Ronin
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Jean-Pierre: At the end of the day we are likely to be punished for our kindnesses.

Sergi: Where do I know you from?
Vincent: Vienna.
Sergi: Of course.

Sam: Either you're part of the problem or you're part of the solution or you're just part of the landscape.

Sam: Whenever there is any doubt, there is no doubt. That's the first thing they teach you.
Vincent: Who taught you?
Sam: I don't remember. That's the second thing they teach you.

Vincent: Under the bridge, by the river, how did you know it was an ambush?
Sam: When ever there is any doubt, there is no doubt. That is the first thing they teach you.

Spence: Got the swag, kept the money. It's a job well done, a job well done. That's a fact.

Vincent: A friend of yours?
Sam: Yeah, we went to high school together.
Vincent: Well, everyone's your brother 'till the rent comes due.

Vincent: It's a case for ice skates.
Sam: Why ice skates? And why would Gregor know an ice-skate case?
Vincent: He didn't have time to have it made. He didn't have time to have the fake case made. The Russians made it. The Russians made it.
Sam: We're following the wrong people.

Sam: The only thing is that the map, the map is not the territory.

Gregor: So what could have been conducted in collegial atmosphere is now fucked into cocked hat.

Seamus O'Rourke: You're a good girl, Dierdre. Do your job, eh?

Sam: Excuse me, could you tell me how to find the post office?
Man with the Newspaper: Do, uh, do I know you? No, I'm sorry, do I know you? Cause, uh, how did you know I speak English?
Sam: You got an English newspaper.

Seamus O'Rourke: You bollocksed it up.
Dierdre: I bollocksed it up?
Seamus O'Rourke: You hired them.
Dierdre: Through your fucking contacts.

Sam: You're great in the locker room, pal, and your reflexes might die hard, but you're weak when you put your spikes on.

Seamus O'Rourke: I was clearing up your mess.
Dierdre: My mess? Oh, well, you take over then.
Seamus O'Rourke: Eh?
Dierdre: But you can't, can ya? It's you that's hidin' isn' it, Seamus? It's you that can't show your face.

Sam: So, how'd you get started in this business?
Dierdre: A wealthy scoundrel seduced and betrayed me.
Sam: Same with me. How about that?

Spence: You ever kill anybody?
Sam: I hurt somebody's feelings once.

Sam: You aren't going in there?
Spence: Yeah I'm going in there, and so are you.
Sam: Why am I going in there?
Spence: Why? To protect me.
Sam: There is no protection there. If it's a come on we're fish in a barrel. What are you doing? Why do they want you in there? What are you, crazy?

Gregor: So, what colour is the boathouse at Hereford?
Sam: How the fuck should I know?

Vincent: What do you want for Christmas?
Sam: My two front teeth.

Continuity mistake: During the big car chase the Audi S8 rams the Citroen, pushing back the headlights on the Audi but on the subsequent scenes in the town the front of the Audi is intact.

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Trivia: In many of the stunt car scenes you can see the actors apparently driving. The producers used British RHD cars and fitted phoney steering wheels on the passenger sides to make it look as if the stars were really driving.

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Answer: There's no way of knowing what was in the case. It is a plot device called a "MacGuffin," a term coined by director Alfred Hitchcock. It doesn't actually matter what the object is but is just something that drives the story. It can be any type of object or device such as a "secret formula," "enemy war plans," a "nuclear weapon," a "treasure map," and so on that the characters are either searching for or protecting. There was never any intention to reveal what it was. Its purpose is to motivate the characters' actions and tell the story. Most likely it was intended to be a McGuffin just to keep the audience guessing and thinking about the movie long after it ends.

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