really overwhelmed. Everywhere both in Internet and in other media, I have been asked for a message. I was thinking what message I can give to the people of the country at this juncture.
 * In: Rediff.com News, June 13, 2002 (online): Kalam responding to the announcement of his candidature by Prime Minister

 * We will be remembered only if we give to our younger generation a prosperous and safe India, resulting out of economic prosperity coupled with civilizational heritage.
 * India. Parliament. House of the People (2003) Lok Sabha Debates. p. 45.

 * If a country is to be corruption free and become a nation of beautiful minds, I strongly feel there are three key societal members who can make a difference. They are the father, the mother and the teacher.
 * Arvind Gupta, Mukul Chaturvedi, Akshay Joshi (2004) Security and Diplomacy: Essential Documents. p. 144.

 * Many, many citizens have also expressed the same wish. It only reflects their love and affection for me and the aspiration of the people. I am really overwhelmed by this support. This being their wish, I respect it. I want to thank them for the trust they have in me.
 * Karthick S (18 June 2012). "Abdul Kalam not to contest presidential poll 2012". The Times of India: Kalam's message to public upon denying to contest Presidential poll 2012.

 * Thinking should become your capital asset, whatever ups and downs you may come across in your life.
 * Enlightened Minds

 * Difficulties in your life do not come to destroy but to help you realize your hidden potential and power. Let difficulties know that you too are difficult.

 * All birds find shelter during a rain, but eagle avoids rain by flying above the clouds. Problems are common, but attitude makes the difference.

 * If you fail, never give up because F.A.I.L. means "First Attempt In Learning". End is not the end, in fact E.N.D. means "Effort Never Dies." If you get No as an answer, remember N.O. means "Next Opportunity". So let's be positive.

Wings of Fire

 * 'Avul Pakir Jainulabdeen Abdul Kalam, Aruṇ Tivāri (1999) Wings of Fire: An Autobiography of APJ Abdul Kalam ISBN 8173711461.

 * I inherited honesty and self-discipline from my father; from my mother, I inherited faith in goodness and deep kindness as did my three brothers and sisters.
 * p. 8
 * I wonder why some people tend to see science as something which takes man away from God. As I look at it, the path of science can always wind through the heart. For me, science has always been the path to spiritual enrichment and self-realisation.
 * p. 15
 * … the best way to win was to not need to win. The best performances are accomplished when you are relaxed and free of doubt.
 * p. 31
 * One of the important functions of prayer, I believe, is to act as a stimulus to creative ideas. Within the mind are all the resources required for successful living. Ideas are present in the consciousness, which when released and given scope to grow and take shape, can lead to successful events. God, our Creator, has stored within our minds and personalities, great potential strength and ability. Prayer helps to tap and develop these powers.
 * p. 32
 * My impression of the American people can be summarized by a quotation from Benjamin Franklin, "Those things that hurt instruct!" I realised that people in this part of the world meet their problems head on. They attempt to get out of them rather than suffer them.
 * p. 38
 * I often read Khalil Gibran, and always find his words full of wisdom. "Bread baked without love is a bitter bread that feeds but half a man's hunger"—those who cannot work with their hearts achieve but a hollow, half-hearted success that breeds bitterness all around. If you are a writer who would secretly prefer to be a lawyer or a doctor, your written words will feed but half the hunger of your readers; if you are a teacher who would rather be a businessman, your instructions will meet but half the need for knowledge of your students; if you are a scientist who hates science, your performance will satisfy but half the needs of your mission.
 * p. 45
 * I have always been a religious person in the sense that I maintain a working partnership with God. I was aware that the best work required more ability than I possessed and therefore I needed help that only God could give me. I made a true estimate of my own ability, then raised it by 50 per cent and put myself in God's hands. In this partnership, I have always received all the power I needed, and in fact have actually felt it flowing through me. Today, I can affirm that the kingdom of God is within you in the form of this power, to help achieve your goals and realise your dreams.
 * p. 49
 * I have always considered the price of perfection prohibitive and allowed mistakes as a part of the learning process. I prefer a dash of daring and persistence to perfection. I have always supported learning on the part of my team members by paying vigilant attention to each of their attempts, be they successful or unsuccessful.
 * p. 58
 * I was (and am) a terrible conversationist but consider myself a good communicator.
 * p. 76
 * To succeed in your mission, you must have single-minded devotion to your goal. Individuals like myself are often called 'workaholics'. I question this term because that implies a pathological condition or an illness. If I do what I desire more than anything else in the world and which makes me happy, such work can never be an aberration.
 * p. 89
 * Total commitment is the common denominator among all successful men and women.
 * p. 90
 * Climbing to the top demands strength, whether to the top of Mount Everest or to the top of your career.
 * p. 90
 * Man needs his difficulties because they are necessary to enjoy success.
 * p. 90
 * I have used the word 'flow' at many places without really elaborating its meaning. What is this flow? And what are these joys? I could call them moments of magic. I see an anology between these moments and the high that you experience when you play badminton or go jogging. Flow is a sensation we experience when we act with total involvement. During flow, action follows action according to an internal logic that seems to need no conscious intervention on the part of the worker. There is no hurry, there are no distracting demands on one's attention. The past and the future disappear. So does the distinction between self and the activity.
 * p. 91
 * To me, the level of responsibility is measured by one's ability to confront the decision-making process without any delay or distraction.
 * p. 96
 * To live only for some unknown future is superficial. It is like climbing a mountain to reach the peak without experiencing its sides. The sides of the mountain sustain life, not the peak. This is where things grow, experience gained, and technologies are mastered. The importance of peak lies only in the fact that it defines the sides. So I went on towards the top, but always experiencing the sides. I had a long way to go but I was in no hurry. I went in little steps—just one step after another—but each step towards the top.
 * p. 98
 * Happiness, satisfaction, and success in life depend on making the right choices, the winning choices. There are forces in life working for you and against you. One must distinguish the beneficial forces from the malevolent ones and choose correctly between them.
 * p. 106
 * You have to dream before your dreams can come true.
 * p. 112
 * Perhaps the main motive behind my isolation was my desire to escape from the demands of relationships, which I consider very difficult in comparison to making rockets. All I desired was to be true to my way of life, to uphold the science of rocketry in my country and to retire with a clean conscience.
 * p. 121
 * It has been my personal experience that the true flavour, the real fun, the continuous excitement of work lie in the process of doing it rather than in having it over and done with.
 * p. 135
 * A person with belief never grovels before anyone, whining and whimpering that it's all too much, that he lacks support, that he is being treated unfairly. Instead, such a person tackes problems head on and then affirms, 'As a child of God, I am greater than anything that can happen to me.'
 * p. 135 or p. 136 in certain university press editions.
 * I never used any outside influence to advance my career. All I had was the inner urge to seek more within myself. The key to my motivation has always been to look at how far I had still to go rather than how far I had come.
 * p. 140
 * This is my belief: that through difficulties and problems God gives us the opportunity to grow. So when your hopes and dreams and goals are dashed, search among the wreckage, you may find a golden opportunity hidden in the ruins.
 * p. 140
 * Great dreams of great dreamers are always transcended.
 * p. 161
 * I will not be presumptuous enough to say that my life can be a role model for anybody; but some poor child living in an obscure place in an underprivileged social setting may find a little solace in the way my destiny has been shaped. It could perhaps help such children liberate themselves from the bondage of their illusory backwardness and hopelessness.
 * p. 167
 * Are you aware of your inner signals? Do you trust them? Do you have the focus of control over your life in your own hands? Take this from me, the more decisions you can make avoiding external pressures, which will constantly try to manipulate and immobilise you, the better your life will be, the better your society will become. The entire nation will benifit from having strong, inner-directed people as their leaders.
 * p. 175
 * Life is a difficult game. You can win it only by retaining your birthright to be a person. And to retain this right, you will have to be willing to take the social or external risks involved in ignoring pressures to do things the way others say they should be done.
 * p. 176

