The Adjustment Bureau

Elise Sellas: Were you just looking at my legs while I slept? David Norris: I was helpless against the dress. Elise Sellas: It's a skirt. David Norris: It's a belt! Elise Sellas: You're that guy running for Senate, aren't you? David Norris: I am that guy... yeah. Are you a registered New York voter? Elise Sellas: Do I sound like I am?

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Elise Sellas: I'm not some hopeless romantic. I would never allow myself to be that way, but once I've felt, even for a moment, what I felt with you. You ruined me. I didn't want to settle for less. David Norris: I know the feeling. Elise Sellas: It scares the shit out of me. David Norris: I'm not going to hurt you. Elise Sellas: You don't need to say that. David Norris: I'm not going to hurt you.

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David Norris: Who the hell are you guys? Richardson: We... are the people that make sure things happen according to plan.

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David Norris: What ever happened to Free Will? Thompson: We actually tried Free Will before. After taking you from hunting and gathering to the height of the Roman Empire, we stepped back to see how you'd do on your own. You gave us the Dark Ages for five centuries... until finally we decided we should come back in. The Chairman thought maybe we just needed to do a better job of teaching you how to ride a bike before taking the training wheels off again. So we gave you the Renaissance, the Enlightenment, the Scientific Revolution. For six hundred years, we taught you to control your impulses with reason, then in 1910, we stepped back. Within fifty years, you'd brought us World War I, the Depression, Fascism, the Holocaust and capped it off by bringing the entire planet to the brink of destruction in the Cuban Missile Crisis. At that point, a decision was taken to step back in again before you did something that even we couldn't fix. You don't have free will, David. You have the appeara

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David Norris: So you handle the important things? The last time I checked, the world is a pretty screwed-up place. Thompson: It's still here. If we had left things in your hands, it wouldn't be.

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David Norris: I guess you're not supposed to identify with your subjects. You're not supposed to feel guilt. Harry Mitchell: We're not built to lead with our emotions like you are, but that doesn't mean we don't have them.

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