Redemption Quotes
1967 Parole Hearings Man: Ellis Boyd Redding, your files say you've served 40 years of a life sentence. Do you feel you've been rehabilitated?
Red: Rehabilitated?
Red: [sighs] Well now, let's see.
Red: [pauses] You know, I don't have any idea what that word means.
1967 Parole Hearings Man: Well, it means you are ready to rejoin society...
Red: [interrupting] I know what you think it means sonny.
Red: To me it's just a made-up word
Red: A politician's word; so, young fellows like yourself wear a suit and a tie... and have a job
Red: What do you really want to know?
Red: Am I sorry for what I did?
1967 Parole Hearings Man: Well, are you?
Red: There's not a dya goes by I don't feel regret.,
Red: Not because I'm in here and because you think I should.
Red: I look back on the way I was then... a stupid, young kid who committed that terrible crime.
Red: I want to talk to him.
Red: I want to try and talk some sense to him.
Red: Tell him the way things are, but I can't.
Red: That kid's long gone, and this old man is all that's left.
Red: I gotta live with that.
Red: Rehabilitated?
Red: It's just a bull**** word.
Red: So you go on and stamp your form, sonny, and stop wasting my time.
Red: Because to tell you the truth, I don't give a ****.
Red: Rehabilitated?
Red: [sighs] Well now, let's see.
Red: [pauses] You know, I don't have any idea what that word means.
1967 Parole Hearings Man: Well, it means you are ready to rejoin society...
Red: [interrupting] I know what you think it means sonny.
Red: To me it's just a made-up word
Red: A politician's word; so, young fellows like yourself wear a suit and a tie... and have a job
Red: What do you really want to know?
Red: Am I sorry for what I did?
1967 Parole Hearings Man: Well, are you?
Red: There's not a dya goes by I don't feel regret.,
Red: Not because I'm in here and because you think I should.
Red: I look back on the way I was then... a stupid, young kid who committed that terrible crime.
Red: I want to talk to him.
Red: I want to try and talk some sense to him.
Red: Tell him the way things are, but I can't.
Red: That kid's long gone, and this old man is all that's left.
Red: I gotta live with that.
Red: Rehabilitated?
Red: It's just a bull**** word.
Red: So you go on and stamp your form, sonny, and stop wasting my time.
Red: Because to tell you the truth, I don't give a ****.
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Jack Wade: Leeza. About your father...
Leeza X: I got him back, for a moment at least. But it's over now. I'm cool with Leeza 'X'.
Jack Wade: Me too. I figure this new world is gonna have plenty of work for Headhunters. Enough for two.
Leeza X: Figure so. Consider yourself hired, Jack. [Leeza and Jack shakes hands and leaves the Stern Company building]
Leeza X: I got him back, for a moment at least. But it's over now. I'm cool with Leeza 'X'.
Jack Wade: Me too. I figure this new world is gonna have plenty of work for Headhunters. Enough for two.
Leeza X: Figure so. Consider yourself hired, Jack. [Leeza and Jack shakes hands and leaves the Stern Company building]
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[Andy after Warden Norton refuse to appeal his case]
Andy Dufresne: It's my life. Don't you understand? IT'S MY LIFE!
Andy Dufresne: It's my life. Don't you understand? IT'S MY LIFE!
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Joey: When I'm sober... When I'm healthy and well... I hurt people. I'm lethal. I drink to weaken the machine they made.
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[last lines] Joey: [in his letter]Now I go back to the street and disappear. I was alive again for one summer. I'm glad I spent it with you. I hope Africa treats you well. All my love, Joseph Smith.
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Tracey: So Joey, are you exclusively gay?
Joey: You know, it's interesting. Recently, I've found myself attracted to nuns.
Joey: You know, it's interesting. Recently, I've found myself attracted to nuns.
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Joey: You know why she ended up in the river? Because that's what the river's for. To wash away girls when they're finished with them!
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Joey: Sister, I'm Catholic.
Cristina: I'm not your sister. I'm drunk, and I'm up against the wall.
Cristina: I'm not your sister. I'm drunk, and I'm up against the wall.
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Cristina: You look like a good man.
Joey: So take a picture.
Cristina: Did your daughter ask for photos?
Joey: No, when she's older. This way she'll have something to remind her of me.
Cristina: You won't see her?
Joey: I don't think I'll look like this for much longer.
Joey: So take a picture.
Cristina: Did your daughter ask for photos?
Joey: No, when she's older. This way she'll have something to remind her of me.
Cristina: You won't see her?
Joey: I don't think I'll look like this for much longer.
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Mr. Choy: You want to work?
Joey: Yeah.
Mr. Choy: You know what kind of work I do...
Joey: They say you want a driver.
Mr. Choy: I got a lot of businesses. They say you're a hard man. It's a hard city.
Joey: Yeah.
Mr. Choy: You know what kind of work I do...
Joey: They say you want a driver.
Mr. Choy: I got a lot of businesses. They say you're a hard man. It's a hard city.
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Cristina: Actually, Joey, I do like photographs. I take photographs... usually of nature.
Joey: Penises are nature, I suppose.
Cristina: Yes, I suppose they are.
Joey: Penises are nature, I suppose.
Cristina: Yes, I suppose they are.
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Cristina: What exactly happened ?
Joey: You don't remember ?
Cristina: [shakes head showing she does not remember]It's all a blur
Joey: You asked me to kiss you... So I kissed you.
Cristina: You didn't have to kiss me just because I asked.
Joey: You don't remember ?
Cristina: [shakes head showing she does not remember]It's all a blur
Joey: You asked me to kiss you... So I kissed you.
Cristina: You didn't have to kiss me just because I asked.
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Cristina: [Christina in taxi on her way to airport destination Africa opening envelope with a letter and Photos from Joey Smith]Dear Christina... I just wanted to say thank you for taking the photographs Considering I smeared the pictures they turned out pretty well. Gave all the best ones to my daughter. So... you are left with the ugly ones... and the scary ones. Sorry
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