Quotes

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Tessa Quayle: I thought you spies knew everything. Tim Donohue: Only God knows everything. He works for Mossad.

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Justin Quayle: [Tessa tells Justin to slow down, wanting to drive a woman, her baby, and her brother who are walking 40 kilometers back to his home] We can't involve ourselves in their lives, Tessa. Tessa Quayle: Why? Justin Quayle: Be reasonable. There are millions of people, they all need help. It's what the agencies are here for. Tessa Quayle: Yeah, but these are three people that we can help.

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Justin Quayle: Well, ah, I can't speak for Sir Bernard... Tessa Quayle: Oh, I thought that was why you were here? Justin Quayle: Well, diplomats have to go where they're sent. Tessa Quayle: So do labradors. Justin Quayle: [Smiling] Ouch... Well, I think Mr. Bernard would argue that when peaceful means are exhausted... Tessa Quayle: Exhausted? Mr.Quayle, they're not exactly exhausted, they're just lying in the way of the tanks!

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Policeman: For a diplomat you're not a very good liar. Justin Quayle: I haven't risen very high.

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Sir Curtiss: You're what passes for James Bond around here. Get Her Majesty's secret service to pull a few things. It's what you spies do, isn't it? Tim Donohue: Is it? Never really sure what it is we do.

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Tim Donohue: [after a car chase through the desert] Who did you think I was? Justin Quayle: Fuck you, Donohue! This is bandit country.

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Tim Donohue: Leave this Justin. Go home. Justin Quayle: I can't go home. Tessa was my home.