The Big Short (2015)
Brad Pitt: Ben Rickert
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Quotes
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Ben Rickert : If we're right, people lose homes. People lose jobs. People lose retirement savings, people lose pensions. You know what I hate about fucking banking? It reduces people to numbers. Here's a number - every 1% unemployment goes up, 40,000 people die, did you know that?
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Ben Rickert : Just... Stop fuckin' dancing.
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Charlie Geller : Did you get a chance to take a look at what we sent you, Ben?
Ben Rickert : Alright, Charlie, I did. Hang on.
[Long pause]
Charlie Geller : Ben, are you still there?
Ben Rickert : Yeah. I'll be honest, gentlemen; it scared the shit out of me.
Charlie Geller : That's a good thing, right? That means that Vennett guy is not wrong?
Ben Rickert : No, he's not.
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Ben Rickert : [conducting business from a drinking establishment in rural England] I hardly got cell phone or wi-fi service. I'm trying to sell 200 million dollars worth of securities. In a pub. It smells like sheep.
