October Sky (1999)

Chris Ellis: Principal Turner

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• Principal Turner : Miss Riley, our job is to give these kids an education.

  Miss Riley : Mmm-hmm.

  Principal Turner : Not false hopes.

  Miss Riley : False hopes? Do you want me to sit quiet, let 'em breathe in coal dust the rest of their life?

  Principal Turner : Miss Riley, once in a while... a lucky one... will get out on a football scholarship. The rest of 'em work in the mines.

  Miss Riley : How 'bout I believe in the unlucky ones? Hmm? I have to, Mister Turner, I'd go out of my mind.