APJ Abdul Kalam (2002)

 * K. Bhushan, G. Katyal (2002) APJ Abdul Kalam.

 * If we are not free, no one will respect us.
 * p. 39

Eternal quest: life & times of Dr. Avul Pakir Jainulabdeen Abdul Kalam (2002)

 * S. Chandra (2002) Eternal Quest: Life & Times of Dr. Avul Pakir Jainulabdeen Abdul Kalam.

 * We must think and act like a nation of a billion people and not like that of a million people. Dream, dream, dream!
 * p. 64.
 * We have not invaded anyone. We have not conquered anyone. We have not grabbed their land, their culture, their history and tried to enforce our way of life on them.
 * p. 1904

In: Philosophy & Social Action (2003)

 * A. P. J. Abdul Kalam (2003) in: Philosophy & Social Action (2003) Vol 29, Nr 1-4. p. 20.

 * This will be the greatest legacy that we can proudly leave behind for our next generation, let us sacrifice our today so that our children can have a better tomorrow.
 * No religion has mandated killing others as a requirement for its sustenance or promotion.

My Journey: Transforming Dreams into Actions

 * Rupa Publications, 2014

 * My school was a happy place. All of us who started our schooling there completed our studies till the eighth standard. I don't remember even a single person dropping out. These days, when i visit schools, both big and small, all across the country, i tell them that true quality does not come from a great building or great facilities or great advertisements. It happens when education is imparted with love by great teachers.

Quotes about A. P. J. Abdul Kalam

 * "He [Kalam] was not only a great scientist, educationist and statesman, but also above all a real gentleman. Over the years, I had the opportunity to meet and interact with him on many occasions, and always admired his down-to-earth simplicity and humility. I used to enjoy our discussions on a wide range of subjects of common interest, but mainly concerned with science, spirituality and education."
 * Dalai Lama on Kalam's death.

 * "We are deeply shocked at the sad demise of former President of India Dr APJ Abdul Kalam, one of the most famous sons of India and a great scientific mind of his time. He was highly respected in Bangladesh as well. His invaluable contribution to India's rise in the sphere of science and technology would be remembered forever by all. He was a source of inspiration to the young generation of South Asia, someone who gave wings to their dreams."
 * Sheikh Hasina, PM of Bangladesh, on Kalam's death.

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John Coltrane

John William Coltrane, also known as "Trane" (September 23, 1926 – July 17, 1967), was an American jazz saxophonist and composer. Working in the bebop and hard bop idioms early in his career, Coltrane helped pioneer the use of modes in jazz and was later at the forefront of free jazz. He led at least fifty recording sessions during his career, and appeared as a sideman on many albums by other musicians, including trumpeter Miles Davis and pianist Thelonious Monk.

Quotes

 * Rushin' Lullaby.
 * Coltrane answering producer Bob Weinstock's question "Trane, what was the name of that tune?". Coltrane and his band were actually performing a fast tempo version of Irving Berlin's "Russian Lullaby". (Soultrane, Prestige LP 7142/Original Jazz Classics OJC 021/OJCCD-021-2 recorded in 1957; original LP first released in 1958).

 * [T]he main thing a musician would like to do is to give a picture to the listener of the many wonderful things he knows of and senses in the universe. That's what music is to me—it's just another way of saying this is a big, beautiful universe we live in, that's been given to us, and here's an example of just how magnificent and encompassing it is. That's what I would like to do. I think that's one of the greatest things you can do in life, and we all try to do it in some way. The musician's is through his music.
 * Coltrane and Eric Dolphy interviewed by Don DeMichael, as cited in "John Coltrane and Eric Dolphy Answer the Jazz Critics" DownBeat (April 12, 1962; online reprint from 2014)

 * Keep a thing happenin' all throughout.
 * Chatter before first take of "Dearly Beloved", addressing pianist McCoy Tyner (1965 studio recording issued on Sun Ship Impulse! AS9211 in 1971).

