Mission: Impossible

Franz Krieger: Try any sleight of hand with my money and I'll cut your throat. Jack Harmen: [referring to a stick of exploding gum] Stick of gum, right? No. Red light, green light. Come up against a lock you can't pick, you mash them together...[imitates an explosion] Hasta lasagna, don't get any on ya. You'll have about five seconds. Just don't chew it. Max: I don't have to tell you what a comfort anonymity can be in my profession. It's like a warm blanket. Senator John Waltzer: I want to know who these people are and how they're spending our taxpayers' money. We were living in a democracy the last time I checked. Tape Recorder: This tape will self-destruct in five seconds. Good luck, Jim.

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Jim Phelps: I prefer the theater. Flight Attendant: Would you consider the cinema of the Ukraine? Jim Phelps: Perhaps you'll choose one for me. [She gives him a cassette] Thank you. Voice on Tape: Good morning, Mr. Phelps. The man you're looking at is Alexander Golitsyn, an attaché at our embassy in Prague. He is also a traitor. He has stolen one half of the CIA NOC list, a record of all our deep-cover agents working in Eastern Europe. For security reasons, the NOC list is divided in two. The portion that Golitsyn already has contains code names, but this half is useless without its mate, which matches the code names with their true names. It is this half which Golitsyn plans to steal from the embassy during a reception tomorrow night. Your mission, Jim, should you choose to accept it, is to obtain photographic proof of the theft, shadow Golitsyn to his buyer, and apprehend them both. We've already dispatched a team selected from your usual group. Sarah Davies is already undercover, Ja

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Ethan Hunt: Yeah. Could we get a cappuccino machine in here? 'Cause I don't know what you call this. Jack Harmon: I call it cruel and unusual. Claire Phelps: Hey, I made that coffee. Ethan Hunt: Exactly. Is it possible that it's any worse than the sludge you made in that barn in Kiev? Claire Phelps: [sarcastically] Thank you. Jim Phelps: Take it easy on my wife's coffee. Ethan Hunt: We missed you in Kiev, Jim. Jim Phelps: Missed you too, Ethan. Jack Harmon: You're off on one of your cushy recruiting assignments again? Ethan Hunt: Yeah, where did they put you up this time? The Plaza? Jim Phelps: Drake Hotel, Chicago. Jack Harmon: Ooh! Punishing! 24-hour room service! Ethan Hunt: Yeah, chauffeured cars. Jack Harmon: Fat expense accounts. Ethan Hunt: He's getting soft in his old age. Jack Harmon: Yes he is, look at him. Jim Phelps: All right. Now, listen, if that list gets out into the open, the names of all our agents in every country in Eastern Europe will be up for grabs to the highest

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Sarah Davies: Tell me, Senator, do you all have someone on your staff named Jack? Jack Harmon: [seeing Hunt's point] Relax your crack, Foghorn, I'm working on it.

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Ethan Hunt: Saved your ass again, Jack. Jack Harmon: Give me a break, Pops. Sarah Davies: Such a nice ass. Jack Harmon: And a lonely ass.

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Ethan Hunt: My God. [wiping blood from his hands] Operator: Satcom seven. Ethan Hunt: Central Europe, unsecured. Operator: Designator? Ethan Hunt: Bravo-echo-one-one. Operator: Switching. [dials number] Eugene Kittridge: This is Kittridge. Ethan Hunt: Go secure. Eugene Kittridge: Okay, go ahead. Ethan Hunt: This is Ethan Hunt. They're dead. Eugene Kittridge: What? Who's dead? Ethan Hunt: My team. My team is DEAD! Eugene Kittridge: Jesus. Ethan Hunt: Golitsyn's gone. They knew we were coming, man. They knew we were coming and the disk is gone. Eugene Kittridge: Are you intact? Ethan Hunt: The disk is gone, did you....DO YOU READ ME? THE LIST IS IN THE OPEN! Eugene Kittridge: Listen, I read you. Let's just bring you in safely, then we'll worry about that, okay? Were you followed? Ethan Hunt: I don't think so. I don't think so. Eugene Kittridge: Don't think. Be sure. Are you clean? Ethan Hunt: [looks around] Yes. Eugene Kittridge: Okay. Location Green, one hour. I'll be there myself. Etha

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