The Good Lie Quotes
[from trailer] Carrie Davis: Who do you have to screw around here to see an immigration officer?
Dan Reed: Me!
Dan Reed: Me!
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Young Jeremiah: Some of these people have no color.
Young Mamere: Because they are born without skin.
Young Mamere: Because they are born without skin.
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Nick: What are you doing?
Jeremiah: It is a sin not to give to those in need.
Nick: According to who?
Jeremiah: Jeremiah.
Nick: And who is that?
Jeremiah: [turning in his apron]Me. My name is Jeremiah.
Jeremiah: It is a sin not to give to those in need.
Nick: According to who?
Jeremiah: Jeremiah.
Nick: And who is that?
Jeremiah: [turning in his apron]Me. My name is Jeremiah.
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[Last lines] Title Card: If you want to go fast, go alone. If you want to go far, go together. - African proverb
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[first lines] Title Card: In 1983, a brutal civil war broke out in Sudan between the North and the South over religion and resources, leaving villages destroyed by northern government armies and militia.
Title Card: By 1987, thousands of orphaned children began to flee on foot across sub-Saharan Africa, walking as many as thousands of miles to Ethiopia and then Kenya. Thirteen years later, 3600 refugees would be relocated to the U.S.A. They were known simply as The Lost Boys of Sudan.
Title Card: This film is inspired by their story.
Title Card: By 1987, thousands of orphaned children began to flee on foot across sub-Saharan Africa, walking as many as thousands of miles to Ethiopia and then Kenya. Thirteen years later, 3600 refugees would be relocated to the U.S.A. They were known simply as The Lost Boys of Sudan.
Title Card: This film is inspired by their story.
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[first lines] Aid Worker: Step up, please.
Refugee: Don't forget us in America.
Abital: Now we can finally find out what this means.
Mamere: [narrating]This is the story of my brothers and sisters. When we were little we did not know many things. We did not know the world was big, or that it was different from us. We only knew our villages in Sudan, which have been there for thousands of years. I should say Southern Sudan, for we were soon to learn that was an important distinction.
Refugee: Don't forget us in America.
Abital: Now we can finally find out what this means.
Mamere: [narrating]This is the story of my brothers and sisters. When we were little we did not know many things. We did not know the world was big, or that it was different from us. We only knew our villages in Sudan, which have been there for thousands of years. I should say Southern Sudan, for we were soon to learn that was an important distinction.
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Young Abital: I want to live, I do not want to die. [followed by each of the other children in turn as they drink Theo's urine]
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Jeremiah: I miss Sudan
Carrie Davis: Why?
Jeremiah: Because in Sudan, we know what a lion looks like.
Carrie Davis: Why?
Jeremiah: Because in Sudan, we know what a lion looks like.
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[Paul is laughing on his bunk bed] Mamere: What is so funny?
Paul: I'm thinking about that chicken. [All three boys laugh hysterically]
Paul: I'm thinking about that chicken. [All three boys laugh hysterically]
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Jeremiah: I have faith, yardit.
Carrie Davis: Yardit?
Jeremiah: This is our special name for you.
Carrie Davis: For me?
Jeremiah: Yes. It had great cultural significance.
Carrie Davis: What does it mean?
Jeremiah: It means great white cow.
Carrie Davis: Okay. Well, it's better than a lot of things I've been called.
Carrie Davis: Yardit?
Jeremiah: This is our special name for you.
Carrie Davis: For me?
Jeremiah: Yes. It had great cultural significance.
Carrie Davis: What does it mean?
Jeremiah: It means great white cow.
Carrie Davis: Okay. Well, it's better than a lot of things I've been called.
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Mamere: So, what time should we be expecting him [Santa Claus]
Mamere: ? [Paul laughs]
Pamela: Very late at night. And only if you're good.
Mamere: Sounds like a burglar to me.
Mamere: ? [Paul laughs]
Pamela: Very late at night. And only if you're good.
Mamere: Sounds like a burglar to me.
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Carrie Davis: Hi... Hey, you must be the guys from... Somolia?... Senegal? I'm sorry, help me out here.
Mamere: Sudan?
Mamere: Sudan?
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Immigration Official: Your date of birth is unknown?
Mamere: Yes.
Immigration Official: Like a lot of the others, you will be assigned january 1st.
Mamere: Why on this night.
Immigration Official: There will always be a party.
Mamere: Yes.
Immigration Official: Like a lot of the others, you will be assigned january 1st.
Mamere: Why on this night.
Immigration Official: There will always be a party.
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Matt: Hey, I think you're forgetting something. [Shows her her bra]
Carrie Davis: They're from Africa. I'm sure they're not gonna care.
Carrie Davis: They're from Africa. I'm sure they're not gonna care.
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Carrie Davis: Not much has changed around here.
Jack: I have been meaning to paint the porch.
Jack: I have been meaning to paint the porch.
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