Learning to Drive (2014)
Ben Kingsley: Darwan
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Quotes
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Darwan : You can't always trust people to behave properly.
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Darwan : Bad things can happen "just for a second."
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[first lines]
Darwan : Slow down. Park there. Mr. Yampolsky, you have followed all the rules. You'll pass your test tomorrow, I'm sure of it. And after you get your license, I suspect you'll buy the biggest, fastest car, and throw all the rules out of the window.
Student Driver : [scoffs]
Darwan : It is not a joke. Remember driving is a freedom. I wish you to enjoy every kind of freedom... As long as you don't hurt someone. You promise me?
Student Driver : Okay, Mr. Singh.
Darwan : Mr. Singh Tur.
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Darwan : I think you don't approve our arranged marriage - check your mirrors. I'll try to explain. We hold our families very close. They know you better than anyone else. They are more objective about who is the right person for you. If left to your own decisions, you could pick the wrong one. You choose to your ego.
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Wendy : [attempting to parallel park] I'm lost.
Darwan : Wendy, how do you know if you put in... Enough salt and pepper when you're making a stew?
Wendy : You taste it.
Darwan : Right. So what do you do when you lose track of which way the car is pointing... When you parallel park?
Wendy : You taste it?
Darwan : You just let the car move back a tiny bit... And see which way it goes. Taste the direction.
Wendy : And then you adjust the seasoning?
Darwan : Right. You adjust a little bit and a little bit. And now I've made myself hungry. I'll go home and make myself a curry.