Quotes
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Kumar : At least they will give us discipline.
Billy Kwan : Stalin had good Discipline. He wiped out 10 million.
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[last lines]
Guy Hamilton : Kumar, I am sorry.
Kumar : Don't worry. We're going to win, because we believe in something.
Guy Hamilton : Goodbye, Kumar.
Kumar : Think of me Guy, when you are sitting in some nice cafe in Europe. In my dreams, I am always sitting at the table, by the footpath, drinking coffee.
Guy Hamilton : Good Luck.
Kumar : Now go, quickly!
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Kumar : You in old Java now, Boss.
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Kumar : For my father, I'll play the beggar.
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Guy Hamilton : [asking about Kumar] Tiger Lily? What's the matter with him?
Tiger Lily : He's having troubles with the military.
Guy Hamilton : What sort of trouble?
Tiger Lily : His father has a small shop. Each week the military comes to ask for money. He has no more money, and he's afraid.
Kumar : [Hamilton pulls out a roll of bills] No, boss. I'm not looking for handouts.
Guy Hamilton : I get more than that each week exchanging dollars on the black market.
Guy Hamilton : [Kumar refuses the offer, but Hamilton pushes the money onto him] Don't be stupid, Kumar. Keep the dough.
Kumar : [relenting] For my father, I'll play the beggar
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Kumar : Mr. Billy Kwan was right. Westerners do not have answers any more. Water from the Moon.
Guy Hamilton : What does that mean, Kumar?
Kumar : It's an old Japanese saying. It means something one can never have.
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Kumar : Our first air conditioned hotel. Here, Americans and Europeans pay to pick up cold.
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Guy Hamilton : He was supposed to stay around here and brief me.
Kumar : He said he was sorry. His wife was sick.
Guy Hamilton : Of what? Him?
Kumar : No, of Jakarta, boss.
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Kumar : They didn't like it, eh, boss?
Guy Hamilton : Don't keep calling me boss!