The coliseum scene from Attack of the Clones was lifted almost wholesale from A Princess of Mars, and would become iconic in its own right -- so much so that when Disney’s John Carter trailers began appearing in late 2011 featuring the
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“Why do you go away? So that you can come back. So that you can see the place you came from with new eyes and extra colors. And the people there see you differently, too. Coming back to where you started is not the same as never leaving.”
― A Hat Full of Sky
― A Hat Full of Sky
“Te occidere possunt sed te edere non possunt nefas est." (Roughly, "They can kill you, but the legalities of eating you are quite a bit dicier.")”
― Infinite Jest
― Infinite Jest
“Talent was not rare; the ability to survive having it was.”
― Quicksilver
― Quicksilver
“The truth will set you free. But not until it is finished with you.”
― Infinite Jest
― Infinite Jest
“Your talk," I said, "is surely the handiwork of wisdom because not one word of it do I understand.”
― The Third Policeman
― The Third Policeman
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