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2. My name's Forrest. Forrest Gump.
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3. Do you want a chocolate?
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4. I could eat about
a million and a half of these.
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5. My mama always said
life was like a box of chocolates.
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6. You never know what you're gonna get.
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7. Those must be comfortable shoes.
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8. I'll bet you could walk all day
in shoes like that and not feel a thing.
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9. I wish I had shoes like that.
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10. My feet hurt.
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11. Mama always said there's an awful lot
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by their shoes:
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where they've been.
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16. Mama said they'd take me anywhere.
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17. She said they was my magic shoes.
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18. All right, Forrest,
you can open your eyes now.
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19. Let's take a little walk around.
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20. How do those feel?
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21. His legs are strong, Mrs. Gump,
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22. as strong as I've ever seen,
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23. but his back is as crooked
as a politician.
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24. But we're gonna straighten him right up,
now, aren't we, Forrest?
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25. Forrest!
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26. Now, when I was a baby,
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the great Civil War hero,
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in some way.
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30. And what he did was,
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31. he started up this club called
the Ku Klux Klan.
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32. They'd all dress up in their robes
and their bed sheets
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or spooks or something.
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36. Forrest Gump.
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37. Mama said that the "Forrest" part
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38. was to remind me that sometimes
we all do things that,
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40. Okay... Get it, get it...
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42. All right...
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43. What are you all staring at?
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44. Haven't you ever seen a little boy
with braces on his legs before?
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45. Don't ever let anybody tell you
they're better than you, Forrest.
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everybody to be the same,
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on our legs.
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explaining things
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off Route 17,
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the town of Greenbow, Alabama.
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53. Our house had been in Mama's family
since her grandpa's grandpa's grandpa
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54. had come across the ocean
about 1,000 years ago,
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56. Since it was just me and Mama
and we had all these empty rooms,
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59. like from, oh, Mobile,
Montgomery, places like that.
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60. That's how me and Mama got money.
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61. Mama was a real smart lady.
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62. Remember what I told you, Forrest.
You're no different than anybody else is.
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63. Did you hear what I said, Forrest?
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64. You're the same as everybody else.
You are no different.
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65. Your boy's different, Mrs. Gump.
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66. Now, his IQ is 75.
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67. Well, we're all different, Mr. Hancock.
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68. She wanted me to have
the finest education,
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69. so she took me to
the Greenbow County Central School.
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70. I met the principal and all.
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71. I want to show you something,
Mrs. Gump.
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72. Now, this is normal.
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73. Forrest is right here.
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74. The state requires a minimum IQ of
80 to attend public school, Mrs. Gump.
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75. He's gonna have to go
to a special school.
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76. Now, he'll be just fine.
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77. What does "normal" mean, anyway?
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as everyone else.
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81. He's not going to some special school
to learn how to re-tread tires.
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82. We're talking about
five little points here.
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83. There must be something can be done.
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84. We're a progressive school system.
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85. We don't want to see anybody
left behind.
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86. Is there a Mr. Gump, Mrs. Gump?
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87. He's on vacation.
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88. Well, your mama sure does care
about your schooling, son.
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89. You don't say much, do you?
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90. "Finally, he had to try.
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91. "It looked easy, but,
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92. "oh, what happened.
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93. - "First, there..."
- Mama, what's "vacation" mean?
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94. - Vacation?
- Where Daddy went.
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95. Vacation's when you go somewhere
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97. Anyway, I guess you could
say me and Mama was on our own.
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98. But we didn't mind.
Our house was never empty.
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99. There was always folks
coming and going.
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100. Supper.
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101. - It's supper, everyone. Forrest...
- My, my. That sure looks special.
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102. Sometimes we had
so many people staying with us
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was filled with travelers.
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104. You know, folks living out
of their suitcases
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105. and hat cases and sample cases.
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106. Forrest Gump, it's suppertime! Forrest...
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107. One time, a young man
was staying with us,
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109. Forrest! I told you not to bother
this nice young man.
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110. Oh, no, that's all right, ma'am.
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111. I was just showing him a thing or two
on the guitar here.
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112. All right, but your supper's ready
if y'all want to eat.
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113. Yeah, that sounds good.
Thank you, ma'am.
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114. Say, man, show me that crazy
little walk you just did there.
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118. I started moving around to the music,
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120. This one night,
me and Mama was out shopping,
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Benson's furniture and appliance store,
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122. and guess what?
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that handsome young man
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127. had himself a heart attack,
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128. Must be hard being a king.
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129. You know, it's funny how you remember
some things, but some things you can't.
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130. - You do your very best now, Forrest.
- I sure will, Mama.
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131. I remember the bus ride
on the first day of school very well.
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132. Are you coming along?
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133. Mama said not to be taking
rides from strangers.
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134. This is the bus to school.
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135. I'm Forrest. Forrest Gump.
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136. - I'm Dorothy Harris.
- Well, now we ain't strangers anymore.
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137. This seat's taken.
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138. It's taken!
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140. You know, it's funny what
a young man recollects,
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for my first Christmas,
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143. and I don't know when I went
on my first outdoor picnic.
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144. But I do remember the first time I heard
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145. the sweetest voice in the wide world.
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146. You can sit here if you want.
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147. I had never seen anything
so beautiful in my life.
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149. Well, are you gonna sit down,
or aren't you?
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150. What's wrong with your legs?
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151. Nothing at all, thank you.
My legs are just fine and dandy.
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152. I just sat next to her on that bus
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153. and had a conversation
all the way to school.
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a question mark.
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156. And next to Mama, no one ever
talked to me or asked me questions.
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159. - I'm Jenny.
- I'm Forrest. Forrest Gump.
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we was always together.
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peas and carrots.
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164. I showed her how to dangle.
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166. She helped me learn how to read,
and I showed her how to swing.
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167. Sometimes we'd just sit out
and wait for the stars.
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168. - Mama's gonna worry about me.
- Just stay a little longer.
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169. For some reason,
Jenny didn't never want to go home.
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170. Okay, Jenny, I'll stay.
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173. Now, my mama always told me that
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174. Some people don't think so, but they do.
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175. Hey, dummy!
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176. Are you retarded, or just plain stupid?
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177. - "Look, I'm Forrest Gimp."
- Just run away, Forrest.
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178. Run, Forrest! Run away! Hurry!
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179. - Get the bikes!
- Hurry up! Let's get him!
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180. - Come on!
- Look out, dummy, here we come!
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181. We're gonna get you!
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182. Run, Forrest, run! Run, Forrest!
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183. Come back here, you!
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184. Run, Forrest!
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185. Run!
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186. Now, you wouldn't believe it
if I told you,
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187. but I can run like the wind blows.
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188. From that day on,
if I was going somewhere,
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190. He's getting away! Stop him!
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191. That boy sure is a running fool.
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192. Now, remember how I told you that
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to want to go home?
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that was as old as Alabama.
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when she was five,
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some kind of a farmer.
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199. He was always kissing and touching
her and her sisters.
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200. And then this one time,
Jenny wasn't on the bus to go to school.
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201. Jenny, why didn't you come
to school today?
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202. Daddy's taking a nap.
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203. - Jenny!
- Come on!
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205. You'd better get back here, girl!
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208. Jenny!
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209. Pray with me, Forrest. Pray with me.
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210. Jenny!
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211. Dear God, make me a bird
so I can fly far,
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213. Dear God, make me a bird
so I can fly far,
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215. Mama always said
that God is mysterious.
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have to stay in that house no more.
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just over on Creekmore Avenue,
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'cause she was so close.
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and come on over to my house,
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228. Anyway, Jenny and me was best friends
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- Quit it!
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231. - Run, Forrest, run!
- Hey,
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233. - Run, Forrest!
- Come on, get in the truck!
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237. - You better be running, stupid!
- Come on, dummy!
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- Yeah, you better get running!
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243. Now, it used to be,
I ran to get where I was going,
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take me anywhere.
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245. - Who in the hell is that?
- That there is Forrest Gump, Coach.
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247. And can you believe it?
I got to go to college, too.
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248. Forrest! Forrest! Run!
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- Run!
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250. Run, you stupid son of a bitch! Run!
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251. You son of a bitch! Run! Go! Run!
