The Wire (TV Series)
Homecoming (2004)
Idris Elba: Russell 'Stringer' Bell
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Quotes
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Russell 'Stringer' Bell : How many corners do we need? How much money can a nigger make?
Avon Barksdale : More than a nigger can spend.
Russell 'Stringer' Bell : And then we ain't gonna be around to spend what we done made already.
Avon Barksdale : Shit, I ain't think I was gonna be around this long.
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Russell 'Stringer' Bell : Twenty-five gets me the permits?
State Sen. R. Clayton 'Clay' Davis : Mm-mmm. Twenty gets you the permits. Five is for me for bribing these downtown motherfuckers. I mean, I'm the one got to risk walking up to these thieving bitches with cash in hand, right? I'm telling you, String, the people running the city nowadays, they make the last bunch look sanctified. I mean, this some shameful shit.
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Avon Barksdale : The game is the fuckin' game. Period.
Russell 'Stringer' Bell : Same as it ever was.