Quotes

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Brandon Shaw: I've always thought that it was out of character for David to drink anything as corrupt as Whiskey. Phillip Morgan: Out of character for him to be murdered, too.

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Kenneth Lawrence: We're drinking champagne? Is it somebody's birthday? Brandon Shaw: You might say it's quite the opposite.

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Phillip Morgan: Rupert only publishes books he likes... usually philosophy. Janet Walker: Oh. Small print, big words, no sales. Brandon Shaw: Rupert's extremely radical. Do you know that he selects his books on the assumption that people not only can read but actually can think?

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Janet Walker: Who is this Rupert? Kenneth Lawrence: [to Brandon Shaw] He used to tell you the weirdest things, didn't he? Brandon Shaw: I suppose Kenneth means Rupert's impatience with social conventions. For example, he thinks murder is a crime for most men but-- Phillip Morgan: a privilege for the few.

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Brandon Shaw: [to Rupert] It's awfully good to see you again. Rupert Cadell: Why?

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Rupert Cadell: Brandon has told me a lot about you. Janet Walker: Did he do me justice? Rupert Cadell: Do you deserve justice?

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Janet Walker: Well, now, you don't really approve of murder, Rupert? If I may? Rupert Cadell: You may... and I do. Think of the problems it would solve: unemployment, poverty, standing in line for theatre tickets...

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Mrs. Atwater: Do you know when I was a girl I used to read quite a bit. Brandon Shaw: We all do strange things in our childhood.

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Brandon Shaw: Determined to get drunk, aren't you? Phillip Morgan: I am drunk. Brandon Shaw: And just as childish now as you were earlier when you called me a liar. Phillip Morgan: You had no business telling that story. Brandon Shaw: Why did you lie anyway? Phillip Morgan: I had to! Have you ever bothered for one minute to consider how another person might feel. Have you considered the feelings for others? Brandon Shaw: I'm not sentimental if that's what... Phillip Morgan: No, that's not what I mean; but it doesn't matter. Nothing matters... except that Mr. Brandon liked the party. Mr. Brandon gave the party. Mr. Brandon had a delightful evening. Well, I had a rotten evening! Brandon Shaw: Keep drinking, and you'll have a worse morning. Phillip Morgan: At least if I have a hangover, it will be all mine!

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Brandon Shaw: What are you doing? Rupert Cadell: It's not what I'm going to do, Brandon. It's what society is going to do. I don't know what that will be, but I can guess, and I can help. You're going to die, Brandon. Both of you. You are going to die.