Apartment for Peggy (1948)
William Holden: Jason Taylor
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Quotes
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Prof. Collins : You were in the Navy, weren't you, Taylor?
[Professor Collins is a college professor who Taylor thinks is too tough on the GIs returning to school after serving in World War II]
Jason Taylor : Yes, sir.
Prof. Collins : What kind of duty?
Jason Taylor : I was on the Vincennes
[a U.S. Navy Cruiser sunk at the Battle of Savo Island]
Jason Taylor : till she went down and then later...
Prof. Collins : [interrupts] Heard that was a little tough. I was on the Wasp.
[an American aircraft carrier sunk by Japanese submarines]
Jason Taylor : [taken aback] I heard that wasn't exactly a picnic, either.
Prof. Collins : Nothing worthwhile ever is, Taylor.
Jason Taylor : [long pause] I'm just beginning to find that out.
[they turn and smile at each other]
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Peggy Taylor : Do you know that in a recent survey 64% of all used car salesmen said they wished they gone into some other field.
Jason Taylor : You made that up! You're always making up statistics. Why?
Peggy Taylor : Of course I made it up. Somebody's always making up statistics, it might as well be me. You'd be surprised how many arguments I win with my statistics. If I get in a spot, I just say, 36% or 400 million. Nobody ever bothers to check up. They just say, 'My, I never realized it was that much'. And when I walk away they think I'm very smart.
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Peggy Taylor : OK, give me a half dollar and I'll show you how Pop won more arguments than any guy in town.
Jason Taylor : Well, what do you want a half...
Peggy Taylor : Give me a half dollar!
[he gives it to her]
Peggy Taylor : OK, close your left eye.
[she holds the coin up to his right eye]
Peggy Taylor : What do you see?
Jason Taylor : My half dollar.
Peggy Taylor : Mm-hmm.
[she walks a few steps away]
Peggy Taylor : Now what do you see?
Jason Taylor : The same half dollar.
Peggy Taylor : What else? What else?
Jason Taylor : Well I see you and the professor and the books over there...
Peggy Taylor : That's just what I mean. Never hold money so close you never see anything else. If you do you're a cooked goose.