“I'm sorry, James. For you I have great affection, but we have an old...” – General Georgi Koskov, The Living Daylights ... Movie Quotes Database

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General Georgi Koskov

[As General Koskov and Necros bring Bond and Kara to Afghanistan]

I'm sorry, James. For you I have great affection, but we have an old saying: duty has no sweethearts.

James Bond

We have an old saying too, Georgi. And you're full of it.

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