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son of a bitch alive,
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255. Now, maybe it's just me,
but college was very confusing times.
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of Alabama today.
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had carried out his symbolic threat
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I take it from that statement, that...
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262. Earl, what's going on?
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263. - Coons are trying to get into school.
- Coons?
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264. When raccoons try to get
on our back porch,
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266. Not raccoons, you idiot, niggers,
and they want to go to school with us.
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267. With us? They do?
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Wallace had carried out his promise
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ordered the Secretary of Defense
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272. Here, by videotape,
is the encounter by General Graham,
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and Governor Wallace.
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are here today
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276. They live within our borders,
they are all our brothers.
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the American people
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about so many times,
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280. just so evident today, the trend towards
military dictatorship in this country.
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281. And so, at day's end,
the University of Alabama
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283. and students Jimmy Hood
and Vivian Malone
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for summer classes.
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285. Ma'am, you dropped your book.
Ma'am...
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he promised to do.
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he kept the mob from gathering...
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288. Say, wasn't that Gump?
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289. - Nah, that couldn't be.
- It sure as hell was.
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thought it would be a good idea
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293. But somebody thought that it wasn't.
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295. My bus is here.
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296. - Is it the number nine?
- No, it's the number four.
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298. I remember when that happened,
when Wallace got shot.
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300. Did you go to a girls' college,
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302. It was co-ed.
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303. 'Cause Jenny went to a college
I couldn't go to.
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every chance I got.
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306. That hurts.
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308. - Forrest, stop it! Stop it!
- Jesus!
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310. - He was hurting you.
- What the hell is going on here?
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311. - No, he's not! Get over there!
- Who is that? Who is that?
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312. - Billy, I'm sorry.
- What the hell?
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- Don't...
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314. - Don't go! Billy, wait a second!
- Get away from me.
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318. I'm sorry.
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319. - I'll go back to my college now.
- Forrest...
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321. Come on. Come on.
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322. - Is this your room?
- Shh!
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325. - Who I'm gonna be?
- Yeah.
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327. Well, you'll always be you,
just another kind of you.
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328. You know? I want to be famous.
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on the personal level.
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334. I want to be able to say things,
just one-to-one.
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Economics class all the time.
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- It's okay.
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- Oh, I'm dizzy.
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your roommate's bathrobe.
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I don't like her, anyway.
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- Run! Run! Run!
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'cause I played so much football.
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called the All-America Team,
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the President of the United States.
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with the Collegiate
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at the Oval Office today.
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351. Now, the really good thing
about meeting
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is the food.
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with just about anything
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I wasn't hungry, but thirsty,
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357. I must have drank me about
15 Dr. Peppers.
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How does it feel to be an All-American?
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360. Congratulations.
How does it feel to be an All-American?
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362. Congratulations.
How does it feel to be an All-American?
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363. Very good, sir.
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364. - Congratulations. How do you feel?
- I gotta pee.
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he had to "go pee."
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for no particular reason,
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somebody shot his little brother, too,
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I got a college degree.
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Here, I'll hold this for you.
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382. Hello, I'm Forrest. Forrest Gump.
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who you are, fuzzball!
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scum-sucking maggot!
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You're in the Army now!
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386. This seat's taken.
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I made a mistake,
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or what they might ask.
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a shrimp-catching boat.
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on shrimp boats all my life.
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that's my mama's brother,
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of my own and got drafted.
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People call me Bubba.
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Can you believe that?
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People call me Forrest Gump.
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403. So, Bubba was from
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cooked shrimp,
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cooked shrimp, too.
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about the shrimping business.
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about the shrimping business.
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415. God damn it, Gump!
You're a goddamn genius!
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416. That's the most outstanding answer
I've ever heard.
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417. You must have a goddamn IQ of 160!
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418. You are goddamn gifted, Private Gump!
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419. Listen up, people!
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420. Now, for some reason, I fit in
the Army like one of them round pegs.
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421. It's not really hard.
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422. You just make your bed real neat
and remember to stand up straight,
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423. and always answer every question
with, "Yes, Drill Sergeant!"
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424. Is that clear?
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425. - Yes, Drill Sergeant!
- Yes, Drill Sergeant!
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426. What you do is, you just drag
your nets along the bottom.
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427. On a good day, you can catch over
100 pounds of shrimp.
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428. If everything goes all right,
two men shrimping 10 hours,
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429. less what you spend on gas, you can...
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430. - Done, Drill Sergeant!
- Gump!
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431. Why did you put that weapon
together so quickly, Gump?
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432. You told me to, Drill Sergeant.
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433. Jesus H. Christ,
this is a new company record.
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434. If it wouldn't be a waste
of such a damn fine enlisted man,
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435. I'd recommend you for OCS,
Private Gump.
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436. You are gonna be
a general some day, Gump.
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437. Now, disassemble your weapon
and continue!
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438. Anyway, like I was saying,
shrimp is the fruit of the sea.
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439. You can barbecue it,
boil it, broil it, bake it, sauté it.
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440. There's shrimp kebabs, shrimp Creole...
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441. shrimp gumbo, pan fried,
deep fried, stir fried.
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442. There's pineapple shrimp,
lemon shrimp,
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443. coconut shrimp, pepper shrimp...
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444. shrimp soup, shrimp stew,
shrimp salad, shrimp and potatoes,
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445. shrimp burger, shrimp sandwich...
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446. That's... That's about it.
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447. Night time in the Army
is a lonely time.
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448. We'd lay there in our bunks
and I'd miss my mama.
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449. And I'd miss Jenny.
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450. Hey, Gump, get a load of the tits on her!
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451. Turns out, Jenny had gotten into
some trouble over
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452. some photos of her
in her college sweater,
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453. and she was thrown out of school.
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454. But that wasn't a bad thing,
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455. because a man who owns
a theater in Memphis, Tennessee,
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456. saw those photos and offered Jenny
a job singing in a show.
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457. The first chance I got,
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458. I took the bus up to Memphis
to see her perform in that show.
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459. That was Amber, Amber Flame.
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460. Give her a big hand, guys.
Good job, Amber.
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461. And now, for your listening
and viewing pleasure,
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462. direct from Hollywood, California,
our very own beatnik beauty,
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463. let's give a big round of applause
to the luscious Bobbi Dylan.
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464. - All right!
- Bobbi!
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465. Her dream had come true.
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466. She was a folk singer.
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467. Come on, baby. Shake it up.
Shake it up, now.
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468. Hey, buddy, get her a harmonica.
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469. Hey, honey,
this ain't Captain Kangaroo.
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470. Hey, honey,
I got something here for you.
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471. - God damn it!
- Hey! Hey! Stupid jerk!
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472. I'm singing a song here.
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473. Polly, get out here!
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474. - Shut up, there!
- Don't be so shy, honey.
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475. Oh, shut up!
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476. Forrest, what are you doing here?
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477. - What are you doing?
- Hey!
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478. - Come on.
- What are you doing?
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479. Forrest, let me down!
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480. You can't keep doing this, Forrest.
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481. You can't keep trying
to rescue me all the time.
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482. - They was trying to grab you.
- A lot of people try to grab me.
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483. Just... You can't keep
doing this all the time.
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484. I can't help it. I love you.
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485. Forrest, you don't know what love is.
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486. You remember that time
we prayed, Forrest?
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487. We prayed for God to turn me
into a bird so I could fly far, far away?
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488. Yes, I do.
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489. You think I could fly off this bridge?
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490. What do you mean, Jenny?
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491. Nothing.
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492. I gotta get out of here.
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493. Wait, Jenny...
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494. Forrest, you stay away from me, okay?
You just stay away from me, please.
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495. Can I have a ride?
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496. - Where you going?
- I don't care.
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497. Get in the truck.
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498. So, bye-bye, Jenny.
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499. They sending me to Vietnam.
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500. It's this whole other country.
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501. Just hang on a minute.
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502. Listen, you promise me
something, okay?
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503. Just, if you're ever in trouble,
don't try to be brave. You just run, okay?
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504. Just run away.
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505. Okay.
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506. Jenny.
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507. I'll write you all the time.
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508. And just like that,
she was gone.
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509. You come back safe to me,
do you hear?
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510. Now, they told us that Vietnam
was gonna be very different
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511. from the United States of America.
