Memorable Quotes from Nick Nolte
56 quotesUnderstanding the Difference Between Us
Socrates
Do you know what's the difference between me and you?
Questioning Origin with Sarcasm
Peter Brackett
Where did you say you were from? Bitchville?
Confrontation Between Lawyers Escalates Tension
Max Cady
Forget about that restraining order, Counselor?! You're well within 500 yards! Well, here we are, Counselor! Just two lawyers workin it out!
[laughs]
Sam Bowden
I'M GONNA KILL YOU!
Max Cady
You already sacrificed me, Counselor!
Medical Uncertainty and Parental Concern
Dr. Judalon
I'm sedating him as much as I dare. I don't know what else to do.
Augusto Odone
How can he endure this for so many hours?
Dr. Judalon
Augusto, I don't think he'll have to endure this much longer.
Three Rules of Life Explained
Dan Millman
Life has just three rules?
Socrates
And you already know them...
Dan Millman
Paradox, humour, and change.
Socrates
Paradox...
Dan Millman
Life is a mystery. Don't waste time trying to figure it out.
Socrates
Humour...
Dan Millman
Keep a sense of humour, especially about yourself. It is a strength beyond all measure.
Socrates
Change...
Dan Millman
Know that nothing stays the same.
Unexpected Moments of Connection and Humor
Michaela Odone
Anyhow, it was snowing and he began to rub my hands to warm them.
Deirdre Murphy
Uh-oh!
Michaela Odone
No, no, no, he then produced photos of his wife and children.
Deirdre Murphy
That old routine!
Augusto Odone
Oh, Deirdre!
Michaela Odone
Had I'd known this would be the man I would wait ten years for, I would've let you pick up the check.
Lorenzo Odone
(from outside) Hey, everybody! Look at me! (Laughs happily)
Augusto Odone
I did pick it up!
Michaela Odone
Excuse me! You did not! I'm sorry but I… I even left the tip! (Laughs) Look at him, Mother!
Woman
That's not fair!
Girl
Lorenzo's fallen off his bike and he is really bleeding!
Order to Attack in the Jungle
Lt. Col. Gordon Tall
You are not taking your men into the jungle, to avoid a goddamn fight! Now, I want you to attack, I want you to attack right now with every man at your disposal!
Questioning the Effectiveness of Dietary Changes
Augusto Odone
Dr. Nikolais, what about the other boys, what results are you seeing in them?
Professor Nikolais
As with Lorenzo, it's too early to tell. We need the study to run for the full six months.
Augusto Odone
And that would tell you what is obvious right now? That avoiding apple skins and pizza has no effect on this brutal disease?
Reflections on Life and Mortality
Lt. Col. Gordon Tall
voice over I'm dying. Slow as a tree.
Cultural Perspectives on Morality and Manners
Maria Cosway
Is your ] here to ] ] ] and ]?
[[daughter; [learn; [French; [manners; [morals]
Thomas jefferson
Manners, to some extent, but when it comes to morals, we should keep to our own.
Maria Cosway
Why? Are your better than ours?
Thomas jefferson
They are better for us, that is, for us ].
[[Americans]
The Value of Human Life in War
Lt. Col. Gordon Tall
How many men do you think it's worth? How many lives? One? Two? Three? Twenty? Lives will be lost in your company, Captain. If you don't have the stomach for it, now is the time to let me know.
The Difference Between Knowledge and Wisdom
Dan Millman
I know more than you think.
Socrates
And you think more than you know. But knowledge is not the same as wisdom.
Dan Millman
Yeah? What's the difference?
Socrates
You know how to clean a windshield, right?
Dan Millman
Yeah.
Socrates
Wisdom is doing it.
A Moment of Connection and Storytelling
Lorenzo Odone
Now, hold my hand.
Michaela Odone
Yes, Sweetie.
Lorenzo Odone
Now, the story.
Michaela Odone
And what story is that, Sweetheart.
Lorenzo Odone
La Notte di San Lorenzo
Michaela Odone
San Lorenzo, who is?
