One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest
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Randle McMurphy
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Chief Bromden
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Billy Bibbit
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Doctor Spivey
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"We are all puppets on strings."Chief Bromden Freedom
"Laughter is the best medicine in this place."Cheswick Health
"I aint no criminal, I'm just a businessman."Randle McMurphy Humor
"Fear's a tool they use to keep you down."Chief Bromden Fear
"We're all crazy here."Cheswick Wisdom
"Man, I tried."Randle McMurphy Perseverance
"The fighting's real, but the outcome's predetermined."Chief Bromden
"Everybody's got to be somebody."Billy Bibbit
"You have to laugh at the things that hurt you."Nurse Ratched Humor
"I'm not just an inmate; I'm a gambler."Randle McMurphy Courage
"The Combine is real, but it's not as real as you think it is."Chief Bromden Truth
"A man who agrees to everything is useful to no one."Chief Bromden Wisdom
"It's them or us, and I have not lost yet."Randle McMurphy Power
"Freedom tastes sweeter when stolen from the jailer."Randle McMurphy Freedom
"To accept the system is to accept defeat."Randle McMurphy Freedom
"Some men need to fight to prove they're alive."Randle McMurphy Strength
"A man confined is only half a man."Randle McMurphy Freedom
"To lose the ability to laugh is to lose humanity itself."Randle McMurphy Humor
"I've always been a little mad, I think."Billy Bibbit Truth
"A man who fights for what he believes in, that's a free man."Randle McMurphy Freedom
"I'm not just talking about not letting an irresponsible fool like me near the top, I'm talking about somebody with fifty thousand dollars in his checking account."Randle McMurphy Power
"Man, when you lose your laugh you lose your footing."Randle McMurphy Humor
"The only way to deal with an unfree world is to become so absolutely free that very existence is an act of rebellion."Billy Bibbit Freedom
"You can't advise somebody to be brave if they're not naturally brave."Randle McMurphy Courage
"I came in here to live, not just exist."Randle McMurphy Life
"Sometimes the craziest thing you can do is be yourself."Randle McMurphy
"They broke something inside me, but they couldn't break my spirit."Randle McMurphy Strength
"The real insanity is out there, not in here."Chief Bromden Truth
"Fighting the system only makes it stronger."Cheswick Philosophy
"Order and routine are what keep society functioning."Nurse Ratched Leadership