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'''Holt:''' [[DecontructedTrope No, I wouldn't say he was lucky. I feel bad for this kid. I mean, what kind of father cares so little for his son that he lets him get away with everything?]]

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'''Holt:''' [[DecontructedTrope [[DeconstructedTrope No, I wouldn't say he was lucky. I feel bad for this kid. I mean, what kind of father cares so little for his son that he lets him get away with everything?]]
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->'''Holt:''' Something wrong?\\
'''Jake:''' Kinda, yeah. I called six precincts about this kid. He's been brought in a dozen times. Theft, vandalism, drunken disorderly, but he's never been processed. His daddy comes in and bails him out every time. He's a lucky little jerk.\\
'''Holt:''' [[DecontructedTrope No, I wouldn't say he was lucky. I feel bad for this kid. I mean, what kind of father cares so little for his son that he lets him get away with everything?]]
-->-- ''Series/BrooklynNineNine'', ''The Tagger''
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-->-- '''''VideoGame/MaxPayne 2'''''

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-->-- '''''VideoGame/MaxPayne 2'''''
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-->-- An unnamed boy in Twoson, '''''VideoGame/EarthBound'''''

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->'''Dean Preston:''' I'm sorry, boys, I -- I've never expelled anyone before, but... that pig had some powerful friends.\\
'''UsefulNotes/RichardNixon:''' Oh, you'll ''pay!'' Don't think you won't ''pay!''
-->-- [[Recap/TheSimpsonsS5E3HomerGoesToCollege The nerds get punished for abusing a college mascot]], ''WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons''
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->"I'm famous! FUCK YOU! I can do whatever I want! Those are the ''rules'', civilian!"
-->-- '''Peter Dreyfuss''', ''VideoGame/GrandTheftAutoV''
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->Dr. Taza read everything but his medical literature, which he admitted he could not understand. He had passed his medical exams through the good offices of the most important Mafia chief in Sicily who had made a special trip to Palermo to confer with Taza's professors about what grades they should give him.
->And this too showed how the Mafia in Sicily was cancerous to the society it inhabited. Merit meant nothing. Talent meant nothing. Work meant nothing. The Mafia Godfather gave you your profession as a gift.
-->--''Literature/TheGodfather''
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-->-- '''''Wiki/RationalWiki''''' on Weather Underground co-founder Bill Ayers

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->"I'll weather this, I always do. My brother's a police chief, I got connections, they'll get me through. And when I get proof, and the others find out what you've done? Maybe we come pay you a visit, maybe (''is gunned down mid-sentence'')"
-->-- '''Juan Bolsa''', ''Series/BreakingBad'' ("I See You")
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-->-- "[[TheCoverChangesTheMeaning I Fought the Law]]", '''Music/DeadKennedys'''

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-->-- '''Music/DeadKennedys''', "[[TheCoverChangesTheMeaning I Fought the Law]]", '''Music/DeadKennedys'''
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-->-- "Frank Sinatra", '''Miss Kittin & The Hacker'''

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-->-- "Frank Sinatra", '''Miss '''Music/FrankSinatra''', "Miss Kittin & The Hacker'''
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-->-- "All the Right Moves", '''Music/OneRepublic'''

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-->-- '''Music/OneRepublic''', "All the Right Moves", '''Music/OneRepublic'''
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->I guess the real roadblock, though, was Louis Jones. Jeff's older brother was a pretty proficient player for our basketball team, the Haymakers. It was named long ago, by a farming community who didn't consider of the secondary definition of the word.\\\
Students wanted to stay on the good side of Louis and his clique. Teachers knew that the majority of the school's budget actually came from sporting events. Local authorities... well, the information would never make its way up to them, so I guess they can't be blamed. Jeff could do pretty much anything he wanted, short of murder, and he knew there would be no real repercussions.\\\
Punishing Jeff would be distraction for Louis. We couldn't have that, could we?
-->--'''Randy''', ''[[http://slimebeast.com/forum/stories/jtk/ JTK]]'' by Creator/{{Slimebeast}}
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->"I didn’t warm to him. His demeanour was neither friendly, nor inclusive. He behaved much as one might expect a child to behave who had been indulged and led to believe that life revolved around them. There was certainly none of the professional respect that one would expect to be shared when two programmes combine for a special purpose. Even though [[{{Recap/DoctorWho1985JFIGSAFixWithSontarans}} we were on the TARDIS set,]] it was very much his territory and his agenda."
-->--'''Creator/ColinBaker''' on Creator/JimmySavile
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->'''Gordon Pibb''': ''(brandishing the rulebook)'' Wait a minute-- wait wait wait a minute! How can [[OpposingSportsTeam you]] be entered in the Las Vegas Open? You didn't even win a regional qualifying match!
->'''[[JerkJock White Goodman]]''': ''(mockingly)'' ''Oh my God, we never even won a regional qualifying match!'' [[SarcasmMode Oh yeah, now I remember:]] the Dodgeball Chancellor's an extremely personal friend of mine, and I helped him shed some unwanted poundage before beach season. So you can close your little rulebook on that one, Poindexter.
-->--''Film/DodgeballATrueUnderdogStory''
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->''"Your father practically owns the company. You can do anything you like, silly."''
-->--'''Evelyn Williams''' to '''Patrick Bateman''', ''Film/AmericanPsycho''

