The Rainmaker (1997)
Danny DeVito: Deck Shifflet
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Quotes
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Deck Shiffler : [after waking Rudy with a before-sunrise phone call] Guess who died last night?
Rudy Baylor : Who? Do you ever sleep?
Deck Shiffler : Harvey Hale! Age 62, quite a pedigree.
Rudy Baylor : Judge Hale?
Deck Shiffler : Yep. Croaked with a heart attack, dropped dead by his swimming pool.
Rudy Baylor : You gotta be kidding me!
Deck Shiffler : Guess which newly-made judge was assigned to Great Benefit's case?
Rudy Baylor : How the hell am I supposed to know that, Deck?
Deck Shiffler : Tyrone Kipler. Black, Harvard, civil-rights lawyer. Hates Tinley Britt, and he's tough on insurance companies. You know what a Rainmaker is, kid? The bucks are gonna be falling from the sky.
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Rudy Baylor : What's wrong with ethics?
Deck Shiffler : Nothing... I guess.
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J. Lyman 'Bruiser' Stone : Congratulations on... what the hell is that?
Deck Shiffler : Iced tea.
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Deck Shiffler : What they don't teach you in law school could get you hurt!
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Rudy Baylor : Well, they didn't teach me how to chase ambulances!
Deck Shiffler : Well, you better learn quick or you're going to starve.
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Deck Shiffler : There's nothing more thrilling than nailing an insurance company.
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Deck Shiffler : In law school, they don't teach you what ya need to know. It's all theories and lofty notions and big fat text books.
Rudy Baylor : What's wrong with that?
Deck Shiffler : Nothing, I guess.