Star Trek: Deep Space Nine (TV Series)
It's Only a Paper Moon (1998)
Aron Eisenberg: Nog
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Quotes
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[Nog explains to Vic why he's afraid to leave Vic's Las Vegas holosuite program]
Nog : When the war began, I wasn't happy or anything. But I was eager. I wanted to test myself. I wanted to prove I had what it took to be a soldier. And I saw a lot of combat. I saw a lot of people get hurt. I saw a lot of people die. But I didn't think anything was going to happen to me. And then suddenly, Dr. Bashir is telling me he has to cut my leg off. I couldn't believe it. I still can't believe it. If I can get shot, if I can lose my leg, anything can happen to me, Vic. I could die tomorrow. I don't know if I'm ready to face that. If I stay here, at least I know what the future is going to be like.
Vic Fontaine : You stay here, you're gonna die. Not all at once, but little by little. Eventually, you'll become as hollow as I am.
Nog : You don't seem hollow to me.
Vic Fontaine : Compared to you, I'm hollow as a snare drum. Look, kid, I don't know what's going to happen to you out there. All I can tell you is that... you've got to play the cards life deals you. Sometimes you win, sometimes you lose. But at least you're in the game.
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Chief O'Brien : [in the holosuite as Nog tries to get Vic's program running] You know... Vic's matrix is a little different than your standard photokinetic hologram. He can turn himself off. And if he doesn't want to appear... he doesn't appear
Nog : You mean he has free will?
Chief O'Brien : I'm an engineer, not a philosopher. All I know is that when Vic turns himself off, he's off, and ripping out the guts of the holosuite isn't going to change that.
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Vic Fontaine : [about his song "I'll be seeing you"] So let me guess - Julian played it for you, right?
Nog : Right.
Vic Fontaine : If I had him as a publicist, I'd be bigger than Elvis.
Nog : Who?
Vic Fontaine : Never mind.
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Nog : Welcome to Las Vegas.
