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At the beginning of every chapter is a selection of quotes related to the theme of the episode. Also, Doug and occasionally others do their own quip/quote drops.
Here's where I think we should put some we all think might be appropriate to join them to help, partly to help Bob from having to brainstorm to much to find suitable ones, partly just for the fun of finding them. Quotes which we just KNOW can in some way be related to Doug or the worlds he interacts with.
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I, for one, already gave a humorously altered Batman movie quote related to the Harry Potter step
"Riddle me this, Riddle me that - who's afraid of the pale emo prat?"
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I watched the first three Pirates of the Caribbean movies to celebrate being done with my final exams. Figured I'd make use of that to bring up some excellent quotage from them.
Here's a quote for a chapter in which there exists some blatant example of the corruption in the Ministry of Magic:
“Loyalty is no longer the currency of the realm... I'm afraid that currency is the currency of the realm” – Lord Cutler Beckett, East India Trading Company, Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man’s Chest~~~
And, of course, we all know how Doug feels about fair play in a serious battle:
William Turner: You didn't beat me. You ignored the rules of engagement! In a fair fight, I'd kill you!Jack Sparrow: Well, that's not much incentive for me to fight fair then, is it?– Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl
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Cause it's just so Doug...
Lord Cutler Beckett: “You’re mad.”Captain Jack Sparrow: “Thank goodness for that, 'cause if I wasn't this would probably never work.”– Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man’s Chest
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For a chapter in which Horcruxes are featured:
“There's never a guarantee of coming back. But passing on, that's dead certain.” – Captain Hector Barbossa, Pirates of the Caribbean: At World’s End
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And finally, reflecting Doug's feelings on celestials:
“Not a person, a heathen god! One who delights in cursing men with their wildest dreams, and then revealing them to be hollow, and naught but ash! The world is well rid of her.” – Captain Davy Jones, Pirates of the Caribbean: At World’s End
I certainly wouldn't turn down a resource generated by a group mind with a far greater range than my own petty senses...
-- Bob
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Then the horns kicked in...
...and my shoes began to squeak.
Scoured Wikiquote for a superb selection of Doctor Who quotes
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“I am not a student of human nature. I am a
professor of a far wider academy of which human nature is merely a part.” – The
Second Doctor, “The Evil of the Daleks,” Doctor
Who




“A straight line may be the shortest distance
between two points, but it is by no means the most interesting.” – The Third
Doctor, “The Time Warrior,” Doctor Who

“There's no point being grown-up if you can't be
childish sometimes.” – The Fourth Doctor, “Robot,” Doctor Who

“Never cared much for the word
"impregnable." Sounds a bit too much like "unsinkable." –
The Fourth Doctor, “Robot,” Doctor Who



“Homo sapiens. What an inventive, invincible
species. It's only a few million years since they crawled up out of the mud and
learned to walk. Puny, defenceless bipeds. They've survived flood, famine and
plague. They've survived cosmic wars and holocausts. And now, here they are,
out among the stars, waiting to begin a new life. Ready to outsit eternity.
They're indomitable.” – The Fourth Doctor, “The Ark in Space,” Doctor Who

“All right! I confess, I confess. — I confess to
your being a bigger idiot than I thought.” – The Fourth Doctor, “The Deadly
Assassin,” Doctor Who



“The very powerful and the very stupid have one
thing in common. They don't alter their views to fit the facts. They alter the
facts to fit their views. Which can be uncomfortable if you happen to be one of
the facts that needs altering.” – The Fourth Doctor, “The Face of Evil,” Doctor Who



“Answers are easy. It's asking the right questions
which is hard.” – The Fourth Doctor, “The Face of Evil,” Doctor Who



“I'm a very dangerous fellow when I don't know what
I'm doing.” – The Fourth Doctor, “Destiny of the Daleks,” Doctor Who

“Anybody remotely interesting is mad in some way.” –
The Seventh Doctor, “The Greatest Show in the Galaxy,” Doctor Who

“Some people live more in twenty years than others
do in eighty. It's not the time that matters, it's the person.” – The Tenth
Doctor, “The Lazarus Experiment,” Doctor
Who


“There's no such thing as an ordinary human.” – The
Tenth Doctor, “The Lazarus Experiment,” Doctor
Who


“Didn't anyone ever tell you? There's one thing you
never put in a trap — if you're smart, if you value your continued existence,
if you have any plans about seeing tomorrow — there's one thing you never —
ever put in a trap. … Me.” – The Eleventh Doctor, “The Time of Angels,” Doctor Who

“I have a thing. It's like a plan, but with more
greatness.” – The Eleventh Doctor, “Vincent and the Doctor,” Doctor Who

“Good men don't need
rules. Today is not the day to find out why I have so many of them.” – The
Eleventh Doctor, “A Good Man Goes to War,” Doctor
Who
While doing some background work for an ongoing project, I dug up some interesting quotes by Robert Oppenheimer or related.

In battle, in the forest, at the precipice in the mountains,

On the dark great sea, in the midst of javelins and arrows,

In sleep, in confusion, in the depths of shame,

The good deeds a man has done before defend him

-Bhagavad Ghita - as quoted by Robert Oppenheimer, reflecting his doubts before the Trinity test.

This one struck me as far more interesting that the traditional 'I am become death' - which is woefully misunderstood when not considered in the context of the original scripture.
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