If I had one day when I didn’t have to be all confused and I didn’t have to feel that I was ashamed of everything, if I felt that I belonged some place, you know? ... Life is crushing in on me. ibid. Jim to rozzer
Once you been up there you know you’ve been some place. ibid. Jim in planetarium
I don’t want to make friends. ibid. Jim in planetarium
We will disappear into the blackness of the space from which we came. Destroyed as we began in a burst of gas and fire. The heavens are still and cold once more. In all the immensity of our universe and the galaxies beyond the Earth will not be missed. In the infinite reaches of space the problems of man seem trivial indeed. And man existing alone seems himself an episode of little consequence. That’s all. ibid. Planetarium
It’s just the age when nothing fits. ibid. mother to father of daughter
I’m just trying to show you how foolish you are. ibid. mother to son
I have never done anything wrong. I’ve been going around with my head in the sink for years. ibid.
Every time you can’t face yourself you blame it on me ... I want to do something right. ibid. son
I know one thing. I’m never going back in that zoo. ibid. him to her
Jim, do you think the end of the world will come at night-time? ibid. Plato
You can’t help but compare yourself against the old-timers. No Country for Old Men 2007 starring Josh Brolin & Tommy Lee Jones & Javier Bardem & Kelly Macdonald & Tess Harper & Woody Harrelson & Stephen Root & Barry Corbin, directors Coen brothers, opening commentary
Sounds like these old boys died of natural causes. Natural to the line of work they was in. ibid. sheriff
Are there any dope smokers here today? Mr Nice 2010 starring Rhys Ifans & Chloe Sevigny & Jack Huston & Crispin Glover & David Thewlis & Omid Djalili & Elsa Pataky & Andrew Tiernan & Jamie Harris & Christian McKay & Ken Russell et al, director Bernard Rose, opening scene
I didn’t set out to be a dope dealer. It’s not something I’m proud of. ibid.
I had gone straight just as the rest of the country had started to swing. ibid.
Every time I cross the border I get a religious flash and an asexual orgasm. ibid.
I was now being pursued by the IRA, the DEA, Customs & Excise, the police and the press. ibid.
I was about to become Mr Nice. Three days later five hundred kilos of Afghan black – some of the best hashish in the world – was flown from Kabul via Frankfurt and Shannon to New York. It was being smoked in Greenwich Village the next day. I was very rich. ibid.
This thing isn’t about a gambling debt? 2 Days in the Valley 1996 starring Charlize Theron & Jeff Daniels & Danny Aiello & Greg Cruttwell & James Spader & Teri Hatcher & Glenne Headly & Eric Stoltz & Peter Horton & Marsha Mason & Paul Mazursky et al, director John Herzfeld, assassin to assassin
I might be an asshole, but I worked hard to become one. ibid. rich bloke
Good man. Genuinely good man. He did something for me I’ll never forget – he looked after my family, he looked after my sister, my brother-in-law, when I went away, and that was a lovely gesture. Charlie 2004 starring Luke Goss & Steven Berkoff & Anita Dobson & Leslie Grantham & Marius Weyers & Nicole Sherwin & Anthony Carrick & Douglas McFerrin & Langley Kirkwood & Mark Arden et al, director Malcolm Needs, Frankie Fraser
In the ’60s London was owned and ruled by two families: north of the river the Krays, to the south the Richardsons. ibid.
Anyway, the police all work for Charlie. ibid. bloke in dock
Me, a kid from south-east London owning a mine in South Africa – what are the chances? ibid. Charlie
All this fucking bollocks about our torture gang. ibid.
Tapping Harold Wilson’s fucking telephone line is fucking treason. He’s the fucking prime minister! ibid.
You must go to prison for twenty-five years. ibid. judge
Charlie Richardson served eighteen years in prison of a twenty-five year sentence for four cases of GBH. Today if the case had been heard it would probably be thrown out of court. ibid.
1947: shortly after the close of World War II 23 nations signed a general agreement on tariffs and trade: GATT. Battle in Seattle 2007 starring Woody Harrelson & Andre Benjamin & Jennifer Carpenter & Martin Henderson & Ray Liotta & Connie Nielsen & Michelle Rodriguez & Channing Tatum & Charlize Theron et al, director Stuart Townsend
It has very little to do with trade and it is certainly not free. ibid. bird
Of course we’re going to get hurt. What do you think this is? Protests get me excited and depressed at the same time. ibid. her to him
I am watching a completely unprovoked attack by police here in downtown Seattle. ibid. Jean
The Battle in Seattle turns into a war. ibid.
How do they keep putting themselves on the line like that, for a cause they can’t win? ibid. Jean
Isn’t it time that people mattered more than profit? ibid. Medicine sans Frontiers bloke
People are protesting with us in thirty cities across the world. ibid. protester
Thanks WTO It’s Been A Riot. ibid. cinema sign
2003: As the WTO floods local markets with imports, 40,000 Indian farmers commit suicide to escape their debt. ibid. caption
I retire in seven months. Before I do, I need to know who he is. How he does it. I mean, who survives this kind of clientele. The secrets this guy has … The Accountant 2016 starring Ben Affleck & Seth Lee & Anna Kendrick & J K Simmons & Jon Bernthal & Jack Presley & Jeffrey Tambor & Cynthia Addai-Robinson & John Lithgow & Jean Smart & Andy Umberger & Alison Wright et al, director Gavin O’Connor, chief rozzer to Treasury investigator
You’re different. Sooner or later different scares people. ibid.
It’s a job, a business opportunity. We go door to door. We sell magazines door to door being friendly. You know you seem friendly. You make $300 a day if you’re good. American Honey 2016 starring Sasha Lane & Shia LaBeouf & Arielle Holmes & Riley Keough & McCaul Lombardi & Crystal B & Chad Mckenzie Cox & Garry Howell & Kenneth Kory Tucker et al, director Andrea Arnold, him to her
So you’re a Southern girl. A real American honey like me. ibid.
God can go fuck himself. God is a cunt. ibid. Star
I feel like I’m fucking America. ibid.