Inspectorc Calls Quotes

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Mr Birling
'A man has to make a way for himself and take care of himself and his family'
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Mr Birling
'Unsinkable, absolutely unsinkable'
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Mr Birling
'Now, now no reason to mention the matter especially because of..' indicates to Sheila
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Mr Birling
'A pretentious man'
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Mr Birling
'Now if everbody was responsible for everbody, well then that would be rather awkward wouldln't it''
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Mr Birling
'Community and all that nonsense'
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Mr Birling
'Now look here inspector - I would give thousands, yes thousands if I could'
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Sheila
'You're just beginning to pretend all over again'
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Sheila
'He knows. Of course he knows. And I hate to think how much he knows that we don't know yet...'
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Sheila
'But these girls aren't cheap labour - they're people'
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Sheila
WE killed her
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Sheila
'And I started it'
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Eric
'Don't forget I am ashamed of you too'
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Eric
'The girl is dead and we all helped to kill her'
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Eric
'You never tried to (understand)'
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Mrs Birling
I was perfectly justified
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Mrs Birling
I accept no blame for it at all
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Mrs Birling
And such nonesense/ some nonesense like that
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Mrs Birling
She called herself Mrs Birling!
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Mrs Birling
I did nothing i'm ashamed of / I've done nothing wrong
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Mrs Birling
I did my duty
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Inspector
If there's nothing else we have to share our guilt
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Inspector
Yes she's dead / the dead girl
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Inspector
We often have that effect on the young ones, they're more impressionable
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Inspector
You'll be taught it in blood, fire and anguish
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Inspector
I don't play golf / I'm simply doing my duty
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Inspector
Public men have responsibilities as well as privileges
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Eric
You're not the sort of father a chap can go to when he's in trouble
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Gerald
I hate those hard eyed do =ugh faced women
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Gerald
It's a favourite haunt of the women of the town
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Gerald
She had a port and some lemonade or some strange concoction
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Gerald
We're respectable citizens and not criminals
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Mr Birling
And you'll be marrying at a very good time
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Inspector
It's better to ask for the Earth than to take it
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Inspector
Remember that / remember what you did,/ remember this
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Inspector
We don’t live alone. We are members of one body. We are
responsible for each other.
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Card 2

Front

'Unsinkable, absolutely unsinkable'

Back

Mr Birling

Card 3

Front

'Now, now no reason to mention the matter especially because of..' indicates to Sheila

Back

Preview of the back of card 3

Card 4

Front

'A pretentious man'

Back

Preview of the back of card 4

Card 5

Front

'Now if everbody was responsible for everbody, well then that would be rather awkward wouldln't it''

Back

Preview of the back of card 5
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