Highlander - The Series Quotes
Amanda: I really do like you, Duncan. Let's just play house for 70 or 80 years.
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Duncan: Who were those guys?
Amanda: I swear on my mother's grave...
Duncan: You don't have a mother.
Amanda: I swear on my mother's grave...
Duncan: You don't have a mother.
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Amanda: Why won't you believe me? I've never seen those guys before in my life.
Duncan: Funny, they seemed to know you.
Duncan: Funny, they seemed to know you.
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[Amanda wants to know why Duncan is smiling]
Duncan: Why can't I just smile? I'm happy, we're safe for now, I've just made love to the most devious, scheming, deceitful... beautiful woman in history.
Amanda: Do you really think I'm one of the most beautiful women in history?
Duncan: Why can't I just smile? I'm happy, we're safe for now, I've just made love to the most devious, scheming, deceitful... beautiful woman in history.
Amanda: Do you really think I'm one of the most beautiful women in history?
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Amanda: I told you, I'm not a thief any more.
Duncan: So you turned to counterfeiting instead?
Amanda: Well, I ran out of money, what else am I supposed to do?
Duncan: Oh, a job is out of the question.
Amanda: Would you get serious, MacLeod.
Duncan: So you turned to counterfeiting instead?
Amanda: Well, I ran out of money, what else am I supposed to do?
Duncan: Oh, a job is out of the question.
Amanda: Would you get serious, MacLeod.
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Carl: Maybe it's just time for old Carl to move on, man.
Duncan: And do what?
Carl: Hey, I'll get by. You just take care of yourself.
Duncan: You still don't get it, do you?! You are an immortal. You have something other people will never have: time, and the ability to make the difference. No, listen to me, man! Listen to me! You can do whatever you want, be whatever you want! You can live the dream. Most people grow old and die before they can do that.
Duncan: And do what?
Carl: Hey, I'll get by. You just take care of yourself.
Duncan: You still don't get it, do you?! You are an immortal. You have something other people will never have: time, and the ability to make the difference. No, listen to me, man! Listen to me! You can do whatever you want, be whatever you want! You can live the dream. Most people grow old and die before they can do that.
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Mako: I always thought that you were a man that respected the law.
Duncan MacLeod: I like to see justice done.
Duncan MacLeod: I like to see justice done.
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Duncan: A man can't always live by the law.
Mako: A man cannot live any other way.
Mako: A man cannot live any other way.
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Mako: I have been a lawman for almost 600 years. Even before I was Immortal. I have seen cities burned, I have seen children slaughtered. Law is what separates us from the beast. When we leave it, we leave a hole with no bottom.
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Laura: You don't exactly trust me, much, now do you?
Duncan: I don't know you.
Laura: So you don't believe me.
Duncan: No, I believe that you're frightened, and I believe that you're running from something. I'm just not sure what.
Duncan: I don't know you.
Laura: So you don't believe me.
Duncan: No, I believe that you're frightened, and I believe that you're running from something. I'm just not sure what.
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Duncan: When you're young and you care about someone, you think with your heart. You don't see clearly.
Laura: I don't know why you're so worried about Richie. I mean, you act like you're his father or something.
Duncan: I'm not his father, Laura, but he is like family to me.
Laura: I don't know why you're so worried about Richie. I mean, you act like you're his father or something.
Duncan: I'm not his father, Laura, but he is like family to me.
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Mako: I'm looking for a girl.
Duncan: Try working on your personality.
Duncan: Try working on your personality.
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Duncan: Richie, where is this going from here? What happens if you are out on the road and a cop recognizes her? What are you going to do, kill him? How far is this going to go, Richie?
Richie: I don't know, Mac, I don't know! All I know is, I gotta help her, Mac. Mac, she needs me.
Richie: I don't know, Mac, I don't know! All I know is, I gotta help her, Mac. Mac, she needs me.
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[John is mortal. Rebecca is not.]
John: Promise me something. You will leave me before I get too old.
Rebecca: You are in a good mood today!
John: Well, I'm serious. Listen, Rebecca, you deserve a younger man.
Rebecca: I have a younger man. I have what I want.
John: There's two things...
Rebecca: John, you are the love of my life. You're the love of a dozen lifetimes. I don't care if you are 23, or 53, or 103. I am never going to leave you. Ever.
John: Promise me something. You will leave me before I get too old.
Rebecca: You are in a good mood today!
John: Well, I'm serious. Listen, Rebecca, you deserve a younger man.
Rebecca: I have a younger man. I have what I want.
John: There's two things...
Rebecca: John, you are the love of my life. You're the love of a dozen lifetimes. I don't care if you are 23, or 53, or 103. I am never going to leave you. Ever.
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Amanda: MacLeod, do you ever wonder what it is like to die?
Duncan MacLeod: Every time.
Amanda: That's not what I meant.
Duncan: I know, you meant really die. Be gone forever.
Amanda: So you do think about it.
Duncan: Not for myself. Not any more. Whatever happens, happens.
Amanda: I don't know. The longer I live the more I get attached to myself.
