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    Elastigirl: "Now our kids are in danger?"
    Mr. Incredible: "Well, if you suspected danger, why'd you bring them?"
    Elastigirl: "I didn't bring them, they stowed away! And I don't think you're striking the proper tone here!"

    The Incredibles

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    "When that time came Michael was surprised to find that the mother was coming with them to the Corleone villa at the request of the bride."

    The Godfather

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    Mirage: "I've got to warn you. It's a learning robot. Every minute you spend fighting it only increases its knowledge of how to beat you."
    Mr. Incredible: "Shut it down, do it quickly, don't destroy it."
    Mirage: "And don't die."
    Mr. Incredible: "Great. Thanks."

    The Incredibles

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    "The great horned owl's song is normally a low-pitched but loud ho-ho-hoo hoo hoo (or also transcribed as bu-bubu booh, who-hoo-ho-oo or who-ho-o-o, whoo-hoo-o-o, whoo) and can last for four or five syllables. One transliteration is 'You still up? Me too'."

    — Wikipedia, "Great Horned Owl"

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    Mr. Incredible (after crashing/parking the RV): "Is everybody okay back there?"
    Violet: "Super-duper, Dad."
    Dash: "Let's do that again!"

    The Incredibles

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    "I swear, man, when my hormones get in balance, shares in kleenex are going to take a dive, man."

    Kick-Ass

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    Bob: "Someone was in trouble...."
    Rick Dicker: "Someone's always in trouble."
    Bob: "I had to do something."
    Rick Dicker: "Yeah. Every time you say that, Bob, it means a month-and-a-half of trouble for me, and thousands of dollars of taxpayer money. We have to pay to keep the company quiet, pay damages, erase memories, relocate your family. Every single time it gets harder. Money, money, money money money... We can't keep doing this, Bob! We appreciate what you did in the old days, but those days are over. From now on, you're on your own."

    The Incredibles

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    "You remember Graham? said Mr Hackett.
    The poisoner, said the gentleman.
    The solicitor, said Mr Hackett.
    I knew him slightly, said the gentleman. Six years, was it not.
    Seven, said Mr Hackett. Six are rarely given."

    — S. Beckett, Watt

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    Syndrome (showing off his newest Omnidroid): "It's bigger. It's badder. Ladies and gentlemen, it's too much for Mr. Incredible!"

    The Incredibles

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    "To drown out the din from uncontrolled dogs and shrieking neighbor "singers," when I don't feel like interrupting my practice at the desk, solo piano works by composers like Ch. Alkan and Cecil Taylor is acceptable, provided it's within civil ordinances.

    After all, I must rehearse, and there's not a goddamned thing you can do about it, copper. "

    — an unnamed solution finder

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    Syndrome (holding the Parr's infant son, Jack-Jack): "Shhh. The baby's sleeping. You took away my future. I'm simply returning the favor. Oh, don't worry. I'll be a good mentor: supportive, encouraging... everything you weren't. And in time, who knows? He might make a good sidekick."

    The Incredibles

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    "Lyle: Well, don't piss on the seat, even if they did. It's just not lucky."

    Red Rock West

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    Violet: "You mean Dad's in trouble, or Dad is the trouble?"
    Elastigirl: "I mean, either he's in trouble, or he's going to be."

    The Incredibles

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    "Life is fearfully expensive, and the climate is rotten. The air in the areas where we could find an apartment big enough for us at a reasonable price is frightful [...] you cannot make any noise. You have to wear house slippers after 10 at night."

    — private letter from Scriabin to a friend, about life in Paris

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    Reverend: "Robert Parr, will you have this woman to be your lawful wedded wife?"
    Helen: "You're late. When you asked me if I was doing anything later, I didn't realize you'd actually forgotten. I thought it was playful banter."
    Bob: "It was playful banter."
    Helen: "Cutting it kinda close, don't ya think?"
    Bob: "You need to be more... flexible."

    The Incredibles

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    "Made with an improved fit, this pant features an action gusset crotch."

    — pants

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    Lucius: "We look like bad guys. Incompetent bad guys!"

    The Incredibles

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    "and before another dayspring greyened the earth had been swept away with the sand, the beer, the butts, the glass, the matches, the spits, the vomit."

    — S.Beckett, Murphy

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    Elastigirl (to her panicking children): "Stop it! We are not gonna die! Now, both of you will get a grip! Or so help me, I will ground you for a month. Understand?

    The Incredibles

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    "When it rains on your neck, it doesn't help when you start shoveling."

    — Finnish proverb

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    Helen: [picking something off Bob's shoulder] "Is this... rubble?"
    Bob: [mouth is full of a huge piece of cake] "It was just a little workout, just to stay loose."
    Helen: "You know how I feel about that, Bob! Darn you, we can't blow cover again!"
    Bob: "The building was coming down anyway."

    The Incredibles

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    "I am not now nor have I ever been known as a 'gloom cookie'"

    The Twilight Zone, "Printer's Devil"

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    Mirage: "The supers are not gone, Mr. Incredible. You're still here. You can still do great things. Or... you can listen to police scanners. Your choice."

    The Incredibles

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    Watt: "Fuck life!"

    — Beckett, Mercier and Camier

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    Rick Dicker: "We've frozen all of Syndrome's assets. If he even sneezes, we'll be there with a hankie and a pair of handcuffs."

