Memorable Quotes from Laura Linney
26 quotesConsequences of Deception in Relationships
Dr. Karen Ross
Do you remember what I told you? That if I ever found out you sent me here for some diamond... and NOT for Charlie... that I would make you sorry?
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Critique of Parental Responsibility and Neglect
Jane Gould
Oh, alright, the teddy bear has been compromised.
Annie Braddock
Slamming the door in your kid's face is *not* okay. Spending more time on a benefit for kids that you've never met than you do with your own blood is *not* okay. Going to a SPA when your son has a fever of a hundred and four and not answering emergency calls, that officially makes you an unfit mother.
Mrs. X
This is outrageous. Stop the tape.
Jane Gould
Uh, no. This is clearly a disgruntled nanny. W-we might have something to learn here.
Annie Braddock
Now I know that you're all pretty busy with your hair appointments, and your watsu massages and your attempts to stay young so your husbands won't leave you. But here's an idea! Why don't you try eating dinner with your child every once in a blue moon. And heads up here, lady, try smiling once in a while. People hate you.
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Missing Pillow Inquiry in The Savages
Wendy Savage
Are you Simone?
Simone
I am.
Wendy Savage
I'm Lenny Savage's daughter in B26. He has a big red pillow; it's missing.
Simone
Did he have his name on it?
Wendy Savage
And his room number.
Simone
What's it look like?
Wendy Savage
Big. Red. Pillow.
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Confrontation Between Joan and Walt
Joan Berkman
You're being a shit, Walt!
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Unconventional Communication in Family Dynamics
Wendy Savage
Dad has been writing on the walls with his shit!
Jon Savage
Wen, what the fuck are you talking about?
[half asleep]
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Understanding the Complexity of Emily's Condition
Dr. Cartwright
That girl was not schizophrenic, she was not epileptic, or any combination of the two. I've seen hundreds of people with those problems. They have terrible afflictions, of course, but they don't scare me.
Erin Bruner
But what you saw in Emily that night? It scared you?
Dr. Cartwright
God, if I'd known, I never would have been there. I examined that girl before I drove back to the city. She was lucid and completely aware of the separate entity inside her. When she wasn't in its grasp, she was totally herself and completely normal, which contradicts the medical statement...
Erin Bruner
Crazy people don't know they're crazy.
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Love and Work Duration Revealed
Harry
Sarah, turn off your phone and tell me exactly how long you've been working for us.
Sarah
Two years, seven months, three days and what, about two hours.
Harry
And how long have you been in love with Karl, our enigmatic chief designer?
Sarah
Two years, seven months, three days and I'd say about an hour and thirty minutes.
Harry
I thought as much.
Sarah
Do you think everybody knows?
Harry
Yes.
Sarah
Does Karl know?
Harry
Yes.
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Conflict Between Faith and Legal Duty
Ethan Thomas
So, the judge thinks we should offer your client a new plea agreement. Apparently she thinks the community would be better served without this trial.
Erin Bruner
How do you feel about it, personally?
Ethan Thomas
My job is to represent the interest of the people, make an effort to be objective.
Erin Bruner
Hm. I ask because I know you're a churchgoer. Now you're sent to prosecute a man of God.
Ethan Thomas
Your priest broke the law and a young girl is dead. If he's a man of God, then personally I think he's even more subject to the laws of moral behavior and punishment. If it were up to me he'd get no deal at all.
Erin Bruner
What about forgiveness and compassion? Isn't that part of your creed or does that just get in the way of your work?
Ethan Thomas
If you have compassion for your client, counselor, you'll persuade him to accept this: Charges reduced to reckless endangerment, 12 months in a county jail, reducible to 6 plus probation if he can stay out of trouble. Somehow I expect he can manage that, but please understand me... if he refuses I will seek the maximum.
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A Celebration of Lorenzo's Intelligence
Michaela Odone
Here he is! The cleverest boy in the world!
Lorenzo Odone
(laughs) Hi, Mom!
Michaela Odone
What's this?
Classmate
See you tomorrow, Lorenzo!
