Superman Returns

Kitty Kowalski: Lex, your friends give me the creeps. Lex Luthor: Prison is a creepy place, Kitty. One needs to make creepy friends in order to survive. Even a man with my vast talents is worth less inside than a carton of cigarettes and a sharp piece of metal in your pocket. [walks over to his bookshelves] Do you know the story of Prometheus? No, of course, you don't (as Kitty is about to answer). Prometheus was the god who stole the power of fire from the other gods and gave control of it to mortals, in essence, he gave us technology, he gave us power. Kitty Kowalski: So, we're stealing fire? In the Arctic? Lex Luthor: Actually, sort of. You see whoever controls technology controls the world. The Roman empire ruled the world because they built roads. The British Empire ruled the world because they built ships. America; the atom bomb. And so on and so forth. I just want what Prometheus wanted. Kitty Kowalski: Sounds great, Lex. But you're not a god. Lex Luthor: Gods are selfish beings

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Jor-El: My son. You do not remember me. I am Jor-El. I am your father. By now I will have been dead for many thousands of your years. Lex Luthor: He thinks I'm his son? Jor-El: Embedded in the crystals before you is the total accumulation of all literature and scientific fact of dozens of other worlds spanning the twenty-eight known galaxies. Kitty Kowalski: Can he see us? Lex Luthor: No, he's dead. Jor-El: There are many questions to be asked. Here, in this Fortress of Solitude, we will try to find the answers together. So, my son...Kal-El...speak. Lex Luthor: Tell me everything. Starting with crystals.

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Jimmy Olsen: Look who's back? Perry White: Kent? Clark Kent: Hey. Chief! Thank you for giving me my job back. Perry White: Don't thank me. Thank Norm Palmer for dying! Jimmy Olsen: It was his time.

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Jimmy Olsen: [leans over an unsuspecting Clark who is holding a family photo of Lois Lane, her fiancé Richard White and Lois' son Jason] Ha! Yeah! He looks just like his mom. Already takes after her too, especially when it comes to getting into trouble. Clark Kent: Mother? Jimmy Olsen: Oh yeah, well I guess you've been gone. Fearless reporter Lois Lane is a mommy. Jimmy Olsen: [taking the photo from Clark] I'll just take that... Clark Kent: Sorry. Jimmy Olsen: No, it's okay, she's got tons. Clark Kent: Wait, she's married? Jimmy Olsen: Yes. No! Not really, It's more like a prolonged engagement. But don't ask Miss Lane when they're tying the knot 'cause she hates that question...

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Bartender: Must be tough coming back. Clark Kent: Coming back? Bartender: To work. Clark Kent: Well, you know, things change. Well, of course things change. But somethings that you thought wouldn't change could change. Take Lois. A woman like her, I never thought she'd settle down. Jimmy Olsen: If you ask me, 'cause she'd never tell you this, but if you ask me? She's still in love with you-know-who.

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Kitty Kowalski: Wow, that's really something Lex. Lex Luthor: Wait for it. Kitty Kowalski: Wow, that's really something, Lex. It's freakin' Gone with the Wind.

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