The Women (1939)
Ann Morriss: Exercise Instructress
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Quotes
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Exercise instructress : Mrs. Fowler you've hardly moved a muscle.
Sylvia Fowler : Whose carcass is this, yours or mine?
Exercise instructress : It's yours, but I'm paid to exercise it.
Sylvia Fowler : You sound like a horse trainer.
Exercise instructress : No, Mrs. Fowler, but you're getting warm.
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Exercise instructress : Arms flat. Crawl slowly up the wall...
Sylvia Fowler : The way you say that makes me feel like vermin.
Exercise instructress : That shouldn't be much effort. I mean, crawling up the wall.
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Sylvia Fowler : Mrs. Haines never listens to any of her friends...
Exercise instructress : [under her breath] How does she avoid it?
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Exercise instructress : [instructing Mrs. Fowler in her exercises] Up, over. Up, down. Up, stretch! Up, together.
Sylvia Fowler : No more up. This has got me down.
Exercise instructress : Rest a moment and relax your diaphragm muscles.
[under her breath]
Exercise instructress : If you can.
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Exercise instructress : Let's begin with posture. A lady always enters a room erect.
Sylvia Fowler : Most of my friends exit horizontally.
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Sylvia Fowler : The way you say that makes me feel like vermin.
Exercise instructress : That's shouldn't be much effort. I mean crawling up the wall.