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Freedom vs Cause

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A riveting scene from the movie "21 Grams" ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Pastor: Well, thanks for finally seeing me. They tell me you don't want to eat. Jack : I'm not hungry. Pastor: Jack,Jesus didn't come to free us from pain. He came to give us the strength to bear it. Jack : Maybe He wanted this pain for me. Pastor: No, He had nothing to do with this. It was an accident. Jack : No, it wasn't an accident. Jesus chose me for this. Pastor: Jack, ask for the mercy of Jesus Christ. Jack : If it was an accident, why do I have to ask for His mercy? "I will have mercy on whom I will have mercy. "I will have compassion on whom I will have compassion. Pastor: - Don't be so prideful. That's a sin. Jack : - "And the fearful and unbelieving. "And the abominable, the murderers, the warmongers, Pastor: Jack, listen to me. Jack : "the sorcerers and the idolate...

The Climb

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In a scene from GOT's Episode 6 of Season 3 titled 'The Climb', Lord Varys and Littlefinger are in the throne room throwing barbs at each other while trying to expose the other's hidden ambitions. At one point Littlefinger has Varys down and Varys retorts by saying whatever he did was for the good of the realm. For me, this scene nicely sums up the entire GOT. ----- Varys: I did what I did for the good of the realm. Littlefinger: The realm? Do you know what the realm is? Its the 1000 blades of Aegon's enemies; A story we agree to tell each other over and over, till we forget that its a lie. Varys: But what do we have once we abandon the lie? Chaos! A gaping pit waiting to swallow us all. Littlefinger: Chaos isn't a pit. Chaos is a ladder. Many who try to climb it fail and never get to try again. The fall breaks them. And some are given a chance to climb, but they refuse. They cling to the realm or the gods or love. Illusions....Only the ladder i...