Shampoo - A Proposal Amidst Uncertainty and Regret
Jackie Shawn:
What are you trying to do?
George Roundy:
I want you to marry me. I, I want to take care of you. I, I want you to have a baby with me. Hey, I know I'm a fuck up, but I'll take care of you. I'll make you happy. I swear to God I will.
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Shampoo - The Importance of Customer Relationships in Business
George Roundy:
I don't know where a financial statement is. I got the heads. All right? The heads, the customers. They come to me. I'm the one they want. If I open a shop, they're gonna leave and they're gonna come to me. You'd be surprised. I got a lot of heads.
Mr. Pettis:
I'm sure you do.
George Roundy:
I - you don't know what I'm talking about, do you?
Mr. Pettis:
No, I don't know.
George Roundy:
How do you expect to lend me money if you don't know the first thing about my business?
Mr. Pettis:
I don't. Good morning, Mr. Roundy.
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Shampoo - The Complexity of Happiness and Commitment
Jackie Shawn:
Do you know why I used to get angry with you?
George Roundy:
I wouldn't settle down.
Jackie Shawn:
Cause you're always so happy - about everything.
George Roundy:
I was?
Jackie Shawn:
I found it rather unrealistic.
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Shampoo - A Conversation on Seriousness and Relationships
Jackie Shawn:
Are you really serious about the shop?
George Roundy:
Are you serious about Lester?
Jackie Shawn:
I asked you first.
George Roundy:
Well, I'm never serious about anything.
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Shampoo - Fear of Future Relationships
George Roundy:
Last night I had a dream. I was 50 years old and I was supposed to meet Jill at the shop. It scared the hell out of me.
Jackie Shawn:
Why?
George Roundy:
I can't imagine being with Jill when I'm 50 years old. I can't imagine not being with you.
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Shampoo - Uncertainty in Relationships and Communication
Jackie Shawn:
What about Felicia?
George Roundy:
What about her?
Jackie Shawn:
Did you?
George Roundy:
Did I what?
Jackie Shawn:
Come on. Oh, I just can't wait to see Lester with me and the cunt in the same room tonight.
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Shampoo - The Challenge of Maturity in Relationships
George Roundy:
Jill, I'm trying to get things moving.
Jill Haynes:
Oh, grow up! You never stop moving! You never go anywhere! Grow up! Grow up - grow up!
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Shampoo - Exploring Sexual Experiences Across Genders
Lorna Karpf:
Have you ever made it with a guy?
George Roundy:
Have you ever made it with a girl?
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Shampoo - Complicated Friendship Dynamics
George Roundy:
Can't we just, eh, be friends?
Lorna Karpf: [pause]
Okay. You wanna fuck?
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Shampoo - Confusion About Love and Relationships
George Roundy:
Maybe it means I don't love them. Maybe it means I don't love you, I don't know. No one's going to tell me that I don't like them.
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Shampoo - Complicated Relationships and Perceptions of Desire
George Roundy: [explaining to Lester why he had sex with his wife, mistress and daughter]
Face it, they know we're always trying to nail em and they don't like it. They like it and they don't like, it's got nothing to do with you Lester. It just happened.
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Shampoo - Fun Over Profit in Relationships
George Roundy:
I don't fuck anybody for money. I do it for the fun.
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Shampoo - A Confession of Attraction and Desire
George Roundy:
Let's face it, I fucked em all. I mean, that's what I do. That's why I went to beauty school. I mean, they're always there and I-I just can't I-I, you know, I - I don't know what I'm apologizing for. So, sometimes I fuck em. I go into that shop and they're so great lookin', you know, and I - I doing their hair and they feel great and they smell great. Or, I could be out on the street, you know, and I could just stop at a stoplight or go into an elevator or - I - it's a beautiful girl - I - I don't know - I mean, that's it! It makes my day. I mean, it makes me feel like I'm gonna live forever.
