Life Quotes
David Gale: We spend our whole life trying to stop death. Eating, inventing, loving, praying, fighting, killing. But what do we really know about death? Just that nobody comes back. Then there comes a point - a moment - in life when your mind outlives its desires, its obsessions, when your habits survive your dreams, and when your losses... Maybe death is a gift. You wonder. All I can tell you is that by this time tomorrow I'll be dead. I know when. I just cannot say why. You have 24 hours to find out.
TV Show: Life
Dr. Thompson: Dying is not as easy as it looks, you know, but there's no need for you to have to feel terrible all the time.
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Charlie Crews: [to Dani Reese] Dog must've took the bullet for the kid, then took the shooter's finger off. Anyone ever love you that much?
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Dani Reese: No threats against his family?
Correctional officer #2: Not that we know, but we just work here. We go home after our shifts. It's the convicts who are here 24/7, they know what really goes on.
Charlie Crews: He means inmates.
Corrections Officer #1: He means convicts.
Correctional officer #2: What, you don't like that word? What do you care?
[Charlie turns to face the guard]
Dani Reese: Come on Crews, let's go.
Correctional officer #2: Yeah, we know who you are. Know you did your 12 years. Maybe you were innocent. Maybe not. It don't make no difference to us, because we know what you did to that correction officer in Pelican Bay. That makes you a con. Don't it?
Dani Reese: You two need to escort us out now.
Corrections Officer #1: You gettin' angry, convict?
Charlie Crews: [calmly] Anger ruins joy. Steals the goodness of my mind. Forces my mouth to say terrible things. Overcoming anger brings peace of mind. Leads to a mind without regrets. If I overcome anger, I will be delightful and loved by everyone.
Correctional officer #2: Are you making fun of us?
Charlie Crews: It is the universe that makes fun of us all.
[turns and faces other guard, walks away. Reese gives them both a look]
Correctional officer #2: Not that we know, but we just work here. We go home after our shifts. It's the convicts who are here 24/7, they know what really goes on.
Charlie Crews: He means inmates.
Corrections Officer #1: He means convicts.
Correctional officer #2: What, you don't like that word? What do you care?
[Charlie turns to face the guard]
Dani Reese: Come on Crews, let's go.
Correctional officer #2: Yeah, we know who you are. Know you did your 12 years. Maybe you were innocent. Maybe not. It don't make no difference to us, because we know what you did to that correction officer in Pelican Bay. That makes you a con. Don't it?
Dani Reese: You two need to escort us out now.
Corrections Officer #1: You gettin' angry, convict?
Charlie Crews: [calmly] Anger ruins joy. Steals the goodness of my mind. Forces my mouth to say terrible things. Overcoming anger brings peace of mind. Leads to a mind without regrets. If I overcome anger, I will be delightful and loved by everyone.
Correctional officer #2: Are you making fun of us?
Charlie Crews: It is the universe that makes fun of us all.
[turns and faces other guard, walks away. Reese gives them both a look]
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[as they walk outside the prison]
Dani Reese: Why would the universe make fun of us all?
Charlie Crews: Maybe it's insecure.
Dani Reese: Why would the universe make fun of us all?
Charlie Crews: Maybe it's insecure.
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Charlie Crews: That's a phone, Bobby.
Bobby Starks' partner: It's got a camera in it, where you been?
Crews: I've been in federal maximum security prison!
Bobby Starks' partner: It's got a camera in it, where you been?
Crews: I've been in federal maximum security prison!
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Reese: I need a drink.
Crews: I know something better. [holding out a cup] Mango?
Reese: [shaking her head] That's okay.
Crews: These came all the way from Guatamala, and now they're right here in this cup. It's all connected, Reese.
Reese: What is?
Crews: It is.
Reese: Mm, that's zen.
Crews: Is it?
Reese: That's zen too, isn't it...
Crews: Is it?
Reese: Say "Is it?" one more time and I'll shoot you.
Crews: I know something better. [holding out a cup] Mango?
Reese: [shaking her head] That's okay.
Crews: These came all the way from Guatamala, and now they're right here in this cup. It's all connected, Reese.
Reese: What is?
Crews: It is.
Reese: Mm, that's zen.
Crews: Is it?
Reese: That's zen too, isn't it...
Crews: Is it?
