Leave the World Behind (2023)
Julia Roberts: Amanda Sandford
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Amanda Sandford : We fuck each other over all the time, without even realizing it. We fuck every living thing on this planet over and think it'll be fine because we use paper straws and order free-range chicken. And the sick thing is, I think deep down we know we're not fooling anyone.
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Amanda Sandford : Well, when I couldn't fall back asleep this morning, I came over here. To watch the sunrise. And I saw all these people starting their day with such tenacity. Such verve. All in an effort to...... make something of themselves. Make something of our world. I felt so lucky to be a part of that. But then, I remembered... what the world is actually like. And I came to a more accurate realization. I fucking hate people.
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G. H. Scott : A conspiracy theory about a shadowy group of people running the world is far to lazy of an explanation... especially when the truth is much scarier.
Amanda Sandford : What is the truth?
G. H. Scott : No one is in control. No one is pulling the strings.
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Ruth Scott : Why are you like this? What do you get out of being so angry all the time?
Amanda Sandford : Every day, all day, my job... my whole job is to... understand people well enough so that I know how to lie to them, so I can sell them things they don't really want. And when you study people like that when you really see the way they treat each other, well... You're no dummy. You see what they do, and they do it without even thinking about it. Fuck. I did it to you and your dad, and I don't even really know why. We fuck each other over all the time, without even realizing it. We fuck every living thing on this planet over and think it'll be fine because we use paper straws and order the free-range chicken. And the sick thing is, I think deep down we know we're not fooling anyone. I think we know we're living a lie. An agreed-upon mass delusion to help us ignore and keep ignoring how awful we really are.
Ruth Scott : I'm not down with most of the things that you do and say, but... this is the part of the Venn diagram where we overlap. I agree with everything you just said. But as awful as people might be... nothing's gonna change the fact that we are all we've got.
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Amanda Sandford : *after narrowly avoiding an oil tanker colliding with her families beach encampment* "There's a Starbucks."
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[first lines]
Clay Sandford : [waking up] Amanda? What are you doing?
Amanda Sandford : Well, I couldn't sleep. And it has been such a hellish year for us, as you know. And I just seem to be working every day without even realizing it. And you are just constantly anxious about your job, because of all the budget cuts. So, I went online this morning and I rented us a beautiful house out by the beach. I was such a steal, even though it's barely the off-season.
Clay Sandford : Wait, are .. are you packing?
Amanda Sandford : Yeah. I thought I'd get a jump on it.
