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Timothy: "It was me. I did it. I killed them all. Everything was shaking. I lost my balance. I was just trying to hold onto something. I didn't mean to do it."
Capt. Jean-luc Picard: "What was it that you didn't mean to do, Timothy?"
Timothy: "My arm hit the computer panel. That's what destroyed the ship."
Counsellor Deanna Troi: "The ship was damaged when your arm hit the computer panel? Timothy, listen to me: The damage to your ship might have occurred at the same time your arm touched the panel, but it was only a coincidence. This wasn't your fault."
Timothy: "Yes, it was."
Data: "It is not possible. The onboard control systems for every starship require a user code clearance. You could not have inadvertently affected any of the Vico's systems."
Picard: "Your computer had safety precautions. There is nothing you could have touched that would have damaged your ship."
Troi: "You're not responsible for what happened to your parents, Timothy."
Star Trek: The Next Generation, "Hero Worship"

Woman: "He told me that my fish would die, the next day — dead!"
Man 1: "He told me that I'd grow a gut, and just like he said."
Man 2: "He told me that I'd lose my hair, and look at my head!"

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