1 have come to give you something which can never be taken from you: I bring yo~ a sense of your own worth, the worth of one human being. The knowledge of self.
Malcolm X (1992)
ELIJAH
A screenplay character in Malcolm X (1992).
- lines
- 17
- words
- 492
- scenes
- 7
- dialogue
- 4.0%
- avg words / line
- 29
- shortest / longest
- 2 / 58
Sample dialogue
No. We are not Catholic priests. We do not practice celibacy. If a woman is the right height for a man, the right complexion, if her age is half the man's plus seven, if she understands that man'• essential nature is strong a.nd woman's weak, if she loves children, can cook, sew and stay out of trouble --
scene 102 — AND THE SISTER SUGGESTS HE PUTDid you see the papers today?
scene 169 — INT. MANHATTAN CENTER· MALCOI..H WITH REPORTERS· DAYIf I surprise you, let me explain. Menial work teaches us humility.
scene 151 — IN!, ELIJAH'S OFFICE - DAYHere is a glass, dirty and its water foul, If you offer it to the people and they have no choice, they must drink out of it. But if you present them with this glass
scene 151 — IN!, ELIJAH'S OFFICE - DAYSon, I'm not surprised. You always have had such a good understanding of prophecy and spiritual things. Yes, 1 am David who took another's wife. I am Lot who laid with his own daughters. It is only the fulfillment of prophecy, Hy aeed must be planted amongst fertile soil.
scene 166 — INT. 'ELIJAH'S OFFIC'E • DAY
Bookends
We must dissociate ourselves from your terrible blunder, l'll have to silence you for the next ninety days. You are not allowed to make any statements to the press nor are you to speak at any temples.