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512. And except for all the beer cans
and the barbecue, it was.
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513. Hey, I bet there's shrimp
all in these waters.
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514. They tell me these Vietnams
is good shrimpers.
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515. You know, after we win this war,
and we take over everything,
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516. we can get American shrimpers
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517. to come out here
and shrimp these waters.
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518. We'll just shrimp all the time, man.
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519. So much shrimp, why,
you wouldn't believe it.
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520. You must be my FNGs.
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521. - Morning, sir!
- Morning, sir!
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522. Get your hands down! Do not salute me.
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523. There's goddamn snipers
all around this area
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524. who would love to grease an officer.
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525. I'm Lieutenant Dan Taylor.
Welcome to Fourth Platoon.
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526. What's wrong with your lip?
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527. I was born with big gums, sir.
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528. Yeah, well, you better tuck that in.
Gonna get that caught on a trip wire.
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529. Where you boys from in the world?
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530. - Alabama, sir!
- Alabama, sir!
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531. You twins?
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532. No, we are not relations, sir.
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533. Look, it's pretty basic here.
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534. If you stick with me
and learn from the guys
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535. who've been in country a while,
you'll be all right.
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536. There is one item of GI gear
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537. that can be the difference between
a live grunt and a dead grunt.
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538. Socks. Cushion sole, OD green.
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539. Try and keep your feet dry.
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540. When we're out humping,
I want you boys to remember
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541. to change your socks whenever we stop.
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542. The Mekong will eat a grunt's feet
right off his legs.
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543. Sergeant Sims, God damn it,
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544. where is that sling rope
I told you to order?
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545. I put in the requisitions at Battalion.
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546. Yeah, yeah, yeah, well,
you call those sons of bitches again...
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547. Lieutenant Dan
sure knew his stuff.
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548. I felt real lucky he was my lieutenant.
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549. He was from a long,
great military tradition.
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550. Somebody in his family
had fought and died
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551. in every single American war.
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552. - God damn it, kick some ass!
- I'm on it, Lieutenant.
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553. Get on it!
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554. I guess you could say he had
a lot to live up to.
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555. So, you boys are from Arkansas, huh?
Well, I've been through there.
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556. Little Rock's a fine town.
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557. Now, go shake down your gear,
see the platoon sergeant,
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558. draw what you need for the field.
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559. If you boys are hungry,
we got steaks burning right over here.
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560. Two standing orders in this platoon:
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561. one, take good care of your feet,
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562. two, try not to do anything stupid,
like getting yourself killed.
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563. I sure hope I don't let him down.
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564. I got to see
a lot of the countryside.
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565. We would take these real long walks.
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566. And we were always looking
for this guy named Charlie.
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567. - Hold it up!
- Hold up, boys!
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568. It wasn't always fun.
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569. Lieutenant Dan was always getting
these funny feelings about a rock,
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570. or a trail, or the road,
so he'd tell us to get down, shut up...
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571. Get down! Shut up!
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572. so we did.
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573. Now, I don't know much about anything,
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574. but I think some of America's
best young men served in this war.
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575. There was Dallas, from Phoenix,
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576. Cleveland, he was from Detroit.
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577. Hey, Tex. Hey, Tex.
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578. Man, what the hell's going on?
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579. And Tex was... Well, I don't remember
where Tex come from.
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580. Nothing.
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581. Fourth Platoon, on your feet.
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582. Still got 10 klicks to go to that river.
Move out.
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583. Come on, move out.
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584. Step it up. Look alive out there.
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585. The good thing about Vietnam
is there was always some place to go.
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586. Fire in the hole!
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587. Gump, check out that hole.
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588. And there was always something to do.
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589. - Mount them up.
- Spread out! Cover his back.
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590. One day, it started raining,
and it didn't quit for four months.
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591. We'd been through
every kind of rain there is:
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592. little bitty stinging rain,
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593. and big old fat rain,
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594. rain that flew in sideways.
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595. And sometimes, rain even seemed
to come straight up from underneath.
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596. Shoot, it even rained at night.
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597. - Hey, Forrest.
- Hey, Bubba.
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598. I'm gonna lean up against you.
You just lean right back against me.
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599. This way, we don't have to sleep
with our heads in the mud.
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600. You know why we a good partnership,
Forrest?
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601. 'Cause we be watching out
for one another,
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602. like brothers and stuff.
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603. Hey, Forrest, there's something
I've been thinking about.
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604. I got a very important question
to ask you.
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605. How would you like to go
into the shrimping business with me?
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606. Okay.
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607. Man, I tell you what,
I got it all figured out, too.
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608. So many pounds of shrimp
to pay off the boat,
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609. so many pounds for gas,
we can just live right on the boat.
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610. We ain't got to pay no rent.
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611. I'll be the captain,
we can just work it together,
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612. split everything right down the middle.
Man, I'm telling you, 50-50.
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613. And, hey, Forrest,
all the shrimp you can eat.
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614. That's a fine idea.
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615. Bubba did have a fine idea.
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616. I even wrote Jenny
and told her all about it.
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617. I sent her letters,
not every day, but almost.
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618. I told her what I was doing
and asked her what she was doing,
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619. and told her
how I thought about her always,
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620. and how I was looking forward
to getting a letter from her
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621. just as soon as she had the time.
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622. I'd always let her know that I was okay.
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623. Then, I'd sign each letter,
"Love, Forrest Gump."
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624. This one day, we was out walking,
like always,
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625. and then, just like that,
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626. somebody turned off the rain
and the sun come out.
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627. Ambush!
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628. Take cover!
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629. Get down!
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630. Get the sixty!
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631. Get that pig up here, God damn it!
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632. Forrest, you okay?
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633. Strongarm! Strongarm!
Be advised, Strongarm!
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634. Medic, we got a man down!
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635. Strongarm, this is Leg Lima 6, over!
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636. Roger, Strongarm, be advised
we have incoming from the tree line
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637. at points blue plus two.
AKs and rockets...
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638. Misfire! Misfire!
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639. God damn it! Mac!
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640. Get that thing...
Fuck it, get it in the tree line!
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641. Jesus!
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642. My unit is down hard and hurting!
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643. Six are pulling back to Blue Line,
Leg Lima 6 out.
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644. Pull back! Pull back!
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645. Run! Run, Forrest!
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646. - Pull back!
- Forrest, Forrest!
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647. Run, man! Run!
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648. Pull back! Run!
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649. Run, God damn it, run!
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650. Medic! Can I get a medic?
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651. I ran and ran,
just like Jenny told me to.
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652. I ran so far and so fast
that pretty soon I was all by myself,
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653. which was a bad thing.
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654. Bubba!
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655. Bubba was my best good friend.
I had to make sure that he was okay.
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656. Any friendlies out there?
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657. Yeah, I've got
three over here.
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658. Where the hell are you?
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659. Bubba?
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660. And on my way back to find Bubba,
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661. well, there was this boy
laying on the ground.
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662. Tex!
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663. Okay.
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664. I couldn't just let him lay there all alone,
scared the way he was,
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665. so I grabbed him up
and run him out of there.
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666. And every time I went back
looking for Bubba,
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667. somebody else was saying,
"Help me, Forrest. Help me."
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668. Can't hear... Can't hear...
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669. No sweat, man. Just lay back.
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670. You'll be okay. You'll be okay.
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671. I started to get scared
that I might never find Bubba.
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672. MAN ON RADIO:... over.
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673. Roger, Strongarm,
I know my position is danger close.
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674. We got Charlie all over this area.
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675. I gotta have those fast movers
in here now. Over.
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676. - Six, Strongarm, we want...
- Lieutenant Dan, Coleman's dead!
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677. I know he's dead!
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678. My whole goddamn platoon
is wiped out!
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679. - Leg Lima 6, Leg Lima 6.
- God damn it!
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680. - Copy this transmission. Over.
- What are you doing?
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681. Just leave me here! Get away.
Just leave me here! Get out!
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682. Leg Lima 6, Strongarm.
How copy this? Over.
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683. God, I said leave me here, God damn it!
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684. Leg Lima 6, Leg Lima 6,
this is Strongarm, be advised
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685. your fast movers
are inbound at this time, over.
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686. Then, it felt like something
just jumped up and bit me.