    The Incredibles

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    "Murphy said nothing. The self that he tried to love was tired."

    — Beckett, Murphy

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    Lucius: "You remember Gazer Beam?"
    Bob: "Yeah, there was something about him in the paper."
    Lucius: "He had trouble adjusting to civilian life, too."
    Bob: "When was the last time you saw him?"
    Lucius: "I don't see anyone from the old days, Bob, just you, and we're pushing our luck as it is."

    The Incredibles

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    "At the sound of the roar and the flash of light, it will be precisely 6:43 P.M. on Maple Street...This is Maple Street on a late Saturday afternoon. Maple Street in the last calm and reflective moment - before the monsters came."

    The Twilight Zone, "The Monsters Are Due at Maple Street"

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    Dash: "Hey! No forcefields!"
    Violet: "You started it!"

    The Incredibles

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    "Joey Crown, musician with an odd, intense face, who, in a moment, will try to leave the Earth and discover the middle ground - the place we call The Twilight Zone."

    The Twilight Zone, "A Passage For Trumpet"

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    Mr. Incredible: "Of course I have a secret identity. I don't know a single superhero who doesn't. Who wants the pressure of being super all the time?"

    The Incredibles

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    "You know it's the strangest thing, but I was just standing outside this window only a moment ago, right here
    — You were?
    Yes I was. And you'll never guess what I saw through that window, Gregory, or at least you'll never guess what I thought I saw.
    — I couldn't possibly guess.
    I thought I saw a woman in your arms."

    The Twilight Zone, "A World of His Own"

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    Mr. Incredible (to Buddy, an annoying fan who wants to be his sidekick): "You're not affiliated with me!"

    The Incredibles

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    "The name is Incrediboy!"

    The Incredibles

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    Violet: "Mom! Mom, what happened on the plane... I-I'm sorry, I wanted to - when you asked me to... I'm sorry...."
    Helen: "Shh... it isn't your fault. It wasn't fair for me to suddenly ask so much of you. But things are different now, and doubt is a luxury we can't afford anymore, sweetie. You have more power than you realize. Don't think, and don't worry. If the time comes, you'll know what to do. It's in your blood."

    The Incredibles

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    "I saw [Edd] Byrnes hit Shatner, who went over the wing of the airplane, down forty feet to the [water] tank below! What I didn’t know was that they had dressed a dummy in Shatner’s clothes. All I could think at the time was, screw Shatner, now I have to re-shoot this whole thing! But Shatner is a wonderful guy. I enjoyed working with him tremendously.”

    — Richard Donner's reminiscence from directing The Twilight Zone, "Nightmare at 20,000 Feet"

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    Mirage: "Hello, Mr. Incredible. Yes, we know who you are. Rest assured, your secret is safe with us. My name is Mirage. We have something in common. According to the government, neither of us exist."

    The Incredibles

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    "What could top the catchy “ Price-line Ne-go-ti-a-tor!” tagline from the commercials and Shatner’s charm?"

    — a very perspicacious and clever commentator, named Aylin Zafar, for the very important United States periodical, Time. Magazine. On the nineteenth of January, of 2012, reporting on why, William Shatner was not consulted on a very grave error by priceline. Dot com. New horizons, new directions. For them, but William Shatner looks forward. Across the galaxy, if he must.

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    "Take my love
    Take my land
    Take me where I cannot stand
    I don't care
    I'm still free
    You can't take the sky from me."

    Firefly

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    "In this context, in addition to the destruction of brain areas and laceration of intracerebral arteries, the punched-out fragment of skin in the brain determines the prognosis. This bacterially contaminated fragment is responsible for the development of pyogenic meningitis that leads to cerebral dysregulation and death."

    — Betz, Pankratz, Penning, and Eisenmenger, "Homicide with a Captive Bolt Pistol, or a Summary of How Fans of the Television Program Firefly Envisioned the End of Times to Fox Network Executives," Am J Forensic Med Pathol,vol. 14, no. 1 (1993), p. 56.

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    Mal: "We have done the impossible, and that makes us mighty."

    Firefly

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    "I'll be in my bunk."

    Firefly

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    Bendis: "We're gonna die."
    Mal: "We're not gonna die. We can't die, Bendis. You know why? Because we are so... very... pretty. We are just too pretty for God to let us die. Huh? Look at that chiseled jaw!"

    Firefly

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    "— What is the point of all those bloody pushups if you can't even lift a bloody log?"

    Batman Begins

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    "This is a fertile land, and we will thrive. We will rule over all this land, and we will call it... This Land."

    Firefly

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    "You know, studio executives, you know, are not noted for their social courage."

    — John Milius as interviewed in the documentary Heart of Darkness.

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    Wash (as stegosaurus): "Curse your sudden but inevitable betrayal!"

    Firefly

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    "Vitamount For Women is designed specifically to meet the diverse needs of women of all ages."

    — some random bit of ad copy from Bing for some product

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    Wash (as allosaurus): "Ha ha ha! Mine is an evil laugh! Now DIE!"

    Firefly

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    "Give you an example, show you what I mean: suppose you’re thinking about a plate of shrimp. Suddenly someone’ll say, like, “plate,” or “shrimp,” or “plate of shrimp” out of the blue, no explanation. No point in lookin’ for one, either. It’s all part of a cosmic unconsciousness."

    Repo Man

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