Star Trek: The Next Generation (TV Series)
Loud as a Whisper (1989)
Brent Spiner: Lieutenant Commander Data
Quotes
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Riva : [after Riva's Chorus were slain and they beamed back, Riva is ranting in sign language] Stupid false egoistical...
[rambles on with back turned to camera]
Riva : ... tired of everything... three dead! What will we do now?
Captain Jean-Luc Picard : How did this happen?
Commander William T. Riker : A total surprise. Apparently a member of one of the factions didn't like the idea of peace.
Riva : ...any time think
[Rubs hands through hair in frustration]
Captain Jean-Luc Picard : I don't understand what you're trying to say.
[Pleading gesture to Troi]
Captain Jean-Luc Picard : Counselor.
Riva : I'm not talking to you. I'm talking to myself!
Counselor Deanna Troi : Riva, go slowly.
Riva : What!
Counselor Deanna Troi : Slowly.
Riva : I'm not talking to him anyway.
Captain Jean-Luc Picard : Can you write it out?
Riva : No! Leave me alone!
Captain Jean-Luc Picard : I am so sorry that your friends were killed.
Riva : I don't need your pity!
Riva : [Riva and Picard are talking simultaneously] ... tired of all of you hearing people not understanding me! I'm not talking to you anyway.
Captain Jean-Luc Picard : I'm sorry, I-I don't know what you are trying to tell me. We have to find some way to communicate with him.
Riva : I'm tired of you hearing people, arg!
Captain Jean-Luc Picard : Data, he knows some kind of gestural language. Find out which one and learn it.
Lt. Commander Data : Aye, sir.
Captain Jean-Luc Picard : Counselor, take him to Sick Bay. Maybe Pulaski can help.
Riva : I - my friends are dead! I-
[Picard grabs Riva's head]
Captain Jean-Luc Picard : Listen to me! You are not alone! Do you understand? We are all in this together... now.
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[Riva explains how he intends to mediate between the adversarial parties]
Lt. Commander Data : [interpreting Riva's sign language] Learning sign will be a part of their process of learning how to live together in peace.
Counselor Deanna Troi : [explaining] While they're learning how to communicate with Riva, they'll be learning how to communicate with each other.
Lt. Commander Data : [interpreting] And that is the first and most important aspect of any relationship.
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Lt. Commander Data : [interpreting Riva's sign language] The real secret is turning disadvantage into advantage.
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Lt. Commander Data : Captain, I have reviewed and stored five distinct signing languages. Here is an example of the first:
[he starts making signs]
Lt. Commander Data : This is 'blue'. This is 'the blue ocean'. This is 'the blue ocean at sunset'. This is two people walking along the beach by the blue ocean at sunset. This is two happy people in love walking along the beach by the blue ocean at sunset. This is two pe...
Captain Jean-Luc Picard : Enough.
[gets up and walks to Data, intrigued]
Captain Jean-Luc Picard : Let's talk to Riva.
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Lt. Commander Data : Counselor, it took me only moments to learn sign language. It will take them months.
Counselor Deanna Troi : Time well spent.
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Scholar : [interpreting for Riva] They have been killing each other for a long time. Now they want to talk peace. So, something about the situation has recently changed. What's the new piece to the puzzle?
Captain Jean-Luc Picard : Data?
Lt. Commander Data : Unknown, sir.
Commander William T. Riker : Perhaps they have run out of people to kill.