Save the Last Dance - Love is beyond our control
Chenille Reynolds:
You can't help who you love, Derek, you're not supposed to.
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Save the Last Dance - Misconceptions About Masculinity and Toughness
Chenille Reynolds:
Too many little boys thinkin they are thugs.
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Save the Last Dance - Nickname Origins in Save the Last Dance
Chenille Reynolds:
They call him Snooky because Fool was taken.
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The Prom - Debate Over Prom Inclusivity and Parental Opinions
Principal Tom Hawkins:
Just to be clear, this is America and everyone gets to have an opinion... (Noticed Beverly raised her hand) Oh, just like you.
Beverly:
My son will not be forced to go to a homosexual prom.
Mrs. Greene:
Thank you, Beverly! Thank you!
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The Prom - PTA Establishes Prom Dress Code and Rules
Mrs. Greene:
Let's get to it. All those in favor… All opposed. (After the PTA meeting) Well, the PTA has an accepted set of rules concerning the prom. Young ladies must wear non-revealing dresses. Young men must wear suits or tuxes. And if a student chooses to bring a date, they must be of the opposite sex.
Reporter:
Well, can you just ban that student?
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Ray - The Presence of Memory and Love
Della Bea Robinson:
If only your mama was here.
Ray Charles:
She's here. She ain't never left.
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Ray - Love and Addiction in Relationships
Della Bea Robinson:
You have got to stop this now.
Ray Charles:
No, don't say that, Bea. You know I love you more then anythin'.
Della Bea Robinson:
There is something that you love more then me and them boys, more then all the women you ever slept with on the road, more then all the dope you ever took.
Ray Charles:
What are you talkin about?
Della Bea Robinson: [shouts; starts to cry]
It's your music! And if you keep usin that needle, they're gonna take away your music and put you in jail. Is that poison worth losin everything?
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Ray - Struggle with Faith and Despair
Della Bea Robinson:
The only thing that can help you is God, Ray!
Ray Charles:
Don't you talk about God! You have any idea how it feels to go blind and still be afraid of the dark? And every day, you stand and pray just for a little light, and you don't get nothing. Cause God don't listen to people like me.
Della Bea Robinson:
Stop talking like that, Ray.
Ray Charles:
As far as I'm concerned, me and God is even, and I do what I damn well please. And goddamnit, if I wanna shoot, I'm gonna shoot up.
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Ray - Seeking Understanding in Loneliness
Ray Charles:
There's some things you're not understandin'...
Della Bea Robinson:
Well, make me understand, Ray!
Ray Charles:
Baby, when I walk out that door, I walk out alone in the dark! I'm trying to do something that ain't nobody ever done in music and business. But I can't do it if I'm alone everwhere I go. I don't want to be alone here, Bea. Not in my own home. Look, Bea, if you don't understand me, then who will?
Della Bea Robinson:
I don't know, Ray.
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Ray - Confrontation Over Substance Abuse Choices
Della Bea Robinson: [just discovered Ray's drug problem]
That stuff kills people, Ray. Now you've gotta stop it.
Ray Charles:
I don't have to do a GODDAMN thing!
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Ray - Truth and Admiration in Adversity
Ray Charles:
I want you to promise me something. Promise me you're gonna always tell me the truth just like you did before. Don't feel sorry for me just because I'm blind.
Della Bea Robinson:
How can I pity someone I admire?
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Ray - Timing and Absence in Conversation
Ray Charles:
Miss Antoine, it's been two weeks.
Della Bea Robinson:
It's been three.
Ray Charles:
Well, where's the preacher at and the wife?
Della Bea Robinson:
They're in Dallas till Monday.
Ray Charles:
Well, hallelujah!
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Ray - The Art of Listening and Perception
Ray Charles:
I hear like you see. Like that hummingbird outside the window, for instance.
Della Bea Robinson: [astonished]
I can't hear her.
Ray Charles:
You have to listen.
Della Bea Robinson: [closes her eyes and hears the hummingbird]
Yes!
Ray Charles:
Yeah. Yes, you can... Uh-oh. Did you hear that?
Della Bea Robinson:
What?
Ray Charles:
Her heart just skipped a beat.
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Ray - A Mother's Promise and a Son's Identity
Aretha Robinson:
Always remember your promise to me. Never let nobody or nothin turn you into no cripple.
Della Bea Robinson: [about one of Ray's sons]
He isn't my gift to you, he's your son.
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The Six Triple Eight - Examining Letters for Missing Soldiers
General Halt:
Are you opening and reading this man?
Charity Adams:
So, only in the case where we cannot locate the soldier, sir.
General Halt:
Are you kidding me? Y'all opening and reading the letters of these white soldiers?
Charity Adams:
Well, sir, sometimes that is the only way to get the clues to find out where they might be.
General Halt:
This is private, Major. Have you lost what little left of your mind? I tried to go over my head, get soldiers buried that he had killed. He got damn killed because you did not train them well! So now, President Roosevelt has died. This little experiment gonna be shut down immediately. I think I'm gonna have you relieved the young duties, and I'm gonna bring a white lieutenant to here to show you how to run this unit.
Charity Adams:
Over my dead body, sir.
General Halt: [walks into Adams' face]
What did you say?
Charity Adams: [Halt, stunned by Adams' words, backs away from her]
Sir, with all due respect, my battalion is working day and night in horrible conditions. We have no heat most of the time. It gets so cold that the women have to put the water in helmets to wash themselves. You gave us this place to turn into a barracks with no bed and no help, and my women are harassed , and then they are befriended only to be asked if they have tails under their skirts after midnight because of the rumors of white soldiers! You sent a chaplain not to pray, but to spy on us! We just lost two soldiers to a UXB who were highly trained, and I know because I trained them and you wouldn't even give the orders for them to have a proper burial! Now, I know we are fighting a war, but our war starts with being Negro! We are fighting on every front! So as I said, sir, over my dead body, sir.
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The Six Triple Eight - Defying Stereotypes: A Stand Against Prejudice
Charity Adams:
They're already of the opinion that the Negro woman is dumb, inferior and lazy. And I'll be damned it I allow a woman in my unit to prove them correct!
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The Six Triple Eight - The Burden of Representation in the Army
Charity Adams:
You're not only in the Army, you're women, and you're Negros. And because you're Negros and women you don't have the luxury to be as good as the white soldiers, you have the burden to be better. Remember, you're not only representing America, you're representing the Negros of America.
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