Die Hard with a Vengeance (1995)
Bruce Willis: John McClane
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Quotes
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Zeus : Why you keep calling me Jesús? I look Puerto Rican to you?
John McClane : Guy back there called you Jesús.
Zeus : He didn't say Jesús. He said, "Hey, Zeus!" My name is Zeus.
John McClane : Zeus?
Zeus : Yeah, Zeus! As in, father of Apollo? Mt. Olympus? Don't fuck with me or I'll shove a lightning bolt up your ass? Zeus! You got a problem with that?
John McClane : No, I don't have a problem with that.
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John McClane : [hands Zeus a gun, on the freighter, hiding behind a container] Here take this.
Zeus : How's it work?
John McClane : You don't know how to shoot a gun?
Zeus : Look, all brothers don't know how to shoot guns, you racist motherfucker.
John McClane : Sue me.
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John McClane : You know how to pick this lock?
Zeus : Is this some black-shit again?
John McClane : Hey will you stop that racial shit? Are you a fuckin' locksmith or not?
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John McClane : Yippee-ki-yay, motherfucker.
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John McClane : [running to get to the payphone in the park] You know this guy Simon we're talking to?
Zeus : Yeah.
John McClane : I threw his little brother off the thirty-second floor of Nakatomi Towers out in L.A. I guess he's a little pissed off about it.
Zeus : Wait a minute. You mean to tell me I'm in this shit 'cause some white cop threw some white asshole's brother off a roof?
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[McClane and Zeus are arguing over how to solve the water jug problem at the water fountain in the park]
John McClane : I'll put my foot up your ass, you dumb, mother...
Zeus : Say it! Say it!
John McClane : What?
Zeus : You were gonna call me a nigger, weren't you?
John McClane : No I wasn't!
Zeus : Yes you were! What were you gonna call me?
John McClane : Asshole! How's that, asshole!
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John McClane : [while arguing over the water jug problem at the park's fountain] I'll tell you what your problem is, you don't like me 'cause you're a racist!
Zeus Carver : What?
John McClane : You're a racist! You don't like me 'cause I'm white!
Zeus Carver : I don't like you because you're gonna get me *killed*!
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[about to call Simon with the answer to another riddle]
Zeus : No, wait, wait! It's a trick. It's a trick.
John McClane : What d'you mean?
Zeus : I forgot about the man.
John McClane : What man? Fuck the man! We got ten seconds here!
Zeus : He said, "how many were going to St. Ives," right? The riddle begins, "As I was going to St. Ives, I met a man with seven wives!" The guy and his wives aren't going anywhere.
John McClane : What are they doing?
Zeus : Sitting in the fucking road! Waiting on the moor! How the hell should I know?
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Zeus : [slowly walking up to John, seeing the billboard his wearing has an offensive phrase towards African Americans] Morning.
John McClane : Good morning.
Zeus : You having a nice day, sir? You feeling all right? Not to get too personal, but a white man standing in the middle of Harlem wearing a sign that says "I hate niggers" has either got some serious personal issues, or not all his dogs are barking.
[John yawns]
Zeus : Hey! I'm talking to you! Now you've got about ten seconds before those guys see you, and when they do they will kill you, you understand? You are about to have a very bad day.
John McClane : Tell me about it.
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Inspector Cobb : [to Simon] I can appreciate your feelings for McClane. But believe me, the jerk isn't worth it. He's stepped on so many toes in this department, by this time next month he's gonna be a security guard. His own wife wants nothing to do with him, and he's about two steps shy of becoming a full-blown alcoholic.
John McClane : [whispering] One step, *one* step.
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John McClane : [opens door of dump truck] You're a truck driver?
Jerry Parks : No I'm a beautician. Of course I'm a truck driver!
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Zeus : [after stealing the Business Man's car] That guy was pissed.
John McClane : He'll feel better when he looks in the back seat.
Zeus : Shit! That was *my* gold bar!
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Zeus : [John's driving through the park in the stolen cab, to get to the subway station payphone on the time Simon set for them] I told you 9th Avenue is the quickest way south.
John McClane : Stop all the goddamn yellin'! I know what I'm doing.
Zeus : Not even God knows what you're doing!
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John McClane : [to terrorists in a tunnel] Hi, fellas. Mickey O'Brien, aqueduct security. Hey, listen, we got a report of a guy coming through here with, uh, eight reindeer.
[shoots the terrorists]
John McClane : Yeah, they said he was a jolly, old, fat guy with a snowy, white beard. Cute little red and white suit. I'm surprised you didn't see him.
