China Beach Quotes
Lila: See that guy over there? He's a C.I.D. Looking for deserters.
Boonie: He freaked Beckett. Told him black guys never desert.
McMurphy: Is that true? How come?
Kim: They get killed first.
Boonie: He freaked Beckett. Told him black guys never desert.
McMurphy: Is that true? How come?
Kim: They get killed first.
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McMurphy: What's going on? Hey c'mon you know sometimes when things are rough it helps to just talk.
Beckett: It does?
McMurphy: Sure.
Beckett: How?
McMurphy: Well, for instance: today hasn't been that great of a day for me, right? And if I just carried it around not get it off my shoulders than tomorrow I'll wake up and it'll be worse. You know, like, Natch will still be gone… and I'll wonder for how long… I... I'll worry about him all day… wonder why I put him off for so long… and that day will go by, all the wounded men, men I don't know… so young so damaged, so much pain… away from people who care about them or even know them. And there was this one man I…. did care about or could've maybe even…. Love… and didn't.
Beckett: [looking more depressed] Thanks for coming by Mc. M. it really helped.
Beckett: It does?
McMurphy: Sure.
Beckett: How?
McMurphy: Well, for instance: today hasn't been that great of a day for me, right? And if I just carried it around not get it off my shoulders than tomorrow I'll wake up and it'll be worse. You know, like, Natch will still be gone… and I'll wonder for how long… I... I'll worry about him all day… wonder why I put him off for so long… and that day will go by, all the wounded men, men I don't know… so young so damaged, so much pain… away from people who care about them or even know them. And there was this one man I…. did care about or could've maybe even…. Love… and didn't.
Beckett: [looking more depressed] Thanks for coming by Mc. M. it really helped.
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Cherry: I need to buy a passport.
K.C.: It's not that simple.
Cherry: Nothing's simple here, is it?
K.C.: You're learning. Too fast.
K.C.: It's not that simple.
Cherry: Nothing's simple here, is it?
K.C.: You're learning. Too fast.
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McMurphy: Come on.
Dr. Richard: What?
McMurphy: A drink
Dr. Richard: Is that your solution for everything?
McMurphy: Yes.
Dr. Richard: What?
McMurphy: A drink
Dr. Richard: Is that your solution for everything?
McMurphy: Yes.
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Rick: I didn't ask her to come here.
McMurphy: She loves you. She thinks you're wonderful.
Rick: She loves me…
McMurphy: Yeah, she's getting over it.
Rick: She loves me. She doesn't even know me.
McMurphy: I'd say she figured that last night.
McMurphy: She loves you. She thinks you're wonderful.
Rick: She loves me…
McMurphy: Yeah, she's getting over it.
Rick: She loves me. She doesn't even know me.
McMurphy: I'd say she figured that last night.
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Cherry: Is your brother really nasty?
McMurphy: You got a brother. You know what that's like.
Cherry: Not really. I was 9 when Rick joined the Corps.
K.C.: How old is he now?
Cherry: 28… ah, 29 in two months.
McMurphy: He's a man….
Cherry: Of course he's a man. What did you think?
McMurphy: I don't know I guess I thought he was a kid, like you.
McMurphy: You got a brother. You know what that's like.
Cherry: Not really. I was 9 when Rick joined the Corps.
K.C.: How old is he now?
Cherry: 28… ah, 29 in two months.
McMurphy: He's a man….
Cherry: Of course he's a man. What did you think?
McMurphy: I don't know I guess I thought he was a kid, like you.
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McMurphy: [recording a message for her brother] Yo there! Daniel Patrick McMurphy. Well, it had to happen. Even my brother, mother McMurphy's baby boy, finally had to grow up. Although I'm sure she was hoping for a parish priest instead of a hippie degenerate freak. In commemoration of your 21st birthday I am sending you an example of Vietnam's finest cultural attractions. I trust that you and your commune's aesthetic consciences will be properly raised. Love, peace and the American way, Colleen.
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Beckett: Welcome to the G.I.U. man. You'll get used to it.
Omar: That's what my momma said about the army.
Beckett: That's what MY momma said about the army.
Omar: That's what my momma said about everything I'd ever do for the last 19 years.
Omar: That's what my momma said about the army.
Beckett: That's what MY momma said about the army.
Omar: That's what my momma said about everything I'd ever do for the last 19 years.
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Laurette: I can't leave! What am I talking about?
McMurphy: Don't be ridiculous. Regulation, new regulation: Section 24, paragraph 3 – Laurette gets her chance, Laurette says goodbye.
Laurette: I wanna go… I just don't wanna leave.
McMurphy: Don't be ridiculous. Regulation, new regulation: Section 24, paragraph 3 – Laurette gets her chance, Laurette says goodbye.
Laurette: I wanna go… I just don't wanna leave.
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McMurphy: What?
Dr. Richard: A Little mix up, paper work problem, irregulations.
Beckett: We lost one.
McMurphy: What?
Dr. Richard: A body. We lost a body.
Natch: Did you look under the bed?
McMurphy: On my shift?
Beckett: I never got it.
Dr. Richard: And if he left the hospital where did he go? Surfing?
McMurphy: You notice I'm not laughing.
Dr. Richard: A Little mix up, paper work problem, irregulations.
Beckett: We lost one.
McMurphy: What?
Dr. Richard: A body. We lost a body.
Natch: Did you look under the bed?
McMurphy: On my shift?
Beckett: I never got it.
Dr. Richard: And if he left the hospital where did he go? Surfing?
McMurphy: You notice I'm not laughing.
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Dr. Richard: I did not lose that body.
McMurphy: Who did?
Dr. Richard: Well, you sent it to the check out counter.
McMurphy: Oh no, you're not gonna pin this one on me. You're the doctor, you signed the death certificate.
Dr. Richard: Doctors are forgiven minor mistakes. Amputating the wrong legs, putting an appendix in instead of taking one out, diagnosing gun shot wound as the measles… we leave that sort of thing for records. But, losing a body that's something different… Bad for the resume, bad for the house payments.
McMurphy: Who did?
Dr. Richard: Well, you sent it to the check out counter.
McMurphy: Oh no, you're not gonna pin this one on me. You're the doctor, you signed the death certificate.
Dr. Richard: Doctors are forgiven minor mistakes. Amputating the wrong legs, putting an appendix in instead of taking one out, diagnosing gun shot wound as the measles… we leave that sort of thing for records. But, losing a body that's something different… Bad for the resume, bad for the house payments.
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Cherry: I really feel for them
McMurphy: We all do; that's why we're here.
Laurette: Yeah, I never thought there'd be too many men for me.
K.C.: It's just simple economics ladies – supply and demand. When men are scarce, their value goes up. When they're plentiful like they are here, the market gets flooded.
Laurette: There's no place for us to hide.
Cherry: You know I hate myself for it but you know I've even thought - if one more guy comes up to me I'll just scream.
Dr. Richard: Ladies…
[The four scream]
McMurphy: We all do; that's why we're here.
Laurette: Yeah, I never thought there'd be too many men for me.
K.C.: It's just simple economics ladies – supply and demand. When men are scarce, their value goes up. When they're plentiful like they are here, the market gets flooded.
Laurette: There's no place for us to hide.
Cherry: You know I hate myself for it but you know I've even thought - if one more guy comes up to me I'll just scream.
Dr. Richard: Ladies…
[The four scream]
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