The Prisoner (1967–1968)
Patrick McGoohan: Number Six, Number Twelve
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Quotes
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Number 6 : I will not make any deals with you. I've resigned. I will not be pushed, filed, stamped, indexed, briefed, debriefed or numbered. My life is my own.
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Number 6 : Be seeing you.
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Number 6 : Where am I?
Number Two : In the village.
Number 6 : What do you want?
Number Two : Information.
Number 6 : Whose side are you on?
Number Two : That would be telling. We want information... information... information!
Number 6 : You won't get it!
Number Two : By hook or by crook, we will.
Number 6 : Who are you?
Number Two : The new Number Two.
Number 6 : Who is Number One?
Number Two : You are Number Six.
Number 6 : I am not a number; I AM A FREE MAN!
Number Two : [laughter]
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Number 6 : I am not a number. I am a person.
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Number Two : I'm the boss.
Number 6 : No. One is the boss.
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Number 6 : Everyone votes for a dictator.
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The Double : The trouble with science is that it can be perverted.
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Number 6 : If I knew where I was sailing from I could calculate where I was sailing to.
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Number 6 : Unlike me, many of you have accepted the situation of your imprisonment, and will die here like rotten cabbages.
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Number 6 : Last week, Number 14 was an old lady in a wheelchair. You're new here, and you're one of them.
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Number 6 : I also have a problem. I'm not sure which side runs this Village.
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Number 6 : Bad habit of mine, playing with lighters. I'll probably start a fire one day.
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[Alison walks into Number Two's office where they are two Number Sixes. The real Number Six approaches her]
Number 6 : I am the original. He is the economy pack.