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John McClane : [about to enter the subway station to answer Simon's call on time] Listen, you fail I cover your ass. I fail you cover my ass!
Zeus Carver : [still sitting in the stolen cab] And if we both fail?
John McClane : [entering the subway station to answer Simon's call on time] Then we're both fucked!
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Zeus : [tied with John to the liquid bomb on the freighter] Damn McClane, you know I was just starting to like you.
John McClane : Yeah, well don't, I'm an asshole.
Zeus : What are you talking about, now?
John McClane : I lied to you, Zeus.
Zeus : About what?
John McClane : You remember, I said Weiss found that bomb up in Harlem?
Zeus : Yeah.
John McClane : They found it down in Chinatown.
Zeus : Oh. Oh, now that's low, even for a white motherfucker like you. That's low.
John McClane : I told you I was an asshole.
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Zeus : What the fuck are you doin'?
John McClane : Interrogatin' him.
Zeus : Well, what's he gonna tell you, "I'm dead"?
John McClane : Well, I ain't gonna know 'til I ask him, am I?
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John McClane : [Referring to The Sign of the Cross, driving in a stolen cab, trying to get to the subway phone on time]
Zeus : How do Catholics do their thing?
John McClane : North, South, West, East.
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John McClane : [after realizing that all of the city's cops are busy searching schools for Simon's bomb] What is it that Wall Street doesn't have?
Zeus : What, is this shit catching? You're talking in riddles!
John McClane : No, man, stay with me, what is it that Wall Street doesn't have?
Zeus : What?
John McClane : Schools. And what is it they've got a shitload of?
Zeus : [looking at the Federal Reserve Building] What?
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[McClane removes his shirt and pants, inside the police van that's driving to the location as Simon instructed him to]
John McClane : You know, you're the first woman since Holly to see me do this.
Connie Kowalski : I'm honored.
John McClane : Yeah, so was she.
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[after dropping McClane off in Harlem with a sign that says "I hate niggers"]
Inspector Cobb : We'll be back to pick you up in fifteen minutes.
John McClane : Take your time. I expect to be dead in four.
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[McClane and Zeus break into a car]
John McClane : You know how to hot-wire this thing?
Zeus : Of course I can, I'm an electrician. Only problem is...
[Zeus starts the ignition with his pliers]
Zeus : it takes too fuckin' long.
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Simon Gruber : [as McClane answers the pay phone] "Birds of a feather, flocked together, so do pigs & swine. As nice as their chance as well as I had mine."
John McClane : Nice. Rhymes.
Simon Gruber : Why was the phone busy, who were you calling?
John McClane : [Sarcastically] The psychic hotline.
Simon Gruber : I advise you to take this more seriously.
John McClane : Hey, this is public phone. What do you want me to say?
Simon Gruber : [Slightly annoyed] You can simply say that there was a fat woman on it and it took you a minute to get her off.
[Both McClane and Zeus give shocked faces]
Simon Gruber : Now, there's a significant amount of explosive in the trash receptacle next to you. Try to run, and it goes off now.
John McClane : We're not going to run, but I got a hundred people out here.
Simon Gruber : *That's* the point. Now, do I have your attention? "As I was going to St. Ives, I met a man with 7 wives, every wife had 7 sacks, every sack had 7 cats, every cat had 7 kittens, kittens, cats sacks and wives. How many were going to St. Ives? My number is...
John McClane : [Interrupting] Woah, whoa wait a minute I didn't get all that. Say it again.
Simon Gruber : Not a chance. My number is 555 and the answer. Call me in 30 seconds or die.
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Zeus : That's it!
John McClane : What?
Zeus : Hillary Clinton. The 42nd President.
John McClane : Nah, she'd be the 43rd President.
Zeus : Alright, alright. But who's the 21st President?
John McClane : I don't know.
Zeus : You don't know?
John McClane : No, I don't know! Do you know?
Zeus : No!
John McClane : Well?
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[last lines]
John McClane : Oh, shit.
Zeus : What? *What*?
John McClane : I left Holly hanging on hold.
Zeus : Ah, call her back.
John McClane : Uhh, she's gonna be pissed.
Zeus : She'll get over it.
John McClane : I don't know, Zeus. Like I said, she's a very stubborn woman.
Zeus : She'd have to be to stay married to you.
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Zeus : [tied with John to the liquid bomb on the freighter] If I hadn't've saved your fuckin' ass, I wouldn't be sittin' here with you about to blow up with 100 billion dollars in fuckin' gold.
John McClane : Yeah, well, I got some bad news, you're only gonna blow up with me.
Zeus : What?
