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CLAIRE UNDERWOOD: My husband doesn't apologize, even to me.
- House of Cards, Chapter 1
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ZOE BARNES: Wait. We're in a very gray area. Ethically. Legally. Which I'm okay with --
FRANK UNDERWOOD: I just love this painting, don't you? We're in the same boat now, Zoe. Take
care not to tip it over. I can only save one of us from drowning.
- House of Cards, Chapter 1
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FRANK UNDERWOOD: Such a waste of talent. He chose money over power - in this town,
a mistake nearly everyone makes. Money is the McMansion in Sarasota
that starts falling apart after 10 years. Power is the old stone
building that stands for centuries. I cannot respect someone who does
not see the difference.
- House of Cards, Chapter 2
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FRANK UNDERWOOD: You know the difference between you and me, Marty?
MARTY SPINELLA: What?
FRANK UNDERWOOD: I'm a white-trash cracker from a white-trash town that no one
would even bother to piss on. But here's the difference — I've
made something of myself. I have the keys to the capitol. People
respect me. But you, you're still nothing. You're just an uppity
dago in an expensive suit turning tricks for the unions. Nobody
respects the unions anymore, Marty. They're dying. And no one
respects you. The most you'll ever make of yourself is blowing
men like me. Men with real power. Yes. I can smell the cock on
your breath from here.
MARTY SPINELLA: You think you can get under my skin?
FRANK UNDERWOOD: I know I can.
- House of Cards, Chapter 6
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RAYMOND TUSK: Fact, I have something that you want. You have something that I want.
[Frank chuckles]
RAYMOND TUSK: Have I said something amusing?
FRANK UNDERWOOD: I've sat too many times on your side of the table not to enjoy the
irony of finding myself on this side of it.
- House of Cards, Chapter 12
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FRANK UNDERWOOD: [about Tusk] He doesn't measure his wealth in private jets, but purchased souls.
- House of Cards, Chapter 12
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FRANK UNDERWOOD: Of all the things I hold in high regards, rules are not one of them.
- House of Cards, Chapter 13
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JANINE SKORSKY: My entire career, I have always chosen the tough stories. I have been fearless.
But, you know what? I’m really fucking scared this time. He’s got power; he’s got
a lot to lose; and, right now, he is winning.
- House of Cards, Chapter 14
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FRANK UNDERWOOD: One heartbeat away from the presidency and not a vote cast in my name. Democracy is so overrated.
- House of Cards, Chapter 15
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RAYMOND TUSK: We should add 'miracle worker' to your resume Frank.
FRANK UNDERWOOD: Lazarus makes for a good magic act, but life would've been
a lot easier if the bastard hadn't died in the first place.
- House of Cards, Chapter 16
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FRANK UNDERWOOD: If we never did anything we shouldn't do, we'd never feel good about doing the things we should.
- House of Cards, Chapter 17
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XANDER FENG: Mr. Tusk and I have great resources at our disposal.
FRANK UNDERWOOD: Add up all your billions and you get the GDP of Slovakia. I have the federal government
of the United States of America. Your money doesn't intimidate me. The most that you buy
is influence, but I wield Constitutional authority.
XANDER FENG: The strongest army doesn't always win. Mao started out with only a few thousand men. They took over half a continent.
FRANK UNDERWOOD: Mao is dead, and so is his China.
- House of Cards, Chapter 18
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FRANK UNDERWOOD: You may have all the money, Raymond, but I have all the men with guns.
- House of Cards, Chapter 19
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DANIEL LANIGAN: You know what I like about money? I can stack it on a table, like this one. I can measure it
ith a yardstick. I can see it, smell it, buy things with it - houses, cars, clothes.
Things that are real. You're going to have to show up with more than beads.
- House of Cards, Chapter 20
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FRANK UNDERWOORD: She offered her resignation. She's gone, even if she stays.
- House of Cards, Chapter 20
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FREDDY HAYES: I ain't one for lookin' back. Eyes ahead.
- House of Cards, Chapter 21
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FRANK UNDERWOOD: I've always loathed the necessity of sleep. Like death, it puts
even the most powerful of men on their backs.
- House of Cards, Chapter 23
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FRANK UNDERWOOD: The only thing more satisfying than convincing someone to do what
I want is failing to persuade them on purpose. It's like a do not
enter sign. It just begs you to walk in the door.
- House of Cards, Chapter 23
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CLAIRE UNDERWOOD: There were political realities we couldn't ignore.
MEGAN HENNESSY: Do you ever wonder why so many people hate Washington? It's because
of people like you using phrases like that.
