Daniel: Hey, you got a name? Ali Mills: Ali... with an I. Hey, what's your name? Daniel: Daniel... with an L
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"Now use head for something other than target."--Mr. Miyagi (Noriyuki "Pat" Morita) to Daniel (Ralph Macchio)
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"How did you do that?!"--Daniel, after Miyagi chops the head off of three bottles with his hand
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"Don't know. First time."--Miyagi
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"Wax on, wax off."--Miyagi, teaching Daniel karates moves
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[Daniel is riding across a steep hill on his bike at night - suddenly he is accosted by Johnny, Tommy, Bobby, Dutch and Jimmy on their motorcycles] Dutch: Looking for a shortcut back to Newark, Daniel? Tommy: I THINK he wants to learn KARATE! Right? Johnny Lawrence: Yeah! Okay, here's your first lesson: how to take a FALL! [He sideswipes Daniel, knocking him over the edge and down the embankment. Daniel just lies there]
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[They arrive at their new home] Lucille: This is it. This is the end of the line. Daniel: You're telling me.
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Daniel: Hey - you ever get into fights when you were a kid? Miyagi: Huh - plenty. Daniel: Yeah, but it wasn't like the problem I have, right? Miyagi: Why? Fighting fighting. Same same. Daniel: Yeah, but you knew karate. Miyagi: Someone always know more. Daniel: You mean there were times when you were scared to fight? Miyagi: Always scare. Miyagi hate fighting. Daniel: Yeah, but you like karate. Miyagi: So? Daniel: So, karate's fighting. You train to fight. Miyagi: That what you think? Daniel: [pondering] No. Miyagi: Then why train? Daniel: [thinks] So I won't have to fight. Miyagi: [laughs] Miyagi have hope for you.
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Miyagi: Your friend, all karate student, eh? Daniel: Friend? Oh, yeah, those guys. Miyagi: Problem: attitude. Daniel: No the problem is, I'm getting my ass kicked every other day, that's the problem. Miyagi: Hai, because boys have bad attitude. Karate for defense only. Daniel: That's not what these guys are taught. Miyagi: Hai - can see. No such thing a bad student, only bad teacher. Teacher say, student do. Daniel: Oh, great, that solves everything for me. I'll just go down to the school and straighten it out with the teacher, no problem. Miyagi: Now use head for something other than target.
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[Miyagi karate-chops the tops off three beer bottles] Daniel: How did you do that? How did you do that? Miyagi: Don't know. First time.
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Miyagi: Now, ready? Daniel: I guess so. Miyagi: [sighs] Daniel-san, must talk. Man walk on road. Walk left side, safe. Walk right side, safe. Walk down middle, sooner or later, get squished [makes squish gesture] Miyagi: just like grape. Same here. You karate do "yes," or karate do "no." You karate do "guess so," [makes squish gesture] Miyagi: just like grape. Understand? Daniel: Yeah, I understand. Miyagi: Now, ready? Daniel: Yeah, I'm ready.
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Miyagi: We make sacred pact. I promise teach karate to you, you promise learn. I say, you do, no questions.
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Daniel: Why didn't you tell me? Miyagi: Tell what? Daniel: That you knew karate. Miyagi: You not ask. Daniel: Well, where'd you learn it? Miyagi: Father. Daniel: But I thought he was a fisherman. Miyagi: In Okinawa, all Miyagi know two things: fish and karate.
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Miyagi: Karate come from China, sixteenth century, called te, "hand." Hundred year later, Miyagi ancestor bring to Okinawa, call *kara*-te, "empty hand." Daniel: I thought it came from Buddhist temples and stuff like that. Miyagi: You too much TV.
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Daniel: Oh, great, that solves everything for me. I'll just go down to the school and straighten it out with the teacher, no problem. Miyagi: Now use head for something other than target. Daniel: Hey, I was just kidding about that. Miyagi: Why kidding? Daniel: Because I'd get killed if I go down there. Miyagi: Get killed anyway.
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Daniel: Wouldn't a fly swatter be easier? Miyagi: Man who catch fly with chopstick accomplish anything. Daniel: Ever catch one? Miyagi: Not yet.
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Kreese: Fear does not exist in this dojo, does it? Karate Student: No, Sensei. Kreese: Pain does not exist in this dojo, does it? Karate Student: No, Sensei. Kreese: Defeat does not exist in this dojo, does it? Karate Student: No, Sensei.
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Daniel: This school sucks, man. Sucks.
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Daniel: Hey, what kind of belt do you have? Miyagi: Canvas. JC Penny. Three ninety-eight. You like? [laughs] Daniel: No, I meant... Miyagi: Daniel-san... karate here. [he taps his head] Miyagi: Karate here. [he taps his heart] Miyagi: Karate never here [points to his belt] Miyagi: Understand?
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Lucille: Palm trees, Damn. You know what that means? Daniel: Yea. Watch out for falling coconuts.
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Daniel: Could you teach me? Miyagi: First learn stand, then learn fly. Nature rule, Daniel San, not mine. Daniel: Where'd you learn it from? Miyagi: Father teach. Daniel: You musta had some father, Man. Miyagi: Oh yes.