John McClane : No gold on this boat.
Zeus : How do you know that?
John McClane : Cuz I know the man, I know the family. The only thing better than blowing up 100 billion dollars worth of gold is making people think you did.
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John McClane : I want you to get a hold of a guy named Cobb. Walter Cobb. C-o-b-b. He's the head of my police unit. Get him down here. Find him. Tell him you were with John McClane. And tell him to find out who the 21st president was.
Jerry Parks : Chester A. Arthur.
John McClane : What?
Jerry Parks : Chester A. Arthur. 1881 to 1885. Nominated vice-president in 1880. Did you know he was Collector of Customs right here in New York?
John McClane : [smiles] No, I didn't know that, Jerry. Take care of yourself.
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[trying to get to one of Simon's destinations on time in a stolen cab]
Zeus : I told you the Park Drive is always jammed.
John McClane : I didn't say "Park Drive."
[McClane turns the cab and drives through the park]
John McClane : I said "through the park."
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[McClane and Zeus are speeding through Central Park]
Zeus : Are you aiming for these people?
John McClane : No. Well, maybe that mime.
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FBI Agent Andy Cross : [showing pictures inside the police van] Do you recognize this guy?
John McClane : No.
FBI Agent Andy Cross : How 'bout this one?
John McClane : Mm-mm.
FBI Agent Andy Cross : How 'bout you?
[Zeus shakes head]
FBI Agent Andy Cross : Did you recognize the voice on the phone?
John McClane : No.
FBI Agent Andy Cross : Did you, uh, notice any cars following you?
John McClane : No.
Bill Jarvis, from Another Organization : Anybody following you at all? Any kind of surveillance, telephone, house, anything unusual at all?
John McClane : Well, now that you mention it, I have experienced a, you know, like a burning sensation between my toes. I thought it was just some athlete's foot or something.
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Charles Weiss : [coming into Walter's office] A nut who knows a lot about bombs. We found this in a playground. Professional. Very cool stuff. You know...
[thuds the bomb on Cobb's desk]
Charles Weiss : Boom!
Inspector Cobb : You think you should slam it around like that, Charlie?
Charles Weiss : It's unmixed. You can't hurt it. This stuff is cutting edge. It's a binary liquid.
Inspector Cobb : A what?
Charles Weiss : Like epoxi. Two liquids.
[puts a dab of the clear liquid on Cobb's desk]
Charles Weiss : Now, either one by itself,
[hits it with his shoe]
Charles Weiss : you got nothing. But, mix them...
[swirls a paper clip in both liquids and throws it at a chair, the mixture explodes violently knocking the chair across the room]
Connie Kowalski : [yelling] Charlie, you're gonna be wearin' that chair up your ass!
Inspector Cobb : [yelling] Christ almighty, Charlie!
Charles Weiss : Like I said very cool stuff. Now, with a package like this, you get a warning. Now, the bomb has to arm itself. You'll see the red liquid pump into the clear before it detonates.
John McClane : How long before?
Charles Weiss : Ten seconds, two minutes, it could be anything. But, once it's mixed, be somewhere else.
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John McClane : [referring to the dispatcher for the Coast Guard, he attempted to call] She told me to stay on the line.
[laughs]
Simon : [laughs] Oh, God, I love this country!
John McClane : You know, your brother was an asshole.
Simon : [pauses] Ha!
John McClane : You know, he really was an asshole.
Simon : He was. He was an asshole. You... you got his number.
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[McClane and Targo are fighting]
Mathias Targo : I see you all day, little man. Policeman.
[Targo kicks McClane, who is on the ground]
Mathias Targo : And you don't go away.
John McClane : Yeah, I'm that fucking Energizer bunny.
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Zeus : [running steadily to get to the park] So what's up with this L.A. thing? You famous or something?
John McClane : Yeah, for about five minutes.
Zeus : Don't tell me. Rodney King, right?
John McClane : Fuck you.
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John McClane : [driving in a stolen business man's car] This thing got airbags?
Zeus : Your side does, I don't know about mi...
[shouts]
Zeus : McClane!
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John McClane : [on the stairway of the police precinct getting ready to go to the pay phone they were instructed to by Simon] Yo, partner! Wait up.
Zeus : Hey, hey, hey, hey, I ain't your partner. I ain't your neighbor, your brother, or your friend. I'm your total stranger.
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[Simon is in one of the dumptrucks driving gold through the unfinished aqueduct]
Simon : [on a phone] Rear guard, you can close up now.
[pauses, not getting an answer]
Simon : We've reached the dam, you can come up now.
