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"[To Bernstein, getting on an elevator] Is there any place you don't smoke?"
"This is terrific work, if you like rejection."
"Hi, I'm Bob Woodward of the Washington Post—and—what's that?--you've never heard of me?--I can't help that—you don't believe I'm with the Post?--what do you want me to do, Madam, shout "extra--extra"?"
"[about Martha Mitchell] I just don't get it; a CREEP secretary being scared, that's one thing. But what does the wife of one of the most powerful men in America have to be afraid of?"
"Robert Walden - Donald Segretti"
"Penny Fuller - Sally Aiken"
"Stephen Collins - Hugh W. Sloan"
"Ned Beatty - Martin Dardis"
"Meredith Baxter - Debbie Sloan"
"Jane Alexander - Judy Hoback"
"Jason Robards - Ben Bradlee"
"Hal Holbrook - Deep Throat"
"Martin Balsam - Howard Simons"
"Jack Warden - Harry M. Rosenfeld"
"Robert Redford - Bob Woodward"
"Dustin Hoffman - Carl Bernstein"
"The most devastating detective story of the century!"
"At times it looked like it might cost them their jobs, their reputations, and maybe even their lives."
"White House spokesman: On the record let me say just this: the story is totally untrue. On background, I'd like to add that Bob Haldeman is one of the greatest public servants this country has ever had and the story is a goddamned lie."
"The head of security for the reelection of a Republican President got caught bugging the national offices of the Democrats? What the hell does that mean?"
"Hugh Sloan, Jr.: I've been looking for a job but it's been... hard. My name's been in the papers too much. Sometimes I wonder if reporters understand how much pain they can inflict in just one sentence. I'm not thinking of myself. But my wife, my parents, it's been very rough on them. I wish I could put down on paper what it's like—you come to Washington because you believe in something, and then you get inside and you see how things actually work and you watch your ideals disintegrate. The people inside, the people in the White House, they start to believe they can suspend the rules because they're fulfilling a mission. That becomes the only important thing—the mission. It's so easy to lose perspective. We want to get out before we lose ours altogether."
"John Mitchell: All that crap, you're putting it in the paper? It's all been denied. You tell your publisher—tell Katie Graham she's gonna get her tit caught in a big fat wringer if that's published. Good Christ! That's the most sickening thing I ever heard."
"Richard Nixon: The White House has had no involvement whatever in this particular incident."
"[to Ben Bradlee] Benjy, we got a present for you. Above the fold on page one for sure. It may not change our lives one way or the other. Just a good, solid piece of American Journalism that The New York Times doesn't have."
"[to Woodward] I can't sell hints to Simons—you called everyone you know? Call someone you don't know."
"Woodward, Bernstein, you're both on the story, now don't fuck it up."
"You know the results of the latest Gallup Poll? Half the country never even heard of the word Watergate. Nobody gives a shit. You guys are probably pretty tired, right? Well, you should be. Go on home, get a nice hot bath. Rest up... 15 minutes. Then get your asses back in gear. We're under a lot of pressure, you know, and you put us there. Nothing's riding on this except the, uh, first amendment to the Constitution, freedom of the press, and maybe the future of the country. Not that any of that matters, but if you guys fuck up again, I'm gonna get mad. Goodnight."
"WOODSTEIN!"
"Now hold it, hold it. We're about to accuse Mr. Haldeman, who only happens to be the second most important man in America, of conducting a criminal conspiracy from inside the White House. It would be nice if we were right."
"I can't do the reporting for my reporters, which means I have to trust them. And I hate trusting anybody."
"Once when I was reporting, Lyndon Johnson's top guy gave me the word they were looking for a successor to J. Edgar Hoover. I wrote it and the day it appeared Johnson called a press conference and appointed Hoover head of the FBI for life... And when he was done, he turned to his top guy and the President said, "Call Ben Bradlee and tell him fuck you." I took a lot of static for that—everyone said, "You did it, Bradlee, you screwed up—you stuck us with Hoover forever." I screwed up but I wasn't wrong. You guys haven't been wrong yet, is that why you're scared shitless? You should be."
"So Many Gangsters... So Little Time."
"Kai Man Tin - Axe Gang Advisor"
"Kwok Kuen Chan - Brother Sum"
"Leung Siu-Lung - The Beast"
"Chiu Chi Ling - Tailor"
"Dong Zhi Hua - Donut"
"Xing Yu - Coolie"
"Wah Yuen - Landlord"
"Qiu Yuen - Landlady"
"Chi Chung Lam - Bone"
"Stephen Chow - Sing"
"From Walking Disaster To Kung Fu Master."
"A New Comedy Unlike Anything You Have Seen Before."
"This doesn't make any sense at all."
"It's just a title.(Referring to the name The Beast)"
"Don't get me wrong! I only want to kill you, or be killed by you."
"In the world of kung fu, speed defines the winner."
"You may know kung fu... but you're still a fairy."
"[To tailor] What's with the red underwear?"