- House of Cards, Chapter 24
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[Frank has just asked Jackie to help him get Walker impeached]
JACKIE SHARP: Mr. Vice President, what you are asking is just shy of treason.
FRANK UNDERWOOD: Just shy, which is politics.
- House of Cards, Chapter 25
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RAYMOND TUSK: [to Frank] When they put you in that box barely bigger than a coffin remember how beautiful the music was tonight. It might give you some small degree of comfort.
- House of Cards, Chapter 26
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FRANK UNDERWOOD: [about his father] Nobody showed up to his funeral, except me, not even my mother.
[to the tombstone] But I'll tell you this though, pop. When they bury me, it won't
be in my backyard, and when they come to pay their respects, they'll have to wait
in line.
- House of Cards, Chapter 27
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FRANK UNDERWOOD: [about Dunbar] She sees me as the bank robber who made it to the county line, but
she's smart enough to leave her badge at the door.
- House of Cards, Chapter 28
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FRANK UNDERWOOD: I've always said that power is more important than money. But when it comes to
elections, money gives power... well, a run for its money.
- House of Cards, Chapter 28
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FRANK UNDERWOOD: You can't turn a no to a yes without a maybe in between.
- House of Cards, Chapter 29
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FRANK UNDERWOOD: I have a duty to this nation, Mr. Mahmoud. I swore an oath.
MAHMOUD: There's a fine line between duty and murder. Only you have to power to stop what
happened to me. The next time you wield it, I hope you'll think twice.
- House of Cards, Chapter 30
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HEATHER DUNBAR: [To Frank] Is this how you live with yourself, by rationalizing the obscene into the palatable.
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FRANK UNDERWOOD: I understand the Old Testament God, whose power was absolute, who ruled through fear.
[points to the Cross] But Him?
- House of Cards, Chapter 30
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FRANK UNDERWOOD: There won't be a revolution because you freed one man.
VIKTOR PETROV: Revolutions sneak up on you, one small step at a time. I can't ignore the smallest step.
- House of Cards, Chapter 32
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EDWARD MEECHUM: You'd better not fuck him over.
TOM YATES: Excuse me?
EDWARD MEECHUM: With what you're writing.
TOM YATES: I don't intend to.
EDWARD MEECHUM: The part about being foolish.
TOM YATES: Were you eavesdropping?
EDWARD MEECHUM: He's not foolish.
TOM YATES: That wasn't my point.
EDWARD MEECHUM: I wouldn't take a bullet for a man who was.
- House of Cards, Chapter 34
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FRANK UNDERWOOD: I never tried to swim to Fort Sumter. Thomas probably knows that
I made it up, but he wrote about it anyway because he understands
the greater truth: Imagination is its own form of courage.
- House of Cards, Chapter 34
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FRANK UNDERWOOD: Claire is the First Lady of the United States, and you still think she made the wrong choice.
ELIZABETH HALE: Reduced to tabloid gossip? She might as well be living in that trailer park you come from.
FRANK UNDERWOOD: Well, it was a peach farm. But you're right, I am still white trash. I just happen to be white trash that lives in the White House.
ELIZABETH HALE: Not even being president could give you any class.
- House of Cards, Chapter 40
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REMY DANTON: Sorry about Frank.
CLAIRE UNDERWOOD: Oh, please, don't bother. I've had enough people say "I'm sorry", and I know you don't mean it.
- House of Cards, Chapter 44
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FRANK UNDERWOOD: Do you what separates politicians from the rest of the species? A politician is the one who would drown a litter of kittens for 10 minutes of prime time.
- House of Cards, Chapter 48
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WILL CONWAY: Oh, I always wear protection when I'm getting my dick sucked by the democrats.
- House of Cards, Chapter 48
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REMY DANTON: I've been threatened by billionaires and by presidents.
You think an...out-of-work reporter makes me nervous?
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HANNAH CONWAY: Do you regret it, not having children?
[pause] Oh, I'm sorry. That's too personal.
CLAIRE UNDERWOOD: Do you ever regret having them?
- House of Cards, Chapter 51
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IBRAHIM HALABI: The moment bigotry becomes a form of patriotism, America is no longer America.
- House of Cards, Chapter 51
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CLAIRE UNDERWOOD: We expel the Ba'athists, and you go from bureaucrat to extremist.
But you're a well-educated man, Yusuf, and you don't care about Islam
or the caliphate. You're just using that to radicalize soldiers.
YUSUF AL AHMADI: Just as you use democracy and freedom.
CLAIRE UNDERWOOD: [Smiles] So now we understand each other.
- House of Cards, Chapter 52
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FRANK UNDERWOOD: That's right. We dont submit to terror. We make the terror.
- House of Cards, Chapter 52
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