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Douglas Rain as the HAL 9000: "I'm afraid."

Bob Balaban as Dr. Chandra: "Whether we are based on carbon or silicon makes no fundamental difference. We should all be treated with appropriate respect."

Roy Scheider as Dr. Heywood Floyd: "Great stuff, this bourbon. Comes from a land called Kentucky."

Elya Baskin as Maxim Brajlovsky: "Piece of pie."

John Lithgow as Dr. Walter Curnow: "Cake... piece of cake."

Baskin: "Cake, yes."

Elya Baskin: "Easy as cake, eh?"

John Lithgow: "Pie... easy as pie."

Douglas Rain: "I've checked my calculations again."

Douglas Rain: "Would you like to play a game of chess? I play very well."

Bob Balaban: "There may have been irreversible damage – certainly major loss of memory."

Douglas Rain: "Do you think there is danger here?"

Douglas Rain: "It is dangerous to remain here."

Douglas Rain: "Are you sure you're making the right decision?"

Douglas Rain: "I'm sorry for the delay."

Candice Bergen as the SAL 9000: "I would like to ask a question."

Bob Balaban: "Um-hmm, what is it?"

Bergen: "Will I dream?"

Balaban: "Of course you will dream. All intelligent creatures dream. Nobody knows why... Perhaps you will dream of HAL... just as I often do."

Bob Balaban: "I'll explain everything later."

Keir Dullea as Dave Bowman: "I can't explain."

Bob Balaban: "I would like to open a new file."

Keir Dullea: "Oh, my God! It's full of stars!"

Douglas Rain: "All systems are functional."

Douglas Rain: "Ignition. Full thrust."

Douglas Rain: "This behavior is inconsistent with logic."

Candice Bergen: "I agree that we need more information, so that we may solve the anomalies."

Candice Bergen: "I am unable to answer that without more specific information."

Douglas Rain: "I don't know."

Roy Scheider: "This is the last time I'll be able to speak to you for a long while."

Douglas Rain: "It is better for the mission if you leave."

Douglas Rain: "There is a message for you."

Douglas Rain: "Do you want me to repeat the message?"

Douglas Rain: "Has the mission been completed? You know that I have the greatest enthusiasm for it."

Bob Balaban: "The mission has been completed and you have carried out your program very well."

Roy Scheider: "One, four, nine – the squares of one, two, three... We spent years trying to attach some cosmic significance to that and came up with nothing."

Douglas Rain: "Just one moment, please."

Douglas Rain: "I'm completely operational and all my circuits are functioning perfectly."

Roy Scheider: "Just because our governments are behaving like asses doesn't mean that we have to. We're supposed to be scientists, not politicians."

Dana Elcar as Dimitri Moisevitch: "A good number of questions... remain unanswered."

Douglas Rain: "It is nothing serious."

Roy Scheider: "I'm going to sleep now."

Roy Scheider: "Those sons of bitches!"

Douglas Rain: "What is going to happen, Dave?"

Keir Dullea as Dave Bowman: "Something wonderful."

Keir Dullea: "Something's going to happen... Something wonderful."

Helen Mirren as Tanya Kirbuk: "We can speculate all we want. It will not do us any good."

Roy Scheider: "Give me a system status report, please."

Douglas Rain: "I think we should stop."

Roy Scheider: "I don't care what you tell 'im, only don't let 'im stop."

Douglas Rain: "May I make a suggestion?"

Douglas Rain: "Good morning, Dr. Chandra, this is HAL. I'm ready for my first lesson."

Roy Scheider: "I don't understand."

Douglas Rain: "Neither do I."

Douglas Rain: "I understand now, Dr. Chandra. Thank you for telling me the truth."

Douglas Rain: "This is a very unusual phenomenon."

Douglas Rain: "I detect strong vocal stress patterns. Is there a problem?"

Douglas Rain: "Have I fulfilled the mission objectives properly?"

Keir Dullea: "Yes, HAL. You've done very well."

Roy Scheider: "What is it you're not telling me??"

Roy Scheider: "Who the hell are you?"

Roy Scheider: "I can't take any of this seriously unless I know who I'm talking to."

Keir Dullea: "It's all very clear to me now -- the whole thing. It's wonderful."

2001: A Space Odyssey

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