Our Man in Havana (1959)

Burl Ives: Dr. Hasselbacher

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• Dr. Hasselbacher : They strike at you through what you love.

• Jim Wormold : Do you remember the day when she set fire to Thomas Earl Parkman Jr. and they had to push him in the fountain to put him out?

  Dr. Hasselbacher : She was only 13 then.

  Jim Wormold : She grew up so quickly. Sometimes I wish she'd set fire to someone again.

  Dr. Hasselbacher : She will.

  Jim Wormold : And I don't mean in that way.

• Dr. Hasselbacher : It was a dream. This is reality. Just the same it was none of their business, was it... if I wanted to dream?

• Dr. Hasselbacher : A man can smile and be a villain.

• Jim Wormold : You think I should invent and take their money?

  Dr. Hasselbacher : They have no money except what they take in taxes from men like you and me. As long as you invent, you do no harm. And they don't deserve the truth.

  Jim Wormold : They?

  Dr. Hasselbacher : Kingdoms, republics, principalities, powers...!