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The Parallax View - Exploring Talents and Antisocial Tendencies
Jack Younger:
Your tests suggest that you have remarkable talents.
Joseph Frady:
Yeah? What do you mean by "talents"?
Jack Younger:
You have difficulty holding on to a job, don't you?
Joseph Frady:
I don't know, I just don't like to take a lot of shit, so people say I got antisocial tendencies.
Jack Younger:
Right! Now, tell me, has it ever crossed your mind that maybe it's everybody else's problem that they don't get along with you?
Joseph Frady:
Why?
Jack Younger:
Because, you see, the very quality that gets you in trouble is what makes you potentially invaluable.
Joseph Frady:
What's that?
Jack Younger:
Your aggressiveness.
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The Parallax View - Identity and Uncertainty in Conversation
Jack Younger:
Just one more thing.
Joseph Frady:
What's that?
Jack Younger:
Who are you?
Joseph Frady: [taken aback]
Who am I?
Jack Younger:
You're not Richard Paley. Your service records don't check.
Joseph Frady:
They don't?
Jack Younger:
There was a Richard Paley in the 1st Air Cavalry, but among other things, he's dead.
Joseph Frady:
Gee, I'm sorry to hear that.
Jack Younger:
So were we. So... who are you really?
Joseph Frady: [getting defensive]
Look, I don't need to tell you anything. You're not a cop.
Jack Younger:
I wouldn't walk out that door if I were you.
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The Parallax View - The Value of Information Over Money
Austin Tucker:
Now I don't know what you want but if it's money, I'll give you ten thousand dollars to keep me out of it. You don't mention my name, you don't come looking for me. All I want is to stay out of it.
Joseph Frady:
Sorry, Mr. Tucker, you've got information I need. Money doesn't mean anything to me. This story's gonna mean more to me than ten thousand dollars.
Austin Tucker:
Fella, you don't know what this story means.
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The Parallax View - Unusual Search Procedure in Tense Encounter
Tucker's Aide:
I have to do a skin search.
Joseph Frady:
A what?
Tucker's Aide:
You're gonna strip and I'm gonna search you.
Joseph Frady:
Are you out of your fuckin mind?
Tucker's Aide:
Look, that's the way Mr. Tucker wants it. And if I don't see you, you don't see him.
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The Parallax View - Ambiguity in Humor and Understanding
Bill Rintels: [after Frady's run-in with police]
You're enjoying yourself, aren't you?
Joseph Frady:
You gotta admit, it's funny.
Bill Rintels:
It makes me laugh, but I don't think it's funny.
Joseph Frady:
What's that supposed to mean?
Bill Rintels:
Have you ever laughed at a comedian when he pretended to stutter? There's nothing funny about a man who stutters, but people laugh. They're amused. But they're not happy about it.
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The Parallax View - Law Enforcement Perspectives in Conversation
Sheriff L.D. Wicker: [Frady just beat up Deputy Red]
You just come over here and sit down. You're alright, son.
Joseph Frady:
Listen, you wouldn't be offended if I called the police, would you?
Sheriff L.D. Wicker:
No, but you don't have to call very far because Red's a deputy. And if that isn't good enough, I'm the sheriff.
Joseph Frady:
You got some interesting ideas about law enforcement.
Sheriff L.D. Wicker:
I could have stopped the fight. I would have if you'd have been gettin whipped, but I dearly love seeing ol Red get stomped.
Joseph Frady:
He's your deputy?
Sheriff L.D. Wicker:
Well, you see he's my sister's boy. Had to do something nice for her, he's so damn mean he can't get along with anybody else. He's dumb. He's a real turkey. You know, you move his plate five inches, that boy's gonna starve to death.
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The Parallax View - Misunderstandings in Gender and Intimacy
Deputy Red: [Frady's just ordered milk at a bar]
Can I buy you a drink, miss? You know there for a moment, I thought you were a man. But you aren't are you?