Duncan: Sooner or later everyone dies. Even us.
Amanda: I don't mind the later, it's the sooner part I don't like.
Duncan MacLeod: Every time.
Amanda: That's not what I meant.
Duncan: I know, you meant really die. Be gone forever.
Amanda: So you do think about it.
Duncan: Not for myself. Not any more. Whatever happens, happens.
Amanda: I don't know. The longer I live the more I get attached to myself.
Duncan: Sooner or later everyone dies. Even us.
Amanda: I don't mind the later, it's the sooner part I don't like.
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[Flashback to 1635]
Amanda: Why take a man's head when you can have his gold?
Rebecca: Amanda!
Amanda: What? You taught me to be clever.
Rebecca: I also taught you to be honest.
Amanda: Ah yes, I forget that part.
Amanda: Why take a man's head when you can have his gold?
Rebecca: Amanda!
Amanda: What? You taught me to be clever.
Rebecca: I also taught you to be honest.
Amanda: Ah yes, I forget that part.
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Amanda: Hmmmm. Breakfast in bed. You better watch it, MacLeod. They say this is how love starts.
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Duncan: Was the crystal really worth Rebecca's life?
Luther: It's worth any amount of lives.
Duncan: Whoever has the crystal becomes invincible. Is that it?
Luther: So you know.
Duncan: It's a myth, Luther. A story told by bored people around campfires.
Luther: It's worth any amount of lives.
Duncan: Whoever has the crystal becomes invincible. Is that it?
Luther: So you know.
Duncan: It's a myth, Luther. A story told by bored people around campfires.
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Amanda: You stuck your nose in without being asked, the least you could do is say you're sorry.
Duncan: What, for saving your life?
Amanda: Oh don't change the subject!
Duncan: What, for saving your life?
Amanda: Oh don't change the subject!
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Charlie DeSalvo: You got a visitor.
Duncan MacLeod: But I'm not even here yet.
Duncan MacLeod: But I'm not even here yet.
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Duncan: Walk out that door and you won't know if this is the right place or not.
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Duncan: I've gotta go to Japan.
Charlie: Japan?
Duncan: Yeah, you know. Land of the Rising sun.
Charlie: You just got back!
Duncan: That was Paris. It's a different continent.
Charlie: Very funny, MacLeod.
Duncan: I'll give you the air miles.
Charlie: Japan?
Duncan: Yeah, you know. Land of the Rising sun.
Charlie: You just got back!
Duncan: That was Paris. It's a different continent.
Charlie: Very funny, MacLeod.
Duncan: I'll give you the air miles.
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Duncan: Sometimes it's not the body you have to protect... it's the spirit.
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[Flashback to Japan, 1778]
Duncan: But there must be some other way! We can get a boat and leave Japan...
Hideo Koto: I could no more run than I could fly. Koto is a noble Samurai name... a name I have been honored to borrow. To dishonor it for all who follow me would be unthinkable.
Duncan: But there must be some other way! We can get a boat and leave Japan...
Hideo Koto: I could no more run than I could fly. Koto is a noble Samurai name... a name I have been honored to borrow. To dishonor it for all who follow me would be unthinkable.
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Duncan MacLeod: Let me know when you've found the formula.
Richie: The formula?
Duncan: For getting in shape without training.
Richie: The formula?
Duncan: For getting in shape without training.
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Duncan: Immortals can't have children.
Richie: Exactly Mac, this happened before I became an immoral.
Duncan: That's not the way it works.
Richie: Maybe I'm the first.
Duncan: I wish it could happen. But it's not in the cards. We don't get to live happily ever after. Children aren't part of our lives...it can't happen.
Richie: It just did.
Richie: Exactly Mac, this happened before I became an immoral.
Duncan: That's not the way it works.
Richie: Maybe I'm the first.
Duncan: I wish it could happen. But it's not in the cards. We don't get to live happily ever after. Children aren't part of our lives...it can't happen.
Richie: It just did.
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Father Matthew: Ah, Paris... The city of my youth. I was there in '72. What a summer. [remembering] All those women, all that wine... Of course, that was before I entered the priesthood.
Duncan and Richie: Of course.
Duncan and Richie: Of course.
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Richie: I didn't know if I'd find you alive. What the hell happened?
Duncan: I lived.
Richie: Very funny. And the other guy?
Duncan: He lived too.
Duncan: I lived.
Richie: Very funny. And the other guy?
Duncan: He lived too.
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Joe: Hey MacLeod, what do you think? Is it me?
Duncan: The truth? I'd say it's a little out of character.
Joe: You know, I wasn't born in a museum. In fact, I'm kinda tired of hanging around old antiques like you. Look at me, I'm growing old.
Duncan: The truth? I'd say it's a little out of character.
Joe: You know, I wasn't born in a museum. In fact, I'm kinda tired of hanging around old antiques like you. Look at me, I'm growing old.
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Duncan: I think you need some oil and vinegar.
Richie: I'm lucky I didn't need a funeral.
Richie: I'm lucky I didn't need a funeral.
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