Broken Pedestal/Quotes
Vince: That's your hero? |
"Horus was weak. Horus was a fool. He had the whole Galaxy in his grasp and he let it slip away."
—Abaddon, the Despoiler, Warhammer 40,000
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"You want to know my vision? Dollar signs. Money. I want to retire on some tropical island filled with naked women. That's my vision. That's Zefram Cochrane. This historical guy you keep talking about: I've never met him. Can't say I ever will."
—Zefram Cochrane, Star Trek: First Contact
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Judge Dredd: You killed innocent people! |
"I Beg you. Pilot it. I believe in you. I love you. —Gendo Ikari, Neon Genesis Evangelion
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"Even so, I won't be able to regard this person with the same esteem I had before, but then he'll never again see me as just another freshman, either. I guess that's a part of growing up; finding that one's idols are just people after all. —Lindisfarne, The Virtual Quill, Kevin and Kell
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"But to you? I bet that son of a bitch looked like a hard-working family man. That was all an act."
—Jeane, No More Heroes
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"If you can make God bleed, the people will cease to believe in Him."
—Ivan Vanko, Iron Man 2
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"I looked up to you. I wanted to be like you. But Redtail was my mentor. I owe him more than any cat. And you killed him. You killed him and betrayed the Clan. I'd rather die than follow you."
—Dustpelt, Forest of Secrets
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Gren: We fought that bloody war together. We were comrades. We risked everything shoulder to shoulder on the battleground. I looked up to you. I believed in you. |
Nicholas Angel: It all started with my Uncle Derek. He was a Sergeant in the Met. He bought me a police pedal car when I was five. I rode around in it every second I was awake - arresting kids twice my size for littering and spitting. I got beaten up a lot when I was young, but it didn't stop me. I wanted to be like Uncle Derek. |
"I owe Mr. Amano a debt of gratitude. But he must pay his debt to society."
—Miles Edgeworth, Ace Attorney Investigations
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"This is crazy. I finally meet my childhood hero and he's trying to kill us. What a joke."
—Carl Fredricksen, Up
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Rudy: (icily) Hello... Dad. |
James Vega: You know the Commander? |
Fiona: How do you know this guy who hired you? |
In my second year at university, the leadership group of the Maoists was taken by the Chinese government on a tour of China. —James A. Donald, Confessions of an ex commie
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