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"What went down on the way to the top."

R 1998 · 2h 23m
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Apple TV Store Available on Apple TV Store
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30 quotes
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Critique of Jack Stanton's Character Potential
Susan Stanton Your grandfather was a great man. Jack Stanton could also be a great man, if he wasn't such a faithless, thoughtless, disorganized, undisciplined shit.
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The Importance of Action in Leadership
Lawrence Harris Excuse me, Jack, but what, if anything, are you against?
Jack Stanton I'm against doing nothing while people are suffering. I'm against going against any idea that might help because it isn't my idea. Senator, you have met these people. You have looked into their eyes. Are you saying we should do nothing to help unless we come up with it?
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Journey to Success and Its Challenges
Taglines What went down on the way to the top.
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Reflection on a Lost Friendship and Regret
Jack Stanton Most of us here grew up with Libby Holden. She was our friend. She was our big sister. She bullied us, went after us, and worst of all, she remembered everything about us. All those young promises made, everything we wanted to be, everything we wanted the world to be — she remembered them all in the original wording. She wrote me a note before she died. "I am so fucking disappointed in you. Shape up!" I am so sorry that I disappointed her, and I am so sorry that I can't stand before her and promise to do better. She lent us all her warmth, her idealism, her madness. She had the most amazing heart.
[speaking at Libby's funeral; fighting tears as he reads it]
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Destined for Greatness
Taglines He was born to run.
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Unexpected Encounter with a Python
Richard Jemmons I got a python in here...
Jennifer Rogers Wow. I've never seen one that... old... before.
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A Man Torn Between Destiny and Choices
Taglines Comes The Story Of A Man Who Says Yes To Destiny But Couldn't Say No To Anything Else
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Candid Remarks on Public Perception
Jack Stanton I mean, if you had to swallow as much sh-garbage...
Woman in audience You can say "shit", we're X rated!
Jack Stanton So am I, if you believe what you read in the paper!
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The Art of Political Spin
Taglines How Much Spin Does It Take To Win?
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Confronting Misrepresentation and Identity
Libby Holden I am a gay lesbian woman — I do not mythologize the male sexual organ. I know you did it. It wasn't enough sticking with the crap Jack actually did — you had to get creative! Well, mister, you're about to become missus!
[holding a gun to a political adversary's crotch]
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Ambition to Change the Country
Jack Stanton We can do incredible things. We can change this country. I'm gonna win this thing. Look me in the eye, Henry, and tell me that you don't want to be a part of it.
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Critique of Poor Choices in Relationships
Libby Holden He's poked his pecker in some sorry trash bins.
[about Jack Stanton]
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Empowerment Through Humor and Resilience
Libby Holden From now on you can call me the Dust Buster — I'm stronger than dirt!
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The Importance of Perfection in Politics
Susan Stanton The only shot we have here is to be perfect.
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Identity and Racial Pride in Conflict
Richard Jemmons You just called me a redneck, which I'm proud to say I am, and you, Hodgkiss, are a honky! You just look black, and it's the best part of ya! Lets you intimidate the palefaces, especially lib-labs, and lets ya work that voodoo sexual shit on white girls. Well, I'm probably blacker than you are. I got some slave in me. I can feel it.
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A Call for Presidential Ambition
Henry Burton Come back, Shane. Run for president.
[while watching [[w:Shane (film)|Shane]
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First-Timers Shape History in Campaigns
Henry Burton I've never worked on a presidential campaign before.
Susan Stanton Neither have we. That's how history is made, Henry — by first-timers.
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Loyalty Amidst Political Discontent
Howard Ferguson He's losing them.
Henry Burton Fuck em, he's got me.
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Commitment to Honesty in Politics
Jack Stanton I'm gonna do something really outrageous: I'm gonna tell the truth.
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The Nature of Love and Disappointment
Richard Jemmons That's what these guys do. They love you and then stop lovin you.
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Chaos as a Hidden Strength
Taglines They're Not Exactly A Well Organized Well-Oiled Machine, But That's Their Secret.
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Crisis Management in Unlikely Situations
Susan Stanton What's the crisis?
Richard Jemmons Say you're out in the woods takin a shit, and a wild boar comes charging at you. Do you pull your britches up and run? Or do you pull your britches up and grab the doves you just shot and then try to run all at the same time? Or do you forget about the fuckin doves and run because you ain't got time to grab the doves and button your fly? And if you miss, well... you don't wanna die with your dick hanging out, you see what I'm sayin'?
Susan Stanton I think I speak for everyone in the room when I say "no".
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A Playful Request for a Sandwich
Arlen Sporken Honey, get me one of those sandwiches, would you?
[condescendingly, to Daisy]
Daisy Green Only if you promise to pinch my cheek and call me "sugar".
[sarcastically]
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The Cost of Ambition in Politics
Jack Stanton You don't think ] was a whore before he was a president? He had to tell his little stories and smile his shit-eating back country grin, and he did it all just so he could have the opportunity to one day stand before the nation and appeal to the better angels of our nature. And that's where the bullshit stops. That's what it's all about — so we have the opportunity to do it the right way. You know as well as I do, that plenty of people playing this game, they don't think that way. They're willing to sell their souls, crawl through sewers, lie to people, divide them, play on their worst fears for nothing! Just for the prize.
[[Abraham Lincoln]
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Media Influence and Personal Resilience
Richard Jemmons The media giveth, and go fuck yourself
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A Man of the People Emerges
Taglines Comes The Story Of A Man Of The People And The People Who Made In The Man
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Discontent with the political game
Henry Burton I'm not comparing the players. I don't like the game.
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Lessons from Experience and Human Nature
Susan Stanton Isn't that the thing experience teaches you? Not to get burned?
Henry Burton Does anyone ever learn that?
Susan Stanton Not the best people.
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Consequences of Addiction and Personal Choices
Jack Stanton This is the only copy left. I want you to have it because it might help you to know what someone else may find. I shouldn't have looked for it. I'm really sorry.
Fred Picker Fuckin cocaine. You know, I was really so successful at everything I did. Business, politics, hell, I could handle anything... except cocaine. Only I didn't know that because of cocaine. That's what really fucked up my marriage. It wasn't anything else. And... I did go to bed with Renzo once or twice. Hell, it was just a coke thing. I could do anything, so I did that too. I'm seeing a really nice woman now... I suppose I have to tell her. Hell of a price to pay, isn't it?
[choking up]
Jack Stanton Well, maybe no one will find out.
Fred Picker Well, you did... in a day! I should never have said yes to Mrs. Harris. But I liked what Harris was doing, and I thought I'd give it a week, and it just took off. Once I did that blood thing, God...
Jack Stanton That was great politics.
Fred Picker Yeah... amazing, wasn't it? Jack, I'd like to thank you for coming here, the honorable way you have. I was wrong to stay in. I just hope that maybe when I quit, they won't hit it as hard. And my boys, I really don't want them to know about Renzo. The problem is, the bottom line is, I'm going to be a national joke... and I'm going to have to explain it all to my boys... either way. Because no matter what I do, the press is still going to find out the rest of it, aren't they?
Jack Stanton If they think it will sell one newspaper, yes.
Fred Picker Oh, my God.
[breaking down]
Jack Stanton If there's anything I can do... anything... that can make it a little better...
[stands and leaves as Picker weeps]
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Campaign Stress and Personal Escape
Henry Burton I don't think I'll be able to take it if he loses.
Daisy Green If he does lose, do you think we could go away for awhile? Try some non-campaign sex, see if it holds up?
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