22 quotes
Complex Affection in Family Dynamics
Shirley
I like you, Norman.
Norman
I like you too, Aunt Shirley, but I think you're a bitch.
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A Foreboding Prediction of Economic Hardship
Jacob Rivetowski
We are in for a depression... that will make the 30's look like paradise. Maybe it's a good thing - the hard-hats and the phony liberals will kill each other.
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Balancing Medicine Between Good and Bad
Sam Two Feathers
I practice good medicine on good people... bad medicine on bad people.
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Reflections on Life and Loss
Wade Carlton
So I was broke. I rode me down to Galveston. Read an article in the paper... about catchin sharks. Shark's good for a lot of things. Got a job with a Portuguese feller. Caught sharks till I couldn't move my arms. Made me $300 and come home. Hadn't shaved for three weeks. Come walkin up to the front door. The wife thought it was a bum. Told me to clear on out. That's when I got into cats.
Harry
Your wife still alive?
Wade Carlton
Nope. Buried three of em. Good women. Bad diets.
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Questioning the Relevance of Race in Crime
Leroy
You all right, Harry?
Harry
I was mugged.
Leroy
White boy or black boy?
Harry
What the hell difference does it make?
Leroy
I'd just like to know, that's all.
Harry
White.
Leroy
Hot damn.
Harry
If it makes you feel any better, the last one was Puerto Rican.
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A Conversation About Lifestyle Choices
Harry
Your office near your place?
Eddie Coombes
I don't need an office anymore, Pop. I'm living off the cream now. I sell a little insurance once in a while... or move a nice piece of real estate whenever I need some fast cash. But mostly I play.
Harry
Well, I must say, Eddie, you look like a playboy.
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Reflections on Cars and Their Names
Harry Coombes
There were trolleys, Tonto. Cobblestones. The aroma of corned beef and cabbage. The tangy zest of... apple strudel. You had to hand-crank the cars in those days, Tonto. Cars like REO's, Franklins, Hudsons. Those were names fit for a car. These days a man doesn't know whether he's driving a car or an animal: "Mustangs," "Jaguars," "Cougars,"... "Pintos." - Silly.
[Talking to his cat, reminiscing about an earlier New York City]
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Understanding Suffering and Death
Harry Coombes
You never really feel somebody's suffering; you only feel their death.
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Generational Perspectives on Experience and Tolerance
Burt Coombes Jr.
I know you think you're really far out. You smoke a couple of joints, and you think you're into something, right? No... hey, I know. I mean, I took 32 trips, you ninny. Pure stuff. Pure rainbow! I had more coke stuffed up this nose than you could breathe air. I was into heavy Tibetan meditation for two years, you jimbo!
Harry
You're not very tolerant, Junior.
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Economic Struggles: A Conversation on Reality
Harry
Let me tell you something: times are bad. Don't you believe what they're saying in the papers about a recession. We're in a depression.
Taxi Driver
You better believe it.
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The Importance of Eating in Life
Harry
Jesus, eating is the most important thing in the life of a cat.
Grocery Clerk
Eating is the most important thing in the life of me, too.
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Displacement for Development: A Modern Dilemma
Harry
Jacob, they want me to move.
Jacob
What?
Harry
I got a notice that they're tearing down my building. They're putting up a fancy parking lot.
Jacob
Capitalist bastards!
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A Close Encounter on the Road
Harry
Did you see that?
Jacob
No.
Harry
Fellow almost ran me over.
Jacob
What kind of car?
Harry
I don't know... a big gray job.
Jacob
Capitalist bastard!
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Unexpected Confessions in Jail
Harry
This is the first time in my life I've ever been in jail.
[in jail for urinating in public]
Sam Two Feathers
What are you in for?
Harry
Peeing.
Sam Two Feathers
I got a ticket once for shitting.
Harry
Where'd you do it?
Sam Two Feathers
No, not me. My horse - in a hotel lobby.
Harry
Oh.
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Activism Beyond the Courts
Jacob Rivetowski
You can't fight capitalism in the courts. You got to go to the streets. Man the barricades, plant the dynamite. Blow up the cesspool.
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The Challenge of Friendship in Aging
Harry
You know, the strangest thing about being old is... all your friends are dead.
Shirley
Well, all your old friends, maybe. You could make new friends, you know?
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Reflecting on Past Relationships
Harry
When did you last have a woman, Jacob?
Jacob
What?
Harry
When did you last sleep with a woman?
Jacob
Saturday night. March. 1951. Yeah, it was about ten o'clock at night.
[pause; pause]
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The Difference Between Having and Enjoying
Stephanie
When's the last time you made it, Harry?
Harry
Oh, I haven't had sex in a long time.
Stephanie
Had? Or enjoyed?
Harry
What's the difference?
[chuckling]
Stephanie
You'll have to pay to find out.
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Navigating the Confusion of Life
Harry Coombes
I know, life is confusing. We're just trying to get on with it that's all.
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Difficulties of Living Together Explored
Jacob
You want, you can move in with me.
Harry
I appreciate that, Jacob, but I think we'd end up hating each other. You know, I can be a real pain in the ass.
Jacob
I lived with my wife for 40 years. I can live with you.
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The Trade-off of Pleasure and Pain
Nick Lewis
I am 62 years old. I can't get it up unless I take a dose of ].
[Indicates to Harry the rather obvious hair piece he's wearing; [w:strychnine|strychnine]
Harry
Strychnine? I thought strychnine was poisonous.
Nick Lewis
Naw, no... It really gives you a lift, you know? But I wanna tell ya, it isn't worth it. Cause I get such terrible headaches. Right through my skull. "Bong! Bong!" Like a sledgehammer. So, a fella has to decide whether he wants a migraine headache... or a piece of ass, you know?
Harry
Well, Nick, you live and learn.
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Complexities of Love and Like
Harry
Shirley?
Shirley
What?
Harry
Do you love me?
Shirley
Look, I'll tell you something, Harry: I don't always like you, but I do love you.
Harry
Then why do we always argue?
Shirley
I don't know. I guess that's the way we talk to each other, Harry.
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