Quotes
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[last lines]
Lester Jenkins : Listen, everybody, what we need to do is put the spotlight on these pushers!
Rose Lee Holloway : That's right! You know, either they don't know or they don't care with they're doing to people, and it's getting so, I'm getting afraid to send Tiffany to school.
Tiffany Holloway : I'm not afraid of them.
Rose Lee Holloway : Well, I am!
Sandra Clark : I'll tell you another thing: drugs and men don't mix! I just say no!
Mary Jenkins : [sarcastically] To men or drugs?
Sandra Clark : To drugs. I tried to say no to men, but I can't kick that habit.
[Ron's mother arrives by the doorway looking shook up without anyone noticing]
Lester Jenkins : Well, if I ever catch any of those pushers around our place, it's over for them.
Pearl Shay : Well, I've got a baseball bat that will give them a downer they'll never forget.
Moderator : But the sad truth is: if it weren't for customer, there wouldn't be no pushers.
Mary Jenkins : That's right! Now how do we get the public to believe how bad this is?
Ann Davis : [voice shaking] I believe it.
[everyone turns to her]
Ann Davis : I... just found out that my son, Ronald, was dealing drugs. That mess was in my house. I just refuse to see it. He even had my 10-year-old delivering for him.
[Everyone goes silent, Lester shakes his head]
Ann Davis : Uh, and near as the police can tell, My son, Ronald, was dealing with a junkie tonight who probably didn't have enough money, so they figure he just took the drugs--after he stabbed my son to death!
[everyone gasps in shock and pity, Rose holds Tiffany close]
Ann Davis : I... I got three other kids at home I have to worry about... and I don't know what to do!
[turns to the moderator]
Ann Davis : [sobs desperately] Please! Tell me what to do!
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Mary Jenkins : [noticing Pearl upset with Calvin] What's the matter, Pearl?
Pearl Shay : We have a little problem about where Calvin's going to spend the next few years.
Mary Jenkins : [chuckles] Oh, is that all? There's lot of good colleges around.
Pearl Shay : Yeah, and there's also Joliet, Sing Sing, and San Quentin.
