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Die Another Day (2002) More at IMDbPro »

James Bond: You know, you're cleverer than you look.
Q: Still, better than looking cleverer than you are.
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Graves: I have to live my dreams.
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Miranda Frost: He'll light the fuse on any explosive situation, and be a danger to himself and others.
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James Bond: The same person who set me up then has just set me up again, so I'm going after him.
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Miranda Frost: This is crazy. You're a double O.
James Bond: It's only a number...
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Graves: Are you a gambling man Mr. Bond?
James Bond: If the stakes are right.
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Graves: You have no idea how much Icarus is about to change your world.
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Graves: Time to draw the line.
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Reporter: We've been hearing rumors about the Icarus space program. What's the big secret?
Graves: It's not a secret, it's a surprise.
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James Bond: Do you believe in bad luck?
Jinx: Let's just say my relationships don't seem to last.
James Bond: I know the feeling.
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Graves: You only get one shot at life. Why waste it on sleep?
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Zao: It appears we are equal... in the eyes of spies.
James Bond: Equal... but not even.
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Miranda Frost: I know all about you - sex for dinner, death for breakfast.
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James Bond: Saved by the bell.
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[Graves and Bond are fighting in a depressurizing plane]
Graves: Ya see Mr. Bond, you can't kill my dreams. But my dreams can kill you. Time to face destiny.
[James pulls Graves' parachute cord]
James Bond: Time to face gravity.
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Mr. Kil: I'm Mr. Kil.
James Bond: Now there's a name to die for.
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Falco: I hope nobody here's superstitious. That's one big mirror we're about to break.
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James Bond: You burned me, and now you want my help?
M: Did you expect an apology?
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Graves: Care to place a bet, Verity?
Verity: No, thanks. I don't like cockfights.
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James Bond: I'm looking for a North Korean.
Raul: Tourist?
James Bond: Terrorist.
Raul: One man's terrorist is another man's freedom fighter.
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James Bond: I'm checking out. Thanks for the Kiss of Life.
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Miranda Frost: Hah! I can read your every move!
Jinx: [Jinx stabs Miranda with a knife embedded in a copy of Sun Tzu's "The Art of War"]
Jinx: Read THIS...
[kicks the knife in Miranda's chest]
Jinx: bitch!
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Miranda Frost: [after a grueling sword fight gets out of hand]
[shouts]
Miranda Frost: That is enough!
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James Bond: [a device closes; cocks gun] So you lived to die another day... Colonel.
Graves: At last... I was beginning to think you would never guess.
James Bond: Was it painful? The gene therapy.
Graves: You couldn't possibly imagine.
James Bond: Oh, good. I'm glad to hear that.
Graves: But there have been compensations, like you floating around in peril. Granting you life day by day just to see you get wise. It's been fun.
James Bond: Well, the fun is about to come to a dead end.
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Graves: [Miranda point her gun at Graves] So... Ms. Frost is not all she seems.
James Bond: Looks can be deceptive.
Graves: Yes. By the way, did you find out who betrayed you in North Korea?
James Bond: Only a matter of time.
Graves: You never even thought of looking inside your own organization?
[Miranda turns against MI6 by pointing the gun at James]
Graves: She was right under your nose.
Miranda Frost: [James shoots, but his gun is empty] It was so good of you to bring your gun in bed with us.
James Bond: Yes. Occupational hazard.
[throws the empty pistol on the floor]
Graves: You see, I have a gift. An instinct for sensing people's weaknesses. Yours is women. Hers and mine are winning, whatever the cost. So when I arranged for that fatal overdose for the true victor at Sydney, I won myself my very own MI6 agent, using everthing at my disposal - her brains, her talent, even her sex.
James Bond: The coldest weapon of all.
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Q: I wish I could make you vanish.
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Graves: Look. Parachutes for both of us.
[throws one out the window]
Graves: Whoops. Not anymore.
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James Bond: You must be joking.
Q: As I learned from my predecessor, Bond, I never joke about my work.
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Falco: We're here in case things escalate, not to make sure they do.
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James Bond: I know the rules, and number one is "no deals'.
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Falco: You get your house in order, or we're gonna do it for you.
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Graves: Armed and very dangerous.
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Verity: I see you handle your weapon well.
James Bond: I have been known to keep my tip up.
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James Bond: Can I expect the pleasure of you in Iceland?
Miranda Frost: I'm afraid you'll never have that pleasure, Mr. Bond.
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Colonel Moon: You will not live to see the day all Korea is ruled by the North.
James Bond: Then you and I have something in common.
