Lauryn Hill: Rita Watson
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Quotes
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Rita Watson : Sorry I don't have any cute stories or anidotes to tell.
Ahmal James : ANEC... ANECdotes.
Rita Watson : Shut up, Ahmal, mind your business.
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Sister Mary Clarence : Yes, Miss Watson?
Rita Watson : We don't want no new way. The old way was fine for us.
[turns to class]
Rita Watson : Right?
[class agrees]
Rita Watson : So, if you're gonna fail us, you might as well just go ahead, 'cause we ain't doing nothing!
Sister Mary Clarence : Fine. If that's the way you feel, there's the door. Don't let it hit you in the butts on the way out.
Sketch Pinshum : Yo, yo, Sis... I can't afford to fail this class!
Sister Mary Clarence : You better tell your friend you can't afford to fail this class!
Tyler Chase : My parents wouldn't be pleased.
Rita Watson : Come on, ya'll, we ain't gotta take this from her! Come on! Sketch, come on, man.
[Sketch shakes head no]
Rita Watson : Fran-kay?
Frankie : Yo, Rita, you know I'm usually down for stuff like this. But, I'm gonna take care of business this time.
Sister Mary Clarence : A little lonely on that limb by yourself, Miss Watson?
Rita Watson : [despondent] So much for friendship!
[storms out door]
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Rita Watson : I've got a lot of reasons I can't explain, but I have to leave the choir.
[leaves, visibly upset, with a permission slip]
Sister Mary Lazarus : Give us back our consent form.
Sister Mary Clarence : Stop that!
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Rita Watson : Mama, it was just this one time. I'm sorry, I'll never disobey you again. It was just really important to me...
Florence Watson : Just stop! You're incredible and I'm proud of you. I'm very proud of you.
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Sister Mary Clarence : Good Morning, Ladies and Gentleman. Please take your seats, do it quickly and do it quietly. Welcome to the first day of your new scholastic lives. This is no longer a bird course, the bird has flown. If you want to pass this class, you're gon' have to earn it 'cause I have no problems, not one, failing each and every one of you.
Sketch Pinshum : Yo, I never thought this was no bird class.
Sister Mary Clarence : I'm glad for you, very, very glad because this is a new day. Things are going to be a little different around here.
Frankie : Oh, yeah?
Sister Mary Clarence : Uh-huh.
Frankie : Like how?
Sister Mary Clarence : Like when I talk, Fran-kay, you don't! Is this something you want to share with the rest of the class?
Maria : No, I'm just kicking it with my girl.
Sister Mary Clarence : Well, I tell you what, you gon' kick it with me or I'm gonna kick you out. What do you think of that? Put 'em away. And you, this is not Elizabeth Arden, Miss Thing. If you want to beat that mug of yours, you do it at home, before you come to my class, you understand me? Put it away. And you, Sketch, I like you a lot, but I don't you to be catching Z's in my class no more.
Sketch Pinshum : I be tired, I got a job-...
Sister Mary Clarence : Baby, save it for Oprah. This is a brand new day, ladies and gentlemen, a brand new day. We're gonna start with respect. You're gonna respect me and I'm gonna respect you. And the first thing you're gonna do, gentlemen, is take off those hats. This is a brand... new... day. I guess that means you're gonna start combing your hair before you come to class. And I know you're laughing over there 'cause you think this is funny, Miss Thing. There is no sun in this room, you will not get a tan, take off those sunglasses, that goes for you, too. If they're not prescription, I don't wanna see 'em. I want to see you, I want to be able to look into your eyes and I want you to be able to look into mine. Yes, Miss Watson?
Rita Watson : We don't want no new way, the old way was fine with us. Right? So, if you gon' fail us, you might as well go ahead 'causee... I ain't doin' nothin'.
Sister Mary Clarence : Fine, that's how you feel? There's the door. Don't let it hit you in the butts on the way out.
Sketch Pinshum : Yo, yo, Sis, I can't afford to fail this class.
Sister Mary Clarence : You better tell your friends you can't afford to fail this class.
Tyler Chase : My parents wouldn't be pleased.
Rita Watson : Come on, ya'll, we ain't gotta take this from her! Come on! Sketch, come on, man.
Sketch Pinshum : *Shakes his head*
Rita Watson : Fran-kay?
Frankie : Yo, Rita, you know I'm usually down for stuff like this, but... I'm gonna take care of business this time.
Sister Mary Clarence : A little lonely out on that limb by yourself, Miss Watson?
Rita Watson : So much for friendship.
Sister Mary Clarence : All right, let's get down to business. If you wanna be somebody, if you wanna go somewhere, you better wake up and pay attention 'cause there's a real world out there and they don't care how hip you think you are or who you kick it with. It don't matter. You ain't got an education, you ain't got nothing.
