Mulholland Falls

Hoover: Jack Flynn? Jack Flynn: [hands him money] Here ya go buddy, buy yourself a good time. [turning away] They'll let anybody in here. Hoover: [throwing bills down] Mr. Flynn, I'm Maxwell Hoover. I'm with the Los Angeles Police Department. Jack Flynn: Oh, that means I get change back.

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Coolidge: [riding in the car] You know, I've been thinking, why is it we always sit in the same place? And why is it you're always the one that drives, Max? Hoover: I guess it's 'cause I got the keys.

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Hoover: Let me tell ya how it goes, Ellery. Ya meet somebody. Maybe they're a little off-center, but they tell ya the truth, and ya like 'em — ya like 'em for that. And one thing leads to another, and ya end up in bed. Now that's weak, Ellery. Coolidge: Max… Hoover: Now listen to me! Nobody gets hurt. Now, you go home, and you see your wife, and you're feelin' bad. Ya wanna unload it, ya wanna get it off your chest. So you tell 'er. And now she's hurt. Now that's weak, too, Elleroy. But it's also cruel. It's just goddam cruel. Hoover: Take a— here, here's something for ya. Here's something that doesn't cost ya twenty-five bucks an hour. You carry your own water, Ellery. Ya understand? Carry your own water.

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Hall: I don't understand how anybody can live at the beach. Those waves crashing and flopping all the time - drive me crazy. Relyea: I'm with you, Eddie. I like the sound of traffic when I'm sleeping. Jimmy Fields: I find it very peaceful. Most people do. I guess cops are just different.

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General Timms: These tiny particles of matter, which are so small that no one's ever seen them - never - they contain enough energy to blow up this house, an entire city, every person on Earth. Now that is inconceivable. Hoover: General, I really don't think much about those things. I'd probably see too much. General Timms: What do you see? Hoover: People dead before their time. General Timms: That's the history of the world, Lieutenant. Some people die before their time so that others can live; it's the cornerstone of civilization, uh… war, religion, democracy… a hundred die so that a thousand may live. Hoover: Well, General, I take 'em one at a time.

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Hall: What'd Timms have to say? Hoover: He said the cornerstone of civilization was human sacrifice.

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