[pauses again]
Simon : Nils? You can close in now. Nils?
John McClane : [on the guard's phone] Attention! Attention! Nils is dead! I repeat, Nils is dead, fuck-head. So's his pal, and those four guys from the East German All-Stars, your boys down at the bank? They're gonna be a little late.
Simon : [on the phone] John... in the back of the truck you're driving, there's 13 billon dollars worth in gold bullion. I wonder would a deal be out of the question?
John McClane : [on the phone] Yeah, I got a deal for you. Crawl out from that rock you're hiding under, and I'll drive this truck up your ass.
Simon : [on the phone] How colorful.
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John McClane : [taking aim at a electrical extension wire that will get tangled into Simon's helicopter's propellers] Say hello to your brother.
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FBI Agent : [in the police van with FBI agents] The name Gruber mean anything to you, lieutenant?
John McClane : [remembering Hans Gruber falling from Nakatomi Towers] It rings a bell, yeah.
Ricky Walsh : L.A.
Inspector Cobb : What?
Ricky Walsh : That thing in the building in L.A.
FBI Agent : Peter Krieg was born Simon Peter Gruber. He's Hans Gruber's brother.
John McClane : [to himself] Holy shit.
FBI Agent Andy Cross : Yeah, it's that thing in L.A. We figure he's got you fitted up for a toe tag, and he's gonna do anything to get it tied.
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Inspector Cobb : [over the phone after telling him there are dump trucks driving on the FDR highway carrying gold bricks] Have you been drinking, McClane?
John McClane : No, not since this morning.
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John McClane : Why me? What does it got to do with me?
Inspector Cobb : I have no idea. He just said it had to be you.
John McClane : Well, it's nice to be needed.
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Dr. Schiller : They want you to know who's doing it to you. So this name Simon is probably not an alias. It's probably Simon or some variation.
Joe Lambert : [reading a rap sheet] Simon, Robert E. Busted in '86. Extortion. Kidnapping. 10 to 15. Did 7 years for good behavior. Released on a state work furlough two months ago.
Inspector Cobb : Check it.
John McClane : [Rick tosses something to John] Thanks, Rick. Bob Simon was a bankrupt businessman who kidnapped his partner's daughter. He's a fuck-up, not a psycho. The guy we're looking for is nuts.
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Simon Gruber : I trust you see the message. It has a proximity circuit, so please don't run.
John McClane : Yeah, I got it. We're not gonna run. How do we turn this thing off?
Simon Gruber : On the fountain, there should be two jugs. Do you see them? A five-gallon and a three-gallon. Fill one of the jugs with exactly four gallons of water, and place it on the scale, and the timer will stop. You must be precise. One ounce more or less will result in detonation. If you're still alive in five minutes, we'll speak.
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Dr. Schiller : Yes, I was saying that we're dealing with a megalomaniacal personality with possible paranoid schizo...
John McClane : Hey, hey! How 'bout we just skip down to the part where you tell me what the fuck this has to do with me, huh?
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John McClane : I had no idea Canada could be this much fun.
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Kid #1 : It's Christmas. You could steal City Hall.
John McClane : Come on.
[Zeus and John take the kids' bikes]
Kid #1 : My bike?
John McClane : Let's go. Come on.
Kid #1 : That's my bike!
Zeus : Yeah, it's Christmas!
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Gang Member : [in German] Nicht schiessen!
John McClane : [shoots him] What was that?
Mathias Targo : [kicks McClane] He said "Don't shoot!"
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John McClane : Think we should call a fire truck?
Zeus : Aw, fuck 'em. Let 'em cook!
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John McClane : [Zeus has picked up a stray gold ingot and attempts to carry it out with him] Put that shit down.
Zeus : No fuckin' way.
John McClane : They ain't gonna let you keep it.
Zeus : Yeah, yeah, we'll see.
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[about to jump onto a subway train]
John McClane : This is a bad idea.
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Inspector Cobb : [over the phone with Simon in Walter's office] McClane is a toilet bug.
John McClane : [puzzled, he whispers] A toilet bug?
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Karl : [disgusted, upon seeing McClane's torn and bloodied clothing] Are you all right?
John McClane : Yeah, it's laundry day.
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Simon Gruber : It's 9:50, John. The number 3 train is arriving now. I left something provocative on that train, John. Simon says, get to the payphone next to the news kiosk in Wall Street Station by 10:20 or the number 3 train and its passengers vaporize. Use any means of travel other than civilian, I blow the train. Attempt to evacuate the subway, I blow the train. I'll call you in 30 minutes. Be there.
