I.Q. (1994)
Tim Robbins: Ed Walters
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Quotes
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Albert Einstein : Are you thinking what I am thinking?
Ed Walters : Well what would be the odds of that happening?
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Louis Bamberger : "New Jersey: Leader in Intergalactic Rocket Exploration." How's that sound for a license plate?
Ed Walters : Long?
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Catherine Boyd : You took Albert Einstein for a ride on that thing?
Ed Walters : Sure.
Catherine Boyd : Well don't ever do that again!
Ed Walters : Come on. He loved it. He went Wahoo.
Catherine Boyd : Wahoo?
Ed Walters : When's the last time he said Wahoo?
Catherine Boyd : Well I'm sure I don't know.
Ed Walters : When's the last time *you* said Wahoo?
Catherine Boyd : Well I'm *sure* I don't know.
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Ed Walters : Frank, this is Albert Einstein, the smartest man in the world.
Frank : [greeting Einstein] How they hanging?
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Albert Einstein : Catherine is my niece.
Ed Walters : She's your niece?
Albert Einstein : Yes
Ed Walters : She's... your niece?
Albert Einstein : I can't have a niece?
Ed Walters : But that makes you... her uncle.
Albert Einstein : It works nicely, doesn't it?
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Ed Walters : You see, you have a Lucas type four generator on a 12-volt system, and you know the British. They'd rather spend time gluing wood on a dashboard than getting the electrical system right.
James Moreland : Fascinating, but what is wrong with the car?
Ed Walters : [while looking at Catherine Boyd] Well, my guess is your stroke is too short and you're getting premature ignition. Does it ever feel that way?
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Catherine Boyd : I need to call a phone. Do you mind if I use your cab?
Ed Walters : There's a cab in the office.
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Ed Walters : It was like death - but in a good way.
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Ed Walters : You were a patent clerk.
Albert Einstein : Sigmund Freud, I'm sure, was a tobacconist.
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Ed Walters : ...nuclear configuration, is given given by the expectation value of the nuclear Hamiltonian of the state of n neutrons and n protons. Reaction will occur if the energy of the fused state is lower than the energy of the two separate nuclei.
Ed Walters : Go on. Go on.
Ed Walters : Our task is to see if the dynamics dictated by the interaction Hamiltonian generates a sufficiently rapid reaction to make cold fusion powered engines feasible.