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Solyaris (1972) More at IMDbPro »

Dr. Sartorius: Man was created by Nature in order to explore it. As he approaches Truth he is fated to Knowledge. All the rest is bullshit.

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Hari: I have a feeling someone's deceiving us.

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Dr. Snaut: We don't want to conquer space at all. We want to expand Earth endlessly. We don't want other worlds; we want a mirror. We seek contact and will never achieve it. We are in the foolish position of a man striving for a goal he fears and doesn't want. Man needs man!

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Kris Kelvin: You mean more to me than any scientific truth.

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Hari: Did you ever think of me?
Kris Kelvin: Only when I was sad.

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Kris Kelvin: You love that which you can lose, yourself, a woman, a country.

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Dr. Snaut: To science? It's a fraud! No one will ever resolve this problem, neither genius, nor idiot! We have no ambition to conquer any cosmos. We just want to extend Earth up to the Cosmos's borders. We don't want any more worlds. Only a mirror to see our own in. We try so hard to make contact, but we're doomed to failure. We look ridiculous pursuing a goal we fear and that we really don't need. Man needs man!

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Kris Kelvin: Whenever we show pity, we empty our souls.

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Kris Kelvin: Guibariane did not die of fear, he died out of shame. The salvation of humanity is in its shame!

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Kris Kelvin: There are so few of us!

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Kris Kelvin: Well, anyway, my mission is finished. And what next? To return to Earth? Little by little everything will return to normal. I'll find new interests, new acquaintances, but I won't be able to devote all of myself to them.

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