Most people never get to see how brilliant they can be.

Of course that's your contention. You're a first-year grad student.

whereby a defendant can claim self-defense against an agent of the government...

I've been sitting here for ten minutes now lookin' over this rap sheet of yours.

Now, from the beginning...

I've gone over it again and again and again in my head

We used to meet each other constantly once or twice a week.