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| | Kirk : | "If I can have honesty, it's easier to overlook mistakes." |  |  | to McGivers | 
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| | Spock : | "Superior ability breeds superior ambition." |  |  | to Kirk | 
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   | Kirk : | "You have a tendency to express ideas in military terms, Mr. Khan. This is a social occasion." |  | Khan : | "It has been said that social occasions are only warfare concealed. Many prefer it more honest, more open." |  | 
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   | Khan : | "We offered the world order!" |  | Kirk : | "'We'?" |  | 
| | Khan : | "Go! Or stay... but do it because it is what you wish to do!" |  |  | to McGivers | 
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