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King Henry II:
[laughing in both amusement and anger] It's funny! It's too funny! Becket is the only intelligent man in my kingdom, and he's against me!
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Peter O'Toole
(as King Henry II)
in
Becket
(1964)
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King Henry II:
[plotting Becket's arrest] Oh, Thomas!
Bishop Folliot: You love him, don't you? You still love him! That imposter - that Saxon guttersnipe, that mitred hog! King Henry II: Hold your tongue, priest! All I confided to you was my hate, not my love. For England's sake you'll help me get rid of him. But don't ever insult him to my face!
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Peter O'Toole
(as King Henry II)
in
Becket
(1964)
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King Henry II:
Am I the strongest or am I not?
Thomas a Becket: You are today, but one must never drive one's enemy to despair; it makes him strong. Gentleness is better politics, it saps virility. A good occupational force must never crush. It must corrupt.
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Richard Burton
(as Thomas Becket)
in
Becket
(1964)
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King Henry II:
Are you mad? You're Chancellor of England; you're mine!
Thomas a Becket: I am also the Archbishop, and you have introduced me to deeper obligations.
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Richard Burton
(as Thomas Becket)
in
Becket
(1964)
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King Henry II:
Don't be nervous, Bishop. I'm not asking for absolution. I've something far worse than a sin on my conscience: a mistake.
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Peter O'Toole
(as King Henry II)
in
Becket
(1964)
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King Henry II:
Have you any idea how much trouble I took to make you noble?
Thomas a Becket: I think so; I recall, you pointed a finger and said, "Thomas Becket, you are noble." The Queen and your mother became very agitated.
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Richard Burton
(as Thomas Becket)
in
Becket
(1964)
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King Henry II:
He's read books, you know, it's amazing. He's drunk and wenched his way through London but he's thinking all the time.
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Peter O'Toole
(as King Henry II)
in
Becket
(1964)
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King Henry II:
Here's my royal foot up your royal buttocks!
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Peter O'Toole
(as King Henry II)
in
Becket
(1964)
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King Henry II:
I can do nothing. I'm as useless as a woman.
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Peter O'Toole
(as King Henry II)
in
Becket
(1964)
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King Henry II:
I'm suddenly very intelligent. It probably comes from making love to that French girl last night.
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Peter O'Toole
(as King Henry II)
in
Becket
(1964)
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