Shirley Temple: Susan Turner
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Quotes
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Richard Nugent : Hey, you remind me of a man.
Susan Turner : What man?
Richard Nugent : The man with the power.
Susan Turner : What power?
Richard Nugent : The power of whodoo.
Susan Turner : Whodoo?
Richard Nugent : You do.
Susan Turner : Do what?
Richard Nugent : You remind me of a man...
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Susan : Have you ever married?
Richard Nugent : No.
Susan : Have you ever been in love?
Richard Nugent : Yes I have. Tell me what kind of paper does this school run?
Susan : Oh, all the students read it.
Richard Nugent : I'll bet they do.
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Judge Margaret Turner : If you're interested in a more exact science, you might spend some time on geometry.
Susan Turner : I don't consider geometry a part of life.
Judge Margaret Turner : Mr. Roberts does. He says you're the first student to define a triangle as two women crazy about one man.
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Susan : Did you have many ordeals before you became a success?
Richard Nugent : No, I...
Susan : You can talk to me. I want you to think of me, not as a newspaper woman, but as a friend.
Richard Nugent : Well, in that case, I'll tell you. I did suffer. When I was 10, my mother and father had a double suicide pact, they made it. I was sent to an orphanage. Some days they didn't beat me. Then one night I escaped, I ran away to New York. I used to steal.
Susan : What did you steal?
Richard Nugent : Beg your pardon?
Susan : What did you steal?
Richard Nugent : Crusts of bread... and things. One time I stole a valise. There were paints and paintbrushes inside. So I began to paint. Then they got me. I was sent to a reform school, but I escaped again.
Susan : Go on.
Richard Nugent : Back to new York. A weathly society lady saw my work, fell in love with me and sent me to art school. The rest is history.
Susan : How wonderful. How terribly wonderful.
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Richard Nugent : Could we do this some other time? I've got a date.
Susan : Then you're not married?
Richard Nugent : No.
Susan : I knew you weren't. You just couldn't be.
Richard Nugent : Oh I've had some offers.
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Richard (Dick) Nugent : Behind every defeated man there's a frustrated love.
Susan Turner : You're right. And I promise, all my life, never to hurt you.
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Susan : Well, my attitude is that one female judge in the family is enough.
Richard Nugent : Did you say that your name was Turner?
Susan : That's right! My sister is Judge Margaret Turner.
Richard Nugent : Nice to have met the family, bye.
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Susan Turner : He's handsome.
Jerry White : I suppose so, for an older man.
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Susan Turner : Well, you don't have to make such a big thing about it Jerry. After all, the war is over.
Jerry White : I know, but guns go off by accident sometimes, or a fellow could trip on a bayonet.
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Minor Role : [Desk boy in Dick Nugent's apartment building] I'm 15.
Susan Turner : I'm 17.
Minor Role : That's okay, I like older women.
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Susan Turner : Why not send me to prison and get me out of the way?
Judge Margaret Turner : Susan!
Susan Turner : I'm old enough to fight for my own happiness. Anyway, I saw him first.
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Susan Turner : Do you know what you are? You're a regular Blackbeard.
Judge Margaret Turner : Bluebeard, dear.
Susan Turner : Well, a rose by any color.
Richard (Dick) Nugent : Now, everybody's too excited.
Tommy : Nobody's excited.
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Jerry White : Is it okay for Saturday night, Susie? You promised.
Susan Turner : Promises are the hollow shells of undone deeds.
Susan Turner : Well, for gosh sakes, what's that supposed to mean?
Jerry White : You're a nice boy, Jerry, but you're callow.
Jerry White : Not too callow to buy you sodas or take you to a movie when your allowances runs out.
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Judge Margaret Turner : Susan!
Susan Turner : I do not intend to create a scene.
Judge Margaret Turner : What are you doing here?
Susan Turner : You both oughtta be ashamed of yourselves.
Richard (Dick) Nugent : Another chair, Alex.
Susan Turner : I'm too young to be deceived by such treachery.
Richard (Dick) Nugent : What will you have to drink?
Susan Turner : Lemonade.
Richard (Dick) Nugent : Sit down.
Susan Turner : I don't intend to stay. And some chocolate ice cream
[to the waiter]
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Susan Turner : I suppose you wonder how I found out where you were.
Judge Margaret Turner : What's going on in your mind?
Susan Turner : You know perfectly well what's going on. You told me that Dickie was sick - exhausted from the picnic. So, after you left, I went to Dickie's apartment and they told me where he was. And her I am, and here you are. I demand an explanation from both of you.
