Matilda - The Value of Looks Over Intelligence
Zinnia Wormwood:
Look, Miss Snit, a girl does not get anywhere by acting intelligent! I mean, take a look at you and me. You chose books - I chose looks. I have a nice house, a wonderful husband... and you are slaving away teaching snot-nosed children their ABCs. You want Matilda to go to college?
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Matilda - Celebration of Bingo Victory at Café Le Ritz
Zinnia Wormwood:
Harry! I won! I won! I hit the double bingo! Come on, everybody. I'm taking you all to Café Le Ritz.
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Matilda - Questioning Harry's Hat Adhesion
Zinnia Wormwood: [cutting off Harry's hat with scissors]
I still don't see how you glued your hat on, Harry. I mean, I know you say you didn't, but obviously, you did.
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Matilda - Frustration with School Hours
Zinnia Wormwood:
Mine are driving me crazy. I'll tell ya, six hours a day of school is not enough.
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Barbie - The Impermanence of Humanity and Ideas
Ruth:
You understand that humans have only one ending. Ideas live forever. Humans not so much. You do know that don’t you?
Barbie:
I do.
Ruth:
Being a human can be pretty uncomfortable.
Barbie:
I know.
Ruth:
Humans make things up, like "patriarchy" and "Barbie" — just to deal with how uncomfortable it is.
Barbie:
I understand that.
Ruth:
And then you die.
Barbie:
Yeah. Yeah. I want to be part of the people — to make meaning — not the thing that's made. I want to do the imagining — I don’t want to be the idea. Does that make sense?
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