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[moments before he is shot] All you got to worry about is when you run out of booze and you run out of company and the only person left to judge you is your...
[to Jimmy, just before shooting him] You don't know me, James. You never did. I am not seeking forgiveness.
Untie him. Oh, but before you do, put a bullet in his fucking head.
[Nucky has just cut the city's liquor barons out of a profitable deal]
Sorry, gentlemen. New year, new rules.
Well, that makes sense. A chink I know, runs a laundry, tells me that '23 is the year of the pig.
This is a business decision.
I come all the way down here, put up with car trouble...
We all got the same news.
Yeah but we ain't all in the same fuckin' boat! I'm gettin' squeezed on all sides...
[warns him in Italian]
No fuck you, Frank! Your fuckin' rathole bar and your warehouse in Canarsie? I don't see you doin' me any favors, amicu! [to Rothstein] And you, you smug kike midget, creeping around like a dentist with ether...
Why don't you watch your fuckin' mouth...
Why don't you go sit in the corner, short pants? [to Nucky] And then there's you. Fuckin' breadstick in a bowtie. You pasty-faced cocksucker...
[angry but controlled] You must be tired, Mr. Rossetti. That can make a man irritable. You need some rest.
I need 500 cases of rum.
You and your men, my guests at the Ritz.
You think I can't float my own hotel room?
I'm making a goodwill gesture. Accept it or not.
How about I make one to you?
You'll not do it here.
I'll shit you out like yesterday's sausage, you bog-trottin' prick.
You're making my decision very easy.
[Rosetti looks around the room, sees he has no support]
Nobody around here can take a joke.
Consider me an admirer, Mr. Thompson. Ordinary men avoid trouble. Extraordinary men turn it to their advantage. You and I have that in common.
8 trucks, huh? Lotta gasoline.
So? We're good for it.
Sure. Only thing is, we ain't got any.
You have no fuel?
And here it is, a filling station. That makes me chuckle.
[pointing with his gun] We'll gas up, we'll pay you, and we'll move on.
What's that? A gun? [shows his own weapon] I got a gun. [Rosetti's men appear and hold Doyle and Sleater at gunpoint] I got a gun, and he got a gun, and he got a gun. Everybody got guns!
[describing killing Horvitz] I waited, outside his house. I used a shotgun, very close.
May I ask why?
Angela Darmody.
Not her husband?
Jimmy was a soldier. He fought, he lost.
So I can assume my family and I are safe?
You and Mrs. Thompson were good to me. You have nothing to fear.
How many people have you killed?
63.
Do you think about any of them?
You know the answer to that, yourself.
"Bone For Tuna". What the fuck is that supposed to mean?
The kid's Irish. The pronunciation was off...
I know what he meant! Who the fuck is Nucky Thompson to wish me good luck? In Italian, no less, like he's fuckin' mocking me? He's real fuckin' cute, I'll tell you that! Sets me up to lose, pulls out of the whiskey deal at the last minute, and then says "bon fortuna" like he's rootin' for me to get back on my feet. Push me off a cliff, why don't ya?
I don't think...
Good luck flappin' your arms on the way down! Am I right?
Sure, but...
The attitude on him. Scrawny Irish prick. I need his blessing to make my way in the world?
I don't...
I need him to lecture me? Nothing's personal? What the fuck is life if it's not personal?
[to Eli] Allowing you to simply go to jail is the last gift I'll ever give you.
[Nucky kills Roland Smith]
I thought you were letting him go.
Why would you think that?
[pause] I misunderstood.
As long as you understand now.
[discussing Rosetti's blockade of Nucky's liquor] It's bad for business?
Isn't it?
And what would you know about it, conducting yours like a drunken shopkeeper?
Alright, Arnold. You're allowed to blow off steam.
It's not alright. Do you think I entered into this arrangement because I value your companionship? You are a convenience, of geography and supply. You promised a quantity and a price. You have failed to deliver! And now, owing to your inability to manage your affairs in New Jersey - a state I have little interest in or affection for - you expect me to start a war? In New York? Where things actually matter?
I expect you to understand that Gyp Rosetti is trouble for everyone. I lost an entire convoy...
Because of your own cavalierness! Because you run off to Manhattan at a moment's notice to rut with some showgirl!
You'd be wise to leave Miss Kent out of this.
Why? You can't. Do you even begin to understand how weak that makes you look?
That's a big noise from a man who is dead below the waist.
I practice discretion.
You practice bullshit! Who the fuck are you, Arnold, aside from a little weasel with a good poker face?
[discussing the male lead of "The Naughty Virgin"] He dances like a... what do you call a horse whose kischkes have been cut off?
A gelding.
That's not very naughty.
It's the 20th century, sweetie. You wanna make a buck? Have 'em start showin' a little skin.
What's all this bullshit about alcohol? A man's willing to lay his life down for his country, you best let that man have a goddamn drink!
[to Rosetti, in Italian] I can't control you, I can't rely on you, and now I can't afford you.
[nervous] It's Easter Sunday, Joe.
Also April Fool's.
So what're we jokin' about?
I'm not joking. [gets up and walks away as his men advance on Rosetti]
Nucky Thompson. Arnold Rothstein.
What about them?
They're not losin' sleep about no 20 blocks of road on the East Side. They're workin' together. They're buildin' something a lot bigger than you and me.
Then let them do what they want.
Because you think you got what you have, right? But not for long. Things are changin'. That Luciano kid...
I straightened him out. You don't want...
He's not like you and me! Look who he works for, Joe! They're buildin' something, and it don't include us! Who's gonna own this place, huh? Heebs and Micks and back-stabbin' fucks that don't respect where they come from! After all the blood we put into it! [in Italian] What about us? What happens to us? [in English] You do what you gotta do with me, but you're gonna be in a war whether you like it or not.
Ah, you gonna save me, huh?
Give me your blessing. Let me finish what I started, but this time with enough juice to make it stick. I'll bring you Thompson.
What do I care about Thompson?
And I'll bring you Rothstein. Luciano and the kikes he runs with. I'll kill 'em all. And when I'm through, they're not gonna call you Joe the Boss no more - they're gonna call you Joe the King.
[talking to God in church] I just need to get this said. No disrespect, but you put me down in this game. I didn't ask for that. Make me want things, things I can see, that I can almost touch... then you take 'em away. Not for me, right? Everyone else, but not me. I'm, what, a mistake you made? Like some leftovers? And I'm supposed to go through my life, no friendship, no love, till I'm pissin' in my bed and coughin' up blood on the sheets? Then I'll know, right? Then it'll be clear. [shouting] Put it in front of me, take it away! Why would you do that? Just to screw with me? What kind of sick fuck thinks that way? I'm supposed to trust you. Based on the treatment so far? What're you up to, huh? I'm here! I'm listenin'! I'm ready for any kind of explanation!
Are you all right?
I'm prayin'.
You're yelling.
Can I ask you something?
Of course.
[Rosetti hits him in the face and takes the collection money]
Where does God keep the rest of it? [screams] Answer me!
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