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Jerry Fletcher: The sound of love. Passenger: Excuse me? Jerry: That, what you just did. [imitates sigh] That's love. Passenger: Love's just a pretty way of saying, "I want to sleep with you." Jerry: Admit it. I saw you kiss her. This is the street where love lives. Passenger: Love is bullshit. Jerry: Love give you wings. It makes you fly. I don't even call it love. I call it "Geronimo". Passenger: Geronimo? Jerry: Yeah, Geronimo. See, when you're in love, you'll jump off the Empire State and you won't care. Screaming, "Geronimo" all the way down. It's great. Passenger: Yeah, but then you'll die. You'll squash yourself. So what's the point? Jerry: Hey, aren't you listening? I'm telling you, man — love gives you wings! Passenger: [laughs] She must be some girl.

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Flip [news vendor]: Water main broke all the way up on 40th Street and 7th Avenue. They say the subway's a damn river. Jerry: Strange. Flip: What's up, Jerry? What you thinking? Jerry: Well... water mains don't usually break unless it's wintertime. The, uh, pipes burst open because it's cold. And.. it's only the First of October. Flip: Reminds me of life in the Delta. Jerry: Yeah. Mississippi, all right. Flip: Mekong, my friend. Mekong. Jerry: Hey, Flip... did I ever tell you that the whole Vietnam War was fought over a bet that Howard Hughes lost to Aristotle Onassis?

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Jerry Fletcher: I am an American citizen! I have a right to be here! Alice Sutton: Officers! Officers, please! I'm Alice Sutton. I'll take it from here. Jerry: [suddenly calm] Hi, Alice. Alice: You need to start making appointments. Jerry: Uh... can I make one now? Say, in a couple of minutes? I can wait if you're busy. Alice: Come around. Alice: I don't see the connection. Jerry: You don't see the connection? Come on. Six major earthquakes in the last three-and-a-half years, and the space shuttle up in orbit for every single one of 'em. Don't you think that's a little strange? Alice: Testing some top-secret seismic weapon? Jerry: No, not testing. Using. Nukes are passé. We're talking weapon of the future. Alice: Okay, but I still don't see what it has to do with the president. Jerry: The president is in Europe at the moment, and tomorrow he'll be, uh, in Turkey. Right here, along this fault line. And they sent up a space shuttle yesterday. Alice: Motive? Jerry: Motive? How about fifty

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Jerry: So, you guys must be spooks, right? Spooks? C.I.A.? Come on, say something. Please? Jerry: I was right! I was right! Uh... what was I right about? Jerry: I wasn't right about anything. I was wrong. I was wrong! Dr. Jonas: To whom have you been talking, Jerry? Jerry: Talking? I talk to all kinds of people. I mean, I drive a cab. I talk to people all day long. Dr. Jonas: Who else knows what we know? Jerry: What we... what do we know? Dr. Jonas: [sternly] Who else knows what we know, Jerry? Jerry: What? Tell me what. What do we know? What do we know? If I know what we know, then I could tell you what we know, and if someone else knows. Okay? I mean, it's... you gotta be more specific. Jerry: Wh-what is that? Dr. Jonas: Gravy for the brain. Jerry: No... not gravy!

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Dr. Jonas: A dog bit it. Alice Sutton: Pardon me? Dr. Jonas: You were going to ask about my nose. A dog bit it. Poor animal is slated to be destroyed today. Alice: And you feel sorry for it? Dr. Jonas: It was my dog. Alice Sutton: He said a dog bit his nose. Jerry Fletcher: Arf.

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Alice Sutton: Do you have any proof of this? Jerry Fletcher: No. Absolutely not. I mean, a good conspiracy is an unproveable one.

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Alice: Is that supposed to protect you from aliens or something? Jerry: No, no. It's just a beer bottle.

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Jerry: Are… are you pretending? Lowry: [sitting up] Yes. Yes, okay. Jerry: [hitting him again] Sorry.

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Jerry: David Berkowitz, Ted Bundy, Richard Speck… Alice: What about them? Jerry: Serial killers. Serial killers only have two names, you ever notice that? But lone-gunman assassins, they always have three names. John Wilkes Booth, Lee Harvey Oswald, Mark David Chapman… Alice: John Hinckley. He shot Reagan. He only has two names. Jerry: Yeah, but he only just shot Reagan. Reagan didn't die. If Reagan had died, I'm pretty sure… we probably would all know what John Hinckley's middle name was.

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Jerry Fletcher: I love you. Alice: Jerry, no, no, you don't love me. Jerry Fletcher: Sure I do. Alice: No, no. Jerry Fletcher: I don't?

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Jerry Fletcher: Alice... Dr. Jonas: You shouldn't watch, Jerry. This is a moment without hope. Jerry: You've never seen her run.