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21 (2008) More at IMDb Pro »

Kianna: Dude, I lost track 20 cards ago.
Micky Rosa: Don't call me dude.

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Ben Campbell: Winner, winner, chicken dinner!

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Ben Campbell: [in regards to Mickey Rosa inviting him to the Blackjack team] So why are you telling me?
Micky Rosa: Well, let's just say a spot opened up on our roster.
Ben Campbell: How?
Micky Rosa: Jimmy got a job at Google.
Ben Campbell: Jim... Jimmy got a job at Google?
Micky Rosa: Yeah, it's catchy, I know.
Ben Campbell: Well, if you're making so much money at this then why did he take it?
Micky Rosa: Ben, I said Google, not Sizzler.

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Cole Williams: If I see you in here again, I will break your cheekbone with a small hammer. And then I will kill you.

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Ben Campbell: I'm not the same guy I was back in Boston.

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Micky Rosa: [while Choi is stealing everything that isn't nailed down in the hotel room] *Hey!* You steal The Bible, you go to Hell. Those are the rules.
Choi: Like I'm not going anyway.

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Jill Taylor: You know what I like most about Las Vegas? You can be whoever you want to be.

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Jill Taylor: [in Foxx Strip Club] So do you want a private dance?
Ben Campbell: How much?
Jill Taylor: 20 a song, 30 song minimum.
Ben Campbell: I don't know. Sounds expensive.
[they kiss]

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Philosophical Gambler: Yesterday's history, tomorrow's a mystery.
Philosophical Gambler: It's all what you do in the moment, baby.

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Jill Taylor: [after opening the curtains in Ben's room] Nice undies!

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Micky Rosa: What's the count?
Choi: Uh, plus nine?
Micky Rosa: You're just saying that because Jill did.

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Ben Campbell: [after Jill wakes him up when their plane arrives in Boston] I seem to be waking up to you a lot.
Jill Taylor: Don't get used to it.

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Micky Rosa: The only thing worse than a loser is someone who won't admit he played badly.

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Micky Rosa: [on why he needs Ben to be the second high roller] Because I don't trust the girls and Choi is... well, Choi.

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Cole Williams: Always account for variable change.

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Ben Campbell: I had a 1590 on my SAT, I got a 44 on my MCAT, and I have a 4.0 GPA from MIT. I thought I had my life mapped out, but then I remembered what my non linear equations professor once told me, always account for variable change... I let down my good friends, but as it turns out, they weren't too bad at simple math either. I scored the prettiest girl in school. I got beaten down by an old school Vegas thug who was having trouble accepting his retirement, but I worked out a deal with him that got him a nice pension... And I lied to my mother, but I confessed a lie and well, she still loved me... So my senior year of college I joined this team and I learned this new skill. I went to Vegas 17 times to use it. I made hundreds of thousands of dollars counting cards. And then I had it all stolen from me, twice... How's that for life experience professor? Did I dazzle you? Did I jump off the page?

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Micky Rosa: You are only ever as good to me as the money you make!

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Miles Connoly: I've got some good news, though. I just saved a bunch of money on my car insurance.

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[a man is being beaten brutally by Cole Williams and his partner, Terry]
Cole Williams: You think you can beat the system? This *is* the system... beatin' you back!
[Cole smacks the counter in the face]
Cole Williams: You wanna count cards, you do it in Atlantic City! Get him up.
Terry: [growling] Let's go. Get up! On your feet!
Cole Williams: Count to five. Count to five!
Card Counter: [disillusioned] What?
Cole Williams: Count to five so that you don't have brain damage, you can go home.
Terry: Start with One.
Card Counter: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5.
Cole Williams: Good. Now... stop counting!

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Choi: Basic strategy says that you should hit that!

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Choi: [laughing and taking a video while Ben is goofing off as a new persona in the mirror] No please, keep going, this video's priceless!

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Ben Campbell: Man, that sugar's sweet.

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Micky Rosa: [to Ben about card counting] What were going to do is perfectly legal and they can't do a single thing about it.
[very next scene: in a concrete room, bare bulb lights, a fist hits a guy who's strapped to a chair: he's bleeding/sweating]
Cole Williams: You think you can beat the system?
[shows guy his meaty fist]
Cole Williams: This *is the system*....*beating you back*

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[beating Ben Campbell up and looking at his real ID]
Cole Williams: *Oh*....you go to MIT. So you understand all this. You're a smart boy, eh?
Terry: [cackles mean and tough with Cole] Smart boy.
Cole Williams: Tell me something....does Professor Rosa still teach there?
Ben Campbell: [closes his eyes as Cole Williams throws a savage punch to his face]

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Micky Rosa: Choi, we just made a killing last night. So would you stop stealing 98¢ things and everything you can get your hands on from the maid's cart. It's very embarrassing!

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