Pocahontas Quotes

Grandmother Willow: What do you see?
Pocahontas: Clouds... strange clouds.

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John Smith: We've improved the lives of savages all over the world.
Pocahontas: *Savages*?
John Smith: Uh, not that *you're* a savage.
Pocahontas: Just my people!
John Smith: No. Listen. That's not what I meant. Let me explain, uh...
Pocahontas: Let go!
John Smith: No, I'm not letting you leave.
Pocahontas: [jumps up into a tree]
John Smith: Look, don't do this. Savage is just a word, uh, you know. A term for people who are uncivilized.
Pocahontas: Like me.
John Smith: Well, when I say uncivilized, what I mean is, is...
Pocahontas: What you mean is, "not like you."

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John Smith: It's just a handshake. Here let me show you.
John Smith: [holds out hand]
Pocahontas: Nothing's happening.
John Smith: Uh, no, no. I need your hand first. [they shake hands]
John Smith: It's how we say "hello".

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Thomas: [looking at Kocoum's body after shooting him] Is he...?
Pocahontas: You killed him...
Thomas: I thought that...
Pocahontas: [Pocahontas rushes at Thomas] Get away from him!
John Smith: [John Smith holds her back] Pocahontas, it wont help! He was only...
Pocahontas: [shouts] He killed him!
John Smith: [they hear other Indians approaching] Thomas! Get out of here! [Thomas hesitates]
John Smith: [yells] Get out of here!

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Thomas: Put him in chains!
Governor Ratcliffe: I'll see you all hang for this!
Thomas: And gag him as well!

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