These Wilder Years (1956)
Barbara Stanwyck: Ann Dempster
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Quotes
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Ann Dempster : There's always a kind of hope in everything.
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Ann Dempster : Put the diapers away and get some safety pins. You hear all about Franklin, Watt, and Einstein; but, never about the man who invented the safety pins.
Steve Bradford : It was probably a woman.
Ann Dempster : Oh, no. Women never invent anything; except, men.
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Ann Dempster : Is that the way you got what you wanted? Just bought it?
Steve Bradford : It's better than stealing, isn't it?
Ann Dempster : Yes, when its not the same.
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Suzie : Mr. Bradford - he isn't what you think he is.
Ann Dempster : Oh, I'm not blaming him, darling, I'm fighting him. It isn't a matter of him or me. It's a matter of lots of others. We all make our beds and have to lie in them, whether we sleep or not. Isn't that all there is to it?
Suzie : Except the dreams.
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Steve Bradford : I really didn't mean that everything was for sale.
Ann Dempster : I know that.
Steve Bradford : How do you know that?
Ann Dempster : Because, I don't think you are.
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Ann Dempster : I believe, any child is really everybody's child.