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Will Schuester : Tina, you may not always get all the solos, but you are a key player. I put you in charge of costumes.
Tina Cohen-Chang : Wow! Like that's some prize. You want props to move around? Well, I'm a human prop and I'm sick of it!
Sue Sylvester : Take a lap and cool down, Asian Number One.
Tina Cohen-Chang : My name is Tina. Tina Cohen-Chang!
Sue Sylvester : Isn't she the one who used to stutter?
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Will Schuester : We've got one last week to come together and shake things up. If there's anyone here who is not up for trying and working their butts off, you should just get up right now and leave.
[Tina gets up and leaves]
Finn Hudson : Whoa, whoa, Tina, where you going?
Tina Cohen-Chang : You guys don't need me. Carry on.
Rachel Berry : Tina, you don't understand. I need this.
Tina Cohen-Chang : Because you blew an audition? That's not a reason for you to get a solo at Nationals. Maybe the rest of us would like one, too.
Rory Flanagan : I wouldn't mind another one before I get deported.
Sugar Motta : I want one even though I can't sing.
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Rachel Berry : Tina, look, I understand that you feel like your voice is being stifled right now in the Glee Club. I mean, I have no idea why you would choose this moment specifically to make a stink about it but I want you to know that you are being heard which is why I'm willing to offer you $50 just to let this all go until after Nationals.
[Tina walks away from her and Rachel follows]
Rachel Berry : Do you have any idea how important Nationals is to me? I mean, if I can convince Carmen Tibideaux to come and watch us perform, then it's basically like a do-over for my NYADA audition, which means that my entire future depends on us being amazing, which means that everyone needs to do their part.
Tina Cohen-Chang : Their part to make you look good. I have sat for three years, in the back of that choir room, holding Mike's hand or crying or smiling and swaying, while everyone else was out there singing solos. Maybe I say something, most of the time I don't, team player all the way. I am tired of being silent. I am one of the original Glee Club members and I was singing "Sit Down You're Rockin' the Boat" when Finn and Puck were still throwing Slushees at us. So when is it my turn?
Rachel Berry : Do you have any idea how difficult it is to be me? Do you have a Facebook account or Twitter account?
Tina Cohen-Chang : Yes.
Rachel Berry : Do you have time to watch Bravo or read a book or buy laces for your incredibly high comical boots. Okay? I don't. It's exhausting being me. I get up at 5:00 in the morning just to get all of this prepared in case a solo is thrown my way. I have the entire Sondheim, Hamlisch, Lloyd-Webber, Elton John songbooks memorized, including every single Katy Perry hit, as well. And I do all of this while keeping my boyfriend interested and physically satisfied and being the captain of 16 clubs and keeping a 3.86 GPA.
Tina Cohen-Chang : I could do all of that.
Rachel Berry : And you will. Next year. You'll have your chance next year.
Tina Cohen-Chang : All I want is, for one moment, to feel like you be up on that stage and get one of the standing ovations you're so used to getting.
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Tina Cohen-Chang : Ms. Tibideaux, I know exactly how you feel. Rachel Berry is a pain in the ass. What she wants, she gets. And I've spent a lot of time resenting her for it, but the fact is, she gets it because she's exceptional. Not just the voice, which is sick, but the focus, the drive. How often do you come across the real deal?
Carmen Tibideaux : The "real deal" that couldn't remember the words to the song?
Tina Cohen-Chang : Which was as rare as a Bigfoot sighting.