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->'''Gendo Ikari:''' "Out of twelve attackers, eleven were killed. The one that was taken alive, who, incidentally, was also the force's commander, is currently undergoing interrogation. Should he survive, he shall be turned over to the U.N for trial and sentencing. They have been tentatively identified as American in nationality, although as of yet there is no evidence linking their actions the United States government of military."\\
'''Seele 12:''' (icy) "'Should he survive?' There are rules for the treatment of prisoners that the U.N. abides by."\\
'''Gendo Ikari:''' (grinning) "NERV security does not have to answer to U.N. protocols. Treatment of prisoners is whatever NERV deems fit."
-->-- ''Fanfic/TheGospelOfMalachel''
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->''Now, if a random kid barged into the Hyuga Compound, he would be swiftly kicked out by the Branch House members that guarded its gate. And if Naruto tried to do that a couple years ago, the wouldn't even let him get ''close'' to the place.\\
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But when your mother has saved the wife of the Clan Head from certain death... well, let's say that the Hyugas start to show you some respect.''
-->-- ''Fanfic/SonOfTheSannin''

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->'''Gloria Perez''': What about asking her to take a polygraph?\\
'''Detective Ray Duquette''': What about asking the Pope to take a piss test? This is Blue Bay, Gloria. You ask a Van Ryan to take a lie detector test and Tom Baxter'll cut you off at the knees.
-->--''Film/WildThings''
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->"If I had some connections, I could just waltz right in, but I'm just a regular joe."
-->-- An unnamed boy in Twoson, '''''VideoGame/EarthBound'''''
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->'''O'Neill:''' Your former associates are why I'm here. They're causing some [[IHaveYourWife problems]] for a friend of mine.\\
'''Maybourne:''' General Hammond.\\
'''O'Neill:''' What do you know?\\
'''Maybourne:''' Why should I tell you?\\
'''O'Neill:''' Because I can help you.\\
'''Maybourne:''' I've been convicted of treason. What can you do?\\
'''O'Neill:''' [[SummonBiggerFish Air Force One]] and I go way back.
-->-- ''Series/StargateSG1'', "Chain Reaction"
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!!Literature
->Its Old Boy's network spread through the upper echelons of British society like a great unseen web, permitting only [[AristocratsAreEvil its favoured sons]] to trip lightly across its strands on the way to wealth and glory, while trapping those less worthy of ascension and draining them of hope and ambition. Their hollow forms littered the hallways of the Civil Service, the Foreign Office, and the lower echelons of the foremost institutions in the land, an object lesson in the power of good breeding and better connections.
-->--''[[Creator/JohnConnolly The Ritual Of The Bones]]''
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->''"You can't do a goddamn thing to me Hartigan. You know who I am. You know who my father is! You can't touch me, you piece of shit cop!"''

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->'''Roy Cohn''': "Homosexuals" are men who, in 15 years of trying, cannot pass a pissant anti-discrimination bill through City Council. Homosexuals are men who know nobody, and who nobody knows. Who have ''zero'' clout. Does this sound like me, Henry?\\
'''Henry''': No.\\
'''Cohn''': No. I have clout. Lots. I pick up that phone, dial 15 numbers, and guess who's on the other end of the line? In under five minutes, Henry.\\
'''Henry:''' The President?\\
'''Cohn''': Better, Henry! His wife.\\
'''Henry''': I'm impressed.\\
'''Cohn''': I don't want you to be impressed. I want you to understand. This is not sophistry, and this is not hypocrisy. This is ''reality''. I have sex with men; but, unlike nearly every other man of which this is true, I bring the guy I'm screwing to the White House, and [[UsefulNotes/RonaldReagan President Reagan]] smiles at us and shakes his hand.
-->-- ''Theatre/AngelsInAmerica''



'''Xander''': And what about that nutty '[[UsefulNotes/ThomasJefferson all men are created equal]]' thing?\\

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'''Xander''': And what about that nutty '[[UsefulNotes/ThomasJefferson all [[UsefulNotes/ThomasJefferson "all men are created equal]]' equal"]] thing?\\



