Mahogany (1975)
Billy Dee Williams: Brian Walker
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Quotes
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Brian : Let me tell you something, and don't you ever forget it: that success is *nothing* without someone you love to share it with.
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Tracy : My old man left me with 6 kids, the heat's been off for weeks, and they all got the flu. What are you gonna do about that?
Brian : [Brian speaks on microphone] Who said that? Will the lady who said that please step... I can't see who said that. Please let the lady who said that step forward, please.
Tracy : Mr. Walker. When you're elected, what are you gonna do to help me?
Brian : Do you want me to help with your landlord, lady?
Tracy : Hell no! I want you to help me get my old man back!
Brian : Well, madam, if you really want your old man back, are you prepared to stand by him when the goings gettin' rough?
Tracy : Yes!
Brian : Madam, would you be willing to put your imagination to work on behalf of the cause he's fighting for?
Tracy : [Tracy raises her fist] Yes!
Brian : Madam, would you love and cherish him for the rest of your life?
Tracy : Yes!
Brian : Madam...
Tracy : Yes.
Brian : If you're willing to do all that, I guarantee you I'll get you your old man back.
Tracy : Then, mister, you got my vote.
[Brian and Tracy kiss in the crowd]
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Brian : Does anybody know that? No! Because nobody's got you hip to what's happening!
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Brian : He seems pretty fond of you. Has he offered to show you his darkroom, yet?
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Brian : Something's happening down here. Something's happening everywhere. A couple a years back it looked like things were gonna change - not only just for black people, but, for everybody in the world that's been ripped off, pushed around, or just born unlucky. Something's gone. Something - some kind of *feeling* for each other.
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Brian : Baby, I don't understand this whole trip!
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Tracy : Brian, I'm from down here, too. Are you forgetting that?
Brian : I'm just wondering if maybe *you* are.
Tracy : One thing I can't forget and that's how many times I've been told what I can't do, where I can't go, and why can't I be different from anybody else. 'Cause that's all I've had to keep track of, all my life, from everybody.
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Brian : I'm sorry. I just don't like to see you - sucked into some kind of rip off.
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Tracy : Every designer in town is going to be there and I want to make sure that not one loose thread is showing.
Brian : Hey, what's the big deal? They've all said no to you anyway? Look, I just mean you shouldn't get yourself so...
Tracy : Thanks for the encouragement, pal.
Brian : Tracy, you don't understand. This dinner is really important.
Tracy : And what I'm doing isn't, right?
Brian : What you're doing is getting to be a pain in the ass, if you really want to know. Now, you got yourself involved in something that's really meaningful here.
Tracy : Yeah, your career. Somehow you seem to be forgetting about mine.
Brian : I can't forget about something that never existed, Tracy. Don't you think it's about time you faced up to it?
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Brian : Listen to this: Looking out for number one brings out disintegration. It's by pulling together we feel our power and our strength. It's a new tag for the PTA luncheon. What do you think about that?
Tracy : Look, Brian, what do you get at the PTA? Women, right? That's a little hokey. Talk about something's that down to earth, like: good politics is like good sex. If you're only for yourself, you're going to be by yourself. Then, flash that grand piano of your's you call a smile.
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Brian : The polls say we're way behind. But, that don't bother me; because, polls don't elect people, people elect people!
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Brian : My opponent has served five terms in Washington. He believes that corruption is the nature of the beast. But, let me tell you something. Corruption is *not* the nature of the beast, corruption is the beast that feeds on nature. We want to beat back the beast and get on with the work of *good* government.
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Brian : [to Tracy, after Sean calls her] You better get over there, I think he needs another nigger.
