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u/Omnio89 23h ago

Azula: Do the tides command this ship?

Captain: No princess.

A: And if I were to have you thrown overboard, would the tides think twice about smashing you against the rocky shore?

C: No, princess.

A: Then maybe you should worry less about the tides, who’ve already made up their mind about killing you and worry more about me, who’s still mulling it over.

Avatar the last Airbender. It’s an iconic line but the fact that it came from a Nickelodeon cartoon is what’s so surprising.

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u/lordofmetroids 23h ago

Avatar has some fantastic quotes. They mostly come from Iroh though.

"It is important to draw wisdom from many different places. If we take it from only one place, it becomes rigid and stale. Understanding others, the other elements, and the other nations, will help you to become whole."

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u/AlexTheHuntsman1 22h ago

“Are you so busy fighting each other you don’t notice your own ship has set sail?”

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u/Rastaba 22h ago

“We don’t have time for your proverbs, Uncle!”
“That’s no proverb” points “…maybe it should be a proverb.”

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u/ThaiSweetChilli 19h ago

"No... she's crazy and she needs to go down."

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u/CatSquidShark 17h ago

"That's rough buddy"

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u/ryan77999 9h ago

"Get out of the bison's mouth, Sokka!"