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“You said it yourself, bitch: We're the Guardians of the Galaxy.”
— Peter Quill / Star-Lord, Guardians of the Galaxy
Tagged: Bitch, Guardians of the Galaxy
“Bereet! Okay, I'm gonna be totally honest with you...I forgot you were here.”
— Peter Quill / Star-Lord, Guardians of the Galaxy
Tagged: forgetful, Insult
“Peter Quill: What should we do next: Something good, something bad? Bit of both?

Gamora: We'll follow your lead, Star-Lord.

Peter Quill: A bit of both!”
— Peter Quill / Star-Lord, Guardians of the Galaxy
Tagged: Good, Bad, follow the leader
“[Erik goes to CIA facility to break out Emma Frost]
Erik Lehnsherr: I know we've had our differences.

Emma Frost: Where's your telepath friend?

Lehnsherr: Gone. Left a bit of a gap in my life, if I am to be honest. I was rather hoping you could fill it. Join us.

Frost: [she notices the rest of the Brotherhood] Erik, I believe?

Lehnsherr: I prefer...Magneto.”
— Edie Lensherr, X-Men: First Class
Tagged: telepathic, fill a gap
“[to Moira] Take care of him. [she goes and stands next to Erik and Riptide, Azazel, and Angel all join as well] Hey, Beast! Never forget – mutant and proud! [they disappear]”
— Mystique - older, X-Men: First Class
Tagged: mutant and proud
“[Erik addresses the other mutants on the beach]
Erik Lehnsherr: This society won't accept us. We form our own. The humans have played their hand. Now we get ready to play ours. Who's with me? [looks to Mystique] No more hiding.

Charles Xavier: [she kneels by Charles] You should go with him. It's what you want.

Mystique: You promised me you'd never read my mind.

Xavier: I've promised you a great many things, I'm afraid. I'm sorry.”
— Erik Lehnsherr / Magneto, X-Men: First Class
Tagged: humans, Society, promises
“You are a journalist and a rapist, and those are the two worst things any person can be.”
— Dina Fox, Superstore, Season 1: Magazine Profile
Tagged: insults, Insults to Journalists
“[Erik stops the missiles from hitting all of them but instead redirects them at the naval ships]
Charles Xavier: Erik, you said yourself, we're the better man. This is the time to prove it. There are thousands of men on those ships – good, honest, innocent men! They're just following orders– [realizes what he just said]

Erik Lehnsherr: I've been at the mercy of men 'just following orders.' Never again. [he sends the missiles shooting off towards the naval ships]”
— Charles Xavier / Professor X, X-Men: First Class
Tagged: following orders, Never Again
“[Erik sees Sebastian Shaw in the void]
Sebastian Shaw: Erik, what a pleasant surprise. So good to see you again. [Erik enters the void] May I ask you something? Why are you on their side? Why fight for a doomed race who will hunt us down as soon as they realize their reign is coming to an end? [Erik punches him in the face but their is molecular distortion to his face due to all the nuclear energy harnessed] I'm sorry for what happened in the camps. I truly am. [he shoves Erik backwards causing the wall of the void to crack] But everything I did, I did for you. To unlock your power. To make you embrace it. [shoves him across to another wall causing is to break] You've come a long way from bending gates. I'm so proud of you. [lunges metal pillars in front of him to block him] And you're just starting to scratch the surface. Think of how much further we could go, together. [he walks through the pillars with much ease and presses one of them against Erik and get closer to his face] I don't want to hurt you, Erik. I never did. I want to help you. This is our time. Our age. We are the future of the human race. You and me, son. This world could be ours.

Erik Lehnsherr: Everything you did made me stronger, it made me the weapon I am today. It's the truth. I've known it all along. You are my creator.”
— Edie Lensherr, X-Men: First Class
Tagged: Power, Fighting, Future, human race
“[After Moira, Charles and Erik found Raven and the others are dancing to loud music and showing off their powers]
Moira MacTaggert: What are you doing?! Who destroyed the statue?

Hank McCoy: It was Alex.

Mystique: No. Havok! We have to call him Havok. That's his name now. And we were thinking, [pointing to Charles] you should be Professor X and [pointing to Erik] you should be Magneto.

Erik Lehnsherr: [sarcastically] Exceptional. [leaves. Moira follows him]

Charles Xavier: [to Raven upon seeing the gang fool around] I expect more from you. [leaves]”
— Hank McCoy / Beast, X-Men: First Class
Tagged: Destruction
“[Mystique stands naked before Charles in the kitchen, just like when they first met]
Mystique: You know, sometimes I wonder what my life would've been like if you haven't found me here that night.

