An idea is like a virus resilient

Cobb : For not asking whether I did. Arthur : It would have to be a Cobb : Why is that? Arthur : Because in a , the pilot's up top, and the first class cabin's in the nose, so no one would walk through. But you'd have to buy out the entire cabin. And the first class flight attendant Saito : I bought the airline.

Saito just shrugs]. Saito : It seemed neater. Cobb : She locked away a secret, deep inside herself, something she once knew to be true Ariadne : Why is it so important to dream? Cobb : Because, in my dreams we are together. Cobb : I can't stay with her anymore because she doesn't exist. Mal : I'm the only thing you do believe in anymore. Cobb : I wish. I wish more than anything.

But I can't imagine you with all your complexity, all you perfection, all your imperfection. Look at you. You are just a shade of my real wife. You're the best I can do; but I'm sorry, you are just not good enough. Cobb : You're waiting for a train. A train that'll take you far away.

You know where you hope this train will take you. But you can't know for sure. Yet it doesn't matter. Now, tell me why? Mal : Because you'll be together!

Cobb : [from trailer] Dreams feel real while we're in them. It's only when we wake up that we realize something was actually strange. Saito : Have you come to kill me? I've been waiting for someone Cobb : Someone from a half remembered dream. Saito : Cobb? We were young men together. I'm an old man. Cobb : Filled with regret Saito : Waiting to die alone Cobb : I've come back for you Something you once knew Cobb : That this world is not real. Saito : To convince me to honor our arrangement.

Cobb : To take a leap of faith, yes. Come back Come back with me Cobb : Come back Mal : We'd be together forever. You promised me. Cobb : I know. But we can't. And I'm sorry. Mal : You remember when you asked me to marry you?

You said you dreamt that we'd grow old together. Cobb : But we did. We did. You don't remember? I miss you more than I can bear, but And I have to let go I have to let you go.

Cobb : I'm going to improvise. Listen, there's something you should know about me An idea is like a virus, resilient, highly contagious. The smallest seed of an idea can grow. It can grow to define or destroy you. Cobb : They say we only use a fraction of our brain's true potential. Now that's when we're awake. When we're asleep, we can do almost anything. Arthur : So, once we've made the plant, how do we go out?

Hope you have something more elegant in mind than shooting me in the head? Cobb : A kick. Ariadne : What's a kick? Eames : This, Ariadne, would be a kick. Arthur : [finds his balance and glares at Eames]. Cobb : Inception. Now, before you bother telling me it's impossible Eames : No, it's perfectly possible. It's just bloody difficult. Cobb : What do you want? Saito : Inception. Is it possible?

Arthur : Of course not. Saito : If you can steal an idea, why can't you plant one there instead? Arthur : Okay, this is me, planting an idea in your mind. I say: don't think about elephants. What are you thinking about? Saito : Elephants? Arthur : Right, but it's not your idea. The dreamer can always remember the genesis of the idea.

True inspiration is impossible to fake. Cobb : No, it's not. Mal : [Sitting on the ledge, to Cobb] I'm asking you to take a leap of faith. Cobb : No I can't. You know I can't do that. Take a second, think about our children. Think about James. Think about Phillipa now. Mal : If I go without you they'll take them away anyways. Cobb : What does that mean?

Mal : I filed a letter with our attourney explaining how I'm fearful for my safety. How you've threatened to kill me. Cobb : Why did you do that? Mal : I love you, Dom. Cobb : Why did you Mal : I freed you from the guilt of choosing to leave them. We're going home to our real children. Cobb : No, no, no, no. Mal you listen to me, alright?

Mal look at me, please. Mal : [Closing her eyes] You're waiting for a train Cobb : Mal, goddammit! Don't do this! Mal : A train that will take you far away Cobb : James and Phillipa are waiting! Mal : You know where you hope this train will take you Cobb : They're waiting for us!

Mal : But you can't know for sure Cobb : Mal, look at me! Mal : Yet it doesn't matter Mal : Because you'll be together. Cobb : Sweetheart! Look at me!

Mal : [Jumps off of the ledge]. Cobb : Mal, no! Jesus Christ! Cobb : [notices that he's being followed] That price on my head, was that dead or alive? Eames : Not sure. See if he starts shooting. Cobb : "I will split up my father's empire. Which is why we need to plant it deep in his subconscious. Subconscious is motivated by emotion, right? Not reason. We need to find a way to translate this into an emotional concept.

Arthur : How do you translate a business strategy into an emotion? Cobb : That's what we're here to figure out, right? Now, Robert's relationship with his father is stressed, to say the least. Eames : Well, can we run with that? We could suggest to him breaking up his father's company as a "screw-you" to the old man.

Cobb : No, 'cause I think positive emotion trumps negative emotion every time. We all yearn for reconciliation, for catharsis. We need Robert Fischer to have a positive emotional reaction to all this. Eames : Alright, we'll try this, umm Cobb : That might work. Arthur : Might? We're gonna need to do a little better than 'might'. Eames : Oh, thank you for your contribution, Arthur. Arthur : Forgive me for wanting a little specificity, Eames.

Arthur : Specificity? Ariadne : Why are they all looking at me? Cobb : Because my subconscious feels that someone else is creating this world. The more you change things, the quicker the projections start to converge on you. Ariadne : Converge? Cobb : It's the foreign nature of the dreamer. They attack like white blood cells fighting an infection.

Ariadne : They're going to attack us? Cobb : No. Just you. Yusuf : Brain function in the dream will be about twenty times to normal. When you enter a dream within that dream, the effect is compounded: it's three dreams, that's ten hours times twen Eames : I'm sorry, uh, maths was never my strong subject.

How much time is that? Cobb : It's a week the first level down. An idea that is fully formed — fully understood — that sticks; right in there somewhere.

You try to create a narrative that fits what you already believe. You set the stage for what you want to have played out. Donald Trump and his narcissistic mental illness is an entirely expected effect from this model. They ranked the United States as number one among nations in prevention, early detection and reporting, rapid response and mitigation. They said the US is also number one as far as having a sufficient and robust health system, and a compliance with international norms.

In short, everything we are not, they said we were. They considered the world at risk for pandemic prep, but gave overwhelmingly glowing reviews as far as the US potential to deal with such an event. This was brazenly cited by Trump this February as proof the United States is up to the task for pandemic-related issues.

Anyone with an ounce of empathy in the US would know that our health system is grossly unfair, unbelievably punitive, and callous beyond belief. No study needed. There is no way such a system can handle a collective threat such as a pandemic in a remotely functional fashion. Perhaps the incredible level of faith the study promoted was for the subclass of NBA players and the pandemic response for them. Our favorite collection of Famous Movies ».

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