A scene from Three Days of the Condor 1975
Jimmy

[Turner stops at a deli to pick up lunch for the office.]

Hey, Shakespeare! How's it going?

Turner

Terrific. I'm building up a great collection of rejection slips.

Jimmy

Yeah, I know the feeling. I always wanted to be Escoffier.

Turner

Well, maybe it's not too late. You know, Van Gogh was thirty before he started to paint.

Jimmy

No kiddin'?

Turner

There's no mayonnaise on Dr. Lappe's. On the other hand, Mozart was three when he started to play the piano, and he was composing at six.

Jimmy

Fast starter. 'S probably better.

Turner

Well, I don't know. Van Gogh never sold a painting in a whole lifetime. Mozart died a pauper.

Customer

Where am I, the public library?

Jimmy

That's a very bright man.

Customer

It's educational. That's why I come in here.

Turner

You come in here to get sick like everybody else.

Jimmy

Come on.

Turner

No butter on Ray's sandwich. He gets panicky about butter.

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