A Passage to India (1984)
Victor Banerjee: Dr. Aziz
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Quotes
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Ali : How is Britain justified in holding India?
Dr. Aziz H. Ahmed : Unfair political question!
Richard Fielding : No, no! Well, personally, I'm here because I need a job.
Ali : Qualified Indians also need jobs!
Richard Fielding : I got here first.
[laughter]
Richard Fielding : Well, I like it here and that's my excuse.
Advocate Hamidullah : And those Englishmen who do not like it here?
Richard Fielding : Chuck 'em out.
[laughter]
Ali : Indians are also saying that.
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Dr. Aziz H. Ahmed : [to Ali and Hamidullah when Fielding visits] No, he does not need THREE chairs! He is NOT THREE Englishmen!
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Dr. Aziz H. Ahmed : You shouldn't walk alone, Mrs. Moore. There are bad characters about, and leopards may come down from the Marabar Hills - snakes also!
Mrs. Moore : You walk alone.
Dr. Aziz H. Ahmed : I am used to it.
Mrs. Moore : Used to snakes?
Dr. Aziz H. Ahmed : I'm a doctor - they dare not bite me!
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Ali : McBryde. When he first came, Hamidullah said he was quite a good fellow.
Dr. Aziz H. Ahmed : But they all become exactly the same. I give any Englishman two years.
Ali : The women are worse.
Dr. Aziz H. Ahmed : I give them six months.
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Dr. Aziz H. Ahmed : And I know what you're going to ask next. You're going to ask me to let her off paying 20,000 rupees, right? Then, if I agree, the English will be able to say "Here is an lndian that almost behaved like a gentleman." "But for the colour of his face, we might even let him join the club."
