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Movie Quote of the Day – Miami Vice, 2006 (dir. Michael Mann)
Isabella: Once I had a fortune, it said: “Live now. Life is short. Time is luck”.
Det. James ‘Sonny’ Crockett: You got assets somewhere? Insurance?
Isabella: Why?
Det. James ‘Sonny’ Crockett: Things go wrong. The odds catch up. Probability is like gravity: you cannot negotiate with gravity. One day. . .one day you should just cash out, you know? Just cash out and get out.
Isabella: Yeah?
Det. James ‘Sonny’ Crockett: Yeah. As far and as fast as you can.
Isabella: Would you find me?
Det. James ‘Sonny’ Crockett: Yes, I would.
Movie Quote of the Day – Thief, 1981 (dir. Michael Mann)
Frank: Did it ever occur to you, to try to work for a living? Take down your own scores?
Unnamed Detective: OK, fuck this guy.
Urrizi: I’ll tell you something, I’m gonna be on your ass so much, you’re gonna get careless. And on that day I’m gonna be in that place.
Frank: And that, is the last place that you wanna be. ‘Cause no matter what happens, I will never, ever take a pinch from a greasy motherfucker like you.
Movie Quote of the Day – The Last of the Mohicans, 1992 (dir. Michael Mann)
Cora Munro: What are you looking at, sir?
Hawkeye: I’m looking at you, miss.
Movie Quote of the Day – Heat, 1995 (dir. Michael Mann)
Neil McCauley: I don’t even know what I’m doing anymore. I know life is short, whatever time you get is luck. You want to walk? You walk right now. Or on your own. . .on your own you choose to come with me. And all I know is. . .all I know is there’s no point in me going anywhere anymore if it’s going to be alone. . .without you.
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