Man of the Year (2006)

Laura Linney: Eleanor Green

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• Eleanor Green : [franticly]  You are not the elected president of the United States. There! I've said it.

• Alan Stewart : Look into your soul and ask yourself this question: why would you test the computer at such limits with so few days left to fix a problem if you found a problem?

  Eleanor Green : I - was just double-checking.

  Alan Stewart : Do you want to destroy this company? Because that's what you very well may do. You understand the ramifications. Do you want to put over 1,000 employees out of work? Do ya?

  Eleanor Green : But the election will be a fraud.

  Alan Stewart : Here. Here it is in the light of day: the people are voting, there is an election, the democratic process is working. The only sour note? They won't end up with the person that they voted for to be the President of the United States. But we can celebrate the process. The democratic process which we hold so dear - will have worked. Efficiently. Effectively. Everybody's gonna be satisfied. Unless somebody discloses indiscriminately, willy-nilly, in which case It will appear democracy is in the shithouse.

• Eleanor Green : You touched my things. I can't believe you touched my things. You touched my things!

• Eleanor Green : I mean, I know I did the right thing. I know I did the right thing. It was the right thing to do. And yet - and yet - mmmaybe I've done the wrong thing and how can that possibly be? I mean, did I do the right thing or did I do the wrong thing? I know it's the right thing to do, so why do I feel like this?

• Eleanor Green : I haven't disclosed enough and that really isn't easy for me, especially - now that I know you. I mean, okay, I don't know you. I mean, I know you. No, I know you because you're Tom Dobbs. I know you, but I don't really know you.

• Sales Girl : How long have you had that phone?

  Eleanor Green : Well, it's not like it's a relic. It's a year old.

  Sales Girl : Well, there is a problem - it's a year old.