Arabesque (1966)

Carl Duering: Hassan Jena

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• Journalist : [Prime Minister has arrived, weather is quite rainy]  What are your first impressions?

  Hassan Jena : We could use some of your English rain in our dry country. In our country, there's a great deal of oil and very little water. A highly inflammable situation.

• David Pollock : As long as you needed someone to sit down and work, I was your man. But the situation has changed somewhat. What you need now is someone with a Ph. D. in rough-house.

  Hassan Jena : I did warn you that it might become dangerous.

  David Pollock : Well, dangerous, sir, not lethal.

• Hassan Jena : Mr. Pollock, what has happened?

  David Pollock : Mr. Jena, there's been some trouble. A man was killed at Ascot today.

  Hassan Jena : Yes, I heard. Have you also heard who it is they think killed him?

  David Pollock : Mrs. Pollock's idiot son, David, that's who. I need your help.

  Hassan Jena : I don't think there's anything I can do for you right now, besides suggesting you stay clear of the police.

• David Pollock : The fact is that there are very few men on this earth that - whom I admire more than you. You're a very great man.

  Hassan Jena : No man is greater than the people he serves, Mr. Pollock. Your respect must be for them.

• Hassan Jena : Water remains our most serious problem. To paraphrase Marie Antoinette, I can hardly say of my people, "Let them drink oil."