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Clips from The Wire - Not for Attribution (S05E05)

"No one lives forever."
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"Andreas, right?"
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"Need you to get a word to Vondas."
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"He got a new friend."
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"Be at you same time tomorrow."
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"Any idea how long this could take?"
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"Don't know. Might be here all day."
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"We've got to lay the foundation carefully,"
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"make it so the grand jurors understand all the ins and outs"
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"so they don't get lost in the details."
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"Mr. Howard?"
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"Is there any way I could go earlier?"
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"If you're important enough, sure."
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"I'm the vice president of a major financial institution."
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"Who the fuck isn't?"
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"Now, sir, directing your attention to the document in your hand,"
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"is that also an account statement?"
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"organizational, with 501 (c)3 designation."
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"Can you begin by slowly explaining in the most basic terms"
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"each of those things, beginning with the word nonprofit?"
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"- Hey, is box two open? - Not yet."
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"Someone's killing homeless men."
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"Dead man was homeless, but he had a red ribbon"
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"tied around his wrist."
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"that he should have a red ribbon tied around his wrist?"
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"- Barlow. - What?"
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"Like Chanel No. 5 comes out of your ass, Moreland."
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"If you got a problem, then I got a problem."
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"That's how the co-op work."
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"What's the problem?"
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"I got too much money."
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"Son, believe me, you ain't alone."
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"In Baltimore, dope and coke sell themselves,"
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"but the money that come back?"
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"You got any ideas?"
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"A few. If you askin'."
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"- Not Twigg. - Damn."
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"Guy gives 20 years to the paper, and this how it ends?"
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"Fact of the matter is, it's more profitable these days"
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"to run a worse paper for less money."
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""You've done excellent work.""
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"- either the copy desk or the buyout. - You're kidding, right?"
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"Damn, Roger."
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"Sorry, man."
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"Fuck it. I might as well get to work on that great American novel."
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"- Yeah. - Gus, come on in."
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"Relax, Gus. We need you here."
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"We value your dedication. You've done excellent work."
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"We're counting on you to transition the new team."
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"What kind of team's going to be left?"
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"We're losing good people,"
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"but we expect to retain the core of a solid staff."
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"That's what we have to contemplate going forward."
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"More with less, huh?"
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"Look at this."
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"A red ribbon in one of Ray Cole's files."
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"Cole left a note with it. "Found on left wrist of victim."
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""Check against other cases.""
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"Hey, hon. How's the stain look on the cabinets? They dry yet?"
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"Great. I'm on my way."
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"This is the hard part, getting these guys to give a shit."
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"Let's get a taste. I'm buying."
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"Go home, Jimmy. Think your weak shit through, man."
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"You want to talk on it?"
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"Went with Chris and them, set up on this family."
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"Everything so serious now."
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"Yo, little man, you finish your homework?"
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"'Cause it's late now, and it's only gonna get later if we don't roll home soon."
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"Ain't no school tomorrow. Teacher meetings."
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"Got my corner to run, man."
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"What?"
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"What, nigga?"
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"Six Flags be open again."
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"It's more like Joe make it complicated."
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"That nigga got a thing for conversation."
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"Not like Marlo."
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"Now, see, pastor here, he one of about three I like to give money to."
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"Help with his good works and all that."
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"Good works?"
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"And what else y'all building?"
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"Except they been building that mess for about ten years now,"
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"and nothing ever actually get finished."
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"How you gonna clean my money?"
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"Got accounts at some of the banks down there."
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"Donations come in as cash, cashier's checks come out."
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"Tiny-ass Caribbean island don't truck with no subpoenas,"
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"no court orders, none of that."
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"You pay ten on the dollar."
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"Anything beyond that depends on your generosity,"
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"to save those who want to be saved."
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"I'm back."
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"I can see that."
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"I saw your text message on my cellphone today,"
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"it took me a minute to remember who the hell you were."
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"It ain't been that long."
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"Shit. When you left, I was still covering the labor beat."
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"We ain't had a labor reporter around here in three years."
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"Yeah, well, now you the big, bad city editor,"
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"and I'm whoring myself for politicians."
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"- That bad, huh? - Chicago is killing us."
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"One buyout after another."
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"I can't even begin to think what our next round of guild negotiations"
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"is gonna be like."
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"Enough of me crying."
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"What are you selling tonight, dear Norman?"
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"Carcetti's planning to shitcan Burrell."
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"City hall source?"
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"Who's the leading candidate?"
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"but there's a front runner from deeper In the department."
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"Cedric Daniels."
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"It's been a while since I've been on the street there, Norman."
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"- Who's this Daniels? - Chief of detectives. Polished."
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"Holds a law degree."
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"Brought closure to some high-level cases."
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"You want to see if they can live with this fella here, right?"
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"Whoa, what the fuck?"
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"Check this shit out."
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"Holy shit. Look at this motherfucker."
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"Hit him with the spot."
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"CID. Figures, don't it?"
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