21st Century, Arlen, Texas, 2001
Hank Hill looked at the niece he loved dearly, but who more often than not, wholly exasperated him by being out of touch with a great many hard realities.
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24th Century, USS Enterprise-D, 2370
Jean-Luc Picard looked at the Admiral who he respected greatly, but who more often than not, wholly exasperated him by being out of touch with a great many hard realities.
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ARLEN
"Now, Luann, I realize that trying to help hardcore drunks who don't want to be helped--and grow violent when you try-- may be a worthy cause to some people, but if its all the same to you, I'd just as soon opt out. I'm not one for new or risky things. There's the dolphins, your mother, your roommates, your beauty school, Bobby's modeling. Not one of those things worked out--even partly so."
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ENTERPRISE-D
"Admiral, my ship and its crew have bragging rights to a great many things. But while I realize the vital nature of these many missions for Starfleet Intelligence, our track record in these matters is undeniably poor. Gul Madred, Ro Laren, Ambassador T'Pel. If this new mission is merely a request, and not an order, then I fear its one I must refuse."
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ARLEN
"Let's just say that, you and I have different ways of looking at things. There's certain things I don't wanna do, and I'm never gonna want to do them, no matter how cleverly you set the whole thing up. Fact is, I almost get resentful when I don't want something done, and you just can't get that I don't want it at all."
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ENTERPRISE-D
"It has become apparent that my galactic view, shall we say, lacks something. If this were not so, my comfort level and the corequisite skills of myself and my crew in matters of skulking about and dashing away would be greater. If this viewpoint affects my overall standing within Starfleet, I accept that. But I must say, Admiral, that I begin to greatly puzzle over why people such as ourselves aboard Enterprise, who show great reluctance and little deftness, continue to be tapped for missions for which we are clearly ill-suited."
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ARLEN
"So, the answer is No. Not sort-of No. Not talk-me-into-it No. Not I'll-enjoy-it later No. No, in this case, means No. Just tell those folks down at the charity that I'm not interested."
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ENTERPRISE
"So the answer is a firm, unequivocal No. I rather strongly feel that others are better suited and have better temperaments for this manner of mission. Give my regrets to Starfleet Intelligence."
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ARLEN & ENTERPRISE
She looked at him glaringly.
"But I already told them you'd be happy to do it!"