Line #5 Quotes/NothingPersonal


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3	[[folder:Anime and Manga]]
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5	->''"Nothing personal. Just revenge."''
6	-->-- ''Anime/AfroSamurai''
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11	[[folder:Card Games]]
12	-> I'd say it's nothing personal, but corporations are people, too.
13	-->-- ''TabletopGame/{{Netrunner}}'' card [[https://www.netrunnerdb.com/en/card/04079 Punitive Countestrike]]
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16	[[folder:Fan Works]]
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18	->'''Batman:''' Convince me that you're not a suspect in this matter.\
19	'''Ra's Al Ghul:''' Why in the name of heaven above and hell below would I have attempted to murder your wife, Detective? Tell me.\
20	'''Batman:''' I've put you in jail before.\
21	'''Ra's Al Ghul:''' And I escaped, did I not?\
22	'''Batman:''' I've wrecked many of your crazy schemes in the past.\
23	'''Ra's Al Ghul:''' And I have hatched many, many more, including some you do not suspect the existence of.
24	-->-- ''Fanfic/DanceWithTheDemons''
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26	->'''ComicBook/MaryMarvel:''' I guess that just leaves us.\
27	'''Illyria:''' You shouldn't have taken it personally. I'd have done it to any good-for-nothing American.\
28	'''Mary Marvel:''' But you did it to me.
29	-->-- ''Fanfic/HereThereBeMonsters''
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31	[[/folder]]
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33	[[folder:Films - Live Action]]
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35	->''"Tell Mike it was only business. I always liked him."''
36	-->-- '''Tessio''', ''Film/TheGodfather''
37
38	->''"I am sorry. What happened to your father was business. I have much respect for your father. But your father, his thinking is old-fashioned. You must understand why I had to do that. Now let's work through where we go from here."''
39	-->-- '''Sollozzo''', ''Film/TheGodfather''
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41	-> "''There was this kid I grew up with; he was younger than me. Sorta looked up to me, you know. We did our first work together, worked our way out of the street. Things were good, we made the most of it. During Prohibition, we ran molasses into Canada... made a fortune, your father, too. As much as anyone, I loved him and trusted him. Later on he had an idea to build a city out of a desert stop-over for GI's on the way to the West Coast. That kid's name was Moe Greene, and the city he invented was Las Vegas. This was a great man, a man of vision and guts. And there isn't even a plaque, or a signpost, or a statue of him in that town! [[MoeGreeneSpecial Someone put a bullet through his eye]]. No one knows who gave the order. When I heard it, I wasn't angry; I knew Moe, I knew [[HotBlooded he was head-strong, talking loud, saying stupid things]]. [[MuggingTheMonster So when he turned up dead]], I let it go. And I said to myself, '''this is the business we've chosen'''; I didn't ask who gave the order, because it had nothing to do with business!"''
42	-->-- '''Hyman Roth,''' ''Film/TheGodfather Part II''
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44	->''"They blow you up today, you blow them up tomorrow. It's just business."''
45	-->-- '''DJ''', ''Film/TheLastJedi''
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47	->''"No, I don't hate Balboa, but I pity the fool. And I will destroy any man who tries to take what I got!"''
48	-->-- '''[[Creator/MrT Clubber Lang]]''', ''Film/RockyIII''
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52	[[folder:Literature]]
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54	->''"But we've [[PunchClockVillain got a job to do, just like they did.]] Business is business."''
55	-->-- '''Gennadi Yegorov''', ''[[Creator/DaleBrown Warrior Class]]''
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57	->It was the hair-grabbing thing that bothered me. Along with the snide "it's not personal." If [[spoiler:Wilken]] had shot with no warning, Abene would be dead and Miki would be in pieces now. But [[spoiler:Wilken]] had wanted Abene to know that she was betrayed. That was personal.\
58	I don't like personal.\
59	This was another reason I didn't like human security consultants. Some of them enjoyed their job too much.
60	-->-- ''Literature/TheMurderbotDiaries'': ''Rogue Protocol''
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64	[[folder:Live Action TV]]
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66	->'''Vila:''' So why did they pick on me?\
67	'''Avon:''' I doubt if it was personal, Vila.\
68	'''Vila:''' It felt personal. It always feels personal when someone tries to kill me.
