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The Beast of War picture

Daskal: Get back in the tank.
Kaminski: What for?
Daskal: Because I said so.
Golikov: We're going home, sir.
Daskal: Yeah. In the tank.
Kaminski: Why can't we go home in the fucking helicopter?
Daskal: Because you're tankers.

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Escape to Victory picture

Hatch: This frigging game is ruining my life.

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Kikuchiyo: This baby... It's me... It's what happened to me.

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U-571 picture

Chief Klough: Those Krauts sure know how to build a boat.

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Atonement picture

Leon Tallis: What do you say, Cee? Does the hot weather make you behave badly? Good heavens, you're blushing.
Cecilia Tallis: Just hot in here, that's all.

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Knotcher: Good morning, boys and girls, I have an announcement. One of special interest to you military personnel. Little Dougie Masters has regretfully been denied admission to the Air Force Academy. Too bad. [Laughs] He would have looked cute in his little uniform and haircut, marching around with with the other fairies. [Notices a highly irate Doug standing outside the microphone room] What's the matter, flybaby?

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Maj. Amos Dundee: I have only three commands. When I signal you to come, you come. When I signal you to charge, you charge. And when I signal you to run - you follow me and run like hell.

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Colonel Hayes Hodges: I'll make you a deal. If you can tell me right now what the life expectancy was for second lieutenant dropped into a hot LZ in Vietnam in 1968, I'll tell you everything I remember about Ca Lu.
Major Mark Biggs: One week.
Colonel Hayes Hodges: Negative. Sixteen minutes. Sixteen fucking minutes. That's all I remember about Ca Lu.

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1941 picture

Pvt. Ogden Johnson Jones: Real Japs?
Captain Wild Bill Kelso: Nah, wooden Japs, Cheetah. What do you think?

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Livingston: There's no control in life. Wherever you go, wherever you hide, there's risk.

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Cold Mountain picture

Ruby: This world won't stand long. God won't let it stand this way long.

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Red Cliff picture

Sun Shangxiang: Here I am.
Zhou Yu: Why are you here?
Sun Shangxiang: To fight.
Zhou Yu: Fight? War is no joking matter.
Sun Shangxiang: You think I'm joking? Women have a duty to serve the Empire.
Zhou Yu: So does a horse.

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Cdr. Camparelli: But if I catch either one of you shitting in some vital area on my ship, I will have you keelhauled! And that's serious on an aircraft carrier.

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Pastor Rosier Pile: War's way to the other side of the ocean, Alvin. Lots of things can happen before you get there. You put your trust in the Lord, and He'll look out for you.
Alvin: I done forgot the Lord! I ain't never gonna forget him again.

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Topper Harley: Colonel, who are they?
Col. Walters: She's CIA. The other man's an extra.

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Underground picture

Marko: We're all crazy, Natalija. We just haven't been diagnosed yet.

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The Train picture

Didont: With luck, no one will be hurt.
Labiche: No one's ever hurt. Just dead.
Didont: Paul, uh, have you ever seen any of those paintings on that train? I haven't. You know, when it's over, I think maybe we should take a look, hmm?

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Eamon de Valera: The Irish people established the Irish Republic. It can only be disestablished by the Irish people.

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Reverend Rosenkrantz: Any man failing to report to duty will be promptly hanged. Amen.

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