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WHY DO WE FAIL

68 quotes, with Why do we fail in movies

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- Why should we accept his punishment?
- If I fail to do so, we'll accept your punishment. | - Why should we accept his punishment?
- If I fail to do so, we'll accept your punishment.

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I understand
how much people love His Majesty. That's exactly why we can't fail him. Do they have to be that loud? | I understand
how much people love His Majesty. That's exactly why we can't fail him...

S03 • E11  - 00:24
The Batman • 2004 • Season 3 • Episode 11

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D.A.V.E., why are you doing this? Did you say why? Why do you dress like a bat? Why do you fight crime? Why do we do anything, Batman? I do what I do
because I have made it my purpose... ...like you have made it yours
to stop me. But shall fail trying.

S03 • E13  - 00:24
The Batman • 2004 • Season 3 • Episode 13

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D.A.V E., why are you doing this? Did you say why? Why do you dress like a bat? Why do you fight crime? Why do we do anything, Batman? I do what I do
because I have made it my purpose.. ..like you have made it yours
to stop me. But shall fail trying.

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[camera whirring] [Peter] Because everybody
in the music industry, with one or two exceptions, for at least five years
of Midnight Oil's career, spent most of their time
telling us why we would fail a...

S02 • E02  - 00:16
SEAL Team • 2017 • Season 2 • Episode 2

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until just now. Basara is scrambling two F-16s. A thermobaric bomb. If your team misses
the next comms window, they're gonna vaporize
the entire structure. How much time do we have? Seven minutes.

S02 • E18  - 00:27
This Is Us • 2016 • Season 2 • Episode 18

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You know, maybe we didn't
fail her after all. Are you kidding me? We're great brothers. - We are.
- (SCOFFS) - KATE: You guys. Guys!
- I would want me as a brother. Need to get married, here. - KEVIN:...

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Miss Bianca:
Well, why don't we take the shortcut through the zoo?
Bernard:
I don't know... I mean it... could be risky.
Miss Bianca:
Oh, come on. Remember our pledge? "Through storm and rain and da...

S02 • E15  - 00:27
Scorpion • 2014 • Season 2 • Episode 15

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Oh, boy. What's happening? Why is it beeping? The heat from the rocket chamber
must've activated the detonator. It-it set off the fail-safe timer. How much time do we have? I don't know.
I can't see through the gel. Walter... Oh, God. Can't you stop it? No. I can't. There's no shutting it down now.

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B. A. Strothers: Oh, you think it's funny? Well, I fail to see any humor at all. Maxwell changed the play that I sent in, Elliott broke his pattern, and the catch was a fluke! There's no room for...

S01  - 00:29
Storks • 2016 • Season 1

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Great convo, Hunter! I'm so stupid! I should have just fired her!
Why didn't I just fire her? Tulip! Hey! Hey, what are you doing out of the room? I told you not to leave the room! Nah, it's cool. I'm...

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Casson:
No wonder our people are giving up, they've lost faith!
Montclair:
We've failed them every single time!
Col. Rodin:
We won't fail them again!
Casson:
What can we do? We're paralyzed!
Montc...

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Captain Barbossa:
[after reaching Shipwreck Island]
I do not renege on a bargain once struck, but we agreed on ends only, the means
[caresses her hair]

Captain Barbossa:
are mine to decide.
Tia Dal...

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[Why the government isn't involved if it's so important]

Jim Barnes:
Here's the reason. The vast amount of brains, talents, special skills, and research facilities necessary for this project are not ...

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As Dauntless, we fight to protect every life inside the fence, without fail. That's why we train you the way we do. To teach you not to give up. | As Dauntless we fight to protect every life inside...

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Madame Leota:
What are you doing?
Jim:
Hey, you leave me alone. Just get out of here and leave me alone.
Madame Leota:
Oh, I see. You're just going to sit there, feeling sorry for yourself.
Jim:
Te...

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Moses:
Where have you been?
Malak:
Watching you fail.
Moses:
Wars of attrition take time.
Malak:
At this rate, it will take years. A generation.
Moses:
I am prepared to fight for that long.
Malak...