Reese: Say "Is it?" one more time and I'll shoot you.
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Charlie Crews: [reading Internet for Idiots] IM stands for Instant Message.
Dani Reese: I know that.
Crews: You can't trace an IM.
Reese: Detective, I know that, too.
Dani Reese: I know that.
Crews: You can't trace an IM.
Reese: Detective, I know that, too.
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Dani Reese: I don't exactly understand you.
Charlie Crews: You don't have to understand here to be here.
Reese: That's what I don't understand.
Charlie Crews: You don't have to understand here to be here.
Reese: That's what I don't understand.
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Charlie Crews: Do you think that no one will ever understand what we did? What you and I came through? Do you ever think that the world is now you and me in one place, everyone else in another?
Constance: I think that all the time.
Constance: I think that all the time.
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Dani Reese: You expect me to believe that?
Charlie Crews: I have no expectations as to what you will or will not believe, but whatever you do believe can't change what was in that shoe.
Reese: Why exactly can't you talk like a normal person?
Crews: When exactly was the last time you met a normal person?
Charlie Crews: I have no expectations as to what you will or will not believe, but whatever you do believe can't change what was in that shoe.
Reese: Why exactly can't you talk like a normal person?
Crews: When exactly was the last time you met a normal person?
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Crews: [laying out all of the wedding photos] It's all here... except the one thing that isn't here...
Reese: [to nearby officer] Do you know what that means? [to everyone] Does anybody know what that means?
Reese: [to nearby officer] Do you know what that means? [to everyone] Does anybody know what that means?
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Reese: I need to know if this is gonna be a thing with you.
Crews: Which "this" is that?
Reese: This thing with Jake Silvers. Are you gonna go see falsely accused people everywhere?
Crews: You think that's not a good instinct for a cop to have?
Reese: I just need to know if it's going to be a thing with you.
Crews: Shouldn't "innocent until proven guilty" be a thing with all of us?
Crews: Which "this" is that?
Reese: This thing with Jake Silvers. Are you gonna go see falsely accused people everywhere?
Crews: You think that's not a good instinct for a cop to have?
Reese: I just need to know if it's going to be a thing with you.
Crews: Shouldn't "innocent until proven guilty" be a thing with all of us?
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Crews: It was a near-death experience.
Reese: And it not being a full-death experience should make you happy.
Reese: And it not being a full-death experience should make you happy.
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Crews: Nothing happened. There were no lights, no tunnel, no dead relatives. Well, maybe it wasn't near death enough for it to be a near death experience.
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Lt./Sgt. Karen Davis: You looked into his eyes.
Crews: They are the windows to the soul.
Crews: They are the windows to the soul.
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Zen Recording: [voiceover] Revenge is a poison meant for others that we end up swallowing ourselves. Vengeance is a dark light that blinds all who seek it. The untroubled soul knows there is no justice in revenge. The untroubled soul knows that to seek vengeance is to seek destruction.
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Charlie Crews: I think I might go into space.
Dani Reese: Space?
Crews: Yeah, you can pay the Russians to take you up there now.
Reese: So after spending twelve years in a box down here you're gonna pay the Russians to put you in a box up there?
Crews: I think they mentioned something about jetpacks.
Dani Reese: Space?
Crews: Yeah, you can pay the Russians to take you up there now.
Reese: So after spending twelve years in a box down here you're gonna pay the Russians to put you in a box up there?
Crews: I think they mentioned something about jetpacks.
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[talking about a car]
Charlie Crews: Does it have GPS?
Maldito: You don't want that. The man track you like a dog with GPS.
Lackey: Like a dog.
Crews: Yeah, yeah, you're right I don't want that, the man will track me with that.
Reese: Crews, you are the man.
Crews: Oh yes, yeah right, I am the man.
Charlie Crews: Does it have GPS?
Maldito: You don't want that. The man track you like a dog with GPS.
Lackey: Like a dog.
Crews: Yeah, yeah, you're right I don't want that, the man will track me with that.
Reese: Crews, you are the man.
Crews: Oh yes, yeah right, I am the man.
TV Show: Life
[After Crews gets into a knife fight with an escaping criminal]
Dani Reese: I want you to give me your knife.
Charlie Crews: My knife, why?
