The Good Shepherd Quotes

[At the Christmas party after the coup vs Dr. Ibañes]
Bill Sullivan: Bill Sullivan: Gentlemen, you can all be very proud of what you started. Merry Christmas. [Ed Jr's mishap on Santa's lap]
Bill Sullivan: [to Ed] Did you know that Phillip is going to be in the Mayan Coffee Board of Directors? Remember what I said to you about friends.

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[Ed Wilson at his desk in his office, Phillip Allen opens the door]
Philip Allen: May I come in? [Allen walks in, signals around, Ed starts bug countermeasures]
Philip Allen: You know I've never been in your office.
Edward Wilson: How was the fishing?
Philip Allen: It was a bad year. The water's too high. [walks closer]
Philip Allen: I understand you wanted to give me the Operation Zapata list yourself. There isn't one, is there?
Edward Wilson: You know it was a silent operation
Philip Allen: It wasn't silent enough. [pause]
Philip Allen: I've been asked by the President to suggest who we no longer need with us. [pause]
Philip Allen: Who would you recommend, Edward?
Edward Wilson: I serve at the pleasure to the director, Sir [Allen exhales loudly]
Edward Wilson: I'm just the gatekeeper.
Philip Allen: Why is it that people like us choose to server for nickels a day in a profession that makes us constantly look over our shoulder to see who is watching us.
Edward Wilson: When will you make a decision?
Philip Allen: I server at the discretion of the President of the United States. I will do what I think is best for the country. [Turns around. Walks towards the door]
Philip Allen: It's important we find out who's responsible. Good night.
Edward Wilson: Good night.

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"Valentin Mironov #2: Soviet power is a myth. Great show. There are no spare parts. Nothing is working, nothing, it's nothing but painted rust. But you, you need to keep the Russian myth alive to maintain your military industrial complex. Your system depends on Russian being perceived as a mortal threat. It's not a threat. It was never a threat. It will never be a threat. It's a rotted, bloated cow.

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Arch Cummings: How did the Irish poet say it, hmm? E'er friend for today, is tomorrow's heartbreak.

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Edward Wilson: And, yet, a certain word, a glance, a guise, will mirror, never show, reflecting not my gaze, but my uncertain question caught inside a shadow of our shifting eyes.
Dr. Fredericks: That really is quite elegant, Mr. Wilson. Good order, very precise, feeling of the unknown. Fine poetry is the music of mathematics, numbers, singing. You have to look behind the words to understand their meaning.

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[from trailer]
Edward Wilson: You are never to tell anyone what it is that I do!
Clover Wilson: What you do? I don't know what you do! You leave at five, you're home at ten, seven days a week! I live with a ghost! I don't know anything about you!

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