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* ''Film/EverythingEverywhereAllAtOnce'': This is how Evelyn is ultimately able to befriend [[spoiler:Deirdre, the IRS auditor who'd been giving her grief the entire movie. When Evelyn has a breakdown and seems to completely blow her chances at saving her business and her marriage, Deirdre is [[PetTheDog surprisingly understanding]], since she also did some crazy things when her marriage fell apart. She then tries to comfort Evelyn by sardonically noting that, "Unlovable bitches like us make the world go 'round." Evelyn, taken aback, rejects this notion.]]

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** Alpha Waymond hits Evelyn with this early in the film, revealing that all the misery of her life has given her the greatest capacity for power of ''any'' of the infinite Evelyn's he's seen:
-->'''Alpha Waymond:''' Each failure here branched off into a success for another Evelyn. Most people only have a few alternate paths so close to them. But you...are capable of anything. Every rejection. Every disappointment. Has led you here, to ''this moment''. ''Don't let anything distract you from it!''
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This is how Evelyn is ultimately able to befriend [[spoiler:Deirdre, the IRS auditor who'd been giving her grief the entire movie. When Evelyn has a breakdown and seems to completely blow her chances at saving her business and her marriage, Deirdre is [[PetTheDog surprisingly understanding]], since she also did some crazy things when her marriage fell apart. She then tries to comfort Evelyn by sardonically noting that, "Unlovable bitches like us make the world go 'round." Evelyn, taken aback, rejects this notion.]]
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* Film/SupermanTheMovie has this being Jor El's reason for sending his son to Earth specifically
-->'''Jor El:''' They can be a great people, Kal El, if they wish to be. They only lack the light to show them the way. It is for this reason, above all else, that I have sent them you. My only son.
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* This is the overarching theme of the first trailer for ''Film/ManOfSteel'', echoing Jor-El's sentiment from ''Film/SupermanTheMovie''
-->'''Jor-El''':You will give the people of Earth an ideal to strive towards. They will race behind you. They will stumble. They will fall. But in time...they will join you in the sun. In time...you will help them accomplish wonders.

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