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“Why do we fall”

SPOKEN AT 00:10:41 IN

Batman Begins

2005 · 140 MIN · IMDB 8.2 · DIR. Christopher Nolan

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00:10:17 Bruce?
00:10:21 It's okay. It's okay.
00:10:24 You'll be okay.
00:10:26 ALFRED: Will we be needing an ambulance, Master Wayne?
00:10:28 THOMAS: No, I'll set the bone and take him for an x-ray later.
00:10:31 ALFRED: Very good, sir.
00:10:33 - I'm very sorry, sir. I've told... THOMAS: Don't worry. It's fine.
00:10:39 ALFRED: Took quite a fall, didn't we, Master Bruce?
00:10:41 THOMAS: And why do we fall?
00:10:42 So we can learn to pick ourselves up.
00:10:50 Just a little fall. It's just a small fracture.
00:11:01 THOMAS: The bats again?

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