Cleopatra (1963)
Rex Harrison: Julius Caesar
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Julius Caesar : You all look so impressive. Any one of you could be king.
Pothinus : His Majesty King Ptolemy, kindred of Horus and Ra, beloved of Thoth...
Julius Caesar : Et cetera, et cetera; you welcome me. And I, Gaius Julius Caesar, Consul of the Roman Senate, Pontifex Maximus, et cetera, et cetera, thank you.
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Julius Caesar : [speaking of the Grand Eunuch] ... a position not acquired without some, shall we say, sacrifices?
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Julius Caesar : Two hours until dawn. We will hold where we are.
Agrippa : And what happens at dawn?
Julius Caesar : I thought you knew. The sun comes up.
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Julius Caesar : [to Cleopatra] You, a descendant of generations of inbred, incestuous, mental defectives!
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Julius Caesar : Ah, yes. I seem to recall some mention of an obsession you have about your divinity... Isis, is it not?
Cleopatra : I shall have to insist that you mind what you say. I AM Isis. I am worshipped by millions who believe it. You are not to confuse what I am with the so-called divine origin which every Roman general seems to acquire together with his shield. It was, uh, Venus you chose to be descended from, wasn't it?
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Julius Caesar : Germanicus! A guard to escort Queen Cleopatra to her apartments.
Germanicus : Guard!
Cleopatra : The corridors are dark gentlemen, but you mustn't be afraid. I am with you.
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Julius Caesar : [after the execution of Pothinus] Return Apollodorus's dagger to him, but clean it first. It has Pothinus all over it.
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Cleopatra : Catullus doesn't approve of you. Why haven't you had him killed?
Julius Caesar : Because *I* approve of *him.*
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Cleopatra : We've gotten off to a bad start. I've done noting but rub you the wrong way.
Julius Caesar : I'm not sure I want to be rubbed by you at all.
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Julius Caesar : When can you start?
Canidius : Whenever you say.
Julius Caesar : Then at once. And in Rome, Marc Antony is to speak for Caesar. There is to be no question about his authority to act in my name.
Canidius : His word will be yours. And as always, Caesar's word will be law.
Julius Caesar : Of course. And remind him to keep his legions intact. They make the law legal.
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Julius Caesar : I find I can tell more about the quality of merchandise by examining the back side first.
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Julius Caesar : Isis herself would surrender her place in heaven to be as beautiful as you.
Cleopatra : You're not supposed to look at me. No one is.
Julius Caesar : Well if they aren't looking, how can they know that I am.
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Julius Caesar : [to Cleopatra] Daughter of an idiotic flute-playing drunkard who bribed his way to the throne of Egypt. I've had my fill with the smug condescension of you worn-out pretenders, parading on the ruins of your past glories.
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Agrippa : Nothing bores me so much as an intellectual!
Julius Caesar : Makes a better admiral of you, Agrippa.
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Cleopatra : You can do what you want with your time.
Julius Caesar : Everything but make it stand still.
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Julius Caesar : Why are the eyes of a statue always without life?
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Rufio : "In obtaining her objectives, she has been known to use torture, poison... and even her own sexual talents, which are said to be considerable. Her lovers, I am told, are listed more easily by number than by name. It is said that she chooses in the manner of a man... rather than wait to be chosen after womanly fashion." Well, there's more reason than we thought... for not wanting to leave you two alone, eh, sir'?
Julius Caesar : I'm sorry, Rufio, I wasn't listening.
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Julius Caesar : Trust? Not for a minute. "Trust." The word has always made me apprehensive. Like wine, whenever I've tried it, the aftereffects have not been good.
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Julius Caesar : [to Cleopatra] Have you broken out of your nursery, young lady, to come irritate the adults?
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Theodotos : May I speak? You know that Achilles is trapped... between your own legions and the armies of Mithradates. To send His Majesty to fight them may mean his death.
Julius Caesar : An occupational hazard for those who will be king.
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Marc Antony : There's not enough gold in Egypt to buy the honor of a Roman senator.
Julius Caesar : More than enough, it seems, to buy his vote.
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Julius Caesar : This is opposition of a different sort. They weave it cleverly, lightly, like a cobweb. You know what happens when cobwebs are not regularly swept away.
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Julius Caesar : Well, there's no such thing as an unimportant war.
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Julius Caesar : One lifetime is not enough for such dreams, such ambitions.