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Curated dialogue, memorable quotes, and character lines from 12 Angry Men—verified on QuotesCosmos.

Movies & Cinema #1
“Gentlemen, that's a very sad thing...to be nothing.”
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Movies & Cinema #2
“It’s very hard to keep personal prejudice out of a thing like this. And no matter where you run into it, prejudice obscures the truth.”
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Movies & Cinema #3
“[Juror #7 has been throwing bits of paper at the fan. One of them bounces off it and hits #9 in the head.] That's a damn stupid thing to do.”
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Movies & Cinema #4
“Well, I'm not used to supposin'. I'm just a workin' man. My boss does all the supposin'-- but I'll try one. Supposin' you talk us all out of this and, uh, the kid really did knife his father?”
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Movies & Cinema #5
“It's pretty tough to figure, isn't it? A kid kills his father. Bing! Just like that... It's the element... I'm telling ya, they let those kids run wild up there. Well, maybe it serves 'em right.”
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Movies & Cinema #6
“[Revealing that he was the first to join #8 in voting not guilty] This gentleman has been standing alone against us. It's not easy to stand alone against the ridicule of others. So he gambled for support - and I gave it to him.”
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Movies & Cinema #7
“[To #3 after he insults #9] What are you talkin' to him like that for? Guy talks like that to an old man really oughta get stepped on, you know. You oughta have more respect, mister. If you say stuff like that to him again... I'm gonna lay you out.”
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Movies & Cinema #8
“Oh, listen, I don't see what all this stuff about the knife has got to do with anything. Somebody saw the kid stab his Father, what more do we need? You guys can talk the ears right off my head you know what I mean? I got three garages of mine going to pot while you're talking! So let's get down and get out of here!”
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Movies & Cinema #9
“Judge: If there's a reasonable doubt in your minds as to the guilt of the accused, a reasonable doubt, then you must bring me a verdict of not guilty. If however, there is no reasonable doubt, then you must in good conscience find the accused guilty. However you decide, your verdict must be unanimous. In the event that you find the accused guilty, the bench will not entertain a recommendation for mercy. The death sentence is mandatory in this case. You are faced with a grave responsibility. Thank you, gentlemen.”
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Movies & Cinema #10
“Your pain is the breaking of the shell that encloses your understanding.”
Movies & Cinema #11
“We suffer more often in imagination than in reality.”
Movies & Cinema #12
“It is not that we have a short time to live, but that we waste a lot of it.”
Movies & Cinema #13
“Men are disturbed not by things, but by the view which they take of them.”
Movies & Cinema #14
“First say to yourself what you would be; and then do what you have to do.”
Movies & Cinema #15
“He who fights with monsters might take care lest he thereby become a monster. And if you gaze for long into an abyss, the abyss gazes also into you.”

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