John McClane : [hanging up] We're fucked.
Zeus Carver : 90 blocks in 30 minutes in New York traffic? It could be double that. We don't even have a car!
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John McClane : [driving through a park to get to a destination on time] How much time?
Zeus Carver : [checking his watch] 27 minutes.
John McClane : Ha! 72nd and Broadway to Central Park South in three minutes! That's gotta be a fuckin' record.
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Zeus Carver : [stuck in traffic] We need a fire truck.
John McClane : What?
Zeus Carver : To follow.
John McClane : [getting an idea, he picks up the cab's radio and contacts 911] Lt. John McClane, NYPD, access number 7479. Calling from a civilian transmitter. Get me an emergency dispatcher right away.
[dispatch picks up]
John McClane : I got two officers down at the corner of 14th Street and Ninth Avenue! Need an ambulance! Over!
[ending the call]
John McClane : Emergency calls on the west side go to Roosevelt Hospital. That's two blocks from here.
Zeus Carver : [catching up to the ambulance] Slow the fuck down, McClane!
John McClane : Kinda like football, isn't it?
Zeus Carver : What?
John McClane : Get yourself a blocker and head for the end zone!
Zeus Carver : If you'd said Wall Street, we could've followed him all the way.
John McClane : Wrong. South of 14th Street's a different hospital.
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Joe Lambert : [after a bomb detonates near Wall Street] We got a shitload of cuts and bruises, a couple of concussions, some old guy's pacemaker stopped, and a pregnant girl's water broke. And that's all. How you doin', John?
John McClane : I still can't hear too good.
Joe Lambert : Well, it's a miracle you're still alive. It's a goddamn miracle.
John McClane : Yeah, that's the problem, Joe.
Joe Lambert : What?
John McClane : The miracle part. What are the odds of us making it down here on time?
Zeus Carver : [checking his glasses] Zip.
John McClane : That bomb was gonna go off no matter what. He wanted it to go off right down here.
[to an EMT tending his injuries]
John McClane : Take this off me, Dave.
Joe Lambert : Well, what's so special about this place?
John McClane : I dunno. Something just doesn't add up.
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John McClane : [arriving for Simon's task in Harlem] So... where's the backup gonna be?
Inspector Cobb : [after an awkward silence] We're gonna drop back to 128th Street.
John McClane : What? Ten blocks? Are you fucking kidding me? Oh, that's just great! Hey, Walter, what is this all about, huh?
Inspector Cobb : If we don't do what this guy says, he's gonna blow up another public place.
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Simon Gruber : Hello, John.
John McClane : Yeah, piece of cake. Give us something harder next time.
Simon Gruber : But you're ten seconds late.
John McClane : No, no! The answer is one!
Simon Gruber : Boom!
John McClane : [taking cover] There's a bomb in the trash can!
Zeus Carver : Get down!
John McClane : There's a bomb in the trash can! There's a bomb! Get down! There's a bomb!
[after a moment, nothing happens]
John McClane : No bomb.
[picking up the phone receiver, they hear Simon laughing]
John McClane : Yeah.
Simon Gruber : I didn't say "Simon says."
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Zeus Carver : [chasing a fat woman away from a phone, expecting Simon's call] I can get used to this.
John McClane : I'm sure you can find a phone across the street, ma'am.
[turning to Zeus]
John McClane : Let's get something straight. I'm the only one here on official police business. Don't ever do that shit again.
Zeus Carver : Let's get something else straight. You need me a lot more than I need you. You don't like the way I do things, fine. I quit.
[the phone rings]
John McClane : All right, I need you.
[seeing Zeus isn't convinced]
John McClane : All right, I need you more than you need me.
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Inspector Cobb : Frankly, John, you haven't been...
John McClane : Hey, Walter, how 'bout you mind your fucking business about Holly, huh? Between you and Simon, you're fucking up a perfectly good hangover.
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John McClane : Why'd you save my ass?
Zeus Carver : I didn't. I stopped a white cop from getting killed in Harlem. One white cop gets killed today, tomorrow we got a thousand white cops, all of 'em with itchy trigger fingers. Got it?
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Bill Jarvis, from Another Organization : We read your jacket, Lieutenant. We were told you would be cooperative.
John McClane : Cooperate with what?
Inspector Cobb : Hey, now wait a minute. He will be.
John McClane : What do you mean cooperate? He's wasting time here in this goddamn van.
Inspector Cobb : You wanna share information, how about sending a little our way, as well?
FBI Agent Andy Cross : Look, we wanna hear what he knows first.
Inspector Cobb : What the hell? You give us pictures and then...
