The West Wing (TV Series)
The War at Home (2001)
Stockard Channing: Abbey Bartlet
Quotes
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Abbey Bartlet : Memory lapses, loss of cognitive function, failure to reason, failure to think clearly. And I can't tell you if it's going to happen. I don't know if it's going to get better, I don't know if it's going to get worse. But we had a deal. And that deal is how you justified keeping it a secret from the world. It's how you justified it to God... It's how you justified it to me.
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Abbey Bartlet : We had a deal!
President Josiah "Jed" Bartlet : Yes, we had a deal.
Abbey Bartlet : Yes, Jed. Look at me! Do you get that you have M.S.?
President Josiah "Jed" Bartlet : Abbey...
Abbey Bartlet : Do you get that your own immune system is shredding your brain? And I can't tell you why. Do you have any idea how good a doctor I am and that I can't tell you why?
President Josiah "Jed" Bartlet : I've had one episode in two years.
Abbey Bartlet : Yes, but relapsing-remitting M.S. can turn into secondary-progressive M.S. oftentimes ten years after the initial diagnosis which is exactly where we'll be in two years! Do you know what that's going to look like if it happens?
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President Josiah Bartlet : We didn't get a chance to talk again last night.
Abbey Bartlet : I don't think we should.
President Josiah Bartlet : Talk?
Abbey Bartlet : No.
President Josiah Bartlet : Ever?
Abbey Bartlet : Oh, if wishing made it so, Jed.