Lorenzo Odone
My patron saint and saint to my father's village.
Michaela Odone
That's right, and what happened to him?
Lorenzo Odone
He was in Rome and, I forgot.
Augusto Odone
Well; many years ago, the bad guy says to him Bring me the riches of your church! and Lorenzo, he brings them the beggars and the sick people and he says—
Lorenzo Odone
These are our riches!
Augusto Odone
Yes! Bravo, Lorenzino!
Michaela Odone
That's wonderful, Sweetheart! So clever!
Augusto Odone
Bravo! And tonight, August 10th, is?
Lorenzo Odone
La Notte di San Lorenzo.
Michaela Odone
The night of the shooting stars.
Augusto Odone
When anything can happen.
Voices of the People and Their Fears
Thomas jefferson
The ] are making their ] heard. There's nothing to ] in the ] of the people.
[[people; [voice; [fear; [triumph]
Maria Cosway
Not even you are safe. Come on. Come away!
Thomas jefferson
All they ] is their ], their ] to ].
[[want; [liberty; [right; [freedom]
Maria Cosway
I've ] such horrible, horrible ] in the ]. It makes me fear that ] are not ], not ] by ], but ].
[[seen; [sights; [streets; [humans|men; [good; [kind; [nature; [cruel]
Thomas jefferson
No. No. They have been warped by ] of ], but they're naturally good. If I were not ] of that, sure of the goodness inherent in the ] man, I would no longer want to be ].
[[generations; [tyranny; [sure; [natural; [alive]
Questioning Psychiatric Advice
Max Hoover
Is that what your psychiatrist told you?
[Repeated line to Coolidge.]
The Nature of Happiness and Satisfaction
Thomas Jefferson
Our ] is ] because she is pleased.
[[heart; [pleased]
The Living Inherit the Earth
Thomas Jefferson
*This line is similar to one included in an actual letter from Jefferson ] in 1813. The quote there is, "The earth belongs to the living, not to the dead.
[[Thomas Jefferson#Letters to John Wayles Eppes (1813)|to John Wayles Eppes]
The Importance of Living in the Present
Socrates
Where are you?
Dan Millman
Here.
Socrates
What time is it?
Dan Millman
Now.
Socrates
What are you?
Dan Millman
This moment.
The Importance of Truly Living Life
Socrates
Death isn't sad. The sad thing is: most people don't live at all.
Awakening to Purpose in Everyday Life
Dan Millman
What would you say if I told you that I keep seeing those shoes in a dream I keep having?
Socrates
I'd say maybe you're still asleep. You can live a whole lifetime without ever being awake.
Dan Millman
Hey, Socrates. If you know so much how come you're working at a gas station?
Socrates
This is a service station. We offer service. There's no higher purpose.
Dan Millman
Than pumping gas?
Socrates
Service to others.
Understanding Illness as a Foreign Journey
Augusto Odone
When we first went to the ], what did we do? We got to know the country, right?
[[w:Comoros|Comoros]
Michaela Odone
Yes.
Augusto Odone
We studied, we got to know the language, resources, its law. We studied, right? We should treat Lorenzo's illness like another country.
Michaela Odone
I don't quite see the analogy.
Augusto Odone
All right, all right. ALD has many dimensions, right?
Michaela Odone
Yes
Augusto Odone
So, in order to understand it, we need to command genetics, biochemistry, microbiology, neurology, ology-ology-ology.
Michaela Odone
Augusto, we don't have time to go to medical school.
Augusto Odone
Michaela, the doctors are in the dark. They're groping in the dark. They've got Lorenzo on a turvy-topsy diet. And that bloody immunosuppression is brutal and useless. Michaela, we should not have consigned him blindly into their hands. He should not suffer by our ignorance. We take responsibility. So... we read a little. And we go out and inform ourselves. Hmm.
Michaela Odone
But... to miss time with him while he can still speak to us... How can…
Augusto Odone
Yes, I know, I know. But he expects it of us.
