A Soldier's Story (1984)
Dennis Lipscomb: Captain Taylor
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Captain Taylor : I guess I'll have to get used to Negroes with bars on their shoulders, Davenport. You know, being in charge.
Captain Davenport : Oh, you'll get used to it, Captain. You bet your ass on that. You'll get used to it.
Captain Taylor : Eyes - front!
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Captain Taylor : They're making a fool out of you. Can't you see? Will you take off those damn sunglasses?
Captain Davenport : I like these. They're like MacArthur's.
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Private First Class Peterson : Sir, are there any suspects?
Captain Taylor : None.
Private Henson : Come on, now. Everybody knows it was the Klan.
Captain Taylor : Were you an eyewitness, soldier?
Private Henson : They lynched Jefferson the week I got here. Now, two weeks after that it was...
Captain Taylor : Henson, unless you saw it, you keep your opinions to yourself.
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Captain Taylor : We don't want anybody from this fort going into Tynin looking for rednecks.
Corporal Cobb : May I speak, sir?
Captain Taylor : Cobb?
Corporal Cobb : Colonel Nivens must know nobody colored killed the Sarge.
Captain Taylor : Well, this is precautionary, Cobb. We can't have the Army engaged in revenge on civilians.
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Captain Taylor : Let me explain something to you. You go near Tynin in your uniform, sounding white, and charging local people, and you'll wind up just as dead as Waters.
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Captain Taylor : Memphis, about that catch you made in center field today: How in the hell did you get up that high?
C.J. Memphis : They say I got bird in my blood, sir.
Captain Taylor : I hope it's an American Eagle.