Lorenzo Odone
It's, uh, it's a picture.
Michaela Odone
Oh, my goodness!
Lorenzo Odone
And, uh, there's the Comoros.The little islands.
Michaela Odone
Of course, it is.
Young Teacher
Mrs. Odone, may I have a word?
Michaela Odone
Very skillful, Sweetheart.
Lorenzo Odone
And, uh, Jupiter.
Michaela Odone
Jupiter's next to the Comoros? I'll be right there, Lorenzo.
Lorenzo Odone
Okay, Mommy.
Michaela Odone
Yes?
Young Teacher
Is Lorenzo having any problems at home?
Michaela Odone
Not that I know of, why?
Young Teacher
Because today, he suddenly started throwing paints around. He went wild destroying other children's paintings.
Michaela Odone
Surely, he must've been provoked then?
Young Teacher
No, it came out of the blue. He's normally such a terrific kid.
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Questioning a Martini for an Ape
Dr. Karen Ross
Are you serving that ape a martini?
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Concern Over Home Issues in School
Young Teacher
Mrs. Odone?
Michaela Odone
Another incident?
Young Teacher
Yes. And today, it was much worse.
Principal
Mrs. Odone, is there some trouble at home?
Michaela Odone
Why do you assume the trouble is at home?
Principal
Because there's nothing here that explains his behavior. It's... disturbed.
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Reflection on Abandonment and Memory
Wendy Savage
Maybe Dad didn't abandon us. Maybe he just forgot who we were.
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Unexplained Threats in the Congo Region
Monroe
That region of the Congo's uninhabited.
Dr. Karen Ross
Well, something inhabits it.
Dr. Peter Elliot
What exactly did you see on that tape?
Dr. Karen Ross
A camp destroyed. People dead. A grey gorilla...
Dr. Peter Elliot
There's no such thing as a grey gorilla.
Dr. Karen Ross
Well, I saw one.
Dr. Peter Elliot
It's hard to believe at this late date...
Monroe
Why are you going in there?
Dr. Karen Ross
Two men are unaccounted for: Geoffrey Weams, and Charles Travis, my fiance... My FORMER fiance.
Monroe
Your former?
Dr. Peter Elliot
Well, we better get to him then.
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Visa Expiration Ends Relationship
Jon Savage
She's moving back to Poland.
[about his girlfriend]
Wendy Savage
What, you and Kasia broke up?
Jon Savage
No, her visa expired.
Wendy Savage
So that's it? Her visa expires, and it's over.
Jon Savage
It's either that or we get married and no one's ready for that.
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Courtroom Tensions and Personal Vendettas
Janet Venable
Do you know what I would do if someone did that to me? I would kill him—I wouldn't hesitate. I would stab him 78 times. I would chop off his fingers, slash his throat open, carve numbers in his chest, gouge out his eyes, I swear to God! But that's me.
Judge Miriam Shoat
You are making a mockery of my courtroom, and I'm not going to allow it. I suggest you start representing your client and stop representing yourself.
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Confrontation Over Unacceptable Actions
Luther Whitney
Dr. Kevorkian, I presume? My guess is this is right in your carotid artery about now. You're gonna get a little woozy. But if I give you the rest of this, it's gonna fry your brain down to the size of a peanut! Drop that.
Tim Collin
Luther, he's my president, right or wrong.
[whispering]
Luther Whitney
Well, he made a mistake. *You* made a mistake. When you went after my little girl, that was entirely unacceptable.
Tim Collin
Mercy.
[pleading weakly]
Luther Whitney
I'm fresh out.
Kate Whitney
Daddy?
[starts waking up in hospital bed]
Luther Whitney
Go to sleep, darling.
[softly]
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Confrontation of Accusation and Identity
Joan Berkman
You're calling me a bitch?
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Uncertainty in Pursuit of a Missing Person
Kate Whitney
Quit wasting my time. He doesn't want you to find him, you're not gonna find him.
Seth Frank
You're saying what? He left town, he skipped the country? What?