A School of Renowned Medical Experts
Augusto Odone
It's a school, Lorenzo, like any other school.
Lorenzo Odone
It's full of doctors?
Michaela Odone
Yes, Darling. Some of the cleverest in America.
Nature's Cruelty in the Jungle
Lt. Col. Gordon Tall
Look at this jungle. Look at the vines, the way they twine around the trees, swallowing everything. Nature's cruel, Staros.
Threat of Violence from Mulgarath
Mulgarath
Don't move or I'll blow your blinking brains out!
[as Van Pelt]
A Reflection on Practice and Purpose
Thomas Jefferson
] practice] Sir, this is just ] and ] for the ] ].
[''referring to Franz Mesmer's [[animal magnetism; [trash; [tricks; [weak; [mind]
Lessons from Life Experience
Socrates
Slow down. You might taste something.
Dan Millman
You sure got a lot of rules about stuff, don't you?
Socrates
Not rules. Things I've learned from my own life experience.
Proximity to Power Increases Fear
Lt. Col. Gordon Tall
voice over The closer you are to Caesar, the greater the fear.
Thomas Jefferson's Assurance to Sally
Thomas Jefferson
Sally, this is your ]. It'll be right here in the corner.
[[money]
Discussion of Legal Implications and Abduction
Lieutenant Elgart
Well, at the very least, we nail him for the dog. Now what happened? You let the dog out, Cady abducted him?
Sam Bowden
No, no, uh... we didn't let the dog out.
Lieutenant Elgart
Cady came into your house? Now that's illegal entry with intent--
Sam Bowden
Yeah, but he, uh, he didn't come into the house. Now look, I'm not a cop, I don't know exactly how he did it, I just know that he did it, somehow.
Promises of Freedom and Responsibility
Thomas jefferson
I swear by Almighty ] that upon my return to the state of ], I shall, within a period of not more than two ], give his ] to James Hemings. Since, however, James was brought to ] at great expense to ] for the ] of ] the ] of ] ], he shall continue to reside at ] in my ] until he shall have ] the same art to such ] as I shall place under him. Do you swear?
[''places hand on [[Bible; [God; [Virginia; [years; [freedom; ''removed hand from Bible''; [Paris; [me; [purpose; [learning; [culinary art|art; [French; [cookery; [Monticello; [service; [taught; [persons; ''holds out Bible'']
James Hemings
I swear.
[''places hand on Bible'']
Thomas jefferson
I also hereby ] and declare that Sally Hemings, ] of James, shall be ] upon my ]. Likewise all ] ] to her shall be freed from my ownership, or that of my heirs, upon reaching the age of twenty-one. Do you swear it, Patsy?
[''withdraws Bible from James Hemings; presumably places his own hand again upon Bible''; [promise; [sister; [freed; [death; [children; [born]
Patsy jefferson
I swear.
Confrontation on Set
Les Grossman
I see you. I see you. I see you. Which one of you fuckfaces is Damien Cockburn?
Damien Cockburn
Uh, that's me, sir. It's an honor to finally meet you. Get some face time.
Les Grossman
And who here is the key grip? You? You! Hit that director in the face, really fucking hard!
[the key grip raises his hand]
Key Grip
Sorry, man.
[reluctantly walks over to Damien; punches him in the face]
Les Grossman
This is all your fault, you Limey fuck! You shit the money-bed, my friend.
Damien Cockburn
What?
Rob Slolom
God damn it, Damien! with all due respect, Les Grossman did not blow up the jungle.
Damien Cockburn
What?
Les Grossman
Fuck the jungle.
Rob Slolom
Exactly! come on, man.
Damien Cockburn
Hey, Les, I understand if you're angry, but I am dealing with a bunch of prima donnas! clowns! Tugg Speedman, he can't cry! he can't cry!
Les Grossman
You know how you handle an actor? they whine about anything, you pull down their pants and you spank their ass.
Rob Slolom
You spank that ass, Les.
Damien Cockburn
What?
