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  • They may take our lives, but they won’t take our freedom.
    He said (that) they may take their lives, but they wouldn't take their freedom.
  • Life's like a box of chocolates.
    He said (that) life was like a box of chocolates.
  • I have always depended on the kindness of strangers.
    She said (that) she had always depended on the kindness of strangers.
  • One morning I shot an elephant in my pajamas. How he got in my pajamas, I don't know.
    He said that one morning he had shot an elephant in his pajamas. How he had got in his pajamas, he didn't know.
  • I am your father.
    He told him (that) he was his father.
  • I ate his liver with some fava beans and a nice Chianti.
    He said (that) he had eaten his liver with some fava beans and a nice Chianti.
  • I'll make him an offer he can't refuse.
    He said (that) he would make him an offer he couldn't refuse.
  • I've a feeling we're not in Kansas anymore.
    She said (that) she had a feeling they were not in Kansas anymore
  • I love the smell of napalm in the morning
    He said (that) he loved the smell of napalm in the morning.
  • We rob banks.
    She said (that) they robbed banks.
  • You can't handle the truth.
    He said (that) he couldn't handle the truth.
  • I see dead people.
    He said (that) he saw dead people.
  • We have a problem.
    He said (that) they had a problem.
  • You had me at ‘hello'.
    She said (that) he had her at 'hello'.
  • I could have been someone.
    He said (that) he could have been someone.
  • What we've got here is failure to communicate.
    He said (that) what they had got there was a failure to communicate.
  • I didn't know they stacked shit that high
    He said (that) he hadn't known they had stacked shit that high.
  • I'm walking here.
    He said (that) he was walking here.
  • I'm king of the world!
    He said (that) he was king of the world.
  • I'll be back.
    He said (that) he would be back.
  • A boy's best friend is his mother.
    He said (that) a boy's best friend was his mother.
  • Of all the gin joints in all the towns in all the world, she walks into mine.
    He said that of all the gin joints in all the towns in all the world, she walked into his.
  • You're going to need a bigger boat
    He said (that) he was going to need a bigger boat.
  • It was beauty who killed the beast.
    He said (that) it had been beauty who had killed the beast.
  • I'll have what she's having.
    She said (that) she would have what she was having.