Swing Vote (2008)
Madeline Carroll: Molly Johnson
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Quotes
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Bud Johnson : What's that?
Molly Johnson : Egg salad.
Bud Johnson : Egg salad?
Molly Johnson : You like egg salad.
Bud Johnson : Yeah but not every damn day.
Molly Johnson : We're on a budget.
Bud Johnson : Well you've got to stir it up a bit.
Molly Johnson : You want to eat better? Drink less beer.
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Molly Johnson : I want to live with Mom.
Bud Johnson : So do I.
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Bud Johnson : Jesus, Molly, you've got to quit being such a smartass.
Molly Johnson : And *you* have to stop using 'Jesus' as a cussword all the time. He's a billion people's Saviour.
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Molly Johnson : All the world's great civilizations have followed the same path. From bondage to liberty, from liberty to abundance, from abundance to complacency, from complacency to apathy, from apathy back to bondage. If we are to be the exception to history, then we must break the cycle, for those who do not remember the past are condemned to repeat it.
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Bud Johnson : I'll call them back.
Molly Johnson : If we had a phone you could call them back.
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Bud Johnson : Did you save me any hot water?
Molly Johnson : I don't know, did the water heater fix itself?
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Molly Johnson : Bud, if you blow this, I'm leaving.
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Molly Johnson : Maybe I should tell them the truth.
Bud Johnson : What're you talking about? Tell them what?
Molly Johnson : That *I* was the one who voted while you got drunk. I don't CARE if they take me away!
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Molly Johnson : Don't forget today.
Bud Johnson : Yeah uh, what's today?
Molly Johnson : Election Day, dummy. I'm supposed to do a report on your voting, remember?
Bud Johnson : Well I already told you before, I'm not even registered.
Molly Johnson : I registered for you, in the mail.
Bud Johnson : Well that's great. I'll get jury duty now...
Molly Johnson : It's your civic responsibility.
Bud Johnson : My what?
Molly Johnson : It's your civic responsibility.
Bud Johnson : My civic responsibility, where are you learning this crap?
Molly Johnson : Mrs. Abernathy.
Bud Johnson : Yeah, well stay away from her.
Molly Johnson : She's my teacher.
Bud Johnson : Ah.
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Molly Johnson : Sign this.
Bud Johnson : What is it?
Molly Johnson : A questionnaire. I'm supposed to ask you about your politics.
Bud Johnson : Well uh, go ahead...
Molly Johnson : I already filled it in. I wanted you to sound smart.
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Molly Johnson : Remember dad, no cussing.
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[Molly and Martin are sitting at a conference table inside Air Force One]
Martin Fox : [pandering] So... you're gonna have some story to tell your friends.
Molly Johnson : [no-nonsense] I read about you in the paper. They say you've never lost an election.
Martin Fox : That's right! You can learn a lot from reading a newspaper.
Molly Johnson : They also said you don't believe in anything anymore and that you'd do anything to win. Even if it meant selling your mother's soul.
Martin Fox : No, see... no, see that's libelous. Because my mother is a wonderful, wonderful, wonderful woman.
[Molly simply sips through a juicebox]
Martin Fox : [beat] If you'd met my mother, you'd understand.
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[Molly gives her speech - without Bud - in front of class and becomes increasingly more emotional, knowing her father doesn't share her same ideals]
Molly Johnson : I guess you all probably know my dad. He really wanted to be here today, but... he had so many important things to do. He's doing his best, but... he can't be everywhere at once. Ever since all this stuff happened... he's really been under a lot of pressure. I just want you to know that... he takes his responsibilities seriously... and that he really cares about helping poor people... and sick people. And people that can't help themselves. My... my dad wants to make this country a better place.