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687. Something bit me!
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688. You chink son of a bitch!
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689. I can't leave the platoon.
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690. I told you to leave me there, Gump.
Forget about me. Get yourself out!
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691. Did you hear what I said?
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692. God damn it, put me down!
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693. Get your ass out of here!
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694. I didn't ask you to pull me out of there,
God damn you!
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695. Where the hell
do you think you're going?
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696. To get Bubba.
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697. I got an air strike inbound right now.
They're gonna nape the whole area.
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698. Gump, you stay here, God damn it!
That's an order!
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699. I gotta find Bubba!
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700. Forrest.
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701. - Bubba.
- I'm okay, Forrest.
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702. I'm okay.
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703. Oh, Bubba, no...
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704. Nah, I'm gonna be all right.
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705. Come on. Come on. Come on.
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706. I'm okay, Forrest.
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707. I'm okay, man. I'm fine.
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708. Helo's inbound.
Top smoke, get it out there!
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709. If I'd a known this was gonna be the
last time me and Bubba was gonna talk,
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710. I'd of thought of something better to say.
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711. Hey, Bubba.
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712. Hey, Forrest.
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713. Forrest, why'd this happen?
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714. You got shot.
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715. Then Bubba said something
I won't ever forget.
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716. I wanna go home.
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717. Bubba was my best good friend.
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718. And even I know that ain't something
you can find just around the corner.
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719. Bubba was gonna be
a shrimping boat captain,
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720. but instead he died right there
by that river in Vietnam.
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721. That's all I have to say about that.
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722. It was a bullet, wasn't it?
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723. - A bullet?
- That jumped up and bit you.
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724. Oh, yes, sir.
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725. Bit me directly in the buttocks.
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726. They said it was a million-dollar wound,
but the Army must keep that money,
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727. 'cause I still ain't seen a nickel
of that million dollars.
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728. The only good thing
about being wounded in the buttocks
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729. is the ice cream.
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730. They gave me all the ice cream
I could eat.
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731. And guess what?
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732. A good friend of mine
was in the bed right next door.
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733. Lieutenant Dan,
I got you some ice cream.
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734. Lieutenant Dan, ice cream.
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735. It's time for your bath, Lieutenant.
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736. Harper!
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737. Cooper, Larson,
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738. Webster,
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739. - Gump. Gump.
- I'm Forrest Gump.
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740. Kyle, Nichols,
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741. McMill, Johnson, Tyler,
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742. Holiday...
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743. Surprise, surprise, surprise!
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744. Gump, how can you watch
that stupid shit?
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745. - From the DMZ to the Delta...
- Turn it off!
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746. you are tuned to the
American Forces Vietnam Network.
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747. This is Channel 6, Saigon.
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748. Good catch, Gump.
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749. You know how to play this?
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750. Come on, let me show you. Here.
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751. Now, the secret to this game is,
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752. no matter what happens,
never ever take your eye off the ball.
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753. All right.
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754. For some reason,
Ping-Pong came very natural to me.
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755. See? Any idiot can play.
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756. So, I started playing it all the time.
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757. I played Ping-Pong
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758. even when I didn't have anyone
to play Ping-Pong with.
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759. The hospital's people said
it made me look like a duck in water,
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760. whatever that means.
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761. Even Lieutenant Dan would come
and watch me play.
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762. I played Ping-Pong so much,
I even played it in my sleep.
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763. Now, you listen to me.
We all have a destiny.
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764. Nothing just happens,
it's all part of a plan.
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765. I should have died out there
with my men,
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766. but now I'm nothing
but a goddamn cripple,
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767. a legless freak! Look! Look! Look at me!
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768. Do you see that?
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769. Do you know what it's like
not to be able to use your legs?
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770. Yes, sir, I do.
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771. Did you hear what I said?
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772. You cheated me.
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773. I had a destiny.
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774. I was supposed to die in the field,
with honor!
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775. That was my destiny,
and you cheated me out of it!
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776. Do you understand
what I'm saying, Gump?
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777. This wasn't supposed to happen,
not to me.
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778. I had a destiny.
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779. I was Lieutenant Dan Taylor.
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780. You're still Lieutenant Dan.
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781. Look at me.
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782. What am I gonna do now?
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783. What am I gonna do now?
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784. PFC Gump?
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785. Yes, sir!
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786. As you were.
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787. Son, you've been awarded
the Medal of Honor.
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788. Guess what, Lieutenant Dan,
they want to give me a...
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789. Ma'am, what'd they do
with Lieutenant Dan?
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790. They sent him home.
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791. Two weeks later, I left Vietnam.
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792. The ceremony was kicked off
with a candid speech by the President
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793. regarding the need for further escalation
of the war in Vietnam.
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794. President Johnson awarded
four Medals of Honor
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795. to men
from each of the Armed Services.
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796. America owes you
a debt of gratitude, son.
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797. I understand you were wounded.
Where were you hit?
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798. - In the buttocks, sir.
- That must be a sight.
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799. I'd kind of like to see that.
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800. God damn, son.
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801. After that,
Mama went to the hotel to lay down,
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802. so I went out for a walk
to see our nation's capital.
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803. Hilary, all right,
I've got the vets,
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804. what do you want me to do with them?
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805. What are you doing here
so late?
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806. It's a good thing Mama was resting,
'cause the streets was awful crowded
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807. with people looking
at all the statues and monuments,
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808. and some of them people were loud
and pushy.
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809. Okay, follow me! Come on.
Let's move it out.
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810. Everywhere I went,
I had to stand in line.
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811. Follow me, let's go!
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812. Come on. Let's go.
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813. Stand here.
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814. Hey, you're a good man
for doing this. Good!
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815. Okay.
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816. There was this man giving a little talk.
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817. And for some reason, he was
wearing an American flag for a shirt.
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818. Now, I'm gonna
bring up some soldiers...
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819. And he liked to say the "F" word.
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820. A lot."F" this and "F" that.
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821. And every time he said the "F" word,
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822. people, for some reason,
well, they'd cheer.
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823. where to stick this fucking war! Yeah!
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824. Yeah! Yeah!
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825. Come on, man, come up here, man.
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826. Come on. Come on. Yeah, you!
Come on. Move, move, move.
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827. You can do it. Just get up there.
Go on. That's it.
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828. Tell us a little bit about the war, man.
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829. The war in Vietnam?
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830. - The war in Viet-fucking-nam!
- Yeah!
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831. Peace!
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832. Come on, man, go!
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833. - Come on!
- Peace!
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834. Well...
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835. There was only one thing
I could say about the war in Vietnam.
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836. there's only one thing
I can say about the war in Vietnam.
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837. In Vietnam, your...
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838. Hey, what the hell are you...
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839. I'll beat your head in,
you goddamn oinker!
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840. Jesus Christ, what'd they do with this?
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841. We can't hear you!
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842. We can't hear anything!
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843. - This one! This one! Give me that!
- Turn it up!
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844. Speak up!
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845. That's it!
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846. and that's all I have to say about that.
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847. That's so right on, man. You said it all.
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848. What's your name, man?
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849. My name is Forrest. Forrest Gump.
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850. Forrest Gump!
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851. - Gump!
- Gump!
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852. Forrest! Forrest!
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853. - Jenny!
- Forrest!
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854. Hey! Hey!
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855. It was the happiest moment of my life.
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856. Jenny and me were just like
peas and carrots again.
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857. She showed me around,
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858. and even introduced me
to some of her new friends.
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859. Shut that blind, man.
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860. And get your white ass
away from that window.
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861. Don't you know we in a war here?
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862. Hey, man, he's cool. He's cool.
He's one of us.
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863. - Let me tell you about us.
- Where the hell have you been?
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864. Our purpose here
is to protect our black leaders
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865. from the racial onslaught of the pig
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866. who wishes to brutalize
our black leaders,
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867. rape our women,
and destroy our black communities.
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868. Who's the baby killer?
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869. This is my good friend I told you about.
This is Forrest Gump.
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870. Forrest, this is Wesley.
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871. Wesley and I lived together in Berkeley,
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872. and he's the president
of the Berkeley chapter of SDS.
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873. Let me tell you something else.
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874. We are here to offer protection and help
for all of those who need our help,
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875. because we, the Black Panthers,
are against the war in Vietnam.