Charles Xavier: Sorry, what? You... [sees her and averts his eyes] Yaah! God's sake, Raven, where are your clothes? Pu... put... put some clothes on–

Mystique: That's not what you said when you first saw me. But I guess pets are always cuter when they're little, right?

Xavier: Raven, I don't know what's gotten into you lately. I swear, you've been in a good mood. Hank, he tells me that he has found the answer to your cosmetic... [slight pause] problem. You gotta tell me what's the matter, or I'll have to read your mind.

Mystique: [looking deeply hurt] You promised me you would never do that.

Xavier: Until recently, I never had to use my powers to know what you were thinking, Raven.

Mystique: [angrily] You know, Charles, I used to think it was gonna be you and me against the world. But no matter how bad the world gets, you don't wanna be against it, do you? You want to be part of it. [leaves]”
— Mystique - older, X-Men: First Class
Tagged: cosmetic, Mind-Reading, You and Me Against The World
“[Shaw meets a Russian general in Moscow]
Russian General: Hello.

Sebastian Shaw: [in Russian] Once again, my sympathies for your treatment at the hands of the CIA.

Russian General: These Americans are ruthless.

Shaw: Now they have their missiles placed in Turkey...I expect you'll be planning new missile sites of your own. Somewhere you know the American early-warning system won't help. I hear Cuba is lovely this time of year. And so close to Florida.

Russian General: Missiles in Cuba? You're serious? We may as well declare war.

Shaw: Maybe I wasn't clear enough. You will make this happen.

Russian General: Okay. Let's see what KGB think about this. [he picks up the phone] Hello? General Armivolkoff. [the rest of the Hellfire Club appears] It's nothing. [he hangs up and meets their demands]”
— Sebastian Shaw, X-Men: First Class
Tagged: KGB, CIA, russians, Americans, Cuba, Florida, Cuban Missile Crisis
“[Eric and Charles walk into a bar and approach Logan as he is smoking a cigar]
Eric Lehnsherr: Excuse me, I'm Eric Lehnsherr.

Charles Xavier: Charles Xavier.

Logan: Go fuck yourself.”
— Zack Stentz, Matthew Vaughn, Ashley Edward Miller, Jane Goldman, X-Men: First Class
Tagged: Introductions, greetings, Go Fuck Yourself
“Charles Xavier: You have a chance to become a part of something much bigger than yourself.

Erik Lensherr: What do you know about me?

Xavier: Everything.”
— Charles Xavier / Professor X, X-Men: First Class
Tagged: joining, movements
“Mother: My darling. [she embraces him and speaks in a hushed voice] How are you?

Schmidt: [he gestures to the soldiers to hold her back] Here's what we're going to do. I'm going to count to three... [he opens a drawer and pulls out a gun] ...and you're going to move the coin. You don't move the coin, I pull the trigger. [he points the gun at his mother] Understand? [Erik attempts to move it again without success with a sense of urgency] One.

Lehnsherr: [he looks to his mother] Mama.

Mother: You can do it.

Schmidt: Two. [he grows impatient]

Mother: Everything is all right. [Erik concentrates even harder]

Schmidt: Three. [he shoots and kills Erik's mother; trauma angers Erik to crush a small metal bell] Yes. Wonderful. [sees Erik crush a metal filing cabinet] Excellent. [Erik loses control and crushes the soldiers' helmets on their heads before sending all metal objects across the room. Schmidt consoles him after he crises] Outstanding, Erik. So we unlock your gift with anger. Anger and pain. You and me...we're going to have a lot of fun together. [he leaves the Nazi coin in Erik's hand and he leaves]”
— Dr. Klaus Schmidt, X-Men: First Class
Tagged: Anger, Pain
“[At a Nazi concentration camp in Poland]
Klaus Schmidt: [in German] Understand this, Erik...these Nazis, I'm not like them. Genes are the key, yes? But their goals? Blue eyes? Blonde hair? Pathetic. [he gives him a chocolate bar] Eat the chocolate. It's good. Want some?

Erik Lehnsherr: I want to see my mama.

