With the world so set on tearing itself apart, it don't seem like such a bad thing to me to want to put a little bit of it back together.
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Robert Schenkkan
Robert Frederic Schenkkan, Jr. (born March 19, 1953) is an American playwright, screenwriter, and actor. He received the Pulitzer Prize for Drama in 1992 for his play The Kentucky Cycle and his play All the Way earned the 2014 Tony Award for Best Play. He has three Emmy Nominations and one WGA Award. 2Early years Schenkkan was born in Chapel Hill, North Carolina, the son of Jean Gregory (née McKenzie) and Robert Frederic Schenkkan, a professor in the Department of Radio-Television-Film at The University of Texas at Austin, and public television executive. He grew up in Austin, Texas. As a Plan II Honors student he received a B.A. in Drama, magna cum laude, from the University of Texas, Austin in 1975 (Phi Beta Kappa, Friars' Society, UT Texas Exes Distinguished Young Alumnus Award and E. William Doty College of Fine Arts Distinguished Alumnus Award), and an M.F.A. in Theatre Arts from Cornell University in 1977. For many years, he lived in New York City and then Los Angeles, California, working both as a writer and an actor in film, television, and theatre. Since 1990 he has focused exclusively on his writing and divides his time between New York City and Seattle. 2Career Schenkkan is the author of ten full-length play
Desmond Doss: You want some morphine? Sgt Howell: Hell, yes. That or a bullet.
Young Desmond: [about Tom] Why does he hate us so much? Bertha Doss: Oh, he-he don't hate us. He hates himself... sometimes.
Artie got hit in the back. It blew most of his guts and intestines out his front, offal everywhere. Wrecked his uniform entirely. It was lucky he was dead, so he never knew how awful his uniform looked.
[about Desmond and Hal fighting] Why stop 'em? Saves me whipping them both. This way, I just whip the one that wins.
You're tying a bowline boy, not building a bra.
Private Doss, you are free to run into the hellfire of battle without a single weapon to protect yourself.
[looking at Hollywood's face wound] It looks much worse than it is. Girls will still want to kiss you.
I believe that any man who takes great pride in their natural naked state will surely enjoy the brisk of the outdoors. Now move your privates, private parts! Move it! You son of an exhibitionist!
Corporal Jessop: Sergeant. Sgt Howell: Make sure you keep this man away from strong winds.
Sgt Howell: I have seen stalks of corn with better physiques. Makes me want to pull an ear off, Private! Can you carry your weight? Desmond Doss: Yes, Sergeant! Sgt Howell: It should be easy for you then, Corporal!
Smitty Ryker: After what we've just been through, any sane man would be screaming for a weapon. Desmond Doss: I never claimed to be sane.
Sgt Howell: Have you ever roped a goat, Hollywood? Hollywood Zane: No, Sarge. Sgt Howell: Have you ever looked into a goat's eyes? Hollywood Zane: No, Sarge. Sgt Howell: Good. That would be unnatural.
You are a very strange-looking individual if you don't mind me saying so, Private.
Have you not heard? The Lord is the everlasting God, the Creator of the ends of the Earth. He will not grow tired or weary, and His understanding no one can fathom. He gives strength to the weary and increases the power of the weak. Even youths grow tired and weary, and young men stumble and fall.…
Most of these men don't believe the same way you do, but they believe so much in how much you believe.
All I saw was a skinny kid. I didn't know who you were. You've done more than any other man could've done in the service of his country. Now, I've never been more wrong about someone in my life, and I hope one day you can forgive me.
In peace, sons bury their fathers. In war, fathers bury their sons.
Prosecutor: There is only one question that any military court need ask of the accused: do you deny disobeying Col. Sangston's direct orders? Judge: Well, do you, Private? Desmond Doss: No, sir, I don't. Judge: Why are you contesting it, then? Why is it so important to you, given your refusal to…
I don't know how I'm going to live with myself if I don't stay true to what I believe.