A: I'd like to be a saint.
 * Q: What would you like to be in 10 years?
 * Asked by Kiyoshi Koyama at the press conference at the beginning of the Japanese tour ([July 7,] 1966), as cited in Katherine Whatley "Kiyoshi Koyama: A life lived with jazz", The Japan Times (March 29, 2018)

 * I thought about this question. I answered it as best I could [at the press conference]. I felt I didn't tell [the reporter] what I really wanted to say. He thought I was Christian. And I am by birth; my parents were and my early teachings were Christian. But as I look upon the world, I feel all men know the truth. If a man was a Christian, he could know the truth and he could not. The truth itself does not have any name on it. And each man has to find it for himself, I think.
 * From an interview at the Tokyo Prince Hotel (July 7, 1966), which followed the press conference, as cited in the booklet for Live in Japan (Impulse! GRD-4-102 CD-boxset of two concerts recorded during the month; US set released in 1991).
 * It is not clear from the source if Coltrane was referring to the question asked above.

 * My goal is to live the truly religious life and express it in my music. If you live it, when you play there's no problem because the music is just part of the whole thing. To be a musician is really something. It goes very, very deep. My music is the spiritual expression of what I am—my faith, my knowledge, my being.
 * "The New Jazz",  (December 12, 1966), p. 108

Quotes about Coltrane

 * In alphabetical order by author or source.

 * John [Coltrane] was like a visitor to this planet. He came in peace and he left in peace; but during his time here, he kept trying to reach new levels of awareness, of peace, of spirituality. That's why I regard the music he played as spiritual music — John's way of getting closer and closer to the Creator.
 * Albert Ayler (quoted in Valerie Wilmer As Serious As Your Life, p. 31)

 * I was playing this concert, and when I finished a solo, I backed offstage. There was Coltrane with the lights behind him, beatified. He held out his arms and took me in and I wept like a child. I'd been through so much, and held so much in, but I didn't cry until Coltrane told me it was alright.
 * , "The New Jazz," Newsweek (December 12, 1966), p. 108

 * [W]hen I was with him, he was as straight as a pin, but he had this sugar addiction and he loved these butter rum lifesavers. So he'd be pop—when he didn't have the horn in his mouth, he would be popping these lifesavers in, which satisfied his sugar craving, I guess. But he always had that... his breath always smelled of butter rum lifesavers.
 * in Joe Lovano / Steve Kuhn Quartet Remembering John Coltrane at Jazz Baltica, c. June 2008.

 * You know, John Coltrane has been sort of a god to me. Seems like, in a way, he didn't get the inspiration out of other musicians. He had it. When you hear a cat do a thing like that, you got to go along with him. I think I heard Coltrane before I really got close to Miles [Davis]. Miles had a tricky way of playing his horn that I didn't understand as much as I did Coltrane. I really didn't understand what Coltrane was doing, but it was so exciting the thing that he was doing...
 * Interview with Wes Montgomery, as cited in Ralph J. Gleason. DownBeat (1961), p. 24.

 * Eventually I became a tad compulsive about hearing certain songs. At first it was a handful of jazz classics-Miles Davis's "Freddie Freeloader," John Coltrane's "My Favorite Things," Frank Sinatra's "Luck Be a Lady."
 * Barack Obama A Promised Land (2020)

 * In short, [Coltrane's] tone is beautiful because it is functional. In other words, it is always involved in saying something. You can't separate the means that a man uses to say something from what he ultimately says.  Technique is not separated from its content in a great artist.
 * Cecil Taylor (quoted in Cole John Coltrane, p. 193)

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Sheets of sound

Sheets of sound was a term coined in 1958 by DownBeat magazine jazz critic Ira Gitler to describe a new style of jazz by saxophone musician John Coltrane. The term also refers to a period of Coltrane's music between 1958-1960.

Quotes

 * As he learned harmonically from Davis and Monk, and developed his mechanical skills, a new more confident Coltrane emerged. He has used long lines and multinoted figures within these lines, but in 1958 he started playing sections that might be termed 'sheets of sound'.
 * Ira Gitler, "Trane On The Track" DownBeat (1958).

 * While he was with Miles [Davis], Coltrane was tagged with the phrase 'sheets of sound.' Jazz critic Ira Gitler had first used it. These 'sheets of sound' were multinote hailstorms of dense textures that sound like a simultaneous series of waterfalls. 'His continuous flow of ideas without stopping really hit me,' Gitler said. 'It was almost superhuman. The amount of energy he was using could have powered a spaceship.'
 * Nat Hentoff, New liner notes for Giant Steps (Deluxe edition, September 1997).

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Talk:Aliens (film)

Change to "Alien (series)"
Unless there's a general objection, I'd like to change this page to "Alien (series)" to cover the entire Alien series, with redirects from all four canonical films (Alien, Aliens, Alien 3, and Alien Resurrection). This would parallel pages like Star Wars and Back to the Future, with each movie having its own section. Let me know what y'all think. — Jeff Q 12:50, 2 Jan 2005 (UTC)

Fairly sure that Hudson's 'badass' quote is innaccurate.

Black Velvet - I'm sorry, but your proposal falls short a few notches. You see, all four movies are very different, and are very much their own, rather than part of a series, such as the previously mentioned Star Wars, or Back to the Future. For one thing, I'll be in my cold cold grave before I see dribble like "I am the ultimate badass!!! Oh Yeah!!" posted along the same lines as the enigmatic quotation from the other three superior Alien films. (Added by

 * Well, that is hardly the spirit in which to approach compromise (unless you assume all compromises begin with killing all dissenters). Many series change in quality over time -- many Star Wars fans think the 1-3 episodes were significantly worse than 4-6. The difference in tone and quality is not enough an argument, at least according to evident wikiquote tradition, for splitting into seperate pages. ~ MosheZadka (Talk) 10:55, 28 August 2005 (UTC)

Is this a list of memorable quotes or a transcript of the movie?--Animebill 22:12, 12 August 2005 (UTC)

"[the drop-ship crashes] Well that's great, that's just fuckin' great man. Now what the fuck are we supposed to do? We're in some real pretty shit now man... That's it man, game over man, game over! What the fuck are we gonna do now? What are we gonna do?" (2 locations on page) - I hear this as real fruity shit. Which is not to say that fruit can't be pretty...--Zippity 18:05, 9 August 2006 (UTC)

