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1->''145. I will not goad Theatre/MacBeth into fighting [[Franchise/StarWars Boba Fett]].''
2-->-- ''Things I Am Not Allowed to Do at the [[WebOriginal/ProtectorsOfThePlotContinuum PPC]]''
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4->''2126. There will be no more arguing on whether [[Literature/TheLordOfTheRings Eowyn]] could have killed [=MacBeth=] or [=McDuff=] could have killed the Witch King.''
5-->-- ''Blog/ThingsMrWelchIsNoLongerAllowedToDoInAnRPG''
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7->'''Judge:''' You're a fool. No weapon forged can stop me.\
8'''Buffy:''' That was then. (''readies a rocket launcher'') This is now.\
9'''Judge:''' What's that do?
10-->-- ''Series/BuffyTheVampireSlayer'', "Innocence"
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12->'''Macbeth:''' Thou losest labor. / As easy mayst thou the intrenchant air / thy keen sword impress as make me bleed. / Let fall thy blade on vulnerable crests; / I bear a charmèd life, which must not yield / To one of woman born.\
13'''Macduff:''' Despair thy charm, / And let the angel whom thou still hast served / Tell thee, Macduff was from his mother's womb / Untimely ripp'd.[[note]]This means he was born by Caesarean, which in the play's time was only performed on women suffering DeathByChildbirth - in other words, he was not only technically not "born", but also "born" from a corpse.[[/note]]
14-->-- ''Theatre/{{Macbeth}}'', V.viii
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16->'''The Witch-King:''' [[YouFool Thou fool!]] No living man can kill me.\
17'''Eowyn:''' But no living man am I. You look upon a woman!
18-->-- ''Literature/TheLordOfTheRings''
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20->'''Poison Ivy:''' ''(fleeing the scene with Harley)'' No man can take us prisoner!
21->'''Officer Renee Montoya:''' Alright, ladies. Raise 'em.
22-->-- ''WesternAnimation/BatmanTheAnimatedSeries''
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24->'''Caspian:''' You can say what you like, Reep, there are some things no man can face!
25->'''Reepicheep:''' It is my good fortune, then, [[TalkingAnimal not to be a man]].
26-->-- ''Literature/TheVoyageOfTheDawnTreader'' [[labelnote:*]]Technically this phrasing is from the BBC audio adaptation[[/labelnote]]
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28->'''Grid:''' You will serve my purposes, Bane.\
29'''Bane:''' I am second to no man.\
30'''Grid:''' I am machine, not man.
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32->'''Green Lantern (Hal Jordan):''' Not sure I like your attitude.\
33'''Brainiac:''' No Earthling can harm me.\
34'''Green Lantern:''' But the Green Lanterns can.
35-->--''Videogame/Injustice2''

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