Te Ata (2016)
Brigid Brannagh: Bertie Thompson
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Quotes
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Bertie Thompson : Take this here basket on up to the Brewster's place.
Te Ata Thompson Fisher : How come I have to go?
Bertie Thompson : Because they got eight mouths to feed and they as poor as church mice. That's why.
Te Ata Thompson Fisher : Well, if they have eight mouths, then seems to me like they have 16 feet.
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Bertie Thompson : What was it Aunt Mary called her when she was a baby?
T.B. Thompson : Te Ata.
Te Ata Thompson Fisher : Te Ata? I love it. What... what does it mean?
T.B. Thompson : Bearer of the morning.
Te Ata Thompson Fisher : That's perfect!
T.B. Thompson : That's because you start crying every day at the crack of dawn for hours, and nobody could shut you up. I mean she was like a dang rooster, wasn't she, Bertie?
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Bertie Thompson : Mary Francis! Don't be bothering the Governor!
Douglas Johnston : Oh, it's alright.
Young Te Ata : Uncle Doug, can't you pass a law so I can come tonight?
Douglas Johnston : Hard to say no to such a charming constituent.
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Bertie Thompson : There's nothing wrong with nice or normal. But we brung you up to know your own mind and to follow where God leads you, and if that means going cross-country and getting up on a stage, well, then you best get up on it.
