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Dr. Reingold : Speak. Speak.
Misha : No, please listen, Sir. Maybe if I explain better.
[to Paulie]
Misha : You are lonely I think. I am lonely. In Russia, I was teacher of literature. In America, I'm cleaner of bird crap. I miss words, I miss my language. I just would like someone to talk to.
Paulie : Join the club.
Misha : What?
Paulie : I said join the club.
Misha : So I'm not crazy. You CAN talk.
Paulie : Of course I can talk.
Misha : Then why are you not?
Paulie : Because talking just gets you into a lot of trouble.
Misha : Trouble? Why you say that?
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[last lines]
Adult Marie Alweather : Paulie, how did you find me ?
Paulie : Well, It's a long story.
Misha : [chuckling] It's the only kind he knows.
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[first lines]
[Misha reports for work, it is dark and raining]
Virgil the Janitor : The agency told you you had to pay for your own uniforms, right ?
Misha : Yes, I to buy with money from job.
Virgil the Janitor : No, no, no. You can't start the job without a uniform.
Misha : But how to buy when not been paid ?
Virgil the Janitor : You don't have any money ?
Misha : No. This is why I take job. To make money. This is why I come to America. To be a big shoot.
Virgil the Janitor : Shot. Big shot.
Misha : I try not to live in past, only present tense since I come to America.
Virgil the Janitor : [chuckling] Yeah, but "big shoot" makes no sense.
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Misha : I come to tell you in great amazement, he can talk.
Dr. Reingold : He mimics.
Misha : Mimics? What is mimics?
Dr. Reingold : He repeats what he hears. It is not talk.
Misha : No, you don't understand. He's intelligent, Doctor.
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Misha : Before I am coming to America, there was a girl. We were student together at university. Sure we talk, about books. We even fight about them. She was very smart. And stubborn. I say book mean one thing. She say, "No, no, Misha. Book mean other thing." One time, she act in play in front of whole school. I was working behind curtain in the dark. I see her on stage. She had flowers in her hair, and-and the light made them all different color. I say to myself, "My God, she's beautiful. Maybe too beautiful for me, but I will tell her how I feel." Afterward, when I am going near to her...
Paulie : She stole your words away.
Misha : Yes. She marry my best friend. He told her how he feel. At wedding, she take me aside and say, "Misha, I always like you best, but I was afraid. Afraid of your silence."
[to Paulie]
Misha : It's important to speak up.