The Facts of Life (TV Series)
What Price Glory? (1983)
Mindy Cohn: Natalie Green
Quotes
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Natalie Green : It's obvious why you're upset, next fall Jeff will be going off to college and you're worried he'll forget about you. But don't worry, he'll write.
Dorothy 'Tootie' Ramsey : No he won't.
Natalie Green : He will if you write first and ask him lots of questions. Then he has to.
Dorothy 'Tootie' Ramsey : Not if he can't read my letter!
Natalie Green : Come on Tootie, you have neater handwriting than John Hancock.
Dorothy 'Tootie' Ramsey : This has nothing to do with my handwriting!
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Edna Garrett : Tootie, are you saying Jeff has a problem with reading?
Dorothy 'Tootie' Ramsey : I babysit for kids who can read better than he can!
Natalie Green : Wait a minute, that can't be right. How has he gotten so far in school if he can't read? How does he pass all his tests?
Dorothy 'Tootie' Ramsey : His friends help him. They give him the answers and he memorizes them.
Edna Garrett : His friends, some friends.
Dorothy 'Tootie' Ramsey : Mrs. Garrett...
Edna Garrett : I'm sorry but that really steams me! These so called friends aren't helping him at all, they're cheating him out of his future!
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Dorothy 'Tootie' Ramsey : Look you don't understand!
Edna Garrett : I understand plenty! Those people don't give a damn about him; Jeff is a star football player, that's all they care, that's all that matters to them.
Dorothy 'Tootie' Ramsey : Mrs. Garrett that's not true! The people who help Jeff care! They care a lot!
Edna Garrett : Tootie, what're you saying?
Dorothy 'Tootie' Ramsey : His friend in biology class was sick, and Jeff was desperate so I...
Natalie Green : Tootie, you didn't!
Dorothy 'Tootie' Ramsey : But he needed me! And it didn't seem like a big deal. It was just one test in one course. Now he's going to want me to help him on this English test, how can I say no?
Edna Garrett : I don't see how you can say anything else, not if you care; not if you want to get Jeff back on the right track.
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Dorothy 'Tootie' Ramsey : Jeff and I are perfect for each other; he's going to be a star athlete and I'm going to be a star star. We'll have so much to share, the tension, the pressures, the ulcers.
Natalie Green : You're gonna be so happy!