Four-Leaf Tayback
Spanking a child turns him into a snot. Fear, that's what makes him a man. I know a place where a man's worth is measured by the ears hanging off his dog tags. The real hardcore shit! You wanna make this movie right? That's where you take your pansy ass actors.
Les Grossman
Who is this guy?
[beat]
Rob Slolom
Les, that's Four Leaf.
Four Leaf Tayback
Sergeant Four Leaf Tayback. I wrote the book.
Les Grossman
Wow. You're a great American. This nation owes you a huge debt. Now shut the fuck up and let me do my job! Look, Cockburn.
Damien Cockburn
Yes.
Les Grossman
From now on, my fist is gonna be so far up your shithole that every time you have a thought, it's gonna have to tiptoe past my wedding ring. Take control of your actors, or I will shut you down. Diet Coke!
Courtroom Tension and Family Dynamics
Max Cady
The people call Samuel J. Bowden! Do you swear to tell the truth and nothing but the truth, so help you God?!
[holding Sam at gunpoint]
Sam Bowden
Cady, somebody's got to man the boat. We're heading into unprotected water!
Max Cady
Do you swear?!
Danielle Bowden
I'll do it, Dad--
Max Cady
You sit, Danielle! Don't you make light of your civic duty, darling! You're the jury!
[pointing her the gun]
Sam Bowden
All right, all right, okay! I swear to tell the truth. What do you wanna know?
Max Cady
Was a prior sexual history ever prepared in connection with my defence? Was a prior sexual history ever prepared in connection with my defence?!
Sam Bowden
It's...
[Cady hits him in the face and Danielle is screaming]
Max Cady
I'm sorry, Your Honor. I agree. That was argumentative. An investigator did prepare a prior sexual history on the alleged victim, true? I can ask leading questions, Your Honor, he is a hostile witness! And would you care to tell the court what the gist was of this report?
[looking in the camera behind him; addressing again to Sam; looking again behind him; to Sam]
Sam Bowden
Cady, it was fourteen years ago. I can't remember that--
[Cady hits him again]
Leigh Bowden
How can he answer when you're hitting him like that?!
[screams]
Max Cady
Because he's perjuring himself, Your Honor. He knows damn well exactly what it said! Don't you?!
[to the camera behind him; turns to Sam]
Sam Bowden
It said that she was promiscuous. It said that she had three different lovers in one month--
Max Cady
At least three! At least three! And did you show this report to the D. A.?!
Sam Bowden
No, no...
Max Cady
No, huh?! I only discovered it after I petitioned to represent myself, six years into my sentence! But there it was in the court file! But back in 77, you buried it, Counselor! Would you care to tell the jury why?! Would you care to tell the court why?!
Sam Bowden
Because I know he brutally raped her and he beat her--
[looking at Leigh and Danielle]
Max Cady
TALK TO ME! I'M STANDIN HERE!
[hits Sam again]
Sam Bowden
Just because she was promiscuous didn't give you the right to rape her! You bragged to me that you beat two prior aggravated rapes! You were a menace!
Max Cady
YOU WERE MY LAWYER! YOU WERE MY LAWYER! That report could've saved me FOURTEEN YEARS!
[screaming]
Sam Bowden
You're probably right.
[begrudgingly]
Max Cady
YOU SELF-RIGHTEOUS FUCK! I'm ], Counselor, and I'm ] We are now in the Ninth Circle, the Circle of Traitors! Traitors to country! Traitors to fellow man! Traitors to God! You, sir, are charged with betrayin the principles of all three! Can you please quote to me the American Bar Association's Rules of Professional Conduct, Canon Seven?!
[disgusted; [Virgil; [w:Inferno (Dante)|guidin' you through the gates of Hell!]
Sam Bowden
A lawyer should represent his client...
[saddened]
Direct Assault Is Essential for Victory
Lt. Col. Gordon Tall
You attack hard and center! Go straight up that goddamn hill!
Negotiating Value and Perception
Sam Bowden
How much do you want, Mr. Cady?
Max Cady
How much do I want what?