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->"Alfred Woden had kept his word. With his influence, ridiculously, I had emerged from my history of violence [[CantGetInTroubleForNuthin unscathed, a hero]]. I didn't thank him. I couldn't stomach it."
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->'''Roy Cohn''': "Homosexuals" are men who, in 15 years of trying, cannot pass a pissant anti-discrimination bill through City Council. Homosexuals are men who know nobody, and who nobody knows. Who have ''zero'' clout. Does this sound like me, Henry?\\
'''Henry''': No.\\
'''Cohn''': No. I have clout. Lots. I pick up that phone, dial 15 numbers, and guess who's on the other end of the line? In under five minutes, Henry.\\
'''Henry:''' The President?\\
'''Cohn''': Better, Henry! His wife.\\
'''Henry''': I'm impressed.\\
'''Cohn''': I don't want you to be impressed. I want you to understand. This is not sophistry, and this is not hypocrisy. This is ''reality''. I have sex with men; but, unlike nearly every other man of which this is true, I bring the guy I'm screwing to the White House, and [[UsefulNotes/RonaldReagan President Reagan]] smiles at us and shakes his hand.
-->-- ''Theatre/AngelsInAmerica''

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->"Alfred Woden had kept his word. With his influence, ridiculously, I had emerged from my history of violence [[CantGetInTroubleForNuthin unscathed, a hero]]. hero.]] I didn't thank him. I couldn't stomach it."
-->-- '''VideoGame/MaxPayne'''
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'''Phil:''' My dad owns the network. I'm never getting fired.

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->''I can’t wait to use it when the cashier at CVS tells me my card has been declined again. ''“I am a ''Kennedy''. My last name [[ImplausibleDeniability means ‘Kennedy’ in Japanese]]. Google me. If you don’t give me my stuff, the governor will be calling.”''

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->''I can’t wait to use it when the cashier at CVS tells me my card has been declined again. ''“I am a ''Kennedy''. My last name [[ImplausibleDeniability means ‘Kennedy’ in Japanese]]. Japanese.]] Google me. If you don’t give me my stuff, the governor will be calling.”''



->'''Ray Rice:''' The act of hitting one's girlfriend or fiancée excessively. This will be followed by a bruised face and negative press, but don't worry you'll only get suspended for 2 games. (If you smoke one pot, expect to miss the rest of the season.)

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->'''Ray Rice:''' The ''The act of hitting one's girlfriend or fiancée excessively. This will be followed by a bruised face and negative press, but don't worry you'll only get suspended for 2 games. (If you smoke one pot, expect to miss the rest of the season.))''



->''If he were fired tomorrow, would you miss him at all? You probably wouldn't even notice him until he [[DirtyOldMan knocked up your niece]]...But for whatever reason, network brass seems more interested in serving as a moose lodge for grinning NFL castoffs than they are in serving you, the viewer. There was one person last night who seemed genuinely aware that there was an audience to please, and that was {{Music/Beyonce}}. Maybe she should host the goddamn thing from now on.''

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->''If he were fired tomorrow, would you miss him at all? You probably wouldn't even notice him until he [[DirtyOldMan knocked up your niece]]...niece...But for whatever reason, network brass seems more interested in serving as a moose lodge for grinning NFL castoffs than they are in serving you, the viewer. There was one person last night who seemed genuinely aware that there was an audience to please, and that was {{Music/Beyonce}}. Maybe she should host the goddamn thing from now on.''



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->"I didn’t warm to him. His demeanour was neither friendly, nor inclusive. He behaved much as one might expect a child to behave who had been indulged and led to believe that life revolved around them. There was certainly none of the professional respect that one would expect to be shared when two programmes combine for a special purpose. Even though we were on the TARDIS set, it was very much his territory and his agenda."

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->"I didn’t warm to him. His demeanour was neither friendly, nor inclusive. He behaved much as one might expect a child to behave who had been indulged and led to believe that life revolved around them. There was certainly none of the professional respect that one would expect to be shared when two programmes combine for a special purpose. Even though [[{{Recap/DoctorWho1985JFIGSAFixWithSontarans}} we were on the TARDIS set, set,]] it was very much his territory and his agenda."



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->"Spend enough time in international hotspots, and you learn that a lot of the worst monsters on earth are just spoiled rich kids. Mass murderers come in many shapes and sizes, but they tend to drink the same brands of champagne."
-->-- ''Series/BurnNotice'', "Truth and Reconciliation"

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->"There's what, maybe five hundred people in this hospital? I could pump you full of bullets right now and I wouldn't be arrested. Everyone would lie for me--everyone who counts--otherwise all ''their own'' lies, everything that runs Sin City, it all comes tumbling down like a pack of cards."
-->-- '''Senator Roark''', ''Film/SinCity''



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