Gattaca - Andrew Niccol Flashcards

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“I not only think that we will…”

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“…tamper with Mother Nature, I think Mother wants us to.” (Willard Gaylin)
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“Consider God’s…”

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“…handiwork; who can straighten what he hath made crooked?” (Ecclesiastes 7:13)
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Old md: “You keep your….”

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“…workspace so clean, Jerome.”

J “it’s next to godliness, isn’t thy what they say?”

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Irene “if you’re going to…”

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“…pretend like you don’t care - don’t look up.”

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“I’ll never understand what…”

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“…possessed my mother to put her faith in gods hands rather than those of her local geneticist.” (Flashback)

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Father: “no, uh…”

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“…Vincent anton” (flashback)

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“From an early age…”

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“…I came to think of myself as others thought of me - chronically ill.” (Flashback)

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Doctor “believe me, we…”

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“…have enough imperfection built in already.” (Flashback)

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“Anton was by far the…”

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“…strongest swimmer, and he had no excuse to fail.”

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“How many astronauts are…”

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“…there anyway? I bet I could be one, if I wanted.” (Flashback)

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“There’s a change there’s…”

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“…nothing wrong with me.” “One change in a hundred” “-well it take it, alright?” (Flashback)

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“My real résumé…”

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“…was in my cells.” (Flashback)

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“It was the one moment in…”

“It was the moment that…”

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“…our lives that my brother was not as strong as he believed, and I was not as weak.” (Flashback)

“…made everything else possible.”

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“I belonged to an new…”

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“…underclass no longer determined by your social status or the colour of your skin, no. We now have discrimination down to a science.” (Flashback)

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“There is no…”

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“…gene for fate.” (Flashback)

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“…I took my mind off the pain by…”

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“…reminding myself that when I eventually did stand up, I’d be exactly 2inches closer to the stars.” (Flashback)

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J “Jerome morrow was…”

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“…never meant to be second on the podium.” (Flashback)

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“He (Eugene) suffered…”

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“…under a different burden - the burden of perfection.”

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J “If at first you…”

“I couldn’t even…”

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“…don’t succeed, try, try again”

“…get that right.”

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V “oh I’m sorry…”

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“…the wind caught it.”

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(About Irene) “you are the…”

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“…authority on what’s not possible.”

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“You want to know…”

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“…how I did it? … I never saved anything for the swim back.”

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“For someone who..”

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“…was never meant for this world, I must confess, I’m suddenly having a hard time leaving it. Of course they say every atom in our bodies was once part of a star; maybe I’m not leaving - maybe I’m going home.”