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Quotes
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Mike Norvette : I stand by my story.
Lou Grant : You can stand by it, you can pat it on it's head, you can clutch it to your bosom, we're not gonna print it like this, it's lousy journalism. Next time you want to pin somebodies hide to the barn, you'd better use facts for nails.
Mike Norvette : That's a lousy metaphor.
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Charlie Hume : [about Mike Norvette] How good a reporter is he?
Lou Grant : Eh, It's hard to tell. He has a lotta potential but he isn't getting any better, and he should. Plus he slants, overwrites, argues and is an allaround pain in the neck.
Charlie Hume : How do you like him otherwise?
Lou Grant : Not as well.
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Mrs. Pynchon : We're going to have to let some people go.
Lou Grant : [stands up] That stinks! Why are you singling out my department?
Mrs. Pynchon : I'm not!
Lou Grant : How come the other departments aren't affected?
Mrs. Pynchon : They are!
Lou Grant : Why doesn't everyone share it equally?
Mrs. Pynchon : They will!
Lou Grant : It still stinks.
[sits down again]
Mrs. Pynchon : I agree! I hate firing people.
Lou Grant : Then don't!
Mrs. Pynchon : I'm not. You're going to.