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Danny Greene: Mr. MacLeish; Danny Green.
Mr. MacLeish: I know who ya are. You're the tool who sent me this... Four thousand to unload each vessel? Are you outta your fucking mind? The price is two thousand. We have a contract and you're going to honor it or I'm going to lock out your union. Is that clear ya fuckin' potato eater?
Danny Greene: Potato eater? Seeing as how the potato was the only source of nutrition in Ireland for 300 years and half the population including my ancestors died in the great famine, I'd say that term is insensitive. Speaking of culinary tastes, Mr. MacLeish, you're Scottish aren't you? Let's talk about Haggis. Haggis is seasoned lard stuffed into a sheep's colon. So I may be a potato eater Mr. MacLeish but I don't eat fat out of a sheep's asshole... What do you think of the new carpet?
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Danny Greene: What makes me so special?
Joan Madigan: 'Cause you're different from all those idiots.
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Joan Madigan: [Looking at the run-down house] We can't live here!
Danny Greene: It'll have to do.
Joan Madigan: What are you gonna do for work?
Danny Greene: It's Ameriva - the land of opportunity.
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Grace O'Keefe: We're drunks, we're fighters, we're liars! But there's a bit of good in every Irishman...
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Jerry Merke: I'll give you three seconds...
Danny Greene: [Slaps Jerry across the face] ... To do *what*?
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John Nardi: From now on, your enemies are my enemies.
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Tony Salerno: What the hell is going on out there? This is one guy, you can't take care of it?
Jack Licavoli: We've shot him, we've blown him up! I mean, nothing we do seems to matter with this guy!
Tony Salerno: Eight times you tried to get this mick cocksucker, eh? What are you doing? Where's your men? Where's Brancato?
Jack Licavoli: Watching the city.
Tony Salerno: Watching the city? Might as well *give* the city to this mick prick!
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Danny Greene: Why stick our nose in Vietnam? The English have been doing that to the Irish for the last 2000 years. And by the way, how are we gonna pay for it, huh? Deficit spending, my ass! Next thing you know, we'll be going off the gold standard, this country's going to hell.
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Joe Manditski: [Narrating about Danny Greene] It was only a matter of time before he started hanging out at the Theatrical Grill. Every town's got a Theatrical. The one place where crooks and cops sit side by side.
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Danny Greene: Party's over. You got five minutes to clear out.
Biker Bill: Party ain't over. You show yourself here again, I'm coming over there. And I'm knocking all your teeth out. I'm fucking that hot little wife of yours, all night long, while you watch!
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Joe Manditski: [Narrating] The Irish have this expression. He's a man you don't meet every day. That was Danny, alright.
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Danny Greene: [Staggers away from his car after it explodes, nearly killing him] That all ya got? It's gonna take more than a few firecrackers to kill Danny Greene!
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Grace O'Keefe: I don't need your pity.
Danny Greene: Grace, I'm not paying your rent out of pity. You're a strong Irish woman, and I like that.
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Shondor Birns: [Hands over an envelope of money] You give this to the man who kills the Irishman.
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Tony Salerno: You got a pair of balls, let me tell ya. Two million dollars? Two million dollars? You're not gonna pay back the 70 thousand you borrowed, why should I lend you two million dollars?
Danny Greene: To get rid of me.
Tony Salerno: To get rid of you? I'd get rid of you with one spic outside for a hundred dollars, what the fuck are you talking about?
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John Nardi: We're moving up, Danny boy.
Danny Greene: We sure are.
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Danny Greene: Don't rock the boat, Joe. You got a nice car, a nice home. When it comes to pushing, I'm the wrong guy you want pushing back.
Joe Manditski: Are you threatening me? 'Cause if there's a hint of that, badge or no badge, I will cut your heart out with a rusty butter knife and eat it while it's still beating.
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William 'Billy' McComber: Well, it was fun while it lasted.
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Reporter: This is about the fourth time someone's tried to kill you. How do you account for the fact that you survive each time?
Danny Greene: I'm an Irish Catholic with the grace of God on my shoulder. I'm not going anywhere until he says so. You see the trailer behind me? It's where I work. See the bar at the end of the street there? Get a shot of that. I live on the top floor. Let me tell you something. If any of these maggots from the so-called Mafia wanna come after me, I'm not a hard man to find.
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