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James Bond: Vodka martini, plenty of ice... if you can spare it.
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Reporter: Are you going to try out for the British fencing team? We hear you have been training furiously.
Graves: I never get furious. As we say in fencing, "What's the point?'
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Falco: James Bond. You think he was some kind of hero.
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James Bond: Bond, James Bond
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James Bond: Zao, I've been traded. Your time will come.
Zao: Yes, but not as soon as yours.
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[James seduces the masseuse, who is quite wanting of him]
Masseuse: I'm not that kind of masseuse.
[Bond then grabs her hand, and grabs the gun in her inner thigh holster]
James Bond: I'm not that kind of customer.
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[first lines]
Mr. Van Bierk: [stepping out of helicopter] Look, what is this? I'm supposed to...
[Bond puts a gun to Mr. Van Bierk's head and takes his sunglasses]
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[last lines]
Jinx: Wait, don't pull it out. I'm not finished with it yet.
James Bond: See? It's a perfect fit.
Jinx: Uh-hm. Leave it in.
James Bond: It's gotta come out sooner or later.
Jinx: No, leave it in, please. Few more minutes?
James Bond: We really have to get these back.
Jinx: Still the good guys, huh?
James Bond: I'm still not quite sure how good you are.
Jinx: I am so good.
James Bond: Especially when you're bad.
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James Bond: What are you, CIA?
Jinx: NSA. Hello, we're on the same side.
James Bond: Doesn't mean we're after the same thing.
Jinx: Sure it does. World peace, unconditional love, and our little friend with the expensive acne.
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Jinx: Ornithologist, huh? Wow. Now there's a mouthful.
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James Bond: You know, I've missed your sparkling personality.
Zao: [punching Bond in the stomach] How's that for a punch line?
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James Bond: Not Jinx anymore?
Jinx: Oh, I'll always be a jinx to you.
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[entering the 5-star hotel drenched in hospital clothes]
James Bond: My usual suite, please.
Snooty Desk clerk: [sarcastically] Do you have a credit card... or any luggage?
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Colonel Moon: That'll teach you to lecture me. Get me another anger management therapist.
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M: Knowing who to trust is everything in this business.
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Jinx: Giacinta Johnson. My friends call me Jinx.
James Bond: My friends call me James Bond.
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Graves: What a wonderful day to become a knight.
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Falco: James Bond... just in time for the fireworks.
James Bond: Let's get down to business.
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Reporter: After an entrance like that you can't be surprised you've been called a self-publicizing adrenaline junkie, can you?
Graves: I prefer the term adventurer.
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Patient: What the hell do you want? I don't need a goddamn wheelchair.
James Bond: No?
[punches him]
James Bond: You do now.
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Zao: Who sent you?
Jinx: Yo' mama. And she told me to tell you she's really disappointed in you.
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Graves: The pleasure of the kill is in the chase.
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James Bond: I see you don't chase dreams, you live them.
Graves: One of the virtues of never sleeping.
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James Bond: So you live to die another day.
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Falco: You were supposed to throw away the key, not leave the door wide open.
M: Are you saying I had a hand in his escape?
Falco: Well, he did get away real fast.
M: Well that is what he is trained to do...
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Zao: Why are you trying to kill me?
Jinx: I thought it was the humane thing to do.
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Miranda Frost: I'll show you your room.
James Bond: A palace of ice; you must feel right at home.
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[In greeting]
Miranda Frost: Mr. Bond. And Miss...?
Jinx: Swift, "Space and Technology" magazine.
Miranda Frost: Really? I take it Mr. Bond's been explaining his Big Bang theory?
Jinx: Oh yeah, I think I got the thrust of it.
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James Bond: Check the tape. You'll find he's dead and she only has a flesh wound.
Q: There's always an excuse, isn't there, Double-O-Zero?
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James Bond: Give me the old fashioned target range, Quartermaster.
Q: Yes, well, it's called the future, so get used to it.
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James Bond: [Bond breaks a glass partition, revealing Chinese agents watching him] You didn't think I knew that you were always Chinese intelligence Chang?
Mr. Chang: Hong Kong's our turf now, Bond.
James Bond: Well, don't worry. I'm not here to take it back.
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Mr. Chang: Ah, Mr Bond, a little thank you from us.
[Hands a box to Bond]
James Bond: [Bond finds money and a ticket to Cuba in the box] Cuba.
Mr. Chang: It seems Mr. Zao has lost himself in Havana. If you find him, say goodbye from us.
James Bond: With pleasure.
