The Cosby Show (TV Series)
How Ugly Is He? (1984)
Bill Cosby: Dr. Heathcliff 'Cliff' Huxtable
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Quotes
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Cliff : I'm like Old Yeller. You know that movie Old Yeller, when the dog protects the home? My job is to protect the home. I bark
[begins barking like a dog]
Cliff : Now boys come by the house and I bark. Pretty soon boys come by and say 'Old Yeller lives up there '. All I'm saying is, good ones come by and some bad ones come by. That's who I am, Old Yeller. That's my job.
Clair Huxtable : Cliff, you know at the end of that movie... they shot Old Yeller.
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Denise Huxtable : So, Daddy, how do you like David?
Cliff : I don't know if that's him. He hasn't found himself yet.
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Theodore 'Theo' Huxtable : [after listening to Denise's boyfriend philosophize] But Dad, what does homework really mean?
Cliff : It'll mean a lot of pain if you don't do it.
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David James : See, I've been reading Socrates and he believed that true learning comes from just observing the world.
Theodore 'Theo' Huxtable : Where can I get that book?
Dr. Heathcliff 'Cliff' Huxtable : You don't read, son.
Theodore 'Theo' Huxtable : Well, maybe there's a movie about it.
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Cliff : So if you're not going to college, then what are you going to do?
David James : I thought I'd spend some time trying to find myself.
Cliff : How much time do you think that's going to take?
David James : About five or ten years.
Cliff : Well, you'll be able to find yourself plus a couple more people, don't you think?
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Cliff : You take me back in there and I warn you, you are dangling raw meat in front of Old Yeller
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Cliff : Usually, people who don't believe in grades do so because of the grades they're getting.
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David James : I'm sorry, I only eat brown rice.
Cliff : Well that's all right, we can take the rice and burn it for you.
