The Thief of Bagdad (1940)

Rex Ingram: Djinn

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• Djinn : You're a clever little man little master of the universe, but mortals are weak and frail. If their stomach speaks, they forget their brain. If their brain speaks, they forget their heart. And if their heart speaks

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  Djinn : ... they forget everything.

• Abu : How can you be so ungrateful?

  Djinn : Grateful? Slaves are not grateful. Not for their freedom!

• Abu : Where are we now ?

  Djinn : Above the roof... of the world

  Abu : Has the world got a roof ?

  Djinn : Of course. Supported by seven pillars, and the seven pillars are set on the shoulders of a genie whose strength is beyond thought, and the genie stands on an eagle, and the eagle on a bull, and the bull on a fish, and the fish swims in the sea of eternity...