Sports Night (TV Series)
The Sword of Orion (1999)
Josh Charles: Dan Rydell
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Quotes
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Dan Rydell : Eleven years ago Orlando Rojas pitched a perfect game.
Rebecca Wells : And a perfect game is good?
Dan Rydell : Look, I know there's a lot of jargon but some of these really are self-explanatory.
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Rebecca : Have people ever tried to kill you?
Dan Rydell : Yeah, but I defend myself with my superior wit and guile.
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Dan Rydell : Five minutes to air.
Casey McCall : Best words in the English language.
Dan Rydell : Aren't they?
Casey McCall : Yes.
Dan Rydell : They're the best words in the English language.
Casey McCall : Cinq minutes avant d'etre en direct.
Dan Rydell : And those are the best words in the French language.
Casey McCall : Yes.
Dan Rydell : Oui.
Casey McCall : Cinco minutos para salir al aire.
Dan Rydell : This is what I'm talkin' about.
Casey McCall : There's an internal clock.
Dan Rydell : There is.
Casey McCall : It's like athletes.
Dan Rydell : It's just like that. When that gun goes off...
Casey McCall : When the bell rings...
Dan Rydell : It's game time, my friend.
Casey McCall : You can take it to the bank.
Dan Rydell : Most beautiful sound in the world.
Casey McCall : Funf minuten bis sendungszeit.
Dan Rydell : Well, now you're just showing off.
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Rebecca : You like me right now, and you love sports, and I think when you see those two things in a room together at the same time, I'm going to look a little less like what you want.
Dan Rydell : I think you're wrong.
Rebecca : I have to go back to my office.
Dan Rydell : First of all, what makes you so sure I like you right now?
Rebecca : Well, you follow me everywhere I go and you ask me out all the time.
Dan Rydell : You're reading way too much into that.
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Dan Rydell : Orlando Rojas.
Rebecca : I don't know who that is.
Dan Rydell : Orlando Rojas, the pitcher.
Rebecca : Oh, Orlando Rojas, the *pitcher*!
Dan Rydell : Yes.
Rebecca : I don't know who that is.
Dan Rydell : He's pitching this afternoon.
Rebecca : Orlando Rojas?
Dan Rydell : Yes.
Rebecca : I don't know who that is.
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Casey McCall : Alyson, do you know I speak four languages?
Dan Rydell : You speak three languages.
Casey McCall : I speak four languages.
Dan Rydell : You speak French, Spanish and German.
Casey McCall : I dabble in a little English.
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[It's rundown time and Dan and Casey are alone in the conference room]
Dan Rydell : I need this meeting to get underway. I want people to walk in the door right now.
[Everyone comes in the room]
Dan Rydell : Look at that! That's a power I didn't even know I had.