FBI Agent Andy Cross : We want to hear what he knows first.
John McClane : Hey, I know as much as you know, all right? There's a guy out there setting off bombs. He calls himself Simon. He speaks with a German accent. And for some reason, he's very angry with me. Now, maybe you can tell me why, fellas, huh?
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John McClane : I wanna thank you for that vote of confidence, Walter.
Inspector Cobb : Well, I thought it was worth a try. This guy's a raving lunatic.
Dr. Schiller : He-he couldn't be any clearer if you got it from a case history. He gave you clues to his identity. He spoke German. He called it "your Fort Knox." And he stammered when McClane pushed him.
Inspector Cobb : Now, you believe this guy really can't be bought?
Dr. Schiller : There's no chance. The very mention of money only enraged him further.
John McClane : [glancing at him, Cobb takes a badge out of a drawer and puts it on the desktop] What's that?
Inspector Cobb : It's your shield.
John McClane : You asking me to be a cop again, Walter?
Inspector Cobb : Ricky, get him his gun.
John McClane : You didn't answer my question.
Inspector Cobb : Joe, this time, they go with backup.
John McClane : Hey! You didn't answer my question, Walter.
Inspector Cobb : [tossing the badge to him] Are you done, Lieutenant? Now, you two better get going if you're gonna get up to 72nd Street on time. Joe, this time they go with backup.
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John McClane : I should have seen it coming a mile away. This was never about revenge. It's about a goddamn heist.
Zeus Carver : What was in the room?
John McClane : [nudging something on the ground with his foot] This.
Zeus Carver : What is this?
[picking it up]
Zeus Carver : Oh, shit! Is this gold?
John McClane : Yeah, it's gold.
Zeus Carver : Damn, this is heavy! They cleaned out a whole room of this?
John McClane : Yeah.
Zeus Carver : You know, that would've taken, like, a-a-a tank or a, uh, uh, uh...
John McClane : A dump truck. 14 great big dump trucks.
Zeus Carver : We almost got hit by a dump truck.
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Simon Gruber : This, gentlemen, as they say, is where the plot thickens. I have put 2,400 pounds of explosive in one of the 1,446 schools in greater New York. It is fitted with a timer set to explode at exactly 3:00 p.m. Thank you. Your silence says I'm understood.
Inspector Cobb : Did you say 2,400 pounds?
Simon Gruber : Yes, but please don't interrupt again. Simon says, if you attempt to evacuate schools, the bomb will be detonated by radio; and gentlemen, someone will be watching. Repeat, one school will be dismissed at 3:00 p.m., permanently, unless...
Inspector Cobb : Unless what?
Simon Gruber : Unless John McClane and his new best friend complete the tasks I set them. John, are you listening?
John McClane : Yeah.
Simon Gruber : The pay phone beyond Hope Tompkins Square Park. Twenty minutes. Go by foot; no rush. If you're really clever, you'll learn the location of the bomb and the code to disarm it. Oh, and by the way, gentlemen, we got something of a bargain on radio detonators. The only problem is the darn things seem to respond to police and FBI frequencies. So if I were you, I'd keep off your radios.
Inspector Cobb : Simon, wait.
[Simon hangs up]
Inspector Cobb : 2,400 pounds of that liquid stuff. My god. Get me the commissioner.
Officer Jane : He's doing a press conference. He's supposed to be here in half an hour.
Inspector Cobb : All right, Ricky, get every senior officer on the site and get 'em here right away. You're not gonna give me any jurisdictional nonsense on this?
FBI Agent Andy Cross : I got two kids in the school on 64th Street. What can I do to help you?
Inspector Cobb : How many men have you got?
FBI Agent Andy Cross : 75. But if I push the panic button, I can get 500 from Washington.
Inspector Cobb : When?
FBI Agent Andy Cross : 2:30, 3:00.
Bill Jarvis, from Another Organization : Between now and then...
Inspector Cobb : We're gonna have to do this all by ourselves.
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Zeus Carver : Whoa. That a bomb?
John McClane : Yeah. Go... go ahead and grab it.
Zeus Carver : No, you're the cop.
John McClane : Man, Simon said you're supposed to be helpin' with this.
Zeus Carver : I'm helpin'.
John McClane : Well, when are you gonna start helpin'?
Zeus Carver : After you get the bomb.
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Simon Gruber : You surprise me again, John. This is becoming an ugly habit.
John McClane : Yeah, well, I don't have the time right now, Simon. Listen. Deal's a deal. Where's the school bomb?
Simon Gruber : On the contrary, you have lots of time. You have...