Cleanup
Added a cleanup request to this wikiquote article as it is far too long and reads like a transcipt of the entire movie. Also does not include only notable quotes and dialogue. See wikiquote rules which include "Notable: We limit ourselves to quotations which are notable." Also Hudson's quote at the top is repeated uneccessarily at the bottom... -- Nreive 09:55, 17 November 2007 (UTC)

needs more quotes
this movie's a classic in its genre, and there are tons of great lines not listed here. i mean, hell, serenity is longer than this page (not to say that serenity's not fantastic, but plenty of elements in it and firefly were inspired by aliens). this needs to be fixed. 74.245.182.11 03:40, 24 November 2009 (UTC)
 * Actually, this page has just been trimmed again because of copyright concerns; see Limits on quotations. Serenity (film) has been tagged for trimming as well; it's just a matter of time before we get around to it. - InvisibleSun 04:17, 24 November 2009 (UTC)

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Spy Game

Spy Game is a 2001 film about a retiring CIA operator trying to rescue his former colleague from captivity in order to redeem himself.
 * Directed by: Tony Scott' Written by: Michael Frost Beckner

"It's not how you play the game. It's how the game plays you."

Nathan Muir

 * If I'm walking into a shit storm I wanna know which way the wind's blowing.
 * You're gonna make a beautiful corpse.
 * You go off the reservation, I will not come after you.
 * Technology gets better everyday. That's fine. But most of the time all you need is a stick of gum, a pocket knife and a smile.
 * She had worked both ends against the middle for so long, the middle decided to give up and go home.
 * We didn't know when the Doc was going to be giving the Shiek his physical, but it was our one and only opportunity to take him out. So I didn't have the usual time to butter him up. Which means we needed twice the sex with half the foreplay.

Tom Bishop

 * I'm done with the reasons, Nathan. I'm done with you. I'm not ending up like you.

Dialogue

 * Gladys Jennip: Feeling a little paranoid on our last day?
 * Nathan Muir: When did Noah build the ark, Gladys? Before the rain.

 * Tom Bishop: Happy?
 * Nathan Muir: Seventy-five casualties, an apartment block leveled, one dead terrorist? Yeah, happy.
 * Tom Bishop: We have some fucked up barometer for success, don't we?

 * Tom Bishop: [walking in on Nathan Muir shaving] My God, you're hideous. Why do you even bother?
 * Nathan Muir: I missed you, too.
 * Tom Bishop: You want flowers at 6am?
 * Nathan Muir: Flowers would be nice, but I'll settle for breakfast.
 * Tom Bishop: I got a good spot--I taught a guy to make migas.
 * Nathan Muir: A Mexican restaurant in Beirut? I'm impressed.

 * Tom Bishop: All right, so what else? What else do I need to know?
 * Nathan Muir: Put away some money so you can die someplace warm and don't ever touch it. Not for anyone, ever.
 * Tom Bishop: Okay, is that it?
 * Nathan Muir: Don't ever risk your life or career for an asset. If it comes down to you or them... send flowers.

 * Nathan Muir: See that building across the way?
 * Tom Bishop: Yeah.
 * Nathan Muir: Do you know anyone there?
 * Tom Bishop: No.
 * Nathan Muir: In five minutes I want to see you on the balcony.
 * Tom Bishop: What do...
 * Nathan Muir: Five minutes.
 * Tom Bishop: Can't we discuss it over coffee?
 * Nathan Muir: You just lost ten seconds.

 * Nathan Muir: I take it you didn't get to be a marksman putting food on your mama's table.
 * Tom Bishop: No, sir. We have a Safeway back home.
 * Nathan Muir: Where'd you learn to shoot?
 * Tom Bishop: Boy scouts, sir.
 * Nathan Muir: What, are you kidding me?
 * Tom Bishop: No, sir.
 * Nathan Muir: Hell of an ad for the Boy Scouts.

 * Tom Bishop: She's just someone I used to get to the camp.
 * Nathan Muir: She gonna be of any more use to us?
 * Tom Bishop: Not to us.

 * Dr. Ahmed: Is it hard? To take life?
 * Tom Bishop: [long pause] Yes.

 * Charles Harker: If these walls could talk, huh. All this history, I envy you.
 * Nathan Muir: Then bag your job, you can be just like me.
 * Charles Harker: No, really. The debt this country owes you guys.
 * Nathan Muir: Chuck, are you gonna dance with your hand on my ass all night or are you gonna make your move?

 * [Muir indicates a fat man sitting at a table reading a menu]
 * Nathan Muir: The man reading the menu. Threat?
 * Tom Bishop: Only to the hostess.

 * Charles Harker: We need the press on this like we need a third tit.
 * Nathan Muir: You using the other two?

 * Gladys Jennip: What is this about?
 * Nathan Muir: Money. Free trade, microchips, toaster ovens.
 * Gladys Jennip: And what does that have to do with you?
 * Nathan Muir: Nothing.

 * Charles Harker: So, sir, you and Muir came up together, right?
 * Troy Fogler: Mmm-hmm.
 * Charles Harker: How well do you know him?
 * Troy Fogler: No one knows Nathan, not really.
 * Charles Harker: Do you trust him?
 * Troy Fogler: He's a man who got the job done.

 * Tom Bishop: So, when do I get my first assignment?
 * Nathan Muir: When I decide you're ready.

 * Nathan Muir: You just gave her four pieces of personal information for one dubious impersonal fact. 1) You're straight, 2)You're engaged, 3)Tomorrow's your girls birthday, and 4)You have terrible taste in women's clothing.
 * Tom Bishop: Just trying to find out where she got that dress.
 * Nathan Muir: What if she were an asset? You told her four lies that now have to be true.

 * Tom Bishop: I thought spies drank martinis.
 * Nathan Muir: Scotch, never less than twelve years old.
 * Tom Bishop: Is that right? Agency rules?
 * Nathan Muir: My rules.

 * Robert Aiken: Patricia?
 * Nathan Muir: Yeah, my third wife.
 * Dr. William Byars: My God, how many wives have you had?
 * Nathan Muir: Four. You want to hear about them or Bishop?

