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Connor: I'm very pleased to have joined the team. I can assure you I'll do my very best—
Captain Fowler: Close the door on your way out.

Jules-Pierre Mao: Madame Under-Secretary, I appreciate you coming—
Chrisjen Avasarala: Just get to the fucking point!

Shendu: Behold the triumphant return of my sister, Po Kong the Mountain Demon!
Ratso: (Must be his big sister.)
Po Kong: Enough fanfare. What's for supper?

Bandit: (to Sheriff Justice on C.B.) You must be part coon dog. 'Cause I've been chased by the best of 'em, but you make 'em all look like they're running in slow motion. Just want to tell you that.
Sheriff Buford T. Justice: (a bit humbled) Well, thank you kindly, Mr. Bandit. And may I just say that as the pursuer, you're about the God damndest pursuee I ever pursued. Now that the mutual bullshit is over...WHERE ARE YOU, YOU SUM'BITCH??!!

Minister Tua: Ah, Grand Moff Tarkin. I am honoured by your visit to Lothal.
Grand Moff Tarkin: My visit is hardly an honour, Minister.

Olga: I thank you for coming here, Miss Campbell.
Grace: Don't. Don't start with the platitudes. Just tell me what you want.

Weyoun: Captain Sisko, I can't tell you how happy I am to see you again.
Sisko: I wish I could say the same.
Weyoun: How delightful. You feel comfortable enough around me to make jokes. I'm so pleased to see our relationship evolving beyond the stale adversarial stage.
Sisko: No, it's not, but before you twist that into a compliment, let me be blunt. I don't like the Dominion, I don't like what it stands for, and I don't like you. So let's dispense with the hollow pleasantries and stick to business.
Star Trek: Deep Space Nine, "In the Cards"

"Look, Quail. I don’t have time for the preliminaries, and to be honest, I’m pretty unhappy with you right now. So let’s pretend you’ve already put up a spirited resistance to my questioning and just tell me: who set me up? Because if I have to ask again, it’s your kneecap."
Darian Frey, Retribution Falls

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