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Thomas a Becket:
Oh Lord, how heavy thy honor is to bear.
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Richard Burton
(as Thomas Becket)
in
Becket
(1964)
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Thomas a Becket:
There, Lord - I'm ready: adorned for Your festivities.
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Richard Burton
(as Thomas Becket)
in
Becket
(1964)
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Thomas a Becket:
Tonight you can do me the honor of christening my forks.
King Henry II: Forks? Thomas a Becket: Yes, from Florence. New little invention. It's for pronging meat and carrying it to the mouth. It saves you dirtying your fingers. King Henry II: But then you dirty the fork. Thomas a Becket: Yes, but it's washable. King Henry II: So are your fingers. I don't see the point.
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Peter O'Toole
(as King Henry II)
in
Becket
(1964)
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Thomas a Becket:
We are both aware of the delicacy of my position. Let us trust that God will find a solution for it.
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Richard Burton
(as Thomas Becket)
in
Becket
(1964)
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Thomas a Becket:
We must manage the church. One can always come to a sensible little arrangement with God.
King Henry II: Becket, you are a monster. Thomas a Becket: You flatter me, My Lord.
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Richard Burton
(as Thomas Becket)
in
Becket
(1964)
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Thomas a Becket:
Yes, we have soldiers disguised in the crowd to encourage enthusiasm.
King Henry II: Why must you destroy all my illusions? Thomas a Becket: Because you should have none, My Prince.
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Richard Burton
(as Thomas Becket)
in
Becket
(1964)
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Brother John:
You betrayed your Saxon race, now you betray God.
Thomas a Becket: Perhaps you will succeed in teaching me humility, it's a virtue I've never really mastered.
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Richard Burton
(as Thomas Becket)
in
Becket
(1964)
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Archbishop of Canterbury:
Those times are over. The priest is back in his sanctuary. It is peace time.
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Felix Aylmer
(as Archbishop of Canterbury)
in
Becket
(1964)
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Empress Matilda:
Oh, if I were a man!
King Henry II: Thank God, madam, He gave you breasts! An asset from which I derived not the slightest benefit.
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Peter O'Toole
(as King Henry II)
in
Becket
(1964)
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Empress Matilda:
You have an obsession about him that is unhealthy and unnatural!
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Martita Hunt
(as Empress Matilda)
in
Becket
(1964)
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