The Substitute (1996)
Tom Berenger: Shale
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Quotes
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Shale : I'm in charge of this class. I'm the warrior chief. I'm the merciless god of anything that stirs in my universe. You fuck with me, and you will suffer my wrath.
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Principal Claude Rolle : Two of your students are in the nurse's office talking a lawsuit right now.
Shale : Why, is the nurse a lawyer?
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[Shale confronts Juan Lacas and his cronies in the library]
Shale : Ohh, I can't tell you boys how much I needed this.
Juan Lacas : When we're done, I want you to say 'I'm Sorry' 100 times.
Shale : Shh. No talking in the library.
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Shale : You don't want soldiers, you want killers.
Matt Wolfson : You know, you'll have to excuse me here Shale, 'cause I wasn't aware there was that much of a difference.
Shale : Oh, there's a difference. You wanna know what the difference is?
Matt Wolfson : Yeah, I'll play. You tell me what the difference is. But I don't want any...
Shale : [pins him to the wall] The difference is... the difference is, you're still breathing.
Shale : [about bowel sounds] Hey, that cereal really does work.
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[Claude Rolle tells Shale about how the drugs are shipped to the school via bus]
Shale : And they said busing would never work.
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[last lines]
Joey : It's definitely time to relocate.
Shale : Yeah.
Joey : It's too bad we had to fuck up the school. I feel bad for the kids tomorrow, man.
Shale : They'll be okay. At least it's their school again.
Joey : Yeah. Where the hell we gonna go, man?
Shale : Uh, how's L.A. sound?
Joey : More bomb threats.
Shale : I heard the schools out there have a major drug problem.
Joey : No! Ah, no, no more schools, man. Forget it.
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Shale : I'm sorry about those windows.
Hannah Dillon : Hey, fuck it.
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Jerome Brown : Mr. Smith, you lost any homeboys?
Shale : Yeah Jerome, I lost a few homeboys.
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Principal Claude Rolle : [Holding Shale at gunpoint] Who you working for, Shale? Who you working for?
Shale : Myself.
Principal Claude Rolle : Yeah, right! A great teacher. You're a mercenary. You're in it for the money like everybody else!
Shale : It was never about the money.
Principal Claude Rolle : It's always about the money! If it's not about the money, what the hell else is there?
Shale : I'd try to explain it to you Claude, but there's just some things that can't be taught.
[Shale overpowers Rolle and kills him]
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Shale : Tilt those little puppies over here, baby.