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“Thomas, for the last time drop your stupid ATM idea. It’s not gonna work, plus you will be in a shite load of trouble once you get caught.”

“No one will get caught. People do it all the time, probably everyday.”

“Yes, people do it every day in the movies, not in real life. In the movies everyone’s a hero and nothing ever goes wrong. Wake up man, this is the real world.”

“Kurt you’re blowing this out of proportion. Movies are based on people’s lives anyway.”

“Listen to me for one second, just one plain example. In the movies you see a guy being chased by the police. He looks over his shoulder and sees them drawing their gun. He hears them yell freeze. He continues running. He then hears the gun being fired. He’s still running, in slow motion, and he feels the bullet hit him in the shoulder. It throws him off balance but he still manages to stay on his feet. He tries to stop the blood by applying pressure with his other hand as he continues to run. He finally manages to shake off the cops and sit under a street lamp to examine the damage. He then raps it tightly with his shirt and walks away to his hideout. That’s what happens in the movies, but in real life it’s nothing like that. In real life when you get shot, it hurts like hell.”



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