[checking his watch]
Simon Gruber : ... 2 hours and 47 minutes precisely. Plenty of time to test those wits of yours.
John McClane : Hey! Hey! Hey, listen, jerkoff! Let me tell you somethin'. I got a back fucking hangover, all right? Now, I'm a little sick of these fuckin' riddles! Now, where is the school bomb?
Simon Gruber : Temper, John. The road to truth has many turns. You will find an envelope under the rim of the fountain. When you undertake the trip it suggests, ask yourself this question: what is 21 out of 42?
Mathias Targo : [Simon hangs up] We're behind. We should abandon the rest and go.
Simon Gruber : Relax, Targo. There's not a cop for 20 blocks.
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John McClane : You had any, like, extra dump trucks come through in the last couple of minutes?
Foreman : I'm gonna write those fuckin' clowns up. They better start payin' attention to work orders or I'm gonna kick some butt.
John McClane : Who? Who you talkin' about?
Foreman : Ah, the dozen idiots who tore ass up the tube! We're not loading up there anymore. We're loadin' over here!
John McClane : So much for bridges and helicopters. You got a map showing me where this tunnel goes?
Foreman : Yeah, right here. We run pretty much up under the saw mill until you get up to the Coffer Dam. From there on, we've already brought the water down from the reservoir.
John McClane : Anybody get in or out of there?
Foreman : Yeah. There's a vent shaft every two miles.
John McClane : No, I mean with a truck.
Foreman : At the Coffer Dam. You can get a truck in there. You can get there on the surface. Just follow Saw Mill River Parkway up there. It's about 20 miles.
John McClane : Okay, I'm gonna meet you right there, all right?
Zeus Carver : Wait, wait. W-What am I supposed to do?
John McClane : You're gonna go up to Yankee Stadium.
Zeus Carver : McClane!
John McClane : Go! Get outta here! We got less than two hours!
Zeus Carver : God damn it!
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Simon Gruber : What has four legs and is always ready to travel?
John McClane : Huh? What?
Zeus Carver : [Simon hangs up] What'd he say?
John McClane : What has four legs and is always ready to travel?
Zeus Carver : What's the matter with you? Don't you have kids? That's an elephant joke.
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Zeus Carver : [following Simon's gold-laden dump trucks] They're gone.
John McClane : What?
Zeus Carver : They're gone!
John McClane : Who is this guy, Houdini?
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John McClane : He's sending us to the home team dugout at Yankee Stadium. Why?
Zeus Carver : Well, we're the home team. Are we supposed to find something there?
John McClane : What's 21 out of 42?
Zeus Carver : 21 again. Half of 42. 42 what?
John McClane : How many players are on the Yankees ball club?
Zeus Carver : 25.
John McClane : What else is 21? Blackjack.
Zeus Carver : It's a club.
John McClane : It's a wild goose chase is what it is.
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John McClane : Where you taking this dump truck?
Jerry Parks : The aqueduct.
John McClane : What are ya takin' a dump truck to the race track for?
Jerry Parks : No, the aqueduct. The aque... the-the water aqueduct!
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Zeus Carver : You got a wife, McClane?
John McClane : Yeah.
Zeus Carver : I'm surprised anybody'd stay with you long enough to be married.
John McClane : Yeah, well, she didn't stick around too long. We're sorta separated.
Zeus Carver : What the fuck is "sorta separated"?
John McClane : Well, she was in L.A., I was in New York. We had a fight on the phone, she hung up. I didn't call her back.
Zeus Carver : How long ago was that?
John McClane : About a year ago now.
Zeus Carver : A yea...
John McClane : [Zeus starts laughig] What the fuck you laughin' about?
Zeus Carver : You threw away your marriage because you were too fuckin' stupid to pick up the phone?
John McClane : What, you think that's funny, huh? You laugh at other people's misfortunes?
Zeus Carver : I bet you blame that shit on your wife, too, right?
John McClane : Well, my wife is a very stubborn woman. Yes!
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Zeus Carver : [seeing McClane ejected from a water vent] You got a hell of a way of flaggin' somebody down! You all right?
John McClane : Did you go to Yankee Stadium?
Zeus Carver : Yeah. There's nobody there.
John McClane : You didn't see nobody?
Zeus Carver : No!
John McClane : Nobody was following you?
Zeus Carver : I'm tellin' ya, he's jerking us around!
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John McClane : Hot in here, or am I just scared to death?
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John McClane : Hey dickhead! Did I come at a bad time?
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John McClane : [to Zeus] This guy doesn't care about skin color. Even if you do.