Schmidt: Genes are the key that unlocks the door to a new age, Erik. A new future for mankind. Evolution. You know what I'm talking about? It's a simple thing I ask of you. [gestures to a small Nazi coin on the desk] A little coin is nothing compared to a big gate. Is it? [Erik attempts to move the coin but fails]

Lehnsherr: I tried, Herr Doctor. I can't... I don't... It's impossible. [this displeases Schmidt]

Schmidt: The one thing I can say for the Nazis is their methods seem to produce results. I'm sorry, Erik. [rings bell to summon soldiers who come in with his mother]

Lehnsherr: Mama!”
— Erik Lehnsherr / Magneto, X-Men: First Class
Tagged: genes, Nazis, mama
“[talks to a now-frozen Sebastian Shaw] If you're in there, I'd like you to know that I agree with every word you said. We are the future. But unfortunately, you killed my mother. [pulls out Reichsmark coin he gave him so long ago] This is what we're going to do. I'm going to count to three, and I'm going to move the coin. [he slowly lunges the coin at his head] One. [It gets closer and closer] Two. Three. [coin penetrates his skull and shoots through his head, killing Shaw...to Emma Frost] I prefer Magneto.”
— Erik Lehnsherr / Magneto, X-Men: First Class
Tagged: Threats, Revenge
“When you're young, being different is not cool. But when you're older, it absolutely is.”
— Lane Moore, 15 Things I Wish I Knew About Being Gay When I Was Younger
Tagged: Coming out, gay, Being Gay, Love, Love And Sex, sexuality, LGBT
“Now I know that love is forgetting you, love is not wanting you back, love is falling in love again, love is allowing me to feel angry with you, despair about you, hope about us, and then wisdom that it wasn’t you, it will never be you.”
— Jessica Semaan, Turns out love is forgetting you – Jessica Semaan – Medium
Tagged: Love, Loss, Love And Loss, Love and Heartbreak, Heartbreak, Poetry, Breakups
“This raises the question: As we grope toward the brave new automated world, is a university degree in, say, economics, philosophy, English, or anything else that isn’t to do with fixing cobots (collaborative robots) or writing algorithms, worth the PDF file it was exported on? Or is it, practically speaking, no more use than a degree in unicorn dreams and fairy farts? And if so, what are universities doing about it?”
— Matt Blake, The Robots Are Coming, and They Want Your Job
Tagged: The Digital Age, Robotics, Robots, AI, The future, Technology
“Having a nonstandard body was beautiful, because the way I loved wasn’t the standard either.”
— Lauren Strapagiel, Having Sex When Your Partner Is The Same Gender, But A Different Size
Tagged: Sex, Love And Sex, Body Image, sexuality, Self-Image
“I heard once that the act of repetition makes something true.”
— Emma Bracy, If You Want to Be a Good Friend You May Want to Do This One Thing
Tagged: Friendships, Friends, Gassing People Up, compliments
“Not wearing sunscreen because they’re ‘never out in the sun.’ If you leave your house, you’re out in the sun.”
— Dr. Rey Hamidi, 10 Things You're Doing That Make Dermatologists Cringe
Tagged: skincare, skin, beauty, Health, Health and Wellness, Dermatologists
“You need to accept that you are not perfect, and that making mistakes is a normal part of being a leader and a human.”
— David Meltzer, Stop Trying to Pretend That You're Perfect
Tagged: Perfection, Perfectionism, Self-Image, Self-Worth, Standards, Identity and Self
“Do I wish for women to be this entitled, this free to subject total strangers to their whims? I do, or at least I wish for a critical mass of women to behave like this in public so we purge the cultural stereotype.”
— Hanna Rosin, Powerful Women Talk About Power(And Powerlessness)
Tagged: Powerful Women, feminism, Female Empowerment, Being a woman, Women's Issues, Women's Rights
“Incidental activism then is about embracing that visibility, which means proudly projecting their sexuality and demonstrating good parenting—and doing both in a way that’s protective of their children.”
— C. Brian Smith, The 'Incidental Activism' of Gay Dads- MEL Magazine
Tagged: Activism, sexuality, Being Gay, LGBT, Parenthood
“ Dr. Seuss makes me feel like I’m Lin-Manuel Miranda when I’m reading to my children.”
— Neil Patrick Harris, Neil Patrick Harris reveals the books that have inspired him
Tagged: Books, Reading Recommendations
“The fact is, I couldn't sleep last night, so I took some Ambien. You ever take that stuff? It turns your brains into oatmeal.”
— Mr. Hankey, South Park, Season 22: The Problem with a Poo
Tagged: Ambien, Brain Fog
“A guy got out and banged on my windows wearing a horror clown mask.Terrified is an understatement.”
— Anonymous, ‘Killer clown’ tries to force way into car
“I could say that I'm the most bullied person in the world.”
— Melania Trump, 'I want to show them that I don't care': Melania details life in the White House
Tagged: bullying

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