Lawrence of Arabia

Dryden: Lawrence, only two kinds of creatures get fun in the desert: Bedouins and gods, and you're neither. Take it from me, for ordinary men, it's a burning, fiery furnace. Lawrence: No, Dryden, it's going to be fun. Dryden: It is recognized that you have a funny sense of fun.

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Potter: [trying to copy Lawrence's snuffing a match with his fingers] Oooh! It damn well hurts. Lawrence: Certainly it hurts. Potter: Well, what's the trick, then? Lawrence: The trick, William Potter, is not minding that it hurts.

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Murray: If you're insubordinate with me, Lawrence, I shall have you put under arrest. Lawrence: It's my manner, sir. Murray: Your what? Lawrence: My manner, sir; it looks insubordinate but it isn't, really. Murray: You know, I can't make out whether you're bloody bad-mannered or just half-witted. Lawrence: I have the same problem, sir.

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Feisal: In the Arab city of Cordova, there were two miles of public lighting in the streets when London was a village... Lawrence: Yes, you were great. Feisal: ...nine centuries ago... Lawrence: Time to be great again, my Lord. Feisal: ...which is why my father made this war upon the Turks. My father, Mr. Lawrence, not the English. Now my father is old. And I, I long for the vanished gardens of Cordova. However, before the gardens must come fighting.

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Sherif Ali: [Ali shoots Tafas dead while riding his camel. He stops his camel and jumps down to examine Tafas' body] He is dead. T.E. Lawrence: Yes... why? Sherif Ali: This is my well. [mentioning the well Lawrence and Tafas are resting at] T.E. Lawrence: I have drunk from it. Sherif Ali: You are welcome. T.E. Lawrence: He was my friend. Sherif Ali: That? [mentioning Tafas] T.E. Lawrence: Yes, that. Sherif Ali: [Ali walks towards Lawrence and grabs Tafas' revolver lying on the sand] Yours? T.E. Lawrence: No, his. Sherif Ali: [Ali tucks the revolver into his waist and walks towards the well] His? [mentioning the tin cup near the well] T.E. Lawrence: Mine. Sherif Ali: Then I will use it. [pulls some water out of well] Sherif Ali: ... your friend... was a Hazimi of the Beni Salem. T.E. Lawrence: I know. Sherif Ali: [Ali salutes Lawrence and drinks his water]I am Ali ibn el Kharish. T.E. Lawrence: I have heard of you. Sherif Ali: So... What was a Hazimi doing here? T.E. Lawrence: He was ta

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Auda abu Tayi: It is Auda of the Howitat who speaks. Sherif Ali: It is Ali of the Harith who answers. Auda abu Tayi: Harith! Ali... does your father still steal? Sherif Ali: No. Does Auda take me for one of his own bastards? Auda abu Tayi: No, there is no resemblance. Alas, you resemble your father. Sherif Ali: Auda flatters me. Auda abu Tayi: You're easily flattered. I knew your father well. Sherif Ali: (pause) (To Auda) Did you know your own?

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