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Q: Must you touch everything?
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[Q and Bond enter Q's office as Bond looks around at the vast array of devices left over from previous cases]
James Bond: So, this is where they keep the old relics, then, eh?
Q: I'll have you know our TOP cutting-edge technology is designed here.
James Bond: [releasing the knife from the briefcase used in the From Russia With Love affair and fingering a blade] Point taken...
Q: Must you touch everything?
James Bond: [seeing his Thunderball jet pack] Hey, does this still work?
[James activates the jet pack, and Q struggles to subdue it]
Q: Now look...
James Bond: [holding up the knife-studded shoe worn by Rosa Klebb years ago] So where is this cutting-edge stuff?
Q: I'm trying to get to it.
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Raul: We may have lost the Revolution, but our health system is second to none.
James Bond: You don't seem to have done too badly after the Revolution...
Raul: We all have our ways of getting by - you would be surprised how many government officials come to me with little reminders about decadent times.
James Bond: I know - can I take these?
[He holds up a book about birds written by his namesake and a pair of binoculars]
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Graves: [fencing with Bond] Since you've upped the stakes, let's up the weapons, shall we? Let's do this the old-fashioned way - first blood drawn from the torso!
[He grabs two swords and throws one to Bond]
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[Moneypenny is typing a disinformative newspaper report in her office, when 007 walks in]
Miss Moneypenny: James...
[They begin to make out, when all of a sudden... ]
Q: [walking in] Moneypenny?
[Moneypenny sits up and in reality is in the virtual reality simulation centre]
Miss Moneypenny: Um... I was... just testing it out.
[She blushes and buttons her blouse]
Q: It's rather hard, isn't it?
Miss Moneypenny: Yes... very...
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James Bond: There will be others after me. You know that.
Graves: Oh, you mean your American friend Jinx? Soon to be the victim of a tragedy. An ice palace can be such a treacherous place.
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[James Bond saves himself and Jinx from certain death by piloting a helicopter from a standing start at 10,000 feet]
James Bond: [to Jinx] Now... you said something about going down... together?
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Q: [Explaining the Aston Martin] ... Your new transportation
[nothing visible on the platform]
James Bond: I think you've been down here too long...
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M: You had your cyanide...
James Bond: Threw it away years ago...
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Graves: You're a rare challenge, Mr. Bond.
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M: What did you find in Cuba?
James Bond: A clinic specializing in gene therapy - new identities courtesy of DNA transplants.
M: A self-called beauty parlour... We heard rumours of such a place - I didn't think it even existed!
James Bond: It doesn't any more...
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Graves: We only met briefly, but you left a lasting impression. You see, when your intervention forced me to present the world with a new face, I chose to model the disgusting Gustav Graves on you. I paid attention to details - that unjustifiable swagger, the crass quips, the self-defence mechanism concealing such inadequacy...
James Bond: [holding up his Walther P99] My self-defence mechanism's right here.
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Falco: [Icarus is destroying the minefield in the DMZ] The moment that thing hits the 38th parallel, we're going to launch everything we have at it!
M: That might not be enough!
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Zao: [to Colonel Moon] His name is James Bond. A British assassin.
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Colonel Moon: Mr Van Bierk.
[Picks up Tankbuster]
Colonel Moon: Our new tankbuster. Depleted uranium shells, naturally.
James Bond: Naturally.
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General Moon: Fifty years after the superpowers carved Korea in two... and then you arrive. A British spy. It's proved the hardliners correct, that we cannot trust the west. And you... you took away my son!
James Bond: You're firing squad there should have done the job for me.
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James Bond: [after he gives Col. Moon the briefcase full of diamonds, rigged with explosives] Don't blow it all at once.
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Jinx: [when the lasers are threatening to cut her] Switch them off, or I'll be half the girl I used to be!
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Jinx: [to Bond, regarding Miranda Frost's body]
Jinx: I think I broke her heart.
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Miranda Frost: [door opens; Jinx kicks Zao in the face] Ooh! Yeah, nice moves just like Bond. He was pretty vigorous last night as well.
Jinx: He did you? I didn't know he was that desperate.
Miranda Frost: Well, he's not coming back for you. He just died running, trying to save his own skin. Yeah.
[attempts to touch the leather of Jinx's jacket but Jinx pushes her away]
Miranda Frost: Oh, that's pretty good tailoring. I hope it doesn't shrink when it gets wet.
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James Bond: Just surviving Mr Change, just surviving.
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Colonel Moon: I studied at Oxford and Harvard. Majored in Western hypocrisy.
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