The Americans
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First thing. You can't be afraid to be hit and you can't be afraid to hit. Ever. You don't want to get hurt, you have to be willing to do anything to protect yourself.
Elizabeth
Elizabeth: He's a hero.
Philip: Maybe he'll get a stamp.
I just don't think you're listening. Burov will sacrifice himself before betraying his country. He can't be turned.
Stan
Philip: Is, uh, everything alright?
Stan: Yeah. Just this thing going on at work.
Philip: Something you can talk about?
Stan: No, not really. Just sometimes, you know, I wish I was in charge of the whole goddamned FBI.
I'd rather die back home than live here.
Pashenka
Paige: Is it hard pretending to be other people?
Philip: Yeah. Sometimes it's really hard.
Matthew: Are you OK? You seem sad.
Paige: The world's just so messy right now. It's hard to figure out what to do about it.
Matthew: Well, there's nothing we can do about it.
Paige: Do you really think so?
Being in a relationship is complicated. You don't share everything. You hold back what you need to. Everybody does.
Elizabeth
Philip: All this land out here. You know what it looks like? Home. We have this too. Why can't we grow enough grain ourselves? Alexi? Some of what he says? I...
Elizabeth: Everybody has problems.
Philip: What are they using them for?
Randy: We don't ask those questions. We just breed the bugs they tell us.
Elizabeth: You should have asked.
Philip: Do you think we're gonna get fired?
Elizabeth: It's not funny.
Philip: I know.
In Soviet Union, we have same great land, same great climate, but system is broke. They still move food by horse sometimes. By the time it gets to where it needs to be, it's already rotten.
Alexi