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The smart enemy attacks you exactly where you think you are safe.

Admiral Kimmel: The smart enemy attacks you exactly where you think you are safe.

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I think World War II just started.

Danny: I think World War II just started.

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Not anxious to die sir, just anxious to matter.

Rafe: Not anxious to die sir, just anxious to matter.

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A brilliant man will find a way not to fight a war.

Admiral Yamamoto: A brilliant man will find a way not to fight a war.

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You’re a rotten drunk, always have been.

Danny: You’re a rotten drunk, always have been.
Rafe: Well, you’re a lousy friend, that’s a new development.

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You know what top secret is?

Lt. Col. Jimmy Doolittle: You know what top secret is?
Rafe: Yes, sir. It’s the kind of mission where you get medals, but they send ’em to your relatives.

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Dolittle assigned me. He wanted me to get some real combat training.

Rafe: Dolittle assigned me. He wanted me to get some real combat training.
Danny: Well guess what? It isn’t training over there, it’s war. Where losers die and there aren’t any winners, just guys who turn into broken-down wrecks like my father. Now if trouble awaits me, I’m ready. But why go looking for it?

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You are so beautiful it hurts.

Rafe: You are so beautiful it hurts.
Evelyn: It’s your nose that hurts.
Rafe: I think it’s my heart.

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There’s nothing stronger than the heart of a volunteer.

Lt. Col. Jimmy Doolittle: There’s nothing stronger than the heart of a volunteer.