Green Book

Don Shirley: I am not a medical doctor. I'm a musician. I'm about to embark on a concert tour in the Deep South. What other experience do you have? Tony Lip: Public relations.

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Tony Lip: You know, when you first hired me, my wife went out and bought one of your records. The one about the orphans? Don Shirley: Orphans? Tony Lip: Yeah. Cover had a bunch of kids sittin' around a campfire? Don Shirley: Orpheus. Tony Lip: ...Yeah. Don Shirley: Orpheus in the Underworld. It's based on a French opera. And those weren't children on the cover, those were demons in the bowels of Hell. Tony Lip: No shit! They must've been naughty kids!

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Dr. Don Shirley: I’ve been looking for you. Tony Lip: Yeah, sorry. The guys were having a little game. Dr. Don Shirley: Next time you need extra money, just ask me. Tony Lip: It’s more fun winning it. Dr. Don Shirley: And what if you lost? Tony Lip: Craps and cards. I don’t lose, Doc. I don’t lose. Dr. Don Shirley: So stooping down in the gravel pitching dice for pocket change makes you a winner? Tony Lip: What are you giving me shit for? Everybody was doing it. Dr. Don Shirley: They didn’t have a choice whether to be inside or out. You did. Now, wipe off your knees. You have dirt on them.

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Don Shirley: Before we pull out, Tony, we need to have a talk. Tony Lip: Yeah? Don Shirley: Oleg told me what you did. Tony Lip: What'd I do? Don Shirley: You stole a jade stone from the store. Tony Lip: No I didn't. Don Shirley: He watched you do it. Tony Lip: I didn't steal no stone. Don Shirley: You picked it up and put it in your pocket. Tony Lip: I picked up a rock off of the ground. I didn't steal it from a box. Don Shirley: Now why would you pick up a rock off the ground? Tony Lip: I don't know. Cause it ain't stealing. It's just a regular rock. Don Shirley: And why would you want a regular rock? Tony Lip: To have. For luck, maybe. Don Shirley: A lucky rock. Tony Lip: Yeah. Don Shirley: Let me see it. [Don holds out his hand; reluctantly Tony hands him the rock] Mm-hmm. Take it back and pay for it. Tony Lip: [swears in Italian] I told you that Kraut was a snake. Rats me out for something I didn't even do! Don Shirley: Pay for the stone, Tony; you'll feel better. Tony Lip: I feel

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Don Shirley: What on God's green earth are you doing? Tony Lip: A letter. Don Shirley: Looks more like a piecemeal ransom note. May I? "Dear Dolores"... D-E-A-R. [taps paper] This is an animal. "I'm meeting all the highly leading citizens of the town. People that use big words, all of them. But you know me, I get by. I'm a good bullshitter." Two Ts in bullshitter. "As I'm writing this letter, I'm eating potato chips, and I'm starting to get thirsty. I washed my socks and dried them on the TV. I should have... brung... the iron..." You know this is pathetic, right?

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Don Shirley: Could you put out the cigarette, please? Tony Lip: Why? Don Shirley: I can't breathe back here. Tony Lip: What are you talkin' about? Smoke's going down my lungs. I'm doin' all the work here.

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