Star Trek: The Next Generation (TV Series)
Up the Long Ladder (1989)
Patrick Stewart: Captain Jean-Luc Picard
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Quotes
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Captain Jean-Luc Picard : Sometimes, Number One... you just have to... bow to the absurd.
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[Brenna argues with Picard about the plan to sustain the Mariposan colonists by merging their genetic pool with her own people's]
Captain Jean-Luc Picard : Ms. Odell, you were the one who wanted a new home.
Brenna Odell : But I don't know if I want to be Eve!
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Captain Jean-Luc Picard : They started out together. It seems only... fitting they should end up together.
Doctor Pulaski : It's a match made in heaven.
Commander William T. Riker : Unfortunately, it will have to be a shotgun wedding.
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Danilo Odell : Sir, would you happen to be married?
Captain Jean-Luc Picard : No, why?
Danilo Odell : No. Er, well, er, you see, sir, I have a daughter.
Captain Jean-Luc Picard : Felicitations!
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Captain Jean-Luc Picard : What have they done to my ship now?
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Captain Jean-Luc Picard : I must be out of my mind.
Doctor Pulaski : Starfleet will probably agree with you.
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Prime Minister Granger : They're so different.
Captain Jean-Luc Picard : It is the differences that has made us strong.
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Brenna Odell : [glancing over to Granger] What does he do again?
Captain Jean-Luc Picard : Prime Minister.
Brenna Odell : Hm... Sounds important.
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[Picard has just discoverd the source of the beacon: the SS Mariposa]
Lt. Commander Data : Mariposa. The Spanish word for "Butterfly".
Captain Jean-Luc Picard : Thank you, Data.
Lt. Commander Data : I thought it might be significant, sir.
Captain Jean-Luc Picard : It doesn't appear to be, Data.
Lt. Commander Data : No, sir.