Do the Right Thing (1989)
Ossie Davis: Da Mayor
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Quotes
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Da Mayor : Doctor, those that'll tell don't know, and those that know won't tell.
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Mother Sister : Good morning.
Da Mayor : Is it a good morning?
Mother Sister : Yes, indeed. You almost got yourself killed last night.
Da Mayor : I've done that before. Where did you sleep?
Mother Sister : I didn't.
Da Mayor : Hope the block is still standing.
Mother Sister : We're still standing.
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Mother Sister : Hey, you old drunk, what did I tell you about drinking in front of my stoop? Move on; you're blocking my view. You are ugly enough; don't stare at me. The evil eye doesn't work on me.
Da Mayor : Mother Sister, you've been talkin' about me for 18 years. What have I ever done to you?
Mother Sister : You a drunk fool.
Da Mayor : Besides that? Da Mayor don't bother nobody and nobody no bother da Mayor but you. The Man just tends to his own business. I love everybody. I even love you.
Mother Sister : Hold your tongue, you don't have that much love.
Da Mayor : One day you're gonna be nice to me. We may both be dead and buried, but you're gonna be nice - at least civil.
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Da Mayor : Listen, listen, listen. Good people, please! Let's all go home. Someone's gonna get hurt. If we don't stop this and stop it now, we gonna do somethin' we gonna regret for the rest of our lives.
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Da Mayor : What do you know 'bout me? You can't even pee straight, ne'ery a one of you. What do you know about anything? Unless you - unless you done stood in the door and listened to your five hungry children crying' for bread and you can't do a damn thing about it. You're woman's standin' there, you can't even look her in the eye. Unless you done done that, you don't know me, my pain, my hurt, my feelings. You don't know shit!
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Da Mayor : No mo' High Life? Well, what kind of joint is this? How come no mo' High Life? Look, Doctor, this ain't Korea or China or wherever you come from. Get some Miller High Life in this fuckin' joint!
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Da Mayor : Thank the Lord, the sun is going down. It is hot as blazes! Yes, Jesus.
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Da Mayor : What you know about me? Can't even pee straight, not even of you. What you know about anything? Unless you... unless you done stood in the door, listened to your five hungry children crying for bread, and you can't do a damn thing about it. Your woman standing there, you can't even look her in the eye. Unless you done that, you don't know me, my pain, my hurt, my feelings. You don't know shit! Don't call me bum. Don't call me a drunk. You all ain't got the sense that God give a Billy goat! Don't call me nothing! It's disrespectful. I know your mamas and your papas raised you better.
Ahmad : Yo, man, I hope you finished your little soliloquy, man. 'Cause first of all, I've been peeing straight for years, understand what I'm saying? And you're right, I wouldn't stand in the doorway and listen to my five children go hungry. I'd be out getting a job, doing something, anything to put food in their mouth. And you're right, I don't want to know your pain. I don't care to know your pain. You're the one who put yourself in this situation, man. Every day, every day, every day, I see you walk up and down this block, inebriated. Never sober! But that's what DA stands for: Da Mayor, Drunk Ass. This man's getting me mad! He don't get no respect here. You'll never get respect here, boy! How you gonna tell me how my parents raised me? I respect those who respect themselves!