69	-->-- ''Series/BlakesSeven'', "Redemption"
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71	->'''Noble Sanfino:''' And this conscience of yours lets you gain the trust of perfect strangers and screw them over?\
72	'''Jamie Reagan:''' You're not strangers. You're criminals and I'm a cop.
73	-->-- ''Series/BlueBloods''
74
75	->''"[[TheSociopath Just so you know, this isn't personal.]]"''
76	-->-- '''Todd Alquist''', ''Series/BreakingBad''
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78	->''"I'm here to kill you, not to judge you."''
79	-->-- '''Holden''', ''Series/BuffyTheVampireSlayer'', "Conversations With Dead People,"
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81	->''"You were a cog in the machine. [[RoaringRampageOfRevenge I just hit that machine with a baseball bat.]]"''
82	-->-- [[spoiler:'''[[PsychoForHire Victor]]''']] to '''Michael Westen''', ''Series/BurnNotice''
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84	->'''Early:''' You show yourself, and we finish this exchange, or your brother's brains'll be flying every which way. ''[to Simon, very politely]'' You understand, I'm sort of on a clock here, it's frustrating.\
85	'''Simon:''' ...[[DeadpanSnarker I feel for you]].
86	-->-- ''Series/{{Firefly}}''
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88	->"Nothing personal."\
89	"Sure, it is. 'specially when it's me you're trying to kill."
90	-->-- ''{{Series/Supernatural}}''
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92	->''"'Nothing personal' isn't a great excuse when it's your mom."''
93	-->-- '''Miranda Keyes''', ''Series/Halo2022'', "Contact"
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97	[[folder:Marvel Cinematic Universe]]
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99	->'''Rumlow:''' I just want you to know, Cap... this isn't ''personal''! \
100	''[Cap kicks his ass and [[CeilingSmash throws him into the ceiling]]]''\
101	'''Captain America:''' [[BondOneLiner It kinda feels personal.]]
102	-->-- ''Film/CaptainAmericaTheWinterSoldier''
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104	->'''Skye''': All this time, everything we've been through, how could you? Why?\
105	'''[[spoiler: Ward]]''': [[JustFollowingOrders I was on a mission.]] It wasn't personal.\
106	'''Skye''': "It wasn't"-- you did not just say that. ''"It wasn't personal"!?''\
107	'''[[spoiler: Ward]]''': Skye, listen to me.\
108	'''Skye''': God, you might actually believe that! That is the twisted logic they teach you ''[[ANaziByAnyOtherName when you sign up to be a Nazi]]''.
109	-->-- ''Series/AgentsOfSHIELD, [[Recap/AgentsOfSHIELDS1E20NothingPersonal Nothing Personal]]''
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111	->''"I know I've betrayed you many times before, but this time, it's ''truly'' nothing personal."''
112	-->-- '''Loki''', ''Film/ThorRagnarok''
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114	->'''Sylvie:''' You treated ''real'' people's lives like some kind of ''game''.\
115	'''He Who Remains:''' It's not... personal. It's, it's ''practical'' --\
116	'''Sylvie:''' It was ''personal'' to ''me''.\
117	'''He Who Remains:''' [[SuddenlyShouting Grow up! Grow up, Sylvie!]] Murderer! ''{{Hypocrite}}!'' We're all villains here.
118	-->-- ''Series/{{Loki 2021}}''
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122	[[folder:Memes]]
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124	->''"Psssh... nothin [[RougeAnglesOfSatin personnel]]... kid..."''
125	-->-- '''[[Memes/SonicTheHedgehog Coldsteel the Hedgeheg]]''' [sic]
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127	[[/folder]]
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129	[[folder:Video Games]]
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131	->''"I do not hate you, [[PlayerCharacter Delta]]. Indeed, [[FauxAffablyEvil I care for you in equal measure to any other sentient creature]]. But I cannot sacrifice a thousand of my children for one rebellious son."''