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- I'm so sorry.- No... - That was such a fail on my part.- It's OK... - Wait, let me...- It's fine. We can... I can do better than that. - Can we try again?- Sure. Mulligan. - Let's... Why don't we?-...

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Goro:
To what do we owe the honor of your visit, Shang Tsung?
Shang Tsung:
I've come to warn you that Kung Lao's descendant is competing in the tournament. You must handle him carefully.

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Telly Paretta:
What have you done with him? Why did you take him? What do you want?
A Friendly Man:
It's an experiment.
Telly Paretta:
He's just a little boy! What could you possibly learn from him?...

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Volmer:
You're quite right - the water is toxic unless it's purified properly. That Baron's only problem was using unwilling subjects. We've come along way in the past two hundred years. Now, we have ...

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Captain Christopher Newport:
All these months at sea. I'm weary of looking further. This place will serve. We have deep water to the shore. We can see up and down the river. Our enemies will have no a...

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[Mike notices that his settings on the Scare Simulator had been set to the Lowest Difficult instead of the Highest like the others, which is how he was able to mysteriously make a Record Breaking...

 - 01:11
Sirocco • 1951

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Col. Feroud:
Why don't you do both? Take the money and kill me too.
Emir Hassan:
You want to die? Why do you want to die?
Col. Feroud:
I only want to arrange a truce. Cease fire for 24 hours, so tha...

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Capt. Logan:
I want to speak with you, son.
[looks at Bill]

Capt. Logan:
Alone, please, Bill.
[Bill goes outside]

Capt. Logan:
All right, sit down. What am I gonna do with you, huh? You can't be.....

S01 • E03  - 00:43
Buffy the Vampire Slayer • 1997 • Season 1 • Episode 3

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Jeepers. Despite the terrible thingthat happened yesterday, we still have to picknew cheerleaders. If you make the team, you'll find your namesposted in the quad after lunch. Let's beginwith group...

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[first lines]

Evey Hammond:
[voiceover]
Remember, remember, the Fifth of November, the Gunpowder Treason and Plot. I know of no reason why the Gunpowder Treason should ever be forgot... But what of t...

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l cannot. We're all God's instruments,whether we like it or not. All we can do is keep faith. Even though l admit lsometimes find that hard to do. We all fail at faith, you know? That's why we must...

S01 • E05  - 00:50
Intelligence • 2020 • Season 1 • Episode 5

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What do you want? Question for you -- Why are two
u.S. Intelligence officers In mexico
looking for your daughter? I-I-I don't know. I had nothing
to do with it, though. Is mackenzie okay? You were war...

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Rusty Parker:
I get so tired, Danny. This way it takes so long before you get anywhere. If you can get there quicker, why shouldn't you?
Danny McGuire:
Look, Chicken, when you get there quick, you're...

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Sheriff of Nottingham:
Now I have heard that Robin Hood may still be alive. Either tell me where he may be hiding, or you wll all hanged and we will catch him anyway and do the same thing to him.
Wil...

 - 00:34
Dune • 1984

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Paul:
[sees Thufir]
My God.
[inner voice]

Paul:
They've taken your mind.
[out loud]

Paul:
Gurney, I see Thufir Hawat among the captives. Let him stand free.
Feyd-Rautha:
[turns towards Thufir]
Th...

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Daniel:
My father was an exceptional man!
[pause]

Daniel:
He may not have been a perfect man, but he was a good man, and he loved us. All I wanted to do today was to give him a dignified send-off. I...

S01  - 00:46
Sonic the Hedgehog 2 • 2022 • Season 1

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Sonic: [both are on the beach after Knuckles saved him from drowning] You saved me?
Knuckles: Don't talk to me. I'm not in the mood
[Sonic throws a sandball at him]
Knuckles: How dare you attack me in...

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[at the gym, Lindsey and Robin are wearing boxing gloves and are hitting punching-bags]

Robin:
You know what's happening here? You're being colonized.
Lindsey Meeks:
What?
Robin:
Colonized. It's li...

