Leslie Knope Quote #26
Quote from Leslie Knope in Canvassing
Leslie Knope: Okay. Keep going, keep moving. Nose to the grindstone. No means yes.
Ann: Can we stop, please? Because it's really hot, and I'm tired.
Leslie Knope: Yeah, I'm hot, too. Let's blow on each other's faces. Or we could drink some water.
Ann: Yeah, let's do that. My house is really close by. Let's just go take a break for an hour or so.
Leslie Knope: Okay, okay. Look, I didn't want it to have to come to this, but, Ann, please open the sealed envelope that's in your binder.
[aside to camera:]
Leslie Knope: This is a little something I learned from Karl Rove. If you want to guarantee the results of a survey, you design the question to give you the answer that you want.
[back:]
Ann: "Wouldn't you rather have a park than a storage facility for nuclear waste?" That seems iffy.
Leslie Knope: Yeah, don't worry about it, I made it all up.
Ann: Yeah, that's what I mean.
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Leslie Knope: [aside to camera] Why do I want to build this park so bad? Maybe because a pit filled with garbage isn't the best that we can do in America. You know, in Russia, they could pretend that pit was a park, bring their kids down there. "Hey, Vlad! Look at these rocks! Let's pretend they're potatoes!" "Nikolai! Do you want to swim in the dirt?" But not here. Okay? 'Cause we're a nation of dreamers. And it is my dream to build a park. That I one day visit with my White House staff on my birthday. And they say, "President Knope, this park is awesome. Now we understand why you are the first female President of