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"You've got to be firm with these people. Just because he's got an office doesn't make him any better than me and you."

"The trouble with your generation is they've got no sense of dressing up."

"You still taking bets on the race?"
"Yah, I reckon I ought to clean up. Grant's favorite."
"Oh, yeah? Not in my house, he's not. Put this fiver on Nigel."

"You put one foot wrong on this stall and I'll make sure you never work this market again."
"Can you do that?"
"Yes, I can."

"Prejudice is disliking someone for no good reason. . . . Do I have to remind you the things the Mitchells have done?"

"Oh, you men are absolutely useless."

"Yes, well, you've had three months to get used to it. I've had five flaming minutes."

"You listen to me. I want you to know that I don't approve of drug dealers, right? But I hear that you've given it all up, so I'm prepared to give you the benefit of the doubt."

"The trouble with Albert Square, you see, is it's full of people who like poking their nose into your business . . ."

[To a nosy reporter] "What do you think you're up to? Go on, get out of here. Yeah, that's right, go on, push off! You're scum you are.  Parasites!"

"You have to be firm with staff . . .; otherwise, they take liberties. You have to have these things understood right from the start."