The Diamond Arm (1969)
Yuriy Nikulin: Semyon Semyonych Gorbunkov, Senya
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Quotes
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Mystery man : Hey, buddy, do you have a cigarette?
[Gorbunkov stutters]
Mystery man : What are you, deaf-mute?
Semyon Gorbunkov : [immediately, very clearly and distinctly] Yes!
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Semyon Gorbunkov : I'm not a coward. But I'm scared.
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Semyon Gorbunkov : As they say in London, dog is man's best friend.
Superintendent : I don't know what they say in London - I haven't been there - but over here the house manager is man's best friend!
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Semyon Gorbunkov : Slipped and fell, got a closed fracture, became unconscious, when I came through I had this cast on.
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[Cops are carrying a body of a passed out drunk, Gorbunkov thinks he is dead]
Semyon Gorbunkov : I should have been in his place!
Cop : Get drunk, then you will be.
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Superintendent : On Wednesday you're giving a lecture. We've put up the posters. You're the only one from our community who has ever been there. The subject is 'New York, City of Contrasts'.
Semyon Gorbunkov : I haven't been to New York, I've been to Istanbul.
Superintendent : 'Istanbul, City of Contrasts'. What difference does it make?
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Semyon Gorbunkov : They don't drink vodka with duck. We must drink...
Gennady : I get you. Fedya, champagne!
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Nadezhda Gorbunkova : Senya, tell me, where did you get that pistol and that money? I beg you, please tell me!
Semyon Gorbunkov : All right, I will tell you. But don't say a word to anyone!
Nadezhda Gorbunkova : I swear.
Semyon Gorbunkov : It's a state secret. That money and that gun were given me to help me with my mission.
Nadezhda Gorbunkova : What mission?
Semyon Gorbunkov : Sorry, I can't tell you that. When the time comes, you'll know everything. You might even... get a reward... After I'm gone!
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Nadezhda Gorbunkova : Please tell me the truth, horrible as it may be.
Semyon Gorbunkov : I walked in the street and I slipped...
Nadezhda Gorbunkova : You never knew how to lie, did you? I know what happened.
Semyon Gorbunkov : Who told you?
Nadezhda Gorbunkova : I'm sure it's not a closed fracture. What have you got there?
Semyon Gorbunkov : Gold and diamonds.
Nadezhda Gorbunkova : Stop kidding!
