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Clips from The Distinguished Gentleman

"but you ain't about to start no homo shit, are you? 'Cause I ain't with it."
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"- Oh? - Hey."
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"No! But that's good thinking, Thomas. I'm impressed by your instincts."
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"I didn't wanna have to whup your ass."
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"- [Laughing] - You know what I mean?"
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"Tell me, Mr. Johnson, why'd you come to Washington?"
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"Well, of course, it's an opportunity to do something for my country, and..."
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"Now let's just cut the bullshit."
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"I saw how you got elected."
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"Now flukes like you are either nut cases or troublemakers."
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"I just wanna know which one I've got on my hands."
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"Why did you run for Congress?"
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"- No bullshit? - No bullshit."
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"We got this whole topsoil problem..."
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"and, uh, acid rain is killing cattle."
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"- [Pounding At Door] - What? Yes? What? What?"
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"- What? - [Thomas] Einhardt! Wake up!"
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"[Pounding Continues]"
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"What is the name of that committee Dick Dodge is chairman of?"
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"- Congressman, this is a surprise. - Come on, man, spit it out."
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"- What's the name of the committee? - Uh... Uh..."
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"Come on, come on, come on. What is it?"
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"Uh... oh. Power and Industry."
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"- Is something wrong with the hotel? - No."
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"Tell me about this Power and Industry. I heard it's really good."
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"- This is a good thing, right? - Yes, they call it "the honey pot.""
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"Each member is constantly being lobbied by every cash-rich trade group in town."
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"Oh, it's 2:40 a.m. Did you realize that?"
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"Ah, man, forget that! We're public servants."
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"Time ain't supposed to mean nothin' to us, right?"
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"- How do I get on this committee? - Um, that would be seniority."
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"Uh, after six terms in office,"
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"uh, say, 12 years of service,"
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"your name moves along the list and before you know it,"
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"you're off the Fisheries committee and on to Power and Industry."
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"- Can this wait? I'm much more coherent in the morning. - No, you're doin' fine."
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"But I need to know how I can get on this committee, like, immediately."
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"Okay, okay. All right, all right."
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"Uh, immediately. Immediately."
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"- Within, say, your next four years? - No, no, no, no."
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"Immediately, like in my first four days."
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"Now you're a smart guy. That's why I hired you."
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"You might be standin' here in these fire engine boxer shorts,"
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"but I have faith in you. I'm countin' on you."
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"- Talk to me, Reinhardt. - Yes, thank you."
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"I don't think it's possible, sir."
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"It would be unprecedented for a freshman congressman..."
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"to be put onto that committee."
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"Unless..."
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"Well, only in the most remote,"
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"hypo... hypothetical situation."
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"Yes?"
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"- This is ridiculous, right? - For instance?"
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"Well, if the, uh, President of the United States..."
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"were to do you a personal favor."
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"Or, uh, some enormously powerful special interest group."
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"Chairman Dodge, please."
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"Will you tell him that it's Mr. Joshua Benjamin from the NAACP on the line?"
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"No, ma'am, actually, you'll be of a great deal of help."
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"I have a few minor questions. I would like to know..."
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"how many members of the chairman's committee are African-Americans."
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"None. Well, I'm sure you have a Latino member on the committee."
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"No Latinos either."
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"Does the chairman have any Asians or any Native Americans on the committee?"
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"No Asians and no natives."
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"Does the chairman have any handicaps or gays on the committee?"
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"No gays. Well, you've been of a great deal of help."
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"Just forget I even called. Just tell him I said hi."
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"Okay, um, Armando, Van Dyke, you guys are up next."
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"I'll go hit 'em with the Urban League right away."
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"Fine. And I'll be the conference of Southern Baptist Bishops. [Chuckling]"
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"What do you want me to do?"
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"Oh, hi. We haven't met yet."
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"I'm Loretta Hicks. Congressman Johnson's office?"
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"Oh, hi. I'm Kimberly Meadows. I work for Chairman Dodge."
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"Power and Industry. How'd you get that job?"
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"I used to serve under the other Congressman Johnson,"
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"so I had the right experience."
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"Well, I hope you haven't been bothered by the pickets."
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"What pickets?"
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"Oh. Did, did I let the cat out of the bag?"
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"- Are we gonna be picketed? - Look, you've got to promise..."
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"not to say where you heard this from."
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"- Not even my congressman knows. - I promise."
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"Okay. My boyfriend works at the Rainbow Coalition,"
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"and he said..."
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"[Telephone Ringing]"
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"[Telephone Ringing]"
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"Congressman Johnson's office. Chairman Dodge?"
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"Yes. Okay."
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"That was Dodge. He wants to see you pronto."
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"So we still haven't lost our touch."
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"Asi."
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"He should be back in a moment, Congressman Johnson."
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"[Thomas] Oh! They're here now."
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"- We haven't met. Eli Hawkins. - How ya doin'?"
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"Brother Eli. Yeah. All right."
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"- All right. Thomas Johnson. - Yes, I know. The Florida upset."
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"Now that you're here, what are you gonna do with it?"
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"You gonna feather your own nest, or are you gonna make something of your office?"
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"Hey, I'm gonna be as good a congressmen as anybody else up here, all right?"
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"Exactly what does that mean?"
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"Well, uh, ever since I got back from, from 'Nam..."
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"I personally wanna do something about the rain forests."
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"Well, do me a favor. Don't tell me. I've just had my lunch."
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"Eli, you're gonna have to excuse us. Thomas and I are late for a meeting. Come on in."
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"What's his problem?"
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"Uh, Mr. Chairman, I have been meaning to ask your advice about something."
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"I'm always available to a young man from my state."
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"Great. It's about committee assignments."
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"Now that's interesting. That's just the thing I had in mind. Go ahead."
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"For the last two days, I have been getting approached..."
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"by a bunch of chairmen from different committees."
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"I've been approached by the people from Foreign Affairs."
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"I've been approached by the people from Ways and Means and Armed Services."
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"They all want me on their committees and I don't know why."
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"- I'll be damned! - You can understand my dilemma, 'cause it's like,"
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"with Foreign Affairs, you get to fly off to Paris whenever you want."
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"With Armed Services, they got bases all over the globe."
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"Son, are you familiar with my committee? Power and Industry?"
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