Kate Whitney
I'm saying, you won't recognize him. I'm saying, he could be right around the corner.
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Navigating Choices in Uncertain Terrain
Monroe
This, as they say, is a fork in the road. We could go left or we could go right. If we go the wrong way, we lose two or three days.
Herkermer Homolka
We must follow the gorilla, where she leads.
Monroe
That would be left.
Dr. Karen Ross
My best guess off my last coordinates was this way.
Monroe
That'd be right.
Amy
Amy, Peter, go this way.
Dr. Karen Ross
Well... I don't have her passion. I'll follow the gorilla.
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Complicated Relationships and Unconventional Truths
Jimmy
Are you married?
Wendy Savage
No... but my boyfriend is.
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Unexpected Discovery in the Jungle Expedition
Dr. Peter Elliot
Good Lord.
[coming across a crashed plane]
Monroe
It's that plane we saw burning in the sky.
Herkermer Homolka
Who were they?
Dr. Karen Ross
Travis, my boss, he thought I wasn't gonna make it. He sent another expedition.
Monroe
He tried to push away too far. Looks like a rocket got them. No point going in there.
Dr. Karen Ross
My God, what a waste of life.
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Father's Motivations for Unplanned Meeting Revealed
Kate Whitney
Why'd you come?
Luther Whitney
I couldn't have my daughter thinking I was a murderer.
Kate Whitney
No, I mean why did you come to the restaurant this afternoon? You must have suspected something, or else you wouldn't have been prepared.
Luther Whitney
My daughter wanted to see me.
Kate Whitney
But then you go to the police. That's what innocent people do. They go to the police.
Luther Whitney
Sure. And that young man who was just here, he'd believe me over the President, wouldn't he?
Kate Whitney
Well, why should I believe you?
Luther Whitney
Because I swear to you, Kate. I swear to you on Mattie's grave. Yeah, that's right. Your mother's grave, I'd kill myself before I lied about that.
Kate Whitney
Oh Jesus, Luther.
Luther Whitney
Yeah, I know.
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Choosing the Epitaph in Emily's Story
Erin Bruner
Who chose the Epitaph?
[Looking at Emily's gravestone]
Father Moore
I did. It's from the second chapter of the Phillipines, Verse 12. Emily recited it to me the night before she died.
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A Personal Dedication from Dr. Karen Ross
Dr. Karen Ross
This is for you, Charlie.
[before signing out and destroying the satellite]
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Family Dynamics and Guilt in Care Decisions
Jon Savage
Dad's not the one that has a problem with the Valley View. There's nothing wrong with Dad's situation. Dad's situation is fine. He's never gonna adjust to it if we keep yanking him outta there. And, actually, this upward mobility fixation of yours, it's counterproductive and, frankly, pretty selfish. Because it's not about Dad, it's about you and your guilt. That's what these places prey upon.
Wendy Savage
I happen to think it's nicer here.
Jon Savage
Of course you do, because you are the consumer they want to target. You are the guilty demographic. The landscaping, the neighborhoods of care; they're not for the residents, they're for the relatives. People like you and me who don't want to admit to what's really going on here.
Wendy Savage
Which is what, Jon?
Jon Savage
People are dying, Wendy! Right inside that beautiful building right now, it's a fucking horror show! And all this wellness propaganda and the landscaping, it's just there to obscure the miserable fact that people die! And death is gaseous and gruesome and it's filled with shit and piss and rotten stink!
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Congo Satellite Communication Discussion
Rudy
Doctor Ross. Doctor Ross. We've got satellite in the Congo.
[over PA system]
Dr. Karen Ross
What did they say, Rudy?
Rudy
I can't repeat anything in here.
Dr. Karen Ross
It's Charles.
Rudy
It's Charles. It won't work.
[trying her access card]
Dr. Karen Ross
You changed the code already?
Rudy
The old man's got me changing it every 3 hours now. Rudy, Rudy, Rudy, Rudy.
[imitating Cary Grant for voice print]
Dr. Karen Ross
Very inventive!
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