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QUOTATION:You were sent to get food, not treasure. You can’t eat pieces of eight.... You place an absurd value on the cheapest of human commodities.
ATTRIBUTION:Earl Felton, and Richard Fleischer. Captain Nemo (James Mason), 20000 Leagues Under the Sea, berating Ned Land and Conseille for getting into trouble while they were off treasure-hunting (1954).

Based on the novel by Jul.
 
 
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