The Siege of Jadotville (2016)
Jamie Dornan: Patrick Quinlan
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Quotes
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Pat Quinlan : Not many Frenchmen like German tacticians. It only took them two weeks to take over your entire country.
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Charles Cooley : What's it like getting shot?
Pat Quinlan : I wouldn't recommend it.
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[first lines]
Pat Quinlan : [narrating] I once heard a man say that, in Africa, the sun is like a furnace that either melts you or forges you.
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General McEntee : Carry out your orders, commandant. Hold your ground. Defend Jadotville.
Pat Quinlan : With what? A firm tone?
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Rene Faulques : You are out numbered twenty to one. Your position is untenable.
Pat Quinlan : Well, I see a lot of dead men lying around, but none of them are mine.
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John Gorman : I felt scared.
Pat Quinlan : It's only natural.
John Gorman : No, that's not it. I was scared. But then I liked it. The killing.
Pat Quinlan : It's what you're trained to do.
John Gorman : *You* didn't like it.
Pat Quinlan : Each man reacts differently to killing another man. None of us have done this before. Talk to me in a few days.
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Pat Quinlan : We'll hold out until our last bullet is spent. We could do with that whiskey.
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Pat Quinlan : [briefing new troops] Nobody has shot at you, tried to kill you before. You are war virgins.
