Memorable Quotes from Anjela Nedyalkova
5 quotesRevitalizing Leith: A Vision for Change
Mark
This is the renovation and conversion of an iconic ] building. We see it very much as being an artisanal bed-and-breakfast experience. A destination in its own right. Artworks by local artists on the walls. Locally sourced fresh food. Outreach programs to inspire children in school to think outside the box. To inspire in them a belief that... Yes, they can. There was a time when this port served thousands of ships around the globe. Now it can rise again. And we believe our business will occupy a central role, both physically and emotionally, at the heart of this new wave of regeneration in Leith.
[[w:Leith|Leith]
Simon
Leith 2.1.
Mark
Exactly.
Murphy
We used to steal all this stuff. Fancy wallpaper. Sell on to the middle classes and that. Me and Mark used to steal all kinds of stuff, actually. Till we got caught. He got off. I got six months. Still, you find out what you're good at inside. Signatures... That's what I found out. Anyone's. If I seen it once, I can do it. So, when I got out, "Bye-bye, shoplifting. Hello, checkbook. Hello, check card. Up to ]. Signature, cash in hand. Up to Swanney's, pay off my debts, buy some ]. I was a portable fucking goldmine.
[[w:Western Union|Western Union; [w:Heroin|skag]
Veronika
So, what happened?
Murphy
Chip and PIN, debit cards, e-banking. Billionaires moving money at the touch of a button. There's no room for an honest artisan like me anymore.
Veronika
So, what did you do?
Murphy
].
[[w:panhandling|Back on the pavement. Seven days a week]
Veronika
I like your stories. I think you should write them down.
Murphy
You think?
Veronika
Yeah. Just write them the way you say them. They're funny. I would like to read them. Mark and Simon can help.
Murphy
Tommy looks well. It's terrifying. He's gonna die. Sometime between the next few weeks and the next 15 years, Tommy will be no more. Chances are that I'll be exactly the same. Difference is we know this with Tommy. Tommy cannot get out.
[Voiceover reading from page]
Mark
He cannot afford to heat his home, put himself in a bubble, live in the warm, eat good fresh food, keep his mind stimulate with new challenges. He will only live five or 10 or 15 years before he is crushed. Tommy will not survive winter in ].
[Reading aloud; [w:West Granton|West Granton]
Simon
Well, I'm trying hard, Mark, but I'm not feeling anything. We were young. Bad things happened. It's over. Can we go home now?
Mark
Two hours to the next train.
Simon
Oh, for fuck's sake.
Mark
Look, we're here as an act of memorial.
Simon
Nostalgia. That's why you're here. You're a tourist in your own youth. Just cause you had a near-death experience, and now you're feeling all fuzzy and warm. What other moments will you be revisiting? Here's a good one. How about the time you sold Tommy his very first hit, leading him on to heroin addiction, HIV infection, and ultimately his death at the age of... What was it, 22, 23?
Mark
Twenty-three.
Simon
Twenty-three. How innocent was that?
Mark
Aye, that's mine. How's yours?
Simon
Don't know what you're talking about.
Mark
She'd be a woman by now. Maybe kids of her own. ]. Because her father, someone who should have been looking after her, protecting his own infant, was too busy filling his own veins with heroin to check that she was breathing properly. How do you keep a lid on that one?
[[w:Infant mortality|But she never got that far, did she? Never got to lead her life]
Mark
Well, that's that, then. Here we go.
Mark
Fuck's sake.
Franco
All right, doll.
Girl
Thanks.
Franco
Looking good, baby.
Girl
Not bad yourself, daddy-o.
Franco
Why, bring it over here.
Girl
Really?
Girl
I'm not wearing any knickers.
Franco
For fuck's sake. Well, tell you what... Just away for a piss. Back in a moment. We'll see what's happening, okay?
Girl
All right, then.
Franco
Aye.
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Complicated Relationships and Personal Reflections
Veronika
Simon and I do not sleep together.
Mark
No? I had wondered.
Veronika
Once, but... I'm his girlfriend, but it's business, really. Simon is not a good person. But I like him. More than he likes himself, I think.
Mark
Right, but if you're not... If there's no physical aspect to your relationship, I mean, you don't want to be, like... You know, wasting your time.
Veronika
What's "choose life"?
Mark
What?
Veronika
Choose life." Simon says it sometimes. He says, "Choose life, Veronika.
Veronika
I like you, Mark.
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Identifying Marks and Anonymity in Video
Lawyer
So, are you the woman in the video?
Veronika
My face is not seen.
Lawyer
Do you have any identifying marks? Tattoos on your buttocks?
Veronika
Certainly not.
Lawyer
On your ]?
[[w:Perineum|perineum; ''Veronika looks confused and Mark leans over to whisper'']
Mark
It's the bit of skin between your ] and your ].
[[w:vagina|vagina; [w:anus|bumhole]
Viktoria
That's disgusting.
