Empire Falls (2005)
Ed Harris: Miles Roby
Quotes
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Tick Roby : [to Miles] This is John Voss. Uncle David said we needed a new busboy.
David Roby : [to Miles] Take a look at Brian. He looks like a walking appetite suppressant!
Brian : [stumbles into back kitchen area] Hey, Miles!
Miles Roby : Brian, come here for a minute.
[looks at Brian's infected face]
Miles Roby : You gotta go home!
Brian : What do you mean? I can't help it! Something bit me. I can still work.
Miles Roby : Yeah, but people got to eat here.
[takes Brian's busboy bin]
Miles Roby : Go home!
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Miles Roby : How does it feel, Francine? To know your husband shot himself in the head rather than spend one more minute on this earth with you?
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Francine Whiting : What can't be cured must be endured.
Miles Roby : What can't be cured must be avenged.
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Miles Roby : I think Father Tom is making off with the cash box again.
Father Mark : Yeah, I know. Don't worry, Ms. Koss will fetch him.
Ms. Koss : Come back here, you old bat! Father Tom! Father Tom! Bring that back!
Father Mark : Who says God has no sense of humor?
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Bea : It's not that I think it's a bad idea, Miles. Like I told you, I'm game. But it's going to mean war. That woman will come after us.
Miles Roby : Fuck her. Let her come.
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Francine Whiting : What you really hate is the fact that I know you better than you know yourself.
Miles Roby : Well, maybe I'll surprise you one day.
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Father Mark : [about Max] He'd steal from God?
Miles Roby : Yeah, he's pretty fearless as far as God's concerned. I don't know whether he's an atheist or he just thinks he'll be able to bullshit God like he does everybody else.
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David Roby : [referring to Walt] Tell me something, Bro - Why do you allow him in here?
Miles Roby : I think he just comes in here to make sure I know there's no hard feelings.
David Roby : He steals your wife, and there's no hard feelings?
Miles Roby : Some sins trail their own penance.
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Miles Roby : [referring to Max] He becomes a public nuisance when he tires of being a private one.
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Janine Roby : Miles, when you were a kid, did you ever imagine...
Miles Roby : What?
Janine Roby : I don't know... more?
Miles Roby : Don't feel bad, Darlin'. No one ever imagines less.