 * Tom Bishop: Don't tell me that. Don't fucking tell me that. You didn't look in his eyes. Don't tell me that!
 * Nathan Muir: He was your asset, somebody you use for information.
 * Tom Bishop: Ah, Jesus Christ, you just... You don't just trade these people like they're baseball cards! It's not a fucking game!
 * Nathan Muir: Oh, yes it is. It's exactly what it is. And it's no kid's game either. This is a whole other game. And it's serious and it's dangerous. And it's not one you want to lose.
 * Tom Bishop: Nathan, we killed this man. We used him and we killed him. Okay then, you got to help me understand this one. You got... Nathan, what are we doing here? And don't give me some bullshit about the greater good.
 * Nathan Muir: That's exactly what it's about. Because what we do is unfortunately very, very necessary. And if you're not willing to sacrifice scum like Schmidt for those that want nothing more than their freedom, then you better take a long hard look at your chosen profession, my friend. Because it doesn't get any easier. You wanna walk? You wanna walk, walk.

 * Tom Bishop: Fuck your rules, Nathan.
 * Nathan Muir: Okay, but tonight they saved your life.

 * Nathan Muir: When I was a kid I used to spend summers on my uncle's farm. And he had this plow horse he used to work with everyday. He really loved that plow horse. One summer she came up lame. It could barely stand. The vet offered to put her down. You know what my uncle said?
 * Charles Harker: No, Muir, what did he say?
 * Nathan Muir: He said, "Why would I ask somebody else to kill a horse that belonged to me?"

 * Tom Bishop: Happy Birthday, Nathan. Did you know Langley has seven different birth dates for you?
 * Nathan Muir: And they're all wrong.
 * Tom Bishop: I know, believe me, it wasn't easy. KGB, Mossad, also wrong. Fortunately I was well trained.

 * Anna Cathcart: The Scotch is older than she is...
 * Nathan Muir: Am I supposed to feel bad about that?

 * Troy Fogler: [re-enters the room looking faintly amused] There's been... an incident, in China.
 * Charles Harker: [looks confused for a moment, then shocked as he realises that Muir has played them all] Oh, Jesus Christ!

Cast

 * Robert Redford - Nathan Muir
 * Brad Pitt - Tom Bishop
 * Catherine McCormack - Elizabeth Hadley
 * Stephen Dillane - Charles Harker
 * Larry Bryggman - Troy Folger
 * Marianne Jean-Baptiste - Gladys Jennip
 * Ken Leung - Li
 * David Hemmings - Harry Duncan
 * Michael Paul Chan - Vincent Vy Ngo
 * Garrick Hagon - CIA Director Cy Wilson
 * Shane Rimmer - Estate Agent
 * Benedict Wong - Tran
 * Adrian Pang - Jiang
 * Omid Djalili - Beirut: Doumet
 * Dale Dye - Rescue Sequence: Cmdr. Wiley
 * Charlotte Rampling - Anna Cathcart
 * James Aubrey - Mitch Alford

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The 13th Warrior

The 13th Warrior is a 1999 film starring Antonio Banderas about a medieval Arab courtier who joins forces with a host of Vikings who set out to defeat the evil that plagues their lands.
 * Directed by John McTiernan. Written by Michael Crichton, based on his novel Eaters of the Dead.

An Ordinary Man...An Extraordinary Journey!

Ahmed Ibn Fadhlan

 * Merciful Father, I have squandered my days with plans of many things. This was not among them. But at this moment, I beg only to live the next few minutes well. For all we ought to have thought, and have not thought; all we ought to have said, and have not said; all we ought to have done, and have not done; I pray thee God for forgiveness.
 * I do not enjoy heights!
 * [after learning he will be the 13th warrior] What the hell are you saying?
 * Across seas of monsters and forests of demons we traveled. Praise be to Allah, the Merciful and Compassionate. May His blessing be upon pagan men who loved other Gods, who shared their food, and shed their blood. That His servant, Ahmed Ibn Fahdlan, might become a man, and a useful servant of God.

Mechisidek

 * (watching the Viking funeral, as Herger translates into Greek) Lo there do I see my father; Lo there do I see my mother and my sisters and my brothers; Lo there do I see the line of my people, back to the beginning. Lo, they do call to me, they bid me take my place among them, in the halls of Valhalla, where the brave may live forever.

Herger the Joyous

 * The All-Father wove the skein of your life a long time ago. Go and hide in a hole if you wish, but you won't live one instant longer. Your fate is fixed. Fear profits a man nothing.
 * [gives the Prince money after killing his henchman, Angus] See to your friend. He was a brave man.
 * [Ahmed has killed a 'beast'] It's all right, little brother... there are more!

Dialogue

 * Skeld the Superstitious: Blowhards, the both of you. She probably was some smoke-colored camp girl. [points to Ahmed] Looked like that one's mother. [laughter]
 * Ahmed Ibn Fahdlan: [calmly] My mother ... was a pure woman, from a noble family. And I, at least, know who my father is, you... pig-eating son of a whore.
 * [Skeld charges at Ahmed, but Herger stops him and confronts the Arab.]
 * Herger the Joyous: How? How did you learn our language?
 * Ahmed Ibn Fahdlan: I listened!

 * Buliwyf: You can draw sounds?
 * Ahmed Ibn Fahdlan: "Draw sounds"? [realizing] Yes, I can draw sounds... and I can speak them back.
 * Buliwyf: Show me.
 * Ahmed Ibn Fahdlan: [writing in the dirt] "There is only one God, and Mohammad is his prophet".

 * [later, as Buliwyf and Ahmed land on a beach]
 * Buliwyf: Arab! Speak what I draw! [writes in the sand]
 * [Ahmed looks at what Buliwyf has written and comprehends what he is after]
 * Ahmed Ibn Fahdlan: "There is only one God, and Mohammad [corrects Buliwyf's writing] is his prophet.
 * [Buliwyf nods and walks off.]

 * Ahmed Ibn Fahdlan: [Ahmed is given a Viking sword] I cannot lift this.
 * Herger the Joyous: Grow stronger!

