The Bitter Stems (1956)

Vassili Lambrinos: Liudas

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• Liudas : In Paris, there are fools. In Berlin, there are fools. In Buenos Aires, there are fools! It's sad, but it's a fact.

• Liudas : You have to forget the bad things. Do you like to forget?

  Alfredo Gaspar : You can't always.

  Liudas : You have to learn to forget, or nothing's okay.

• Liudas : People believe that a reporter's card is a magic wand. With the card, you get anywhere. Actresses, theaters, dressing rooms. Women say nice things because you've got a card.

• Liudas : Didn't I say the academy would be a success? We will do it in a - jiffy. And most importantly, is that the checks arrived, Gasper. Checks! Fools believe, fools pay!

• Liudas : The rain is awful. It's going to rain more.

• Liudas : I'm going to bring my wife and my two kids.

  Alfredo Gaspar : You didn't tell me you had a family.

  Liudas : We had to talk about more important things.

• Liudas : So many books! And so many records! Beethoven, Stravinsky, Prokofiev. You've got a lot to listen to. "The Moldau"! Can I play it?