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Gladiator
- "While stands the Colosseum, Rome shall stand.
When falls the Colosseum, Rome shall fall.
And when Rome falls -- the World."
- "When a man sees his end he wants to know there has been some purpose to his life." - Marcus Aurelius
- "Whatever comes out of these gates, we've got a better chance of survival if we work together. Do you understand? If we stay together, we survive." - Maximus
- "Ultimately, we're all dead men. Sadly, we cannot choose how, but... we can decide how we meet that end, so that we are remembered...as men." -Proximo
- "I knew a man who once said, 'Death smiles at us all. All a man can do is smile back.'" - Maximus
- "Whisper to them that I live only to hold them again, for all else is dust and air." - Maximus
- "What am I going to do with you? You simply won't die." -Commodus
- "The general who became a slave. The slave who became a gladiator. The gladiator who defied an emperor. Striking story!" -Commodus
- "Is Rome worth one good man's life? We believed it once, make us believe it again. He was a soldier of Rome. Honor him." -Lucilla
- "He sleeps so well because he is loved." -Commodus
- "Why don't they know they're already dead?" -Maximus
- "One kind word, one full hug while you pressed me to your chest and held me tight, would have been like the sun on my heart for a thousand years.... What is it in me you hate so much? All I ever wanted was to live up to you, Caesar, Father. Father, I would butcher the whole world if you would only loved me!" -Commodus
- "I am a slave! What possible difference can I make?" -Maximus
- "What we do in life echoes in eternity." -Maximus
- "Life is a gift from our fathers to us. Who are you to give it up for lack of lifting a spoon?" -Juba
- "In this life, we all die. All we can choose is how we die. And how we are remembered. Be remembered proudly.* -Proximo
- "My name is Maximus Decimus Meridius, Commander of the Armies of the North, General of the Felix Legions, loyal servant to the true emperor, Marcus Aurelius. Father to a murdered son, husband to a murdered wife. And I will have my vengeance, in this life or the next." -Maximus
- "Better to die for a friend than to die for gold." -Juba
- "I don't pretend to be a man of the people. But I do try to be a man for the people." -Gracchus
- "We mortals are but shadows and dust." -Proximo
- Maximus "Do you find it difficult to do your duty?"
Cicero: "Sometimes I do what I want to do. The rest of the time, I do what I have to."
- "The beating heart of Rome is not the marble of the Senate, it's the sand of the Colosseum. He'll bring them death and they will love him for it." -Gracchus
- Gracchus: "He enters Rome like a conquering hero. But what has he conquered?"
Falco: "Give him time, Gracchus. He's young, he may do very well."
Gracchus: "For Rome, Falco? Or for you?"
- "The general who became a slave. The slave who became a gladiator. The gladiator who defied an emperor. Striking story! But now, the people want to know how the story ends. Only a famous death will do. And what could be more glorious than to challenge the Emperor himself in the great arena?"
- Maximus: "You would fight me?"
Commodus: "Why not? Do you think I am afraid?"
Maximus: "I think you've been afraid all your life."
- Lucilla: "I want to help you."
Maximus: "Yes, you can help me... Forget you ever knew me, and never come back here again."
- Quintus: "People should know when they are conquered."
Maximus: "Would you, Quintus? Would I?"
- Marcus: "When was the last time you were home?"
Maximus: "Two years, two hundred and sixty-four days and this morning."
- "Five thousand of my men are out there in the freezing mud. Three thousand of them are bloodied and cleaved. Two thousand will never leave this place. I will not believe they fought and died for nothing." -Maximus
- "There was a dream that was Rome. You could only whisper it. Anything more than a whisper and it would vanish, it was so fragile." -Marcus Aurelius
- "I may die here in this cell or in the arena tomorrrow. What possible difference can I make?" -Maximus
- "He will bring them death, and they will love him for it." -Gracchus
- Gracchus: "But the Senate IS the people, sire. Chosen from AMONG the people. To speak FOR the people."
Commodus: "I doubt if any of the people eat so well as you, Gracchus. Or have such splendid mistresses, Gaius."
- "Listen to me. Learn from me. I was not the best because I killed quickly. I was the best because the crowd loved me. Win the crowd and you will win your freedom." -Proximo
- Marcus: "You have proven your valor once again, Maximus. Let us hope for the last time."
Maximus: "There is no one left to fight, sire."
Marcus: "There is always someone left to fight. How can I reward Rome's greatest general?"
Maximus: "Let me go home."
Marcus: "Ah, home."
- Marcus: "Won't you accept this great honor that I have offered you?"
Maximus: "With all my heart, no."
Marcus: "Maximus, that is why it must be you."
- "You have a great name. He must kill your name before he kills you." -Juba
- "Marcus Aurelius had a dream that was Rome, Proximo. This is not it. This is not it!" -Maximus
- Maximus: "You ask me what I want. I too want to stand up to the Emperor as you did."
Proximo: "Then listen to me. Learn from me. I wasn't the best because I killed quickly. I was the best because the crowd loved me. Win the crowd. You will win your freedom."
Maximus: "I will win the crowd. I will give them something they have never seen before."
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