Good Morning, Miss Dove (1955)
Jennifer Jones: Miss Dove
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Quotes
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Billie Jean : Now, we'll take our clothes off and we'll feel more comfortable.
Miss Dove : The pronoun "we" is misleading unless you propose to take off your clothes too.
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Billie Jean : You know Bill Holloway? Office Holloway I suppose I should refer to him.
Miss Dove : William was one of my pupils.
Billie Jean : Well I just thought you might like to know how he's got you up on a pedestal. He says that you're his ideal of "real genteel".
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Miss Dove : William Holloway started out with a gift rarer than mathematical genius or perfect pitch. A child in whom the ethical instinct was as innate as the function of breathing.
Billie Jean : Oh brother! If anyone should ever tell him that, you could drive a truck right between his ears!
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Dr. Tommy Baker : Spine straight, Miss Dove; don't wobble about.
Miss Dove : It is NOT my custom to wobble.
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Miss Dove : To study a people and their customs is valuable. But to know a people and their customs is a privilege seldom attained without the luxury of travel.