 * Ahmed Ibn Fahdlan: [Olga is cleaning his wound] Ow!
 * Olga: You complain much.
 * Ahmed Ibn Fahdlan: (more quietly) Ow.
 * [She applies a swab of ammonia.]
 * Ahmed Ibn Fahdlan: What is that?
 * Olga: Cow urine.
 * Ahmed Ibn Fahdlan: Cow urine?
 * Olga: Boiled down.
 * Ahmed Ibn Fahdlan: No, no. Don't put that filth on me. Water, clean water.
 * Olga: As you wish. Tomorrow the pus will run, and you'll have a fever. [Ahmed relents and lets her put it on]

 * [Ahmed Ibn Fadlan reforges his Norse longsword into the more familiar scimitar.]
 * Weath the Musician: Give an Arab a sword, he makes a knife!
 * Ahmed Ibn Fadlan: [chops a stake with a single stroke] It works.
 * [Ahmed Ibn Fadlan displays a skillful handling of the blade, throwing it in the air, catching it and pointing it at Weath's throat.]
 * Weath the Musician: [Not even blinking] When you die, can I give that to me daughter?

 * Ahmed Ibn Fahdlan: [Olga inspects his wound] Ow!
 * Olga: That's a woman's sound.
 * Ahmed Ibn Fahdlan: Do that again and you'll make it.
 * Olga: You'll live.

 * [Herger kills one of the Prince's henchmen in a sham duel.]
 * Ahmed Ibn Fahdlan: You! You could have killed him at will!
 * Herger the Joyous: Yes?
 * Ahmed Ibn Fahdlan: Well, why the deception?
 * Herger the Joyous: Deception is the point! Any fool can calculate strength. That one has been doing it since we arrived. Now he has to calculate what he can't see.
 * Ahmed Ibn Fahdlan: And fear... what he doesn't know. [Herger makes a head-smacking gesture]
 * Buliwyf: As you say, foolish. And expensive. We will miss Angus tonight; we will miss his sword.

 * [The Wendol horsemen charge toward Ahmed Ibn Fahdaln, and the Vikings. Buliwyf throws Ahmed a wooden stake.]
 * Ahmed Ibn Fahdlan: What do I do with this?!
 * Buliwyf: Put your foot on it...and stand!

 * [Herger proffers a drinking horn containing mead.]
 * Ahmed Ibn Fahdlan: I cannot...taste neither the fermentation of grape nor of wheat. [Herger laughs] What? Why do you laugh?
 * Herger the Joyous: [still laughing] Honey... It's made from honey!

 * Ahmed Ibn Fahdlan: Have we anything resembling a plan?
 * Herger the Joyous: Mm-hm. Ride till we find them... and kill them all.

 * [The Viking band is seemingly trapped in the Wendol caves.]
 * Buliwyf: [observing more Wendol warriors arriving] A hard fight to get clear of here...

 * [With the Wendol pursuing, the Vikings attempt to swim under the Thunder Cliffs.]
 * Herger the Joyous: The way we'll know is: if they don't follow us it's too far to swim!

 * Buliwyf: [weakened by poison] You're wearing that long face for me?
 * Ahmed Ibn Fahdlan: [small smile] I cannot help it.

 * Buliwyf: I have only these hands. I will die a pauper.
 * King Hrothgar: You will be buried as a king.
 * Buliwyf: A man might be thought wealthy if someone were to... draw the story of his deeds. That they may be remembered.
 * [Olga looks meaningfully at Ahmed, who already understands what Buliwyf is asking.]
 * Ahmed Ibn Fahdlan: Such a man might be thought wealthy indeed.

 * Buliwyf: 'Lo, there do I see my father. 'Lo, there do I see--
 * Herger the Joyous: --my mother, and my sisters...
 * Buliwyf: and my brothers.
 * Herger the Joyous: 'Lo, there do I see the line--
 * Edgtho the Silent: --of my people, back to the beginning.
 * Weath the Musician: 'Lo, they do call to me.
 * Ahmed Ibn Fahdlan: They bid me take my place among them.
 * Buliwyf: In the halls of Valhalla...
 * Ahmed Ibn Fahdlan: Where the brave...
 * Herger the Joyous: May live...
 * Ahmed Ibn Fahdlan: ...forever.

 * Wigliff - Kings Son: [Speaking of Buliwyf] This gentleman has the look of a great warrior; no doubt he's very brave. But to face the Wendo, he'll need some amazing luck.
 * Buliwyf: Luck often enough, will save a man, if his courage hold.
 * Wigliff (King's son): That maybe, but wait for the Wendo one night's time, and then talk to us of courage.
 * Buliwyf: I thank the lord for his advice, though I don't recall hearing any exploits of his apart from killing his brothers.

 * Herger the Joyous: We shall make prayers for your safe passage!
 * Ahmed Ibn Fahdlan: Prayers to who?
 * Herger the Joyous: In your land, one God is perhaps enough, but we have need of many! I will pray to all of them for you! Do not be offended!
 * Ahmed Ibn Fahdlan: I will be in your debt!
 * Herger the Joyous: Good bye, Arab!
 * Ahmed Ibn Fahdlan: Good bye, Northman.

Cast

 * Antonio Banderas - Ahmed Ibn Fahdlan
 * Diane Venora - Queen Weilew
 * Vladimir Kulich - Buliwyf
 * Dennis Storhoi - Herger the Joyous
 * Richard Bremmer - Skeld the Superstitious
 * Omar Sharif - Melchisidek
 * Maria Bonnevie - Olga
 * Tony Curran - Weath the Musician

title: The 13th Warrior


text:
Batman (1989 film)

Batman is a 1989 film about the caped crusader's fight against his arch-nemesis, the Joker.
 * Directed by: Tim Burton. Written by Sam Hamm and Warren Skaaren, based upon characters created by Bob Kane.

The Joker/Jack Napier

 * [meeting Batman, right before his transformative accident] Nice outfit!

 * [reads newspaper] "Winged freak terrorizes". Wait till they get a load of ME!

