“You really know the ropes! Damn, I wish I'd bumped into you before.” – Joe, Midnight Cowboy ... Movie Quotes Database

Joe

You really know the ropes! Damn, I wish I'd bumped into you before.

Ratso

You're pickin' trade up on the street like that. That's nowhere. I mean, you gotta get yourself some kind of management. You need my friend O'Daniel. He operates the biggest stable in town, in fact, in the whole god-damned Metropolitan area. It's stupid a stud like you paying. You don't want to be stupid.

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