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Zeus : [helicopter being shot at by Simon] Oh, shit!
Helicopter Pilot : Oh, shit!
John McClane : What do you mean, "Oh, shit"?
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Zeus : [tied with John to the liquid bomb on the freighter] What the hell's it doing now?
John McClane : [referring to the liquid bomb] It's mixing.
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[Targo's beaten John up, he scrambles away]
Mathias Targo : Where are you going, now? You going to arrest me, bunny? Huh?
John McClane : [sees chain on ground] I don't think I'm gonna arrest...
[grabs chain]
John McClane : I'm gonna fuckin'...
[uses chain to trip Targo]
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John McClane : Who do you think you are? Hillary Clinton?
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[repeated line]
John McClane : I got a bad fuckin' hangover...
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Dr. Schiller : This guy wants to pound on you 'til you crumble. He wants you to dance to his tune, and then...
John McClane : Put on a dress and fuck me?
Dr. Schiller : I was going to say kill you. He's sitting on an awful lot of rage, and it could be manifested physically if he's stressed.
Inspector Cobb : Someone he arrested? Somebody he pissed off?
Joe Lambert : That could be one hell of a long list.
John McClane : Fuck you, Joe.
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Zeus Carver : What am I doing?
John McClane : Cheer up. Things could be worse. I was working on a nice, fat suspension, smokin' cigarettes and watching Captain Kangaroo.
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Inspector Cobb : [after Charlie demonstrates the binary liquid bomb] That stuff has gotta be pretty rare. We oughta be able to find out if any of it's missing somewhere.
Joe Lambert : Already did. Livermore Labs theft over the weekend.
John McClane : He got enough to make another one, Joe?
Joe Lambert : About 2,000 pounds.
Inspector Cobb : Of that?
Charles Weiss : The detonating mechanism could be anything; radio, electrical. Hell, you could use a beeper and phone it in.
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Zeus Carver : [John commandeers a cab] Listen, I used to drive a cab. The fastest way south is...
[John peels away]
Zeus Carver : Aah!
John McClane : What were you saying?
Zeus Carver : I was saying, I used to drive a cab, and Ninth Avenue was the fastest way south. But we seem to be going east.
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Simon : [over the phone in Walter's office] Simon says, McClane and the Samaritan will go to the subway station at 72nd and Broadway. I will call you in 15 minutes on the payphone outside the station. No Police. Failure to answer will constitute noncompliance. Do you understand me, John?
John McClane : Oh, yes, I understand. I understand that you're a fuckin' wacko who likes to play kids' games. That's what I understand.
Simon : Hardly.
John McClane : [imitating Simon, over the phone] Hahdly? Well, then, who are you? Somebody I sent up? What'd you do? Shoplifting? Purse-snatching?
[pauses and puts hand over the receiver]
John McClane : Cross-dressing? What?
Simon : You c-c-c-couldn't catch me if I stole your ch-ch-chair with you in it!
John McClane : My ch-ch-ch-chair with me in it? That's very exciting. Let me ask you a question, bonehead. Why are you trying to k-k-k-k-kill me?
Simon : John, John, calm yourself.
John McClane : Huh? Why don't you come on down here to Police Plaza and we'll figure this out like a couple of men, huh? Just come on down here.
Simon : If killing you was all I wanted, you'd be dead by now.
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Bill Jarvis, from Another Organization : The first man there is Methias Targo. Was Hungarian army. Explosives expert. Now we believe he's working for the Iranians.
Inspector Cobb : Working?
Bill Jarvis, from Another Organization : Freelance terrorism. By contract.
John McClane : Who's the girl?
FBI Agent Andy Cross : Targo's other half. Rumor is Israelis slipped a bomb in between their sheets. Uh, he wasn't at home, but they think maybe they got her.
Bill Jarvis, from Another Organization : The second man was an obscure colonel in the East German army. He ran an infiltration unit, the kind of thing the Nazis did at the Battle of the Bulge. English-speaking troops...
John McClane : Yeah, yeah, I-I saw the movie.
Bill Jarvis, from Another Organization : All we know of him is the GDR medical records show he suffers from migraines. His name is Peter... Krieg.
John McClane : Well, that is an exceptional report, fellas. Now do you want to tell me what the hell this has to do with me?
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Helicopter Pilot : Hang on, we're going down.
John McClane : Do you see those high-tension wires?
Zeus : Hey, McClane, what the fuck!
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John McClane : [to Zeus, driving in a stolen business man's car, about to swing 180 degrees to try to knock the terrorist's pick up truck off the road] Listen to me. Hang the fuck on, all right?