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Michael Corleone:
What's wrong with being a lawyer?
Kay Corleone:
Nothing, except he doesn't want it. He loves music he wants his life to be in music.
Michael Corleone:
Well, music is great. I love ...

S01 • E24  - 00:53
Lost • 2004 • Season 1 • Episode 24

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I can carry all the sticks in my pack. The more insulation we stuff in,the better. I think we should split 'em up. What? It's not smart to keep it all together,so we split 'em up. If we need three...

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Bruce Wayne:
All the circuses back east, burying an empty box.
Diana Prince:
They don't know how to honor him, except as a soldier.
Bruce Wayne:
I've failed him... in life. I won't fail him in death...

Scene Description:
a man and a woman are standing in a graveyard.

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[Mark's first meeting with John du Pont]

John du Pont:
You look good. You look strong. Fit.
Mark Schultz:
Thank you, sir.
John du Pont:
Feeling confident?
[Mark nods yes]

John du Pont:
That's one...

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Take the cow and go home. I was just trying to help. Magic beans? We've no reasonto believe they're magic. Are we to dispel thiscurse through deceit? No one would have given himmore for this creature....

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Cut? At the end of each stage of training,the lowest-ranking Initiates will be leaving us. To do what? There's no going home to your families,so you'd live factionless. Why didn't we know that? It's a...

 - 00:35
Tenet • 2020

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Child's play? They're inside airport security, they have to worry about climate control not armed raid.
Neil:
So how do we get enough fire power through the perimeter to trigger the lockdown procedure. That wall of Freeport.
The Protagonist:
You've got something?

Scene Description:
a white car is parked in a parking lot next to a building.

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Yes. Yes... I would need a plan of the place. If you could get one, we could meetat the Saint Sophia mosque. - Like we were tourists.- Why don't you ask me that Later? Now what are you looking for?...

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Steve Wozniak:
I was angry. You were saying things about the Apple II, and the way you were treating the team...
Steve Jobs:
Woz, you get a free pass for life. I gotta get back on stage; we got like,...

Scene Description:
two men sit next to each other, one of which is wearing a brown jacket.

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Elrond:
Strangers from distant lands, friends of old, you have been summoned here to answer the threat of Mordor. Middle Earth stands upon the brink of destruction; none can escape it. You will unite ...

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[meeting with producer mogul Jon Peters for the first time]

Kevin:
He goes, "It's pending approval of the producer." I said, "Who's the producer?" They said, "Jon Peters. Meet with him." Jon Peters, ...

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Riley Poole:
Okay, Ben, pay attention. I've brought you to the Library of Congress. Why? Because it's the biggest library in the world. Over 20 million books. And they're all saying the same exact thi...

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[Mr. Thackeray, retaining his calm manner after excoriating the female students for their disgusting and sluttish behavior, returns to his classroom with the windows open after the females got ridden...

 - 00:28
Bobby • 2006

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rogram, nor with a resolution. But we can perhaps remember, if only for a time, that those who live with us are our brothers, that they share with us the same short moment of life; that they seek, as do we , nothing but the chance to live out their lives in purpose and in happiness, winning what satisfaction and fulfillment they can. Surely, this bond of common faith, this bond of common goal, can begin

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Madame C.J. Walker:
See, ladies, you don't have to define yourself by your current station in life. But only by your vision of who you become. Today you see a success. And I hear many of you say, "But...

Scene Description:
a woman with her eyes closed and her eyes closed.

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Jack Byrnes:
I don't care if they did call you Larry Poppins. You are completely unfit to handle a child.
Greg Focker:
It was Barry Poppins.
Jack Byrnes:
What kind of sick cocktail were you going to...

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Dr. T.H. Moss:
You came to find our little Rowan. But it is we who found you, just as we intended to do.
Edward Malus:
I don't understand. Rowan was missing. I had to come. I had a letter. Willow, te...

Scene Description:
a man in a white shirt holding a gun that has the word war on it.