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[Some drunks were drinking and setting their beer bottles on Mr. Miyagi's truck] Miyagi: Excuse me, please. Boy cold. Must leave. Kindly remove bottles. Drunk: Kindry do it yourself, Mr. Moto.
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Daniel: I can't believe this. I cannot believe this. Miyagi: What? Daniel: What you just got me into in there. Miyagi: Huh? Daniel: You said you were going to make things better for me. Miyagi: But I did. Daniel: How? Miyagi: How? Just saved you two months beating. Daniel: Oh great now I really have something to look forward to.
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Daniel: Hey where did these old cars come from? Miyagi: Detroit.
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Daniel: This damn bike. I hate this bike. I hate this frigging bike. Stupid bike. Lucille: Daniel. What's the matter? Why did you throw your bike away? Daniel: Because I felt like it.
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Kreese: We do not train to be merciful here, mercy is for the weak. A man confronts you in the street he is your enemy. An enemy deserves no mercy.
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[Daniel is about to have his first match in the tournament] Daniel: All right so what are the rules here? Miyagi: Don't know. First time you, first time me. Daniel: Well I figured you knew about this stuff. I figured you went to these before. Oh great, I'm dead. I am dead. You told me you fought a lot. Miyagi: For life, not for points.
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Daniel: Where am I this ring over here? Miyagi: Hai. Number three. Daniel: What's that guy kneeling like that for? Miyagi: Don't know. Daniel: Don't you know anything you can tell me? Miyagi: Hai. No get hit.
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[Bobby is about to face Daniel in the semifinals] Kreese: Bobby. I want him out of commission Bobby: But Sensei I can beat this guy. Kreese: I don't want him beaten. Bobby: But I'll be disqualified. Kreese: Out of commission.
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Kreese: What do we study here? Karate Class: THE WAY OF THE FIST SIR. Kreese: And what is that way? Karate Class: STRIKE FIRST. STRIKE HARD. NO MERCY SIR. Kreese: I can't hear you. Karate Class: STRIKE FIRST. STRIKE HARD. NO MERCY SIR.
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Miyagi: Wax on... wax off. Wax on... wax off.
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[just before Johnny fights Daniel in the tournament] Kreese: Sweep the leg. [Johnny stares at him in shock] Kreese: Do you have a problem with that? Johnny: No, Sensei. Kreese: No mercy.
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Kreese: [at the Cobra Kai dojo] Class, we have visitors. Fall in behind me. Hai! [approaches Daniel and Miyagi, then speaks to Miyagi] Kreese: I hear you jumped some of my students last night. Miyagi: Afraid facts mixed up. Kreese: You calling Mr. Lawrence a liar? Miyagi: No call no one nothing. Kreese: What are you here for, old man? Miyagi: Come ask leave boy alone. Kreese: What's the matter, the boy can't take care of his own problems? Miyagi: One to one problem, yes. FIVE to one problem, too much ask anyone. Kreese: Is that what's bothering you? The odds? Well, we can fix that. Feel like matching, Mr. Lawrence? Johnny Lawrence: Yes, sensei! Miyagi: No more fighting. Kreese: This is a karate dojo, not a knitting class. You don't come into my dojo, drop a challenge and leave, old man. Now you get your boy on the mat, or you and I will have a major problem. Miyagi: Too much advantage. Your dojo. Kreese: Name a place. Miyagi: Tournament. Kreese: [laughs] You've got real nerve, old man. Real nerve. But I think we can accomodate you. Can't we, Mr. Lawrence? Johnny Lawrence: Yes, sensei. Kreese: Fall in. [Johnny turns and leaves] Miyagi: Ask one more small request. Kreese: Make it fast. Miyagi: Ask leave boy alone to train. Kreese: You're a pushy little bastard, ain't ya? But I like that. I like that! All right. No one touches the prima donna until the tournament. Is that understood? [class responds with "YES SENSEI!!"] Kreese: But if you don't show, it's open season on him...and you. [they nod at each other]
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Miyagi: [Miyagi returns from fishing as Daniel is painting the house] Oh, miss spot. Daniel: What spot? Hey, how come you didn't tell me you were goin' fishing? Miyagi: You not here when I go. Daniel: Well, maybe I wanted to go, you ever think of that? Miyagi: You karate training. Daniel: I'm WHAT? I'm bein' your goddamn SLAVE is what I'm bein' here man, now c'mon we made a deal here! Miyagi: So? Daniel: SO? So, you're supposed to teach and I'm supposed to learn! For 4 days I've been bustin' my ass, and haven't learned a goddamn thing! Miyagi: You learn plenty. Daniel: I learn plenty, yeah, I learned how to sand your decks maybe. I washed your car, paint your house, paint your fence. I learn plenty! Miyagi: Ah, not everything is as simple as... Daniel: Oh, bullshit! I'm goin' home, man! [Daniel turns to walk away] Miyagi: Daniel-san! Daniel-san! Daniel: What? Miyagi: Come here.
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Lucille: [singing] California, here we come. California... oh, what's the matter, Daniel? Don't you like my singing? Daniel: I don't like the song, Mom.
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Daniel: You're the best friend I've ever had. Miyagi: You pretty okay too.
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Tommy: Must be take a worm for a walk week.
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Miyagi: You are wet behind ear!
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