Henry [asking about the cult's reaction to it's missing member]: Does the Council of Elders suspect foul play?
Ian: Yeah, of course. They have conspiracy theories on why certain squirrels show up when they do.

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The Dalai Lama's announcement last night broke the internet. The public moved on from sad polar bears to cute baby saviors.

Russell

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Are you really going to hold the world hostage over a symbol? Who's probably not even potty trained?!

Elizabeth [to Foreign Minister Chen about the Dalai Lama's successor]

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Symbols are often more potent than armies, Elizabeth.

Foreign Minister Chen

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Hang on Jay. I have peace and light on the other line. I got to call you back. [picks up cell] Namaste, Russell.

Elizabeth

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Secretary Elizabeth McCord! Ah, so good to see you. You are the kindest of world leaders. Tall bird lady with lion's heart.

Dalai Lama

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Russell: The Chinese have had a bug up their ass about the Dalai Lama since the 1950s, when they first drove him from his spiritual seat in Tibet. To them, he's a font of separatist rhetoric, hell-bent on breaking away from China, so it is indeed delicate.
Elizabeth [laughing incredulously]: Are you really mansplaining Tibetan history to me?

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Henry: You were really playing Titanfall, weren't you?
Jason: I mean, you know...
Henry: Weren't you? Huh?
Jason: If the State of the Union had just a few more explosions...

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Stevie [about the climate change treaty]: You guys think the Senate is gonna ratify?
Elizabeth: You mean act rationally and sacrifice minor short term domestic gains for the greater good?
Henry: Oh yeah, they always do stuff like that.

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Blake [about the sand mandala]: Uh, I still don't get the point.
Elizabeth: That is the point.
Blake: No. Due respect, ma'am, not getting the point can't possibly be the point. You can say that about anything.
Elizabeth [points at Blake]: Exactly.

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Blake: I don't get it. These monks spend all week, painstakingly arranging colored sand to fit this blueprint, and then "whoosh," they just sweep it away? What's the point?
Nadine: That is the point.
Daisy: Everything's transitory.
Matt: Everything ends.
Blake: That's...very sad.
Nadine: Even that feeling...that'll pass too.
Blake: Okay, now you're just piling on.

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Okay, you know, Buddhism clearly isn't for neurotics.

Blake

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