2012

Carl Anheuser: [about Laura Wilson] She's a smart girl, she'll understand. Adrian Helmsley: That thing in Paris, we're not involved in any of that, are we? Anheuser: "We"? Who's "we", what are you talking about? What we need to do is focus on the timeline. Helmsley: So when do we let the country know? Anheuser: What? Helmsley: The people, sir. They need to know. Anheuser: Well, of course they do. Listen, your job is to figure out when this is all gonna fall apart, my mission is to figure out how to retain some semblance of government after it falls apart, and until then, we don't have time for anything except for doing those jobs, okay? Now, you call me the moment you get any news from Yellowstone. Helmsley: Yes, sir. [turns to go] Anheuser: Cute girl, eh? Helmsley: Sir? Anheuser: The First Daughter. I saw you looking at her. Helmsley: I wasn't looking at her. Anheuser: Better move fast, kid. The end is near. Jackson: Don't be scared. Honey, look at me, do I look scared? Lilly: Uh-huh.

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Scotty: It's been upgraded to a 10.9 by the guys at Harvard. Adrian Helmsley: What does Caltech have to say? Professor West: The entire city of Pasadena was wiped out, just a few minutes ago. [turns on map] This is coming in live from Coachella Valley, near Joshua Tree. That huge canyon, wasn't there this morning. [map then zooms to part of the San Andreas Fault] And four hundred miles north, at Point Reyes. Same thing. Helmsley: The San Andreas Fault is shifting. West: Yes. And all sister faults in the Bay Area as well. The whole Pacific Plate is destabilizing.

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Noah Curtis: [staring at the An-500] Whoa, that's a big plane. Yuri Karpov: It's Russian.

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Yuri: [staring at the Hawaiian volcanic landscape] What is that? Sasha: The state of Hawaii. Yuri: Not good, that is not good. Jackson: How much fuel do we have left? Sasha: Not enough. We're going to have to make a water landing somewhere in the South China Sea. Gordon: Well, at least we won't need the landing gear. Jackson: What happened to it? Gordon: Well, we lost it all. In Vegas.

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Adrian Helmsley: Ladies and gentlemen, this is Dr. Adrian Helmsley, chief science adviser to the late President Wilson. German Chancellor: Could you please turn up the volume, Mr. Hoffmann? Helmsley: I know we've all been forced to make difficult decisions to save our human civilization, but to be human means to care for each other and civilization means to work together to create a better life. If that's true, then there's nothing human and nothing civilized about what we're doing here. Carl Anheuser: Dr. Helmsley's passion is admirable, but I will remind you that we have very limited resources and extremely limited time. Helmsley: Ask yourselves, can we really stand by and watch these people die? I read a quote two days ago. The author is probably dead by now, but he said: "The moment we stop fighting for each other, [glares at Anheuser] that's the moment that we lose our humanity." Anheuser: And in order to save the human race, we have an obligation to stick to this plan, which ever

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Ark AI: Impact warning. Thirty degrees west. Forty-five degrees east. Target elevation, 29,035 feet. Carl Anheuser: Twenty-nine thousand feet? What the hell is at 29,000 feet!? Captain Michaels: We're headed straight for the north face of Mount Everest, Mr. Anheuser and if we do not start our engines, we will not survive the impact.

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