Ironweed (1987)
Tom Waits: Rudy
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Quotes
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Rudy : Doc says I got cancer. First thing I ever got.
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Rudy : You know somebody that's buried up there?
Francis Phelan : Yeah, a little kid.
Rudy : Little kid? What'd he do, die young?
Francis Phelan : Pretty young, yeah.
Rudy : What happened?
Francis Phelan : He fell.
Rudy : Fell where?
Francis Phelan : On the floor.
Rudy : Fell on the floor? I fall on the floor about twice a day. I ain't dead yet.
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Francis Phelan : [regarding Sandra] She a bum, or just a plain drunk?
Rudy : She's been a bum all her life.
Francis Phelan : [chuckles] No, nobody... 'been a bum all her life'. She had to be somethin' else before she was a bum.
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Rudy : You know why people call you a bum? Because it makes them feel better when they say it.
Francis Phelan : Well, the truth can't hurt you. If you're a bum, you're a bum.