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Charlie Wilson's War

Charlie Wilson’s War (2007)

Gust Avrakotos:
There’s a little boy and on his 14th birthday he gets a horse… and everybody in the village says, ”how wonderful. The boy got a horse” And the Zen master says, ”we’ll see.” Two years later, the boy falls off the horse, breaks his leg, and everyone in the village says, ”How terrible.” And the Zen master says, ”We’ll see.” Then, a war breaks out and all the young men have to go off and fight… except the boy can’t cause his legs all messed up. and everybody in the village says, ”How wonderful.”
Charlie Wilson:
Now the Zen master says, ”We’ll see.”

Fortsätt läsa Charlie Wilson’s War (2007)

Enemy at the Gates

Enemy at the Gates (2001)

Commisar Danilov:
I’ve been such a fool, Vassili. Man will always be a man. There is no new man. We tried so hard to create a society that was equal, where there’d be nothing to envy your neighbour. But there’s always something to envy. A smile, a friendship, something you don’t have and want to appropriate. In this world, even a Soviet one, there will always be rich and poor. Rich in gifts, poor in gifts. Rich in love, poor in love.

Fortsätt läsa Enemy at the Gates (2001)