Quotes
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Patricia St. Claire : Would you believe... until today... I'd only slept with one man in my whole life?
Peter McDermott : Yeah. And where did he go?
Patricia St. Claire : With the wind.
Peter McDermott : You've got kids?
Patricia St. Claire : Oh, yeah. And a stack of bills to go with 'em. And a house that's all mine until Tuesday, when the bank takes over.
Peter McDermott : And what do you need?
Patricia St. Claire : $1,100, or we're out on the streets.
Peter McDermott : You got any particular work skills?
Patricia St. Claire : In case you haven't noticed, I haven't even been able to swing the world's oldest profession.
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Peter McDermott : Mr. Kramer believes there's going to be an assassination attempt on the Israeli minister.
Kramer : There was an explosion in a building in North Beach last night. Police found evidence of a hit in this hotel and called us in.
Billy Griffin : Uh, so who are we talking about?
Kramer : A Mideast terrorist group.
Billy Griffin : No chance our man went up with the fireworks?
Kramer : Nope, and we don't even know who we're looking for.
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Mark Danning : There's someone named Kramer waiting in your office.
Peter McDermott : Must be the guy from the IRS.
Mark Danning : Well, you're gonna wish it was. It's the FBI.
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Peter McDermott : I'm Peter McDermott, manager of this hotel.
Patricia St. Claire : Oh.
Peter McDermott : Yeah, and I make it my business to know everyone who works at the St. Gregory, and for some reason, we don't have your social security number on file.
Patricia St. Claire : I was just being friendly.
Peter McDermott : There's a law against that kind of friendly, Patricia.
Patricia St. Claire : How do you know my name?
Peter McDermott : [returning her check] I think this belongs to you. Your check, it bounced.
Patricia St. Claire : I'm sorry. I would have made good on it eventually.
Peter McDermott : Can I ask you what the problem is?
Patricia St. Claire : What difference does it make?
Peter McDermott : I won't know 'til I hear. Besides, I figure you owe the price of an explanation.
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Patricia St. Claire : I don't know what to say.
Peter McDermott : Well, why don't we just chalk it up to... poetic justice?
[sees Billy breezing past]
Peter McDermott : Excuse me. Hey, where you been?
Billy Griffin : Gettin' into the spirit of things.
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Victoria Cabot : We're not going to alter the routine of this hotel because of the actions of one deranged man! Otherwise you might as well board it up.
[Peter shrugs in acknowledgment and turns to leave]
Victoria Cabot : Uh, Peter? How would my sister-in-law have handled this?
Peter McDermott : Exactly the same way you did.
[smiles and laughter]
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[first lines]
Christine Francis : My turn to curtsy, your turn to bow?
Peter McDermott : Oh, no. This is your basic foreign dignitary. Just a simple smile will do.