 * [smashes his television with an extending boxing glove from a gag gun] Batman! Batman! Can somebody tell me what kind of a world we live in where a man dressed up as a bat gets all of my press?! This town needs an enema! [blows on a party noisemaker]

 * [in TV ad] New and improved Joker products! With the new secret ingredient--Smylex! Now, let's go over to our blind taste test. Uh-oh. He don't look happy. He's been using Brand X! [extends X sound as a hiss] But with new and improved Joker brand...I get a grin, again and again! That luscious tan! Those ruby lips! And hair color so natural, only your undertaker knows for sure! [laughs] I know what you're saying: 'Where can I get these fine new items?' Well, that's the gag. Chances are, you've bought 'em already! [laughs again] So remember, put on a happy face!

 * [addressing Gothamites] And now, folks, it's time for "Who do you trust!" Hubba, hubba, hubba! Money, money, money! Who do you trust? Me? I'm giving away free money. And where is the Batman? HE'S AT HOME, WASHIN' HIS TIGHTS! [he and the crowds laugh; looks up into the sky and sees the Batwing] Winged bat flies through the night and finds me ready. [to Bob the Goon] Bob, mask. [to crowd in the street as the other goons prepare their own gas masks and he brings out a radio transmitter] And now comes the part where I relieve you, the little people, of the burden of your failed and useless lives. But, as my plastic surgeon always said, If you've gotta go, go with a smile!

 * [after Batman tows away his Smylex-inflated balloons with the Batwing and releases them safely into the sky] My balloons... Those are my balloons... HE STOLE MY BALLOONS! Why didn't somebody tell me that he had one of those... things?! Bob, gun. [Bob hands him his gun, and he promptly shoots Bob dead] I'm going to need a minute or two alone, boys.

 * [dancing with Vicki Vale] As though we were made for each other. Beauty and the Beast. Of course, if anyone else calls you "beast", I'll rip their lungs out.

 * [his last words] Well, it's time to retire! Feel free to drop in! [laughs and grabs the ladder from his escape helicopter] Sometimes I just kill myself!

Dialogue

 * Nick: Don't kill me! Don't kill me, man! Don't kill me! Don't kill me, man!
 * Batman: I'm not gonna kill you. I want you to do me a favor. I want you to tell all your friends about me.
 * Nick: What ARE you?!
 * Batman: I'm Batman. [tosses him onto a rooftop and flies off]

 * Carl Grissom: That you, sugar bumps? [turns around] Who the hell are you?
 * The Joker: It's me..."sugar bumps".
 * Carl Grissom: [alarmed] Jack? Oh...thank God you're alive! I heard you'd been-
 * The Joker Fried? Is that what you heard? You set me up - over a woman. A WOMAN! You must be insane. [sniggers; Grissom turns around, reaches for a gun] Don't bother.
 * Carl Grissom: Your life won't be worth SPIT!
 * The Joker: I've been dead once already. It's very liberating. You should think of it as...therapy. [sniggers again]
 * Carl Grissom: [last words] Jack, listen... Maybe we can cut a deal.
 * The Joker: Jack? Jack is dead, my friend. [emerging into the light] You can call me...Joker. And as you can see, I'm a lot happier! [commences to laugh maniacally as he repeatedly shoots Grissom dead] Ohh, what a day!

 * The Joker: So, gentlemen, that's how it is. Until Grissom, uh, resurfaces, [chuckles] I'm the acting President, and I say starting with this anniversary festival, we run this city into the ground.
 * Vinnie: Why don't we hear this from Grissom?
 * Tony: Yeah... and what's with that stupid grin?
 * The Joker: Life's been good to me. [chuckles again]
 * Tony: What if we say "No"?
 * The Joker: Well, Tony, nobody wants a war! And if we can't do business, why, we'll just shake hands and that'll be it.
 * Tony: Yeah?
 * The Joker: Yeah. [Rotelli shakes hands with The Joker and starts to get electrocuted] Whoo! Whoo! Oh, I got a live one here! [the Joker starts to laugh hysterically, as Rotelli catches fire] Oh, there'll be a hot time in the old town tonight! [Rotelli's charred, smoking corpse collapes in his chair; Joker gives his deadly buzzer a blow, then turns to address entering goons] Antoine got a little "hot" under the collar. [laughs]
 * Vinnie: You're crazy.
 * The Joker: Haven't you ever heard of the healing power of laughter? [laughs again] NOW GET OUTTA HERE!
 * Goon: You hear him let's go! Move it! Move it! Move it!
 * The Joker And think it over! [laughs again] Bob, I want you to go down to the globe. Follow that reporter Knox, take your camera. See what he knows about this Batman. And Bob... remember... you... are my number one... guy!
 * Bob the Goon: Yes, sir. [dons his shades and leaves]
 * The Joker: [chuckles to himself, then turns back to Rotelli's corpse, pretending to talk to it] Your pals, uh... they're not bad people. Maybe we, uh, oughta give them a couple of days to think it over? No? Grease 'em now? Well, okay! You are a vicious bastard, Rotelli, and [tweaks Rotelli's tie] I'm glad you're dead! [laughs raucously as he leaves] I'm glad you're dead! Oh, that's a great one, "glad you're dead!"
 * The Joker: [chuckles to himself, then turns back to Rotelli's corpse, pretending to talk to it] Your pals, uh... they're not bad people. Maybe we, uh, oughta give them a couple of days to think it over? No? Grease 'em now? Well, okay! You are a vicious bastard, Rotelli, and [tweaks Rotelli's tie] I'm glad you're dead! [laughs raucously as he leaves] I'm glad you're dead! Oh, that's a great one, "glad you're dead!"

 * Vicki: Some people say that you're as dangerous as the Joker.
 * Batman: He's psychotic.
 * Vicki: There are some people who say the same thing about you.
 * Batman: What people?
 * Vicki: Well let's face it, you're not exactly..."normal", are you?
 * Batman: It's not exactly a "normal" world, is it?

 * Bruce: What's on your mind, Alfred?
 * Alfred: I have no wish to spend my few remaining years grieving for the loss of old friends. Or their sons.