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876. Yes, we are against any war where
black soldiers are sent to the frontline
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877. to die for a country that hates them.
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878. Yes, we are against any war
where black soldiers go to fight
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879. and come to be brutalized and killed
in their own communities
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880. as they sleep in their beds at night.
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881. You are a fucking asshole!
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882. Yes, we are against all these racist
and imperial dog acts.
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883. Forrest! Quit it! Quit it!
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884. Forrest!
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885. Stop it! Stop it!
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886. Oh, God...
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887. I shouldn't have brought you here.
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888. I should have known it was just
gonna be some bullshit hassle.
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889. He should not be hitting you, Jenny.
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890. Come on, Forrest.
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891. Sorry I had a fight in the middle
of your Black Panther party.
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892. He doesn't mean it when
he does things like this. He doesn't.
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893. I would never hurt you, Jenny.
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894. I know you wouldn't, Forrest.
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895. I wanted to be your boyfriend.
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896. That uniform is a trip, Forrest.
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897. You look handsome in it. You do.
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898. - You know what?
- What?
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899. I'm glad we were here together
in our nation's capital.
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900. Me, too, Forrest.
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901. We walked around all night,
Jenny and me, just talking.
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902. She told me about
all the traveling she'd done.
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903. And how she'd discovered ways
to expand her mind
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904. and learn how to live in harmony,
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905. which must be out west somewhere,
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906. 'cause she made it
all the way to California.
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907. Try to love one another right now
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908. Hey!
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909. Anybody want to go to San Francisco?
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910. - I'll go.
- Far out.
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911. It was a very special night
for the two of us.
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912. I didn't want it to end.
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913. I wish you wouldn't go, Jenny.
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914. I have to, Forrest.
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915. Jenny?
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916. Things got a little out of hand.
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917. It's just this war
and that lying son of a bitch, Johnson!
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918. I would never hurt you, you know that.
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919. You know what I think?
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920. I think you should go home
to Greenbow, Alabama!
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921. Forrest, we have very different lives,
you know.
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922. I want you to have this.
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923. Forrest, I can't keep this.
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924. I got it just by doing
what you told me to do.
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925. Why are you so good to me?
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926. You're my girl.
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927. I'll always be your girl.
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928. And just like that,
she was gone, out of my life again.
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929. That's one small step for man,
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930. one giant leap for mankind.
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931. I thought I was
going back to Vietnam,
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932. but instead, they decided the best way
for me to fight the Communists
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933. was to play Ping-Pong.
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934. So, I was in the Special Services,
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935. traveling around the country
cheering up all them wounded veterans
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936. and showing them
how to play Ping-Pong.
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937. I was so good that some years later
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938. the Army decided that I should be
on the All-American Ping-Pong team.
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939. We were the first Americans
to visit the land of China
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940. in like a million years,
or something like that.
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941. Somebody said world peace
was in our hands,
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942. but all I did was play Ping-Pong.
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943. When I got home,
I was a national celebrity.
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944. Famouser even than Captain Kangaroo.
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945. Here he is, Forrest Gump, right here.
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946. Mr. Gump, have a seat.
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947. Forrest Gump, John Lennon.
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948. - Welcome home.
- You had quite a trip.
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949. Can you tell us, what was China like?
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950. In the land of China,
people hardly got nothing at all.
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951. No possessions?
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952. And in China, they never go to church.
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953. No religion, too?
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954. Oh.
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955. - Hard to imagine.
- Well, it's easy if you try, Dick.
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956. Some years later,
that nice young man from England
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957. was on his way home
to see his little boy
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958. and was signing some autographs,
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959. and for no particular reason at all,
somebody shot him.
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960. They gave you
the Congressional Medal of Honor.
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961. Now, that's Lieutenant Dan.
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962. Lieutenant Dan!
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963. They gave you
the Congressional Medal of Honor!
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964. Yes, sir, they surely did.
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965. They gave you,
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966. an imbecile,
a moron who goes on television
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967. and makes a fool out of himself
in front of the whole damn country,
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968. the Congressional Medal of Honor.
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969. Yes, sir.
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970. Well, then, that's just perfect!
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971. Yeah, well,
I just got one thing to say to that.
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972. God damn bless America.
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973. Hey!
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974. Oh, God!
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975. - Oh, God!
- Lieutenant Dan!
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976. Lieutenant Dan said
he was living in a hotel.
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977. And because he didn't have no legs,
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978. he spent most of his time
exercising his arms.
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979. Take a right. Take a right.
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980. Hey! Come on, already!
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981. What do you do here in New York,
Lieutenant Dan?
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982. I'm living off the government tit.
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983. Sucking it dry!
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984. Hey! Hey! Hey! Are you blind?
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985. - I'm walking here!
- Get out of the way!
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986. Get out! Come on, go! Go! Go!
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987. I stayed with Lieutenant Dan
and celebrated the holidays.
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988. You have a great year.
Hurry home and God bless you.
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989. Have you found Jesus yet, Gump?
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990. I didn't know I was supposed to be
looking for him, sir.
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991. That's all these cripples,
down at the VA,
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992. that's all they ever talk about.
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993. Jesus this and Jesus that.
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994. Have I found Jesus?
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995. They even had a priest come
and talk to me.
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996. He said God is listening,
but I have to help myself.
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997. How if I accept Jesus into my heart,
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998. I'll get to walk beside him
in the kingdom of heaven.
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999. Did you hear what I said?
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1000. Walk beside him
in the kingdom of heaven.
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1001. Well, kiss my crippled ass.
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1002. God is listening? What a crock of shit.
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1003. I'm going to heaven, Lieutenant Dan.
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1004. Oh?
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1005. Well,
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1006. before you go, why don't you get
your ass down to the corner
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1007. - and get us another bottle of Ripple.
- Yes, sir.
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1008. We are at approximately 45th Street
in New York City at One Astor Plaza.
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1009. This is the site of the old Astor Hotel.
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1010. What the hell
is in Bayou La Batre?
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1011. - Shrimping boats.
- Shrimping boats?
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1012. Who gives a shit
about shrimping boats?
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1013. I gotta buy me
one of them shrimping boats,
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1014. soon as I have some money.
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1015. I made me a promise to Bubba
in Vietnam
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1016. that as soon as the war was over,
we'd go in partners.
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1017. He'd be the captain of the
shrimping boat and I'd be his first mate.
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1018. But now that he's dead,
that means I gotta be the captain.
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1019. - A shrimp boat captain.
- Yes, sir.
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1020. A promise is a promise, Lieutenant Dan.
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1021. Now hear this!
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1022. Private Gump here
is gonna be a shrimp boat captain.
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1023. Well, I tell you what, Gilligan,
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1024. the day that you are
a shrimp boat captain,
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1025. - I will come and be your first mate.
- Okay.
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1026. If you're ever a shrimp boat captain,
that's the day I'm an astronaut.
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1027. Danny, what are you
complaining about?
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1028. - What are you doing, hon?
- Mr. Hot Wheels.
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1029. - Who's your friend?
- My name is Forrest, Forrest Gump.
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1030. This is Cunning Carla
and Long-Limbs Lenore.
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1031. So, where you been, baby cakes, huh?
Haven't seen you around lately.
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1032. You know, you should have
been here for Christmas,
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1033. 'cause Tommy bought a round
on the house
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1034. and gave everybody a turkey sandwich.
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1035. Well, well, I had company.
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1036. Hey, hey! We was just there.
That's at Times Square.
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1037. Don't you just love New Year's?
You get to start all over.
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1038. - Hey, Lenore...
- Everybody gets a second chance.
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1039. It's funny,
but in the middle of all that fun,
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1040. I began to think about Jenny,
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1041. wondering how she was spending
her New Year's night out in California.
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1042. eight, seven, six, five,
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1043. four, three, two, one!
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1044. Happy New Year!
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1045. Happy New Year, Lieutenant Dan!
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1046. What are you, stupid or something?
What's your problem?
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1047. What's his problem?
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1048. Did you lose your pecker in the war
or something?
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1049. What, is your friend stupid
or something?
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1050. What did you say?
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1051. I said, is your friend stupid
or something?
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1052. Hey! Don't call him stupid!
