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Not only that, you can depreciate the entire building for the full amount.

4 seconds sound clip from the The Jerk (1979) movie soundboard.

You can hear this line at 01:14:05.741 in the Blu-ray version of the movie.

Quote context

[...]

- Stop it! Stop it! Stop it! Stop it! Good.

- Father, could there be a God that would let this happen?

- How much do you want?

- If your initial investment is a half a million dollars, and your apartments are up in March, you should have X amount of dollars rolling in by the end of this year.

- Ah! X amount. That's very good, isn't it?

- Not only that, you can depreciate the entire building for the full amount.

- Depreciate? Very good. Hmm. I like that.

- We found a way to get around this Fair Housing crap.

- Ah! Good. Getting around the crap. That's good.

- By keeping the rents high, we're going to appeal to a select class of people.

- Select class. Very, very good.

- We'll keep the eggplants out.

- Ah, good. We don't want any vegetables.

- No, no. The jungle bunnies.

- Of course. They'll eat the vegetables.

[...]

The Jerk Sound Clip

The Jerk movie poster

Funny and inspirational quotes from The Jerk (1979), with short sound clips.

Actors: Steve Martin (Navin R. Johnson), Bernadette Peters (Marie Kimble Johnson)

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