 * Vicki: Hi. Tell me if I'm crazy. But that wasn't just another night for either of us, was it? I mean, we both got to each other, didn't we? Why won't you let me in? Why?
 * Bruce: You got in.
 * Vicki: I've loved you since I met you. But I don't know what to think of all this. I really don't.
 * Bruce: Look, sometimes I don't know what to think about this. It's just something I have to do.
 * Vicki: Why?
 * Bruce: Because nobody else can. Look, I tried to avoid all this, but I can't. This is how it is. It's not a perfect world.
 * Vicki: It doesn't have to be a perfect world. I just gotta know, are we going to try to love each other?
 * Bruce: [short pause] I'd like to. But he's out there right now. And I've got to go to work.

 * Batman: Excuse me. You ever danced with the devil in the pale moonlight? [punches Joker and knocks him against a bell, before grabbing him] I'm going to kill you!
 * The Joker: You idiot!  You made me, remember? You dropped me into that vat of chemicals. That wasn't easy to get over, and don't think that I didn't try!
 * Batman: [smirks] I know you did. [punches Joker in the stomach and knocks him through a wall] You killed my parents.
 * The Joker: Wha-What? What are you talking about?
 * Batman: I made you; you made me first.
 * The Joker: Hey, bat-brain, I was a kid when I killed your parents! I mean, I say I made you, you've gotta say you made me...how childish can you get? [puts on a pair of glasses] You wouldn't hit a guy with glasses, would you? Huh?! [Batman knocks him over the side]

 * Commissioner Gordon: Our police have rounded up all of the Joker's men. The reign of crime is over! Public safety in Gotham City's no longer a laughing matter...
 * [Vicki walks away, Knox follows after her]
 * Alexander Knox: Hey, Vale, aren't you covering this press conference?
 * Vicki Vale: Nope.
 * Alexander Knox: Well, what about our Pulitzer Prize? What about us? What about your picture of Batman?
 * Vicki Vale: [Vicki turns back to him with a smile, and gives Knox a kiss on the cheek] Take care, Ally.
 * [Vicki leaves, leaving a stunned Knox behind. He's quickly brought back by Dent's speaking and returns to the press conference]
 * Harvey Dent: We've received a letter from Batman this morning. "Please inform the citizens of Gotham that Gotham City has earned a rest from crime. But if the forces of evil should rise again to cast a shadow on the heart of the city, call me."
 * Alexander Knox: Question: How do we call him?
 * Commissioner Gordon: He gave us this signal! [activates searchlight]

 * [Last lines]
 * Alfred: I thought champagne would be in order, ma'am.
 * Vicki: Hi, Alfred. [goes into the waiting car, Alfred goes into the driver's seat to start the car]
 * Alfred: Mr. Wayne told me to tell you that he might be a little late.
 * Vicki: [gives a knowing smile] I'm not a bit surprised...

Taglines

 * Only one will claim the night.
 * Justice is always darkest before the dawn.

About Batman

 * There was no guarantee that any of this was going to play correctly when it was all said and done. There had never been a movie like it before. There was a lot of risk, too, with Jack looking the way he did and me stepping out in this new way. The pressure was on everybody. You could feel it.
 * We’re standing there at one point, I’m in my bat suit, Jack is in Joker get-up and I just looked at him and said, ‘We’re grown men, right?’
 * Michael Keaton, Michael Keaton’s dark memories of ‘Batman’ and shining love for ‘Beetlejuice’, HeroComplex.latimes, 12 May 2011

 * I'll always stand by the first Batman. Even for its imperfections, people will never know how hard that movie was to do. A lot of that still holds up.
 * Michael Keaton, Endorses Chris Nolan's Batman Flick, Looks Forward To 'Dark Knight', MTV, 1 January 2008

 * I really wanted desperately to obviously do Two-Face…I wanted to see what I could do with it. It would have been different from Tommy Lee’s. I’ve got my own kind of madness.
 * Billy Dee Williams, Why Tim Burton's Batman 3 Never Happened, Den of Geek, 16 June 2016

Cast

 * Michael Keaton - Batman/Bruce Wayne
 * Jack Nicholson - The Joker/Jack Napier
 * Kim Basinger - Vicki Vale
 * Robert Wuhl - Alexander Knox
 * Pat Hingle - Commissioner James Gordon
 * Billy Dee Williams - Harvey Dent
 * Michael Gough - Alfred Pennyworth
 * Jack Palance - Carl Grissom
 * Jerry Hall - Alicia Hunt
 * Tracey Walter - Bob the Goon
 * Lee Wallace - The Mayor
 * William Hootkins - Lt. Max Eckhardt
 * Edwin Craig - Antoine Rotelli

title: Batman (1989 film)


text:
Devendra Banhart

Devendra Banhart (born May 30, 1981) is a folk musician and songwriter.

From Rejoicing in the Hands
I can take my little teeth out and show them a real good time
 * And because my teeth don't bite, I can take them out dancing
 * -This Beard is for Siobhan

Is really insect eyes And each hole in her tongue Is always occupied By the milk of the sun
 * Each strand of her hair
 * -Insect Eyes

From Niño Rojo
Maybe that spider knows something i don't know, 'cause i'm goddamn cold.
 * Little yellow spider, laughing at the snow.

And now you've got a little kid with hooves instead of hands.
 * And hey there little sexy pig, you made it with a man
 * -Little Yellow Spider

and put me on your plate, 'cause you know i taste great.
 * Cook me in your breakfast,

or put me in your wet If you haven't yet.
 * Put me in your dry dreams
 * -At the Hop

From Cripple Crow

 * I heard somebody say that the war ended today, but everybody knows it's going still.
 * -Heard Somebody Say

 * I see so many little boys I wanna marry, I see plenty little kids I've yet to have.
 * Little Boys

 * Now if I lived in my land, which I do, if I lived in Iceland, if I lived in Greensland I'd still have Chinese children, but out of my ears my little grey baby hears.
 * -Chinese Children

 * Cripple crow say something for our grieving, where do we go once we start leaving. Well close that wound or else keep on bleeding and change your tune, it's got no meaning.
 * -Cripple Crow

title: Devendra Banhart