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1053. - Hey, don't you push her!
- You shut up!
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1054. - Don't you ever call him stupid!
- What's the matter, baby?
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1055. - Why are you so upset?
- Just get the hell out of here.
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1056. - Stupid damn...
- Get your goddamn clothes...
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1057. You belong in Ripley's Believe It Or Not!
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1058. - Get the hell out of here!
- You should be in a sideshow!
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1059. Go on! Get out of here!
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1060. Come on, Lenore.
We don't need this shit!
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1061. Get out of here!
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1062. - You retard.
- Loser. You freak.
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1063. No, no.
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1064. I'm sorry I ruined your
New Year's Eve party, Lieutenant Dan.
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1065. She tasted like cigarettes.
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1066. I guess Lieutenant Dan figured
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1067. there's some things
you just can't change.
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1068. He didn't want to be called crippled,
just like I didn't want to be called stupid.
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1069. Happy New Year, Gump.
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1070. The US Ping-Pong team
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1071. met with President Nixon today
at an Oval Office ceremony...
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1072. And wouldn't you know it?
A few months later,
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1073. they invited me and the Ping-Pong team
to visit the White House.
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1074. So, I went, again.
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1075. And I met the President
of the United States, again.
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1076. Only, this time, they didn't get us rooms
in a real fancy hotel.
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1077. So, are you enjoying yourself
in our nation's capital, young man?
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1078. - Yes, sir.
- Well, where are you staying?
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1079. - It's called the Hotel Ebbott.
- Oh, no, no, no, no.
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1080. I know of a much nicer hotel.
It's brand-new, very modern.
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1081. I'll have my people
take care of it for you.
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1082. Security, Frank Wills.
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1083. Yeah, sir, you might want
to send a maintenance man
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1084. over to that office across the way.
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1085. The lights are off, and they must be
looking for a fuse box or something,
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1086. 'cause them flashlights,
they're keeping me awake.
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1087. Okay, sir. I'll check it out.
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1088. - Thank you.
- No problem.
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1089. - Good night.
- Good night.
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1090. Therefore, I shall resign the presidency
effective at noon tomorrow.
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1091. Vice President Ford
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1092. will be sworn in as president
at that hour in this office.
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1093. As I recall the high hopes for America
with which we began this second term...
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1094. Sergeant Gump.
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1095. - Yes, sir!
- As you were.
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1096. I have your discharge papers.
Your service is up, son.
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1097. Does this mean
I can't play Ping-Pong no more?
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1098. For the Army it does.
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1099. And just like that, my service
in the United States Army was over.
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1100. So, I went home.
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1101. - I'm home, Mama.
- I know, I know.
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1102. - Louise, he's here.
- Now, when I got home,
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1103. I had no idea,
but Mama had had all sorts of visitors.
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1104. We've had all sorts of visitors, Forrest.
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1105. Everybody wants you
to use their Ping-Pong stuff.
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1106. One man even left a check for $25,000
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1107. if you'd be agreeable to saying
you liked using their paddle.
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1108. Oh, but, Mama,
I only like using my own paddle.
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1109. - Hi, Miss Louise.
- Hey, Forrest.
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1110. I know that. I know that.
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1111. But it's $25,000, Forrest.
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1112. I thought maybe you could hold it
for a while, see if it grows on you.
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1113. - Oh, you look good, Forrest.
- That Mama, she sure was right.
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1114. - You look real good.
- It's funny how things work out.
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1115. I didn't stay home for long,
because I'd made a promise to Bubba,
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1116. and I always try to keep my promise.
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1117. So, I went on down to Bayou La Batre
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1118. to meet Bubba's family
and make their introduction.
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1119. Are you crazy, or just plain stupid?
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1120. Stupid is as stupid does, Mrs. Blue.
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1121. I guess.
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1122. And, of course,
I paid my respect to Bubba himself.
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1123. Hey, Bubba, it's me, Forrest Gump.
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1124. I remember everything you said,
and I got it all figured out.
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1125. I'm taking the $24,562
and 47 cents that I got...
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1126. Or, that's left after a new hair cut
and a new suit,
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1127. and I took Mama out
to a real fancy dinner,
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1128. and I bought a bus ticket
and three Dr. Peppers.
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1129. Tell me something.
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1130. Are you stupid
or something?
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1131. Stupid is as stupid does, sir.
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1132. Well, that's what's left after me saying,
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1133. "When I was in China
on the All-America Ping-Pong team,
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1134. "I just loved playing Ping-Pong with
my Flex-O-Light Ping-Pong paddle,"
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1135. which everybody knows isn't true,
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1136. but Mama says it's just a little white lie
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1137. so it wouldn't hurt nobody.
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1138. So, anyway, I'm putting all that on gas,
ropes and new nets
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1139. and a brand-new shrimping boat.
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1140. Now, Bubba had told me everything
he knew about shrimping,
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1141. but you know what I found out?
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1142. Shrimping is tough.
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1143. I only caught five.
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1144. A couple more,
you could have yourself a cocktail.
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1145. Hey, you ever think
about naming this old boat?
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1146. It's bad luck
to have a boat without a name.
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1147. I'd never named a boat before,
but there was only one I could think of,
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1148. the most beautiful name
in the wide world.
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1149. Now, I hadn't heard from Jenny
in a long while,
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1150. but I thought about her a lot,
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1151. and I hoped that whatever
she was doing made her happy.
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1152. I thought about Jenny all the time.
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1153. Hey!
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1154. Lieutenant Dan,
what are you doing here?
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1155. Well, thought I'd try out my sea legs.
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1156. But you ain't got no legs,
Lieutenant Dan.
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1157. Yes, I know that.
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1158. You wrote me a letter, you idiot.
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1159. Well, well. Captain Forrest Gump.
I had to see this for myself.
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1160. And I told you if you were ever
a shrimp boat captain
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1161. that I'd be your first mate.
Well, here I am.
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1162. - I am a man of my word.
- Okay.
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1163. Yeah, but don't you be thinking that
I'm going to be calling you "sir."
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1164. No, sir.
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1165. That's my boat.
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1166. I have a feeling if we head
due east, we'll find some shrimp,
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1167. so take a left.
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1168. - Take a left!
- Which way?
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1169. Over there! They're over there!
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1170. - Get on the wheel and take a left!
- Okay.
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1171. Gump, what are you doing?
Take a left! Left!
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1172. That's where we're going
to find those shrimp, my boy!
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1173. That's where we'll find them.
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1174. - Still no shrimp, Lieutenant Dan.
- Okay, so I was wrong.
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1175. How are we going to find them?
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1176. Well, maybe you should
just pray for shrimp.
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1177. So, I went to church every Sunday.
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1178. Sometimes Lieutenant Dan came, too,
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1179. though I think
he left the praying up to me.
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1180. - No shrimp.
- Where the hell's this God of yours?
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1181. It's funny Lieutenant Dan said that,
'cause right then, God showed up.
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1182. - You'll never sink this boat!
- Now, me, I was scared,
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1183. but Lieutenant Dan, he was mad.
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1184. Come on!
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1185. You call this a storm?
Come on, you son of a bitch!
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1186. It's time for a showdown! You and me!
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1187. I'm right here! Come and get me!
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1188. You'll never sink this boat!
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1189. Hurricane Carmen
came through here yesterday,
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1190. destroying nearly everything in its path.
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1191. And as in other towns
up and down the coast,
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1192. Bayou La Batre's
entire shrimping industry
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1193. has fallen victim to Carmen
and has been left in utter ruin.
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1194. Speaking with local officials,
this reporter has learned,
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1195. in fact, only one shrimping boat
actually survived the storm.
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1196. Louise. Louise, there's Forrest.
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1197. After that,
shrimping was easy.
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1198. Since people still needed
them shrimps for shrimp cocktails
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1199. and barbecues and all,
and we were the only boat left standing,
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1200. Bubba-Gump Shrimp's what they got.
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1201. We got a whole bunch of boats,
12 Jennys,
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1202. a big old warehouse. We even have
hats that say "Bubba-Gump" on them.
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1203. Bubba-Gump Shrimp.
It's a household name.
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1204. Hold on there, boy.
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1205. Are you telling me you're the owner of
the Bubba-Gump Shrimp Corporation?