Sam Bowden
How much money do you want?
Max Cady
Money? Counselor, do I look destitute to you?
Sam Bowden
Well, I'm open to discussion within reasonable limits.
Max Cady
You ever been a woman?
Sam Bowden
What?
Max Cady
A woman. Some fat, hairy, ugly hillbilly's wet dream.
[pointedly]
Sam Bowden
Look, I realize that you suffered in prison...
[after a short silence, uncomfortably]
Max Cady
Suffered".
[dismissively]
Sam Bowden
There's no question about that--
Max Cady
Suffered". You don't know what suffering is, Counselor. Like it says in Galatians 3, "Have ye suffered so many things in vain?" Yeah, I learned from the get-go in the joint to get in touch with the soft, nurturin side of myself, the feminine side.
Jefferson in Paris - Dialogue 8
Thomas jefferson
You still ] of me, Sally?
[[scared]
Sally Hemings
I ain't scared of you, Massa.
Exploring Vast Subjects in Conversation
Maria Cosway
Tell me about ].
[[America]
Thomas jefferson
Madame, the subject is as large as the ] itself.
[[land]
Reflections on Legacy and Leadership
Thomas Jefferson
You will ] my perhaps somewhat ] ]. For an ], ] is one of our great ].
[[forgive; [exaggerated; [anxiety; [American; [freedom of religious conscience; [principles]
Different Shoes, Different Perspectives
Dan Millman
You know you got two different shoes on, right?
Socrates
One's a little newer than the other.
Understanding Hyperactivity and Structured Activities
School Therapist
He does present as a Hyperactive.
Michaela Odone
But Hyperactives repeat tasks endlessly, don't they?
School Therapist
They perseverate, yes.
Michaela Odone
Lorenzo's activities all have a shape and structure: beginning, middle and end.
Augusto Odone
My Gosh, he's learned three languages. How can he be Hyperactive?
School Therapist
I know it's hard to accept that a gifted child may also be disturbed.
Principal
I think that Lorenzo needs to be referred to our IDP committee.
Michaela Odone
What's that?
Augusto Odone
For what?
Principal
Individual Disablity Placement. Lorenzo needs to be in a special ed. class.
Michaela Odone
Any special ed. our son needs will be provided at home.
The Importance of Holistic Practice
Socrates
You practice gymnastics, I practice everything!
Confrontation Over Freedom and Memory
Max Cady
Free as a bird, apparently. You go wherever you want with whomever. That much freedom could maybe get a fella into trouble, what do you think?
[smiling, after grabbing the keys from the car]
Sam Bowden
I'd like my keys.
Max Cady
Could it be you don't remember me?
Sam Bowden
Oh yeah, sure, I remember you. You were at the movie house the other night.
Max Cady
Oh, I'm disappointed. I'm hurt.
Sam Bowden
I would like my keys.
Max Cady
Max Cady. You look the same. Maybe 15 pounds heavier. But they say the average man gains a pound a year till he's about--
Sam Bowden
Oh, come on...
Max Cady
Gains a pound a year till he's about 60. Me? I dropped a pound every year in my sentence.
[continuing]
Sam Bowden
Atlanta, 1977.
[remembering]
Max Cady
You got it. July. Fourteen years since I held a set of keys.
[looks at keys; finally gives them back]
Sam Bowden
You look good, healthy.
[trying to diffuse the tension]
Max Cady
Thank you, cause it's a struggle to stay healthy in the joint. But you wouldn't know bout that, would ya? If you were me, they'd stick you with the white trash. They don't strike a lick of work all day. In fact, this little ol cigar is my only vice... cause I needed a vice in the joint, to remind me I was human.
[places his cigar in his mouth]
Sam Bowden
Well, what brings you to New Essex?
Max Cady
Oh, the climate. Boy, the South. I'm thinkin of settlin right down here in New Essex, Counselor.
Sam Bowden
Have you been following me?
[apprehensively]
Max Cady
It's a small town. Everywhere you turn, we're gonna run into each other.