Lawyer
So you're not ]. May I ask, what is your relationship with the accused?
[[w:Vajazzle|vajazzled]
Veronika
We are friends.
Lawyer
Mark.
[''Mark walks back over'']
Lawyer
She's too young for you.
[''Mark walks away unimpressed'']
Mark
Here it is. "EU Small Business Development Loans. Zero-interest loans distributed regionally towards projects that stimulate regeneration of formerly industrial areas. Loans are available of up to 100,000. Applications should be made online, which may be followed by an invitation to present a business plan.
[''Reading off laptop'']
Simon
Blah, blah, fucking blah.
Mark
I'm trying to help you, Simon. We're blowing all that cashpoint money on lawyer's fees.
Simon
You could've got someone cheaper.
Mark
Well, I wouldn't have had to get anyone at all if you hadn't engaged in fucking blackmail. Is there anything left of your 4,000 I gave you?
Simon
No, I've got expenses, just like everyone else.
Mark
What, all of it? You snorted the whole fucking wad?
Simon
It's called debt, Mark.
Mark
The point is, we need cash now, not in six months time.
Simon
And you realize what's at stake here? I promised to set up a sauna for Veronika. And if I don't get it up and running soon, she's gonna leave me.
Mark
Fucking leave you anyway.
Simon
No, it's not gonna happen.
Mark
Is she actually even with you?
Simon
She's my girlfriend.
Mark
You've never ever been a normal junkie.
Simon
I have fucked her, and I'll fuck her again.
Mark
What? When she was working at the sauna?
Simon
That's not fair. You know, since we're having this conversation, I can tell you that fully consensual, emotionally driven, not-for-profit sexual intercourse has been attained.
Mark
Simon, you're a romantic.
Simon
Veronika and I have had our rough patches. I'll be the first to admit that.
Mark
Shall we submit this application?
Simon
Do what you want, but I need someone on-site working. I need progress. Now.
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Confronting Love and Political Realities
Veronika
These are not goals. These are political statements. It's still there. I've been there myself several times. You know nothing. You understand nothing. You live in the past. Where I come from the past is something to forget but here it's all you talk about. You are clearly so in love with each other that I feel awkward in your company. Instead of looking at me you should get naked and fuck each other.
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A Midnight Revelation of Excess and Deception
Mark
And it's midnight. Start again.
Renton
So, there's this room service guy, right? And he comes into the room, and there is ] lying on the bed with two ]. Three in a bed, ] and a little bit of Charlie, and there's banknotes. But they're lying on the banknotes.
[[w:George Best|Georgie Best; [w:Playboy Playmate|Playboy models; [w:champagne|champagne]
Veronika
Lying on the money?
Mark
Yes.
Veronika
Why?
Mark
I don't know. Because he has a lot of money. Or at least he had a lot of money at the time, anyway. The room service guy, he comes in, and he sees this scene that I just described to you, and he says, "George Best...
Simon
Greatest footballer of all time.
Mark
Exactly. "The greatest footballer of all time, I have to ask you, "'Where did it all go wrong?'" Where did it all go wrong? Where did it all go wrong? Where did it all go wrong, George Best?
Veronika
Yeah, but... I think that the room service guy, you know... I think he makes a very good point. No?
Mark
He played for ] in 1979 between stints for the ] and the ]. I went to see him play, apparently. My dad took me. He said, "You've got to see this. You've got to see this player. "Got to see this greatest footballer of all time." So it was a big game, it was a big crowd, and a big guy in front of me. I couldn't see a thing. Not a single thing. Not for 90 minutes. But I've got the program, so... I mean, I've always got that, you know?
[[w:Hibernian F.C.|Hibs; [w:Fort Lauderdale Strikers|Fort Lauderdale Strikers; [w:San Jose Earthquakes|San Jose Earthquakes]
Mark
Thin. Thin. Nobody was fat back then.
Simon
It's not just the football, is it?
Mark
It's the end of austerity. There was no such thing even as a calorie till 1974.
Simon
Welcome to the new age of ], ].
[[w:Civil Rights|civil rights; [w:space exploration|space exploration]
Mark
You know what happened in 1974? The first ] in the UK.
[[w:List of countries with McDonald's restaurants|McDonald's]
Simon
He's basically ] with ].
[[w:John Barry|John Barry; [w:football boots|football boots]
Mark
See, look at that guy. He would be scrawny today.
Simon
A great, swaggering, filthy piece of music.
Mark
But then... That was totally normal till 1974. It's insurrection!
Simon
That's the beauty of what he does.
Mark
You know what happened in 1974? First McDonald's. ]. ].
[[w:South London|South London; [w:Woolich|Woolwich]
Simon
Cheers. Up your ass.
Mark
Placebo.
Simon
There's a fucking...
Mark
Do it. Let's do it. Fuck off.
Simon
Yeah!
Mark
Yeah!
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