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1206. Yes, sir. We got more money
than Davy Crockett.
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1207. Boy, I heard some whoppers in my time,
but that tops them all.
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1208. We was sitting next to a millionaire.
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1209. Well, I thought it was a very lovely story,
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1210. and you tell it so well,
with such enthusiasm.
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1211. Would you like to see
what Lieutenant Dan looks like?
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1212. Well, yes, I would.
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1213. That's him right there.
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1214. And let me tell you something
about Lieutenant Dan...
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1215. Forrest,
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1216. I never thanked you for saving my life.
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1217. He never actually said so,
but I think he made his peace with God.
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1218. For the second time in 17 days,
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1219. President Ford escaped
possible assassination today.
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1220. Base to Jenny 1.
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1221. - Base to Jenny 1.
- Jenny 1. Go, Margo.
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1222. Forrest has a phone call.
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1223. Yeah, well, you'll have to tell them
to call him back.
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1224. - He is indisposed at the moment.
- His mama's sick.
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1225. - Where's Mama?
- She's upstairs.
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1226. Hi, Forrest.
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1227. - I'll see you tomorrow.
- All right.
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1228. We sure got you straightened out,
didn't we, boy?
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1229. - What's the matter, Mama?
- I'm dying, Forrest.
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1230. Come on in, sit down over here.
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1231. - Why are you dying, Mama?
- It's my time.
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1232. It's just my time.
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1233. Now, don't you be afraid, sweetheart.
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1234. Death is just a part of life,
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1235. something we're all destined to do.
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1236. I didn't know it,
but I was destined to be your mama.
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1237. - I did the best I could.
- You did good, Mama.
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1238. Well, I happen to believe
you make your own destiny.
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1239. You have to do the best
with what God gave you.
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1240. What's my destiny, Mama?
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1241. You're going to have
to figure that out for yourself.
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1242. Life is a box of chocolates, Forrest.
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1243. You never know
what you're going to get.
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1244. Mama always had a way of explaining
things so I could understand them.
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1245. I will miss you, Forrest.
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1246. She had got the cancer
and died on a Tuesday.
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1247. I bought her a new hat
with little flowers on it.
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1248. And that's all I have to say about that.
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1249. Didn't you say you were waiting
for the number seven bus?
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1250. There'll be another one along shortly.
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1251. Now, because I had been a football star,
and a war hero,
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1252. and a national celebrity,
and a shrimping boat captain,
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1253. and a college graduate,
the city fathers of Greenbow, Alabama
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1254. decided to get together
and offered me a fine job.
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1255. So, I never went back to work
for Lieutenant Dan,
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1256. though he did take care
of my Bubba-Gump money.
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1257. He got me invested
in some kind of fruit company.
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1258. And so then, I got a call from him saying
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1259. we don't have to worry about money
no more, and I said,
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1260. "That's good. One less thing."
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1261. Now, Mama said there's only
so much fortune a man really needs,
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1262. and the rest is just for showing off.
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1263. So, I gave a whole bunch of it
to the Foursquare gospel church,
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1264. and I gave a whole bunch to the
Bayou La Batre fishing hospital.
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1265. And even though Bubba was dead
and Lieutenant Dan said I was nuts,
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1266. I gave Bubba's mama Bubba's share.
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1267. You know what?
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1268. She didn't have to work
in nobody's kitchen no more.
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1269. That smells wonderful.
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1270. And 'cause I was a gazillionaire
and I liked doing it so much,
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1271. I cut that grass for free.
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1272. But at night time
when there was nothing to do
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1273. and the house was all empty,
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1274. I'd always think of Jenny.
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1275. And then, she was there.
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1276. - Hello, Forrest.
- Hello, Jenny.
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1277. Jenny came back and stayed with me.
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1278. Maybe it was because
she had nowhere else to go,
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1279. or maybe it was because she was
so tired, 'cause she went to bed
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1280. and slept and slept,
like she hadn't slept in years.
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1281. It was wonderful having her home.
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1282. Every day we'd take a walk and
I'd jabber on like a monkey in a tree,
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1283. and she'd listen about Ping-Ponging,
and shrimping,
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1284. and Mama making a trip up to heaven.
I did all the talking.
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1285. Jenny most of the time was real quiet.
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1286. How could you do this?
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1287. Sometimes I guess there
just aren't enough rocks.
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1288. I never really knew why she came back,
but I didn't care.
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1289. It was like olden times.
We was like peas and carrots again.
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1290. Every day, I'd pick pretty flowers
and put them in her room for her,
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1291. and she gave me the best gift anyone
could ever get in the wide world.
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1292. - New shoes.
- They make them just for running.
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1293. And she even showed me how to dance.
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1294. And, well, we was like family,
Jenny and me.
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1295. And it was the happiest time in my life.
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1296. MAN ON TV:... and this Fourth is
witnessing one of the
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1297. largest fireworks displays
in the nation's...
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1298. - You done watching it?
- ... here in New York Harbor...
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1299. - I'm going to bed.
- ... with a spectacular display
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1300. Of tall ships earlier.
The Statue of Liberty...
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1301. Will you marry me?
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1302. I'd make a good husband, Jenny.
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1303. You would, Forrest.
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1304. But you won't marry me.
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1305. You don't want to marry me.
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1306. Why don't you love me, Jenny?
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1307. I'm not a smart man,
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1308. but I know what love is.
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1309. Jenny.
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1310. Forrest, I do love you.
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1311. - Where are you running off to?
- I'm not running.
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1312. That day, for no particular reason,
I decided to go for a little run.
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1313. So, I ran to the end of the road,
and when I got there,
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1314. I thought maybe I'd run
to the end of town.
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1315. President Carter, suffering
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1316. from heat exhaustion,
fell into the arms of...
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1317. And when I got there,
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1318. I thought maybe I'd just
run across Greenbow County.
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1319. And I figured since I'd run this far,
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1320. maybe I'd just run across
the great state of Alabama.
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1321. And that's what I did.
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1322. I ran clear across Alabama.
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1323. For no particular reason,
I just kept on going.
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1324. I ran clear to the ocean.
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1325. And when I got there,
I figured since I'd gone this far,
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1326. might as well turn around
and just keep on going.
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1327. And when I got to another ocean,
I figured since I'd gone this far,
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1328. I might as well just turn back
and keep right on going.
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1329. When I got tired, I slept.
When I got hungry, I ate.
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1330. When I had to go, you know...
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1331. I went.
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1332. And so, you just ran.
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1333. Yeah.
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1334. I'd think a lot about Mama
and Bubba and Lieutenant Dan.
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1335. But most of all, I thought about Jenny.
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1336. I thought about her a lot.
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1337. For more than two years now,
a man named Forrest Gump,
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1338. a gardener from Greenbow, Alabama,
stopping only to sleep,
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1339. has been running across America.
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1340. Charles Cooper brings us this report.
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1341. For the fourth time
on his journey across America,
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1342. Forrest Gump,
the gardener from Greenbow, Alabama,
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1343. is about to cross
the Mississippi River again today.
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1344. - I'll be damned. Forrest?
- Sir, why are you running?
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1345. Why are you running?
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1346. Are you doing this for world peace?
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1347. Are you doing this for the homeless?
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1348. - Are you running for women's rights?
- Or for the environment?
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1349. Or for animals?
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1350. They just couldn't believe
that somebody would do all that running
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1351. for no particular reason.
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1352. Why are you doing this?
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1353. I just felt like running.
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1354. I just felt like running.
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1355. It's you. I can't believe it's really you.
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1356. Now, for some reason, what I was doing
seemed to make sense to people.
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1357. I mean, it was like an alarm
went off in my head, you know?
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1358. I said,
"Here's a guy that's got his act together.
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1359. "Here's somebody
who's got it all figured out.
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1360. "Here's somebody who has the answer."
I'll follow you anywhere, Mr. Gump.
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1361. So, I got company.
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1362. And after that, I got more company.
And then, even more people joined in.
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1363. Somebody later told me
it gave people hope.
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1364. Now... Now, I don't know
anything about that,
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1365. but some of those people
asked me if I could help them out.
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1366. Hey, man, hey, listen, I was wondering
if you might help me, huh?