Joseph Frady:
No, I'm a girl.
Deputy Red: [grabs Frady's jacket]
Why don't you go right over there and tell those people that? Real loud.
Joseph Frady:
Don't touch me unless you love me.
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The Parallax View - Desire for Silence in Death
Joseph Frady:
I'm dead, Bill. I just want to stay that way for awhile.
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The Parallax View - Critique of Law Enforcement's Integrity and Actions
Joseph Frady:
Look, why don't you go out and bust up a keno game. Do something worthwhile for chrissakes, you two bit vice squad, you're not only dumb, you're dirty.
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Dick Tracy - A Call to Action and Appreciation
Tess Trueheart:
Well, what are you waitin for? A nice, safe desk?
Dick Tracy: [tosses her a wedding ring]
Tess? You're one in a million.
Kid:
This is amazing, Tracy! What are you waitin for? Come on, let's go! Come on, Metropolitan Bank! Come on, step on it! You know somethin', Tracy? I kind of like that dame.
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Dick Tracy - Betrayal and Confession in a Crime Scene
Dick Tracy:
Mumbles, do you care to go over that again?
Recorder:
Rigwoydidit...rewinds...Wig woy idit...rewinds again...Big Boy did it.
Mumbles:
W-w-wait!
Mumbles:
88 Keys, the piano man, set you up. Big Boy paid him to get you out of the way.
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Dick Tracy - The Complexity of Alliances and Enmities
Dick Tracy:
Is the enemy of my enemy my friend, or the enemy of my friend my enemy?
Pat Patton:
What?
Dick Tracy:
Or enemy of my enemy my enemy?
Pat Patton:
What'd he say?
Dick Tracy:
The enemy of my enemy is my enemy.
Sam Catchem:
He said the enemy of his enemy is his enemy.
Pat Patton:
Oh.
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Dick Tracy - Concern About a Runaway from the Orphanage
Dick Tracy:
Who is it?
Offstage voice:
Mr. Tracy, this is Mrs. Snide from the orphanage. We need to speak to you about the runaway you have been harboring.
Dick Tracy:
I did not hear anything from the orphanage about this.
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Dick Tracy - Fear of Bad Men
Dick Tracy:
Take the bad men away. They scare me.
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Dick Tracy - A Unique Acknowledgment of Tess
Dick Tracy:
Tess, you're one in a million.
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Reds - Conflict Over Creative Control and Financial Pressure
John Reed:
You don't get to rewrite what I write! You don't get to rewrite what I write!
Pete Van Wherry:
Stubborn son-of-a-bitch. How are you gonna pay your rent?
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Bonnie and Clyde - Clyde Barrow's Regretful Reflection on Precision
Clyde Barrow: [Clyde has just shot the hat off a bank guard's head]
Next time I'll aim a little lower!
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Bonnie and Clyde - Praise for a remarkable partner in Texas
Clyde Barrow:
Hell, you might just be the best damn girl in Texas.
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Bonnie and Clyde - Becoming Remembered: Clyde's Reflection on Identity
Clyde Barrow: [to Bonnie, on her poem]
You know what you done there? You told my story, you told my whole story right there, right there. One time, I told you I was gonna make you somebody. That's what you done for me. You made me somebody they're gonna remember.
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Bonnie and Clyde - Clyde Barrow Introduces Bonnie's Role in Crime
Clyde Barrow: [[w:Bonnie and Clyde|Bonnie Parker. I'm Clyde Barrow]
This here's Miss ]. We rob banks.
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Bonnie and Clyde - Clyde's Critique of Law Enforcement Priorities
Clyde Barrow:
I don't think he's lost. I think the bank's been offerin extra reward money for us. I think Frank just figured on some easy pickin's, didn't ya Frank? You're no Texas Ranger. You're hardly doin your job. You ought to be home protectin the rights of poor folk, not out chasin after us!
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