Morgan Freeman: Azeem
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Quotes
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Azeem : A wise man once said: "There are no perfect men in the world; only perfect intentions."
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Azeem : Salaam, little one.
Small Girl : Did God paint you?
Azeem : Did God paint me?
[laughs]
Azeem : For certain.
Small Girl : Why?
Azeem : Because Allah loves wondrous variety.
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Azeem : English! English! Behold, Azeem Edin Bashir Al Bakir. I am not one of you, but I fight! I fight with Robin Hood. I fight against a tyrant who holds you under his boot! If you would be free men, then you must fight! Join us now, join Robin Hood!
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[Azeem shows Guy's approaching men with a telescope. Robin peers at it, bewildered]
Azeem : How did your uneducated kind ever take Jerusalem?
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Azeem : Where I come from, we talk to our women. We do not drug them with plants.
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[talking about how many men that are about to be ambushed]
Robin Hood : How many?
Azeem : 20.
Robin Hood : 20?
Bull : [further away] How many?
Robin Hood : 5.
Robin Hood : [to Azeem] He can't count anyway.
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Azeem : The hospitality in this country is as warm as the weather.
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Azeem : No man controls my destiny... especially not one who attacks downwind and stinks of garlic.
Robin Hood : I had to try.
Azeem : *I* would have succeeded.
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[the outlaws are passing a jug of mead around a circle; Hal finishes, then starts to pass the bottle past Azeem]
Robin Hood : Has English hospitality changed so much that a friend of mine's not welcome?
Hal : But he's a savage, sire.
Robin Hood : That he is... but no more than you or I. And don't call me sire.
[Hal offers the jug to Azeem]
Azeem : Regretfully, I must decline. Allah forbids it.
Little John : Your bloody loss, mate.
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Robin Hood : And you. You travel ten thousand miles to save my life and leave me to be butchered.
Azeem : I fulfill my vows when I choose to.
Robin Hood : Which does not include prayer time, meal time, or any time I'm outnumbered six to one.
Azeem : You whine like a mule. You are still alive.
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[after escaping from the Turks' dungeon]
Azeem : Why did you cut me free, Christian?
Robin Hood : Whatever blood is in your veins, no man deserves to die in there.
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Robin Hood : What do you know of women?
Azeem : Where I come from, Christian, there are women of such beauty, that they can possess a man's mind so that he would be willing to die for them.
Robin Hood : Wait a minute. Is that why you were to be executed? Because of a woman?
[laughs]
Robin Hood : That's it, isn't it? That's it!
Azeem : It is close to sunset.
Robin Hood : You painted old hound, who was she? The mullah's daughter? Another man's wife? What's her name?
Azeem : Is there no sun in this cursed country? Which way is East?
Robin Hood : Her name.
Azeem : East!
Robin Hood : Her name.
Azeem : Jasmina.
Robin Hood : [points] That way.
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[coming to a wide river]
Azeem : In my dreams alone have I imagined such a place.
Robin Hood : Then imagine a way to cross it.
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Azeem : Was she worth it?
Robin Hood : Worth dying for.
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Friar Tuck : Let us open a bottle and do our best to save each other's souls.
Azeem : Alas, I am not permitted.
Friar Tuck : Fine then, you talk, I'll drink.
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[Robin has been knocked down once by John Little]
Robin Hood : Any suggestions?
Azeem : Get up. Move faster.
Robin Hood : Move faster. Great idea.
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Azeem : [holding Robin Hood back] Come my friend! Make his sacrifice an act of honor! Come now.
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[Azeem is preparing to help Fanny deliver a breech baby]
Robin Hood : What are you going to do?
Azeem : I have seen it many times... with horses.
Robin Hood : With *horses*?
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Guy of Gisborne : C'mon, damn you! There're only three of them!
Soldier : It's not the men we fear, sir. It's the evil spirits.
Guy of Gisborne : Robin of the Hood! Son of a devil worshipper! Your father died a coward, cursing your name and squealling like a stuck pig!
Azeem : You will bring no justice to your father by dying today.
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Robin Hood : [after escaping the Turks' dungeon] Farewell, friend. God speed you on your way.
Azeem : Our way lies together, with the speed of Allah.
Robin Hood : What?
Azeem : You have saved my life, Christian. Now I will stay with you until I have saved yours, that is my vow.
Robin Hood : Thanks, but I go to England. I relieve you of your obligation.
Azeem : Only Allah can do that.
Robin Hood : What if I say no?
Azeem : You have no choice.
[offers his hand]
Azeem : I am Azeem Ibn Bashir Al-Bakri. You may call me Azeem
Robin Hood : [takes it] Robin of Locksley.
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Robin Hood : How many?
Azeem : [looking through his telescope] Twenty.
Robin Hood : Twenty?
Bull : How many?
Robin Hood : Five!
[the men around him chuckle; to Azeem]
Robin Hood : They can't count anyway. Why scare them?
Azeem : And they call *me* Barbarian.
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Azeem : This forest has eyes. I swear it.
