Damsels in Distress (2011)
Megalyn Echikunwoke: Rose
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Quotes
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Rose : Humility comes from within. If it's not there in the first place, where do you go to get it? I stopped looking a long time ago.
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Rose : Priss is a rat. A bitch. A rat bitch!
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Rose : What you are describing is a "playboy" or "operator" move.
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Rose : Frank's stupid, we knew. That he was a rat playboy operator, I hadn't realized.
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Violet : We get a lot of students coming to the center pretending to be depressed to get the donuts.
Rose : Confidence tricksters!
Violet : Yes, it's really bad, really cynical. And we made a pledge the donut company that we would only give the donuts to students who were depressed, suicidal or otherwise nutty. We're a non-profit, so the rules are pretty strict.
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Heather : I'm really worried about Thor... It's hard for us to imagine how upsetting it is not knowing what the colors are.
Rose : In fact it's impossible for me to imagine.
Heather : When Thor sees a rainbow - it's only so much gibberish to him. There was one this afternoon: Oh my gosh! He took it hard. Recently there was a parade in the city where the marchers carried rainbow- colored flags and banners. Thor was so upset: he said he'd no idea what it meant
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Violet : Rose has a very sensitive nose. Have you heard of "nasal shock syndrome?" Any harsh, acrid, or just "disgusting" odor sends Rose into nasal shock
Rose : This wasn't true nasal shock. Had it been, I'd've lost consciousness entirely.
Lily : Just from some b.o.?
Violet : "Just some b.o .?" Omigod, Lily, you must have a very high threshold for pain! That'll serve you well here at Seven Oaks!
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Violet : I know that people can have useful careers in many areas - medicine, government, law, finance...
Rose : Education.
Violet : Yes, even education. But I'd like to do something especially significant in my lifetime, the sort of thing that could change the course of human history, such as starting a new dance craze.