[shrugging]
Sam Bowden
Take care, Mr. Cady.
[starting the car]
Max Cady
You too.
Max Cady
You're gonna learn about loss.
[coldly, dropping all pretense]
Sam Bowden
What?
[stopping the car]
Parental Comfort in Difficult Times
Augusto Odone
Michaela, let me take him. You need rest.
Michaela Odone
I'm fine. I could use a cup of coffee though.
Augusto Odone
Okay.
Michaela Odone
Lorenzo, Lorenzo, listen to Mama. Can you hear me, my darling? If this is too much for you, my Sweetheart… well then, you fly. Fly as fast as you can to the Baby Jesus. It's okay, Mama and Papa will be okay.
The Connection Between Happiness and Understanding
Socrates
There's a lot you'd have to know before you could understand what you saw.
Dan Millman
Go. Ask me. Ask me something. Captain.
Socrates
Are you happy? You said I could ask you anything.
Dan Millman
What does happy have to do with anything?
Socrates
Everything.
Dan Millman
My dad's got plenty of cash, school's kind of a breeze, I get straight A's. I got great friends, I'm in great shape, and I only sleep alone when I absolutely want to.
Socrates
So why can't you sleep at night?
Self-Reliance and Individual Dependence
Thomas Jefferson
A ] man will only depend upon himself.
[[wise]
Reflections on Tradition and Responsibility
Thomas Jefferson
We joined the crowd admitted, according to some ancient custom, to ] the ] and ] on their way to ]. I meant to impress upon my ] the ] of these ]. May we ] ] ] them, nor burden our ] with such useless ].
[[view; [king; [queen; [Mass (liturgy)|Mass; [daughter; [vainglory; [spectacles; [Americans; [never; [emulate; [taxpayers; [splendors]
Collective Legacy of the Living
Thomas Jefferson
You and I are ], and the ] belongs to us, the living.
[[alive; [Earth]
Finding Answers Within Yourself
Socrates
Everyone tells you what to do and what's good for you. They don't want you to find your own answers. They want you to believe theirs.
Dan Millman
And let me guess. You want me to believe yours.
Socrates
No. I want you to stop gathering information from outside yourself and start gathering it from the inside.
Dan Millman
: What are you, part of some cult or something?
[Dan laughs]
Socrates
People are afraid of what's inside and that's the only place they're ever gonna find what they need.
Conflict Between Heart and Mind
Thomas jefferson
I kept having a ] between my ] and my ].
[[debate; [head; [heart]
Maria Cosway
Which in your case the head always ].
[[wins]
Thomas jefferson
Not this time. My poor head was simply whirled around by my unruly heart.
Maria Cosway
Oh, by your heart!
Thomas jefferson
It kept telling me, "I ] the lady, and will continue to love her ]. If she were on one side of the ], and I on the other, I would pierce through the whole mass of the ] to reach her.
[[love; [forever; [globe; [world]
Reality of Los Angeles vs. America
Max Hoover
This isn't America, Jack. This is L.A.
Confronting Isolation and Reality
Danielle Bowden
This isn't... gonna work, you know.
[lying on her bed in a shirt and underwear]
Sam Bowden
What isn't going to work?
Danielle Bowden
Locking us in, hiding us from the world.
Sam Bowden
Oh, don't be so dramatic, Danny.
Danielle Bowden
Making me stay outta school...
Sam Bowden
Well, you're going back to school tomorrow. And put some clothes on, you're not a little kid anymore.
Danielle Bowden
Yeah, and why am I going back to school tomorrow? What are you gonna do?
Sam Bowden
That's none of your concern, Danny.
Danielle Bowden
Dad... he didn't force himself on me, you know. I know you'd like to think that he did. But I think he was... I think he was just trying to make a connection with me, y'know?
Sam Bowden
Now, Danny, I want you to listen to me, all right? No. You understand? No. There will never be any connection between you and Max Cady. You understand that?
[pointing in her face as she tries to look away]
Sam Bowden
Did he touch you?
