City on Fire (1979)

Barry Newman: Dr. Frank Whitman

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• Mayor William Dudley : What's eating you now? You have a new job and the city has a beautiful new hospital.

  Dr. Frank Whitman : That's right, some new hospital. It looks really good on the outside. But thanks to your political favors here and there of saving money and cut backs, I'm stuck with the patch-up job!

  Mayor William Dudley : Well nothing is perfect. Everything's compromised. Now, if you were the mayor of a big city and you have to get things done, you have to learn to give and take.

  Dr. Frank Whitman : Try talking to a surgeon about compromise during an open-heart operation.