Quotes
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Lucian Knapp : All right, the first thing I gotta tell ya to do is call the FBI. You should know that option's available to you. The second thing I'll tell ya is, whatever you do, don't call the FBI. You see, the FBI's objectives during a kidnapping investigation are to effect the safe return of the subject along WITH the identification, apprehension and prosecution of the kidnappers, as well as the recovery of the ransom payments. All I care about is retrieval. Everything else is a distraction. My fee is non-negotiable, payable upon the safe return of the kidnapped victim intact.
Ellie Cain : What does that mean, "intact?"
Conrad Cain : It means we don't pay him if Leopold's dead.
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Lucian Knapp : I want you to make me a list of enemies.
Conrad Cain : Enemies.
Lucian Knapp : Anyone you have a history with who might wanna see something bad happen to you and your family.
Conrad Cain : No, I don't...
Lucian Knapp : Mr. Cain, a man in your position is bound to have a few enemies.
Ellie Cain : What are you suggesting?
Lucian Knapp : I'm suggesting your husband make a list.
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Lucian Knapp : So what kind of 15-year-old reads Buddhist Epistemology?
Turner : A lonely one.
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Lucian Knapp : I'm lookin' for my brother.
Flophouse Clerk : I don't see the family resemblance.
[slips him $100]
Flophouse Clerk : Oh, there it is.
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Lucian Knapp : What about Mrs. Cain?
Turner : First, she called Daddy, but Daddy wasn't available.
Lucian Knapp : Who's Daddy?
Turner : Well, normally, Daddy's anybody BUT Daddy, but in this case it actually Daddy. It's her father, and she really does call him "Daddy."
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Andy Archer : I'm not lettin' these guys slip through our fingers.
Lucian Knapp : These guys are nowhere near our fingers.
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Andy Archer : I followed procedure.
Lucian Knapp : Yeah, that's the problem with you people and your rulebook. What you can't seem to understand is you're the only ones playin' by the rules.
