Wonder Boys

Antonia "Tony" Sloviak: Oh, that's such a beautiful Greenhouse. Grady Tripp: It's Mrs. Gaskell's, it's her hobby. Terry Crabtree: I thought you were Mrs. Gaskell's hobby. Grady Tripp: Piss off, will ya Crabs? I lost a wife today. Terry Crabtree: You'll find another one, you always do. She'll be younger, prettier; they always are.

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James Leer: It's just... for good luck. Some people carry rabbits' feet... Grady Tripp: ...You carry firearms.

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James Leer: Professor Tripp? Can I ask you a question? Grady Tripp: Yeah, James. James Leer: What are we going to do with... it? Grady Tripp: I don't know. I'm still trying to figure out how to tell the Chancellor I murdered her husband's dog. James Leer: You? Grady Tripp: Trust me, James, when the family pet's been assassinated, the owner doesn't want to hear one of her students was the trigger man. James Leer: Does she want to hear it was one of her professors? Grady Tripp: ...I've got tenure.

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James Leer: Now, that is a big trunk. It holds a tuba, a suitcase, a dead dog, and a garment bag almost perfectly. Grady Tripp: That's just what they used to say in the ads.

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Sara Gaskell: Is that Cristalle? Grady Tripp: Mm. Sara Gaskell: My God, I wear the same scent as a transvestite.

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Grady Tripp: What do we have here? This looks like... that's our old friend Mr. Codeine. That should take the old pinch out of the ankle. Want one? James Leer: No, thanks. I'm fine without them. Grady Tripp: Right. That's why you were standing in the chancellor's backyard spinning that "cap gun" of yours. You're fine. Yeah, you're just as fit as a fuckin' fiddle.

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