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Why did Kimble kill his wife? For the money. For the money? He's a doctor.He's already rich. She was richer. Is this the entire Chicago police file? - That's everything.- I want to do all the...

S01 • E18  - 00:58
Blindspot • 2015 • Season 1 • Episode 18

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Well, I've seen worse. I'll need a week. You've got ten hours. That is much less time! Uh, all right, um... I'll need to scan all the paintings first. Wait, why? This is the onlyone that's been...

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Mr. Darcy:
[in his letter to Elizabeth]
Dear Miss Elizabeth Bennet, I'm not writing to renew the sentiments that were so disgusting to you. But to address the two offenses you accuse me of. I did not ...

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Frank Allen:
[giving speech]
The relationship between time and you is always one of master and slave. List making - it is your anchor, your harbor in the storm of life. Start each morning with your wi...

Scene Description:
a sign that says " efficiency seminar " on it.

 - 00:26
Bananas • 1971

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Howard Cosell:
They approach one another cautiously. Nothing unique about that. Now, Mellish begins to make his moves - and so does Nancy. The two are working together, closely. The action growing mor...

S01 • E06  - 01:02
The Last of Us • 2023 • Season 1 • Episode 6

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I've lost somethin'. I'm failin' in my sleep. That's all I do. It's all I've ever done is fail her again and again. You want me to take her. I'm just gonnaget her killed. I know it. I have to leave...

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Oracle:
The great and powerful Oracle. We meet at last. I suppose you've been expecting me, right? The all-knowing Oracle is never surprised. How can she be, she knows everything. But If that's true, ...

Scene Description:
a blue glass dish with a face on it

S01 • E09  - 00:46
The Flash • 2014 • Season 1 • Episode 9

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if Judge Hankerson was gonna sign this, he would have done so already. Look, I'm sure you don't wantthis investigation to get any more public than it'salready been, do you, doctor? This has Harrison...

 - 01:18
Miracle • 2004

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Herb Brooks:
All-star teams fail because they rely solely on the individual's talent. The Soviets win because they take that talent and use it inside a system that's designed for the betterment of the...

Scene Description:
a hockey player wearing a blue and white jersey with the number 4 on it.

Transcript:
We interrupt thisto take you live to an announcement... -What the fuck is he doing?-...by James Turner, local head of the Kira investigation. Oh, shit. Those of you that harbored any illusionsabout...

S01 • E09  - 00:59
The Flash • 2014 • Season 1 • Episode 9

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I've been going over the data, and I still don't know whythe containment system failed. I must have missed something. I'm sorry. it's not your fault, Cisco. But if you both feel the needto apologize...

 - 04:04
Miracle • 2004

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Walter Bush:
[after Herb has selected his final roster after one day of tryouts]
Herb! Herb! Hey, Herb!
Herb Brooks:
Oh, hey, Walter. How are we doing?
Walter Bush:
I think we have a problem, Herb. ...

Scene Description:
a man wearing glasses and a brown blazer is holding a pen in his hand.

 - 02:58
Pearl • 2022

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Pearl: How did you find that?Ruth:I'm not blind to what goes around here. Take your dinner and stay in the bunkhouse.Pearl:But it's freezing out there!Ruth:You should've thought of that before putting...

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¿Qué decía? La aseguradora, la nueva auditoría. Sí. No es una decisión fácil. Hace tres años,cuando mi abuelo me dejó las riendas de la empresa, el negocio ya empezaba a hundirse. Mi primer trabajofue...

 - 00:53
Dark • 2017 • Episode 7

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Ja? Wusstest du, dass dein Schwiegervater 1986im Fall meines Bruders aussagen sollte? -Nein.-Ich bin alle Unterlagen durchgegangen. Helge sollte zur Befragung am Dienstag,11. November 1986. Also...

S01 • E05  - 00:42
Reacher • 2022 • Season 1 • Episode 5

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Was there any kindof file cabinet or lockbox - in Gray's house when he died?- No. - Nothing.- Any other place he might have keptsomething important? The only places Gray spent time werethe station and...