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“Look, if this time can be spent convincing you to do anything else with your life, to getting out while you are still whole, it is time well spent.”

Get over yourself

Swimming with Sharks · 1994
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4 minC1
“A Russian bomb is a matter of time.”

The Target Committee Debates the Bomb · Oppenheimer 2023 · Ch. 18/28

  • Meetings
  • Negotiation
  • Explaining
3 minB2
“I'm not a bull, General. I don't need a flag waved in front of me to get me to charge.”

Mireau Orders Dax to Take the Anthill · Paths of Glory 1957 · Ch. 3/17

  • Talking to the boss
  • Arguments
  • Confronting
4 minB2
“On the authority of these guns and these men.”

General Wynne-Candy Is Taken Prisoner · The Life and Death of Colonel Blimp 1943 · Ch. 3/30

  • Arguments
  • Accusations
  • Confronting
4 minB1
“This, I have always thought, is a remarkable thing about democracy...”

The Jury Deadlocks at Six to Six · 12 Angry Men 1957 · Ch. 12/17

  • Courtroom
  • Arguments
  • Explaining
5 minB1
“You put yourself out there for him to see.”

Graysmith Chases the Case at Home · Zodiac 2007 · Ch. 27/30

  • Parents & kids
  • Arguments
  • Confronting
4 minB2
“It's like a bad dream. You want to wake up, but you can't do it.”

Randall Adams on Death Row · The Thin Blue Line 1988 · Ch. 16/20

  • Courtroom
  • Monologues
  • Complaining
3 minB1
“Use that for now. That'll be all right, no-one will know.”

The Lamb Is Sent Back · Boiling Point 2021 · Ch. 11/13

  • Ordering food
  • Office chat
  • Complaining
4 minB2
“Then her saintliness is done with.”

Proctor Forces Mary to Testify · The Crucible 2014 · Ch. 16/29

  • Accusations
  • Arguments
  • Persuading
3 minB2
“No exceptions. They're gonna have to wait.”

The FAA Morning Briefing · United 93 2006 · Ch. 2/17

  • Meetings
  • Travel & hotels
  • Explaining
2 minC1
“I don't want to do anything that suggests manipulation.”

Cross-Examining Herself in Court · National Theatre Live: Prima Facie 2022 · Ch. 20/22

  • Courtroom
  • Explaining
  • Confronting
4 minB2
“Let us not surmise, Sir Wilfrid, but confine ourselves to facts.”

The Bloodstained Jacket in Court · Witness for the Prosecution 1957 · Ch. 16/27

  • Courtroom
  • Interrogations
  • Explaining
3 minB2
“Most pump water I've investigated works in the opposite direction.”

Wilberforce Meets Barbara in Bath · Amazing Grace 2006 · Ch. 1/18

  • First dates
  • Small talk
  • Teasing