Reese: Because I want to swear a blood oath with you and I need something to cut my pinkie. Give me you knife or I burn you with you IAD for not using your service weapon when you should have. [Crews is reluctant] I need to know my partner is a cop and not a con. [Crews gives her the knife] Anything else you carrying from the old days? Sharpened toothbrush, lightbulb full of bleach?
Dani Reese: I want you to give me your knife.
Charlie Crews: My knife, why?
Reese: Because I want to swear a blood oath with you and I need something to cut my pinkie. Give me you knife or I burn you with you IAD for not using your service weapon when you should have. [Crews is reluctant] I need to know my partner is a cop and not a con. [Crews gives her the knife] Anything else you carrying from the old days? Sharpened toothbrush, lightbulb full of bleach?
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[About the husband of the murder victim]
Charlie Crews: We have to use his own strength against him.
Dani Reese: His strength, what's his strength?
Crews: His weakness.
Reese: His weakness is his strength?
Crews: Exactly, it's like the one-handed clap.
Reese: Are you really zen?
Crews: I'm zennish.
Charlie Crews: We have to use his own strength against him.
Dani Reese: His strength, what's his strength?
Crews: His weakness.
Reese: His weakness is his strength?
Crews: Exactly, it's like the one-handed clap.
Reese: Are you really zen?
Crews: I'm zennish.
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Jennifer: What do you want, Charlie?
Charlie: I want to be the unwobbling pivot at the center of an ever-revolving universe; I want to be still.
Charlie: I want to be the unwobbling pivot at the center of an ever-revolving universe; I want to be still.
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Crews: I just want you to drop Neil Cudahy.
Constance: [drawing very close to him] You don't have the right to ask that. Unless you want that right. Do you, Charlie? [Charlie just looks at her] I was looking for you and I didn't even know it. And now you're here and I can't have you.
Crews: You're married.
Constance: And if I weren't?
Crews: You have a husband.
Constance: And I think about you when I'm with him. I need you to be all the way in. And if you can't be all the way in, then I need you all the way out.
Crews: You know I can't do this.
Constance: [drawing very close to him] You don't have the right to ask that. Unless you want that right. Do you, Charlie? [Charlie just looks at her] I was looking for you and I didn't even know it. And now you're here and I can't have you.
Crews: You're married.
Constance: And if I weren't?
Crews: You have a husband.
Constance: And I think about you when I'm with him. I need you to be all the way in. And if you can't be all the way in, then I need you all the way out.
Crews: You know I can't do this.
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Crews: What were you trying to get away from?
Easley: If I say, can I go?
Reese: No.
Easley: Can I get a drink?
Reese: No! But if you confess we won't charge you for murder one or for assaulting Detective Crews.
Crews: Or for stealing Detective Reese's pen.
[Reese searches for her pen, while Easley stands up, reaches in his pants and takes out the pen, handing it over to Dt. Reese]
Easley: If I say, can I go?
Reese: No.
Easley: Can I get a drink?
Reese: No! But if you confess we won't charge you for murder one or for assaulting Detective Crews.
Crews: Or for stealing Detective Reese's pen.
[Reese searches for her pen, while Easley stands up, reaches in his pants and takes out the pen, handing it over to Dt. Reese]
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[Reese holding her pen in front of Crews while walking]
Reese: Here! Take it! Everything that goes down his pants, you're going to keep.
[Crews takes the pen, Reese smells at her hands with disgust]
Reese: Here! Take it! Everything that goes down his pants, you're going to keep.
[Crews takes the pen, Reese smells at her hands with disgust]
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[Crews and Reese are investigating a crime scene where a woman wearing angel wings is found dead]
Charlie Crews: It's a dead angel.
Dani Reese: It's a dead woman with a pair of fake wings.
Crews: How do you know?
Reese: Well I know the wings are fake because I can see the harness right there.
Crews: Maybe it's a real angel with fake wings.
Reese: Why would a real angel have... no, no, I'm not doing this with you.
Charlie Crews: It's a dead angel.
Dani Reese: It's a dead woman with a pair of fake wings.
Crews: How do you know?
Reese: Well I know the wings are fake because I can see the harness right there.
Crews: Maybe it's a real angel with fake wings.
Reese: Why would a real angel have... no, no, I'm not doing this with you.
TV Show: Life