Danielle Bowden
What?
[laughing slightly]
Sam Bowden
What are you laughing about? Why are you smiling? I'm asking you a question - did he touch you?
Sam Bowden
Danny, wipe that smile off your face! I'm asking you, did he touch you?! C'mon! Oh, n-no, wait, Danny, I'm sorry.
[shaking her; realizing that he has scared her]
Danielle Bowden
No...!
Sam Bowden
No, I'm sorry. Wait, honey, I'm sorry--
[trying to comfort her]
Danielle Bowden
GET OUT OF HERE! GET OUT OF HERE!
[pushing him away]
A Request for Compensation
James Hemings
I was wantin to say, Master—
Thomas jefferson
Wanting to say what, James? I like finished ].
[[sentences]
James Hemings
Yes, Master. And what it is I was wantin to finish is, I wants to get paid. Master, I wants ].
[[money]
Thomas jefferson
In our ] ], your request is not unreasonable. I shall tell Monsieur Petit that on the first of each month, you are to receive twenty-four ] by the way of ]. You realise that this arrangement holds good only in ], and that in ], we shall revert to our own system.
[[present; [circumstances; [French francs|francs; [salary; [Paris; [Monticello]
James Hemings
Yes, Master. Thank you.
Equality and Its Interpretations in Dialogue
Marquis de Lafayette
] of the ], ] by Thomas jefferson] "WE hold theſe ] to be ]-], that ] Men are created ], that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable ]".
[''reading from the [[w:Dunlap Broadside|Dunlap Broadside; [United States Declaration of Independence|Declaration of Independence; [United States Declaration of Independence#Earlier drafts|drafted; [Truths; [self|ſ<!--The Dunlap Broadside from which Lafayette is reading uses the long s.-->elf; [evident; [all; [equal; [Rights]
French man 1
Tous les hommes naissent-ils vraiment égaux, Monsieur Jefferson?
Translator
Are all men created equal, Mister Jefferson?
French man 2
Ou serait-il plus légitime de dire, « tous les blancs naissent-ils égaux »?
Translator
Or should this read, "all ] men are created equal"?
[[white people|white]
Thomas jefferson
We allowed for certain differences that are not caused by the ] of men, but by ]. And though the ] may or may not be inferior, his status in no way ] the ] of ]. It is ].
[[laws; [laws of nature|those of nature; [Negro; [alters; [wrongness; [slavery; [evil]
Marquis de Lafayette
Yet your ], I believe, contained a clause on the ] of slavery.
[[United States Declaration of Independence#Earlier drafts|first draft; [abolition]
Thomas jefferson
I considered it ], but ] struck it out of the final Declaration as being too particular.
[[essential; [Second Continental Congress|Congress]
French man 1
La question de l'esclavage reste donc ouverte et non resolve, chez vous?
Translator
So the question remains open with you and unresolved.
French man 2
Votre révolution, Monsieur Jefferson, nous apparait comme incomplete.
Translator
Your ], Mister Jefferson, appears to be incomplete.
[[American Revolution|revolution]
Marquis de Lafayette
Why did you omit the notion of ] as one of those rights?
[[property]
Thomas jefferson
Well, while I hold the right of the ] to possess property as basic, I consider it as a means to ] ], but not as an ] in itself.
[[individual; [human; [happiness; [purpose|end]
Assertion of Authority in Los Angeles
Max Hoover
See? That's federal property. This isn't. This is L.A. This is my town. Out here you're a trespasser. Out here I can pick you up, burn your house, fuck your wife, and kill your dog. And the only thing that'll protect you is if I can't find you. And I already found you.
[After beating FBI Special Agent McCafferty senseless…]
Struggling with Identity and Confinement
Lt. Col. Gordon Tall
voice over Shut up in a tomb. Can't lift the lid. Playing a role I never conceived.
Cultural Reflection on Greek Heritage and Literature
Lt. Col. Gordon Tall
You're Greek, captain, aren't you? Did you ever read Homer? We read Homer at the ]. In Greek.
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