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1367. Listen, I'm in the
bumper sticker business
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1368. and I've been trying
to think up a good slogan.
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1369. And since you have been such a big
inspiration to the people around here,
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1370. I thought you might
be able to help me jump into...
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1371. Whoa, man! You just ran through
a big pile of dog shit!
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1372. - It happens.
- What, shit?
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1373. Sometimes.
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1374. And some years later,
I heard that that fellow
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1375. did come up with
a bumper sticker slogan,
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1376. and he made a lot of money off of it.
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1377. Another time, I was running along,
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1378. somebody who had lost all his money
in the T-shirt business,
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1379. he wanted to put my face on a T-shirt,
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1380. but he couldn't draw that well,
and he didn't have a camera.
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1381. Here, use this one.
Nobody likes that color anyway.
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1382. Have a nice day.
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1383. Well, some years later,
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1384. I found out that that man
did come up with an idea for a T-shirt.
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1385. He made a lot of money off of it.
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1386. Anyway, like I was saying,
I had a lot of company.
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1387. My mama always said,
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1388. "You got to put the past behind you
before you can move on."
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1389. And I think that's what
my running was all about.
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1390. I had run for three years, two months,
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1391. 14 days and 16 hours.
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1392. Quiet. Quiet.
He's going to say something.
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1393. I'm pretty tired.
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1394. Think I'll go home now.
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1395. Now what are we supposed to do?
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1396. And just like that,
my running days was over.
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1397. So, I went home to Alabama.
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1398. Moments ago, at 2:25 p.m.,
as President Reagan was leaving the...
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1399. five or six gunshots were fired
by an unknown would-be assassin.
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1400. The President was shot in the chest,
and the assailant...
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1401. I picked up the mail.
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1402. And one day, out of the blue clear sky,
I got a letter from Jenny,
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1403. wondering if I could come down
to Savannah and see her,
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1404. and that's what I'm doing here.
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1405. She saw me on TV, running.
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1406. I'm supposed to go on the
number nine bus to Richmond Street
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1407. and get off and go one block left
to 1947 Henry Street, Apartment 4.
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1408. Why, you don't need to take a bus.
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1409. Henry Street is just five
or six blocks down that way.
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1410. - Down that way?
- Down that way.
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1411. It was nice talking to you.
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1412. I hope everything works out for you!
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1413. Hey!
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1414. Forrest!
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1415. How you doing? Come in, come in!
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1416. I got your letter.
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1417. I was wondering about that.
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1418. Is this your house?
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1419. Yeah. It's messy right now.
I just got off work.
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1420. It's nice. You got air conditioning.
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1421. - Thank you.
- I ate some.
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1422. Hey, I kept a scrapbook
of your clippings and everything.
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1423. There you are.
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1424. And this, I got you running.
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1425. I ran a long way,
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1426. for a long time.
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1427. And there...
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1428. Listen, Forrest,
I don't know how to say this.
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1429. I just I want to apologize
for anything that I ever did to you,
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1430. 'cause I was messed up
for a long time, and...
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1431. Yoo-hoo!
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1432. - Hey.
- Hi.
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1433. Hey, you.
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1434. - This is an old friend from Alabama.
- How do you do?
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1435. Listen, next week my schedule
changes, so I'll be able to... But thanks...
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1436. No problem. Got to go, Jen,
I'm double-parked.
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1437. - Okay. Thanks.
- Bye.
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1438. This is my very good friend, Mr. Gump.
Can you say hi to him?
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1439. - Hello, Mr. Gump.
- Hello.
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1440. - Can I go watch TV now?
- Yes, you can. Just keep it low.
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1441. - You're a mama, Jenny.
- I'm a mama.
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1442. His name's Forrest.
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1443. Like me.
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1444. I named him after his daddy.
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1445. He got a daddy named Forrest, too?
Copy !req
1446. You're his daddy, Forrest.
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1447. Hey.
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1448. Forrest, look at me. Look at me, Forrest.
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1449. There's nothing you need to do, okay?
You didn't do anything wrong.
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1450. Okay?
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1451. Isn't he beautiful?
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1452. He's the most beautiful thing
I've ever seen.
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1453. But...
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1454. Is he smart, or...
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1455. He's very smart.
He's one of the smartest in his class.
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1456. Yeah, it's okay. Go talk to him.
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1457. - What are you watching?
- Bert and Ernie.
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1458. Forrest,
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1459. I'm sick.
Copy !req
1460. What, do you have
a cough due to a cold?
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1461. I have some kind of virus,
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1462. and the doctors don't...
They don't know what it is,
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1463. and there isn't anything
they can do about it.
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1464. You could come home with me.
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1465. Jenny, you and little Forrest could
come stay at my house in Greenbow.
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1466. I'll take care of you if you're sick.
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1467. Would you marry me, Forrest?
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1468. Okay.
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1469. Please take your seats.
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1470. Forrest? It's time to start.
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1471. Hi.
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1472. Your tie.
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1473. Lieutenant Dan.
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1474. Lieutenant Dan.
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1475. Hello, Forrest.
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1476. You got new legs. New legs!
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1477. Yeah. I got new legs. Custom-made.
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1478. Titanium alloy.
It's what they use on the space shuttle.
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1479. Magic legs.
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1480. This is my fiancée, Susan.
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1481. - Lieutenant Dan.
- Hi, Forrest.
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1482. Lieutenant Dan, this is my Jenny.
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1483. Hey. It's nice to meet you finally.
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1484. Do you, Forrest,
take Jenny to be your wife?
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1485. Do you, Jenny,
take Forrest to be your husband?
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1486. And so I pronounce you man and wife.
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1487. - Hey.
- Hey.
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1488. Hey, Forrest.
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1489. Were you scared in Vietnam?
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1490. Yes. Well, I...
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1491. I don't know.
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1492. Sometimes it would stop raining long
enough for the stars to come out.
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1493. And then it was nice.
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1494. It was like just before the sun
goes to bed down on the bayou.
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1495. There was always
a million sparkles on the water.
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1496. Like that mountain lake.
It was so clear, Jenny,
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1497. it looked like there were two skies,
one on top of the other.
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1498. And then, in the desert,
when the sun comes up,
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1499. I couldn't tell where heaven stopped
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1500. and the earth began.
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1501. It was so beautiful.
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1502. I wish I could've been there with you.
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1503. You were.
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1504. I love you.
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1505. You died on a Saturday morning.
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1506. And I had you placed
here under our tree.
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1507. And I had that house of your father's
bulldozed to the ground.
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1508. Mama
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1509. always said that dying was a part of life.
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1510. I sure wish it wasn't.
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1511. Little Forrest is doing just fine.
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1512. But...
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1513. About to start school again soon,
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1514. and I make his breakfast, lunch
and dinner every day.
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1515. I make sure he combs his hair
and brushes his teeth every day.
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1516. Teaching him how to play Ping-Pong.
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1517. Okay.
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1518. He's really good.
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1519. Forrest, you go.
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1520. We fish a lot.
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1521. And every night, we read
a book. He's so smart, Jenny.
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1522. You'd be so proud of him.
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1523. I am.
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1524. He wrote you a letter.
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1525. And he says I can't read it.
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1526. I'm not supposed to,
so I'll just leave it here for you.
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1527. Jenny,
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1528. I don't know if Mama was right,
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1529. or if it's Lieutenant Dan.
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1530. I don't know
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1531. if we each have a destiny,
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1532. or if we're all just floating around
accidental-like on a breeze.
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1533. But I think
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1534. maybe it's both.
Copy !req
1535. Maybe both is happening
at the same time.
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1536. But I miss you, Jenny.
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1537. If there's anything you need,
I won't be far away.
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1538. Here's your bus. Okay.
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1539. Hey. I know this.
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1540. I'm gonna show that
for show-and-tell because
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1541. Grandma used to read it to you.
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1542. My favorite book.
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1543. Here we are.
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1544. Okay.
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1545. Here you go.
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1546. Hey, Forrest, don't...
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1547. - I wanted to tell you, I love you.
- I love you, too, Daddy.
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1548. I'll be right here when you get back.
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1549. You understand this is
the bus to school, now, don't you?
Copy !req
1550. Of course, and you are Dorothy Harris,
and I'm Forrest Gump.
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