Black Sails

[to Flint] Let me see if I have this right. This is the fourth prize in a row from which the profits will barely exceed the expenses it took to win it. Singleton's out there trying to convince them to torture that poor bastard of a captain simply because he hasn't worked out how to get them to do it to you. But you're happy because you've discovered that the information we can't tell anybody we're looking for exists on a page... that we don't have.

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Flint: I'm gonna go and see Richard. He can help me recreate the schedule. Gates: Richard Guthrie? Flint: Mm-hmm. Gates: You think he's gonna help you? Flint: Yes. Yes, I do. Gates: Let's just for fun say that he doesn't. What then? Flint: Then I'll forget about the schedule and go back to hunting fat, lazy merchantmen and everyone will be content. Gates: This is one of those times where we pretend that we both don't know that you're lying.

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Pleasure should be shared equally. It's the only way to avoid hurt feelings.

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[to Gates] You steal cargo at the end of a sword. We sell that cargo to markets that will never have you. When you are strong, you are a necessary evil. When you are not strong, you are likely soon to be dead. But what you are not ever is a sound investment.

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Me, I can't help myself. I see an opportunity, I take it. It's a sickness. Truly.

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[to Eleanor] You can never forget who these men are. They are not our friends. They are not our subjects. They want your father's business; that is the only reason why we do not find their knives at our throats.

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