Patty Hearst (1988)
Ving Rhames: Cinque
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Quotes
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Patricia Hearst : The important thing is the struggle.
Cinque : Why should we take you? What good are you - to us?
Patricia Hearst : I know the enemy. I'm the expert.
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Cinque : My babies, Daddy can't come home. I have to fight for you and for those who must stay home or have not the courage or lack the clear understanding that the greatest gift they could give their children is freedom. I give you all I can. Life without fear. Love with a future. Understanding that the price of freedom is daring to struggle, daring to win.
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Cinque : My name is Cin.
Patricia Hearst : Like the devil?
Cinque : Cinque. I'm the General Field Marshall of the Symbionese Liberation Army.
Patricia Hearst : What's that?
Cinque : Everybody know about the SLA.
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Cinque : Any trouble from you and we hang you from the ceiling by your feet like the dead *pig* you are. Barnyard slaughter. And don't be thinking rescue, baby. FBI come, you get our first bullet. Police come, you go. Dead twigs snap outside, dogs bark, birds sing - *oink*!
Patricia Hearst : When will you let me go?
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Cinque : There's a revolution going on in this country. The people have declared war on the fascist American government. The Revolution is happening right now, bitch! In good ole fascist A-mer-i-ca!
Patricia Hearst : Against me?
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Cinque : Other revolutionary movements when they capture a prisoner they give them a choice. Fight or die. Join or die.
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Cinque : Take your clothes off, Patty.
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Patricia Hearst : Say, the other units - are they going to help us rob the bank?
Cinque : What other units? This is it, baby. We the whole army.
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Cinque : *All* freedom fighters are beautiful.
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Cinque : See that.
Patricia Hearst : What?
Cinque : At this hour, it could be pigs. Undercover pigs pretending to be queers.
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Cinque : The people love you Tania. Giving up your past life to become a freedom fighter. You are a symbol to them!
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Teko : You know what the newspapers say?
Yolanda : You really joined us now.
Teko : Only, we don't believe you.
Patricia Hearst : Why? What do we have to do?
Yolanda : We want you to know.
Teko : We're watching you.
Yolanda : You think you're fooling us?
Teko : You're not.
Yolanda : One day you're going to fuck up.
Teko : We're going to blow your fucking brains out.
Cinque : Lighten up! You no more bourgeois than you two suckers.
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Cinque : I'm an animal. I'm a machine. My body is steel! And last night, I had a vision. Don't need no more safe houses. Revolution is happening too fast. We go out at night. Kill pigs. Take over a different house every morning.
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Cinque : I am a prophet. I am here, on this earth, for a special purpose. To write a book. A real book. With real truth and real knowledge. Yes! Cause I have been there with the people. Fought with them. Touched them. Fucked them. Till they saw God.
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Cinque : Yes, you know me. I'm the nigger you hunted and feared, night and day. I'm the nigger you have killed hundreds of my people in the vain hope of finding. You know me. I'm the nigger who is no longer just hunted, robbed, and murdered. I'm the nigger that hunts *you* now. You have hunted and robbed, exploited us. Now we are the hunters that will give you no rest. Death to the fascist insect that preys upon the life of the people.
