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You can't handle the truth!

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A Few Good Men

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A Few Good Men. Directed by Rob Reiner, Castle Rock Entertainment, 1992.

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This is New York. If you can make it here, you can make it anywhere.

As Good As It Gets

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As Good As It Gets. Directed by James L. Brooks, TriStar Pictures/Gracie Films, 1997.

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Son, we live in a world that has walls, and those walls have to be guarded by men with guns. Who's gonna do it? You? You, Lt. Weinberg? I have a greater responsibility than you can possibly fathom. You weep for Santiago and you curse the Marines. You have that luxury. You have the luxury of not knowing what I know; that Santiago's death, while tragic, probably saved lives. And my existence, while grotesque and incomprehensible to you, saves lives. You don't want the truth because deep down in places you don't talk about at parties, you want me on that wall. You need me on that wall. We use words like honor, code, loyalty. We use these words as the backbone of a life spent defending something. You use them as a punchline. I have neither the time nor the inclination to explain myself to a man who rises and sleeps under the blanket of the very freedom that I provide, and then questions the manner in which I provide it!

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A Few Good Men. Directed by Rob Reiner, Castle Rock Entertainment, 1992.

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Here's Johnny!

The Shining

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The Shining. Directed by Stanley Kubrick, The Producer Circle Company/Peregrine Productions/Hawk Films, 1980.

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You make me want to be a better man.

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As Good As It Gets. Directed by James L. Brooks, TriStar Pictures/Gracie Films, 1997.

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Do you have the slightest idea what a moral and ethical principle is? Do you?

The Shining

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The Shining. Directed by Stanley Kubrick, The Producer Circle Company/Peregrine Productions/Hawk Films, 1980.

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Ever put your life in another man's hands, asked him to put his life in yours?

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A Few Good Men. Directed by Rob Reiner, Castle Rock Entertainment, 1992.

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Talkin' about it and bein' it, that's two different things.

Easy Rider

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Easy Rider. Directed by Dennis Hopper. Pando Company Inc./Raybert Productions, 1969.

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What if this is as good as it gets?

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As Good As It Gets. Directed by James L. Brooks, TriStar Pictures/Gracie Films, 1997.

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They're not scared of you. They're scared of what you represent to 'em.

Easy Rider

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Easy Rider. Directed by Dennis Hopper. Pando Company Inc./Raybert Productions, 1969.

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You know, this used to be a helluva good country. I can't understand what's gone wrong with it.

Easy Rider

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Easy Rider. Directed by Dennis Hopper. Pando Company Inc./Raybert Productions, 1969.

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Oh, yeah, they're gonna talk to you, and talk to you, and talk to you about individual freedom. But they see a free individual, it's gonna scare 'em.

Easy Rider

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Easy Rider. Directed by Dennis Hopper. Pando Company Inc./Raybert Productions, 1969.

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Relatively soon, I will die. Maybe in 20 years, maybe tomorrow, it doesn't matter. Once I am dead and everyone who knew me dies too, it will be as though I never even existed. What difference has my life made to anyone. None that I can think of. None at all.

About Schmidt

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About Schmidt. Directed by Alexander Payne. New Line Cinema, 2002.

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I know we're all pretty small in the big scheme of things, and I suppose the most you can hope for is to make some kind of difference, but what kind of difference have I made? What in the world is better because of me?

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About Schmidt. Directed by Alexander Payne. New Line Cinema, 2002.

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I don't want to be a product of my environment. I want my environment to be a product of me.

The Departed

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The Departed. Directed by Martin Scorsese, Plan B Entertainment, Warner Bros. Pictures, Vertigo Entertainment, Media Asia Entertainment Group, Vertigo Films, GK Films, and Media Asia Films, 2006.

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To tell you the truth, I lied a little.

Chinatown

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Chinatown. Directed by Roman Polanski, Long Road Productions/Robert Evans Company, 1974.

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You learn a lot watching things eat.

The Departed

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The Departed. Directed by Martin Scorsese, Plan B Entertainment, Warner Bros. Pictures, Vertigo Entertainment, Media Asia Entertainment Group, Vertigo Films, GK Films, and Media Asia Films, 2006.

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When you decide to be something, you can be it. That's what they don't tell you in the church. When I was your age they would say we can become cops or criminals. Today, what I'm saying is this: when you're facing a loaded gun, what's the difference?

The Departed

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The Departed. Directed by Martin Scorsese, Plan B Entertainment, Warner Bros. Pictures, Vertigo Entertainment, Media Asia Entertainment Group, Vertigo Films, GK Films, and Media Asia Films, 2006.

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No one gives it to ya, you have to take it.

The Departed

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The Departed. Directed by Martin Scorsese, Plan B Entertainment, Warner Bros. Pictures, Vertigo Entertainment, Media Asia Entertainment Group, Vertigo Films, GK Films, and Media Asia Films, 2006.

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