Star Trek: The Next Generation (TV Series)
Time's Arrow (1992)
Brent Spiner: Lieutenant Commander Data
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Commander William T. Riker : It's just that our mental pathways have become accustomed to your sensory input patterns.
Lt. Commander Data : Hm. I understand. I am also fond of you, Commander. And you as well, Counselor.
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[Data has not been included in the away team]
Lt. Commander Data : Sir, it is standard procedure that the Second Officer accompany the away team.
Captain Jean-Luc Picard : Yes, yes, Mr. Data, I'm aware of that.
Lt. Commander Data : Then I must assume your decision is related to the discovery on Earth.
Captain Jean-Luc Picard : I think it is reasonable to take precautions.
Lt. Commander Data : Captain, there is no rational justification for this course.
Captain Jean-Luc Picard : Then I'll be irrational!
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Lt. Commander Data : I have often wondered about my own mortality, as I have seen others around me age. Until now, it has been theoretically possible that I would live an unlimited period of time. And although some might find this attractive, to me it only reinforces the fact that I am... artificial.
Lt. Commander Geordi La Forge : I never knew how tough this must be for you.
Lt. Commander Data : Tough? As in difficult?
Lt. Commander Geordi La Forge : Knowing that you would outlive all your friends.
Lt. Commander Data : I expected to make new friends.
Lt. Commander Geordi La Forge : True.
Lt. Commander Data : And then to outlive them as well.
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Doorman : Sir, unless you leave this house immediately, I will send for the police.
Lt. Commander Data : That is an excellent idea. I will wait for them in there.
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Joe Falling Hawk : [seeing Data for the first time] Paleface!
Seaman : Well, I don't like Easterners, personally.
Lt. Commander Data : I am a Frenchman.
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Lt. Commander Data : It provides a sense of completion to my future. In a way, I am not that different from anyone else. I can now look forward to death.
Lt. Commander Geordi La Forge : Never thought of it that way.
Lt. Commander Data : One might also conclude that it brings me one step closer to being human. I am mortal.
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Lt. Commander Data : It seems clear that my life is to end in the late 19th century.
Commander William T. Riker : Not if we can help it.
Lt. Commander Data : There is no way anyone can prevent it, sir. At some future date, I will be transported back to 19th-century Earth, where I will die. It has occurred. It will occur.
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Jack London : Looks like the missus booted you out in the middle of the night.
Lt. Commander Data : [looks down on his uniform] Ah. I understand the source of your misperception. However, this is not sleepwear, and I do not have a missus.
Jack London : [still looking skeptical] Well...
Lt. Commander Data : I am a Frenchman.
Jack London : Oh. Well, everybody's from somewhere. Now, that doesn't matter at this hotel. It's six bits a day, or four dollars a week.
Lt. Commander Data : I have no money.
Jack London : Well, now, that matters!
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Jack London : Isn't that what makes America great?
Lt. Commander Data : To what are you referring?
Jack London : Well, a man rides into town in his pajamas, wins a grub stake at a poker table, turns it into a horseless carriage and makes a million bucks. That's America!
Lt. Commander Data : I believe I have given you an erroneous impression.
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Lt. Commander Data : It is possible, sir, that the events leading to my death will not occur for years, even centuries.
Captain Jean-Luc Picard : I hope that's true, Mr. Data. Nevertheless, this investigation began with your death. I'm simply trying to see that it doesn't end that way.
Lt. Commander Data : I appreciate your concern, Captain. But, to employ an aphorism, one cannot cheat fate.
Captain Jean-Luc Picard : "Cheat fate"?
[ponders over this]
Captain Jean-Luc Picard : Perhaps we can't, Mr. Data. But at least we can give it a try.
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Captain Jean-Luc Picard : Can you predict how long this has been in the cavern?
Lt. Commander Data : Decomposition strongly indicates that life was terminated approximately five hundred years ago. That would be consistent with the other artifacts we recovered.
Commander William T. Riker : Your head is not an "artifact"!
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Lt. Commander Data : I have no need for companionship. However, I do require some supplies.
Jack London : Anything you need, I can get it for you wholesale. I can get if for you less than wholesale if, uh, you don't ask me where it came from.
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Lt. Commander Data : I am trying to find two individuals with a snake.
Beggar : [mistaking him for another beggar] A snake? You are an odd feller, aren't you? But just don't be too particular where you get your funds from.
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[Data is wandering around San Francisco, California, Earth in 1893. He sees an elderly beggar]
Beggar : Could you help out a forty niner? I fell down the shaft. I got blown over in th' tunnel.
Lt. Commander Data : That is unfortunate.
Beggar : It is most unfortunate. I require large amounts of whiskey, as a lineament.
Lt. Commander Data : I am sorry, but I do not have any whiskey to give you.
Beggar : I'll take a dime.
Lt. Commander Data : I am sorry but I do not have any legal tender.
Beggar : [understanding] Oh, we're on the same boat huh?
[as they walk down the sidewalk]
Beggar : This is my street. You better go find on of your own
Lt. Commander Data : I would be happy to do so, but I am presently in search of information.
Beggar : [thinking Data is looking for people who will give him money] Stockbrokers are cheap as hell. Don't even bother to ask. Your best handout is a young fella, with his lady. You give him a chance to show her he's generous. Steer clear of sailors! Most likely, you'll get a fist 'cross the jaw for your trouble.
Lt. Commander Data : Thank you for your advice, but I am trying to find two individuals with a snake.
Beggar : [gives Data a look] A snake? You are an odd fella, aren't you? Just don't be too particular where you get your funds from.
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Guinan : Do I know you, Mister...?
Lt. Commander Data : Data. Yes. We were on a ship together.
Guinan : I do so much traveling. What ship would that be?
Lt. Commander Data : The Enterprise.
Guinan : Is that a clipper ship?
Lt. Commander Data : It is a starship.
Samuel Clemens : Starship?