The Day the Hot Line Got Hot (1968)
Marie Dubois: Natasha
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Natasha : Eric, how did you get this way?
Eric Ericson : What way?
Natasha : So smart.
Eric Ericson : My father was a mathematics professor.
Natasha : But this not lying at all. Where did that come from? IBM?
Eric Ericson : No, from my father. "Truth", he said, "is what it's all about; life, love, everything".
Natasha : But within limits, Eric.
Eric Ericson : No, that's just the point; once you begin to lie, even little lies, you open the door and they come swarming in on you - half the miseries of the world - crime, ignorance, spies, wars. Take wars - do you know one war, Natasha, the wasn't based on lies? Outright lies?
Natasha : But you can't live that way; not one person alone. You can't.
Eric Ericson : I won't say it's easy. In fact, as my father was about to die - I was at his side - he said "Eric, I take it back - you must learn to lie, you can't live that way".
Natasha : You see?
Eric Ericson : But when I think of the trouble that people who do lie get into... No!