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Restaurant chief: [Ilona is applying a new job] To be honest, you're beginning to be too old.
Ilona: I'm 36.
Restaurant chief: You can pass away at any time.
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Man of Olympia: [after Lauri has recovered from beating] You start distantly reminding a human being.
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Melartin: Let's take the whole bottle, it's cheaper
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Mrs. Sjöholm: When I was young I drunk many men under the table.
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Ilona: I started as a dishwasher, then kitchen maid, then waiter until I got to be a head waiter. I could still be a waiter.
Ravintolapäällikkö (restaurant manager): I understand: but I can't help you... to be honest, you're too old for a waiter.
Ilona: I'm thirty-eight.
Ravintolapäällikkö (restaurant manager): There you go. You could drop dead any moment.
Ilona: You're over fifty yourself!
Ravintolapäällikkö (restaurant manager): That's different. I got contacts - and you smoke. You got life insurance?
Ilona: You wanna arm wrestle?
Drifting Clouds Quotes
Extended Reading
Director: Aki Kaurismäki
Language: Finnish,Swedish,English Release date: July 10, 1998