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Sasuke Akechi: Besides, we all agree that Iori deserves to die?
Tetsuo Garcia: Yes.
Chie Midoriyama: He'll not hurt anybody else ever again, croak...
Sasuke: Well, riddle me this: who will bell the cat?
Chie: What do you mean, ribbit?
Sasuke: Who's going to do the dirty business and snuff that bastard's lights out?

Bonnie: "There's a room up ahead. One of us should take a look."
Daniel: "Not it!"
Bonnie: "Not it!"
Aidan: "Not me!"
Sam: "Dammit, guys."

Ike Clanton: I swear to God, law dog, if you don't step aside, we are tearin' you apart-
*Ike finds himself with a Hand Cannon's barrel on his forehead*
Wyatt Earp: You die first, get it? Your friends might get me in a rush, but not before I turn your head into a canoe, you understand me?
Billy Clanton: He's bluffing, let's rush him-
Ike Clanton: No! He ain't bluffin'!

Legasov: There are multiple valves, so we'll need two to three men who know the basement layout— and of course any volunteers will be rewarded. A yearly stipend of 400 rubles... And for those of you working in reactors 1 and 2, promotions...
Plant workers: Why are reactors 1 and 2 still operating at all? My friend was a security guard that night. Her father tells me she's dying. And we've all heard about the firemen. Now you want us to swim underneath a burning reactor? Do you even know how contaminated it is?
Legasov: I don't have an exact number...
Plant workers: You don't need an exact number to know if it will kill us. But you won't even tell us that. So why should we do this? For what? 400 rubles?
Scherbina: You'll do it, because it must be done. You'll do it, because no one else can. And if you don't, millions will die. If you tell me that's not enough, I won't believe you. This is what has always set our people apart. A thousand years of sacrifice in our veins. And every generation must know its own suffering. I spit on the men who did this. And I curse the price I have to pay. But I am making my peace with it. You make yours. And go into the water. Because it must be done.
[beat]
Oleksiy Ananenko: [standing up] Ananenko.
Valery Bezpalov: [standing up] Bezpalov.
Boris Baranov: [standing up] Baranov.

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