132	-->-- '''Sofia Lamb,''' ''VideoGame/Bioshock2''
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134	->''"You're a stepping-stone... And I'm moving up. Don't take it personally."''
135	-->-- '''Caellach''', ''VideoGame/FireEmblemTheSacredStones''
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137	->'''It is a noble's duty to guard the welfare of the people. Nothing personal."''
138	-->-- '''Lorenz Hellman Gloucester''', ''VideoGame/FireEmblemThreeHouses''
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140	->''"Always business. Never personal."''
141	-->-- ''VideoGame/{{Hitman}}''
142
143	->''"Nothing personal, but I've got orders."''
144	-->-- '''Sword Man''', ''VideoGame/MegaMan8''
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146	->'''Black Manta:''' Got a reason for hunting me down?\
147	'''Deadshot:''' It's business, not personal.\
148	'''Black Manta:''' Business is my only pleasure.
149	-->--''VideoGame/Injustice2''
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152	[[folder:Webcomics]]
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154	->'''Steffi:''' Do you have some sort of problem with me?\
155	'''Gear:''' Isn't that thinking a little self-centered? I may be here to kill you, but that doesn't mean it's personal.
156	-->-- ''Webcomic/KiwiBlitz''
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160	[[folder:Web Original]]
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162	->"Out of the three gangs, the [[TheYardies Sons of Samedi]] has the more... professional violent relationship between the two gangs. The [[{{Yakuza}} Ronin]] [[ItsPersonal get personal]], the [[BrotherhoodOfEvil Brotherhood]]'s [[ItsPersonal personal right out the gate]], this one here's strictly business. We're just taking their fucking turf and their money from it."
163	-->-- [[LetsPlay/SuperGamingBros Matthew Metelli]] describing the Sons of Samedi storyline from ''VideoGame/SaintsRow2''
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167	[[folder:Western Animation]]
168
169	->''"I don't hate the shogun. I just want his chair."''
170	-->-- '''Abijah Fowler'', '''WesternAnimation/BlueEyeSamurai''
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172	->'''Ben (as Grey Matter):''' [[ContinuityNod I thought we were on good terms, Tetrax!]]\
173	'''Tetrax:''' There is a collector who would pay a lot of money for a human who can change shape! We're hunters! Don't take it personally!\
174	'''Ben:''' Attacking my person is the ''definition'' of personally!
175	-->-- ''WesternAnimation/Ben102016'', episode "Bounty Ball"
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177	->''"{{Revenge}} [[DefiedTrope is a sucker's game.]]"''
178	-->-- '''David Xanatos''', ''WesternAnimation/{{Gargoyles}}''
179
180	->'''Shocker:''' I do admire your spunk, son. Not enough to let you go, of course, [[ProfessionalKiller that'd be bad for business]].\
181	'''ComicBook/SpiderMan:''' ''Whose'' business?\
182	'''Shocker:''' Can't tell you the "who".\
183	'''Spider-Man:''' Then tell me the "why"! What'd your friendly neighborhood Spider-Man ever do to you?\
184	'''Shocker:''' Ain't nothin' personal, hoss! Simple truth is, if a man's a man, he honors his responsibilities, and you're one of mine.
185	-->-- ''WesternAnimation/TheSpectacularSpiderMan'', "Market Forces"
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189	[[folder:Real Life]]
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191	->"He looked not only anxious, but [[ThisIsGonnaSuck deeply upset]]... I hadn't meant to upset him. I would have liked very much for us to part in a different mood. But there was nothing I could do to help him... Politics is a merciless business."
192	-->-- UsefulNotes/NikitaKhrushchev's impressions of UsefulNotes/JohnFKennedy, 1961 Vienna Summit
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194	->"sync-1.01; andy; I'm just doing my job, nothing personal, sorry."
195	-->-- A message in the code of the Mydoom.B computer worm
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197	->''"Nothing personal, it's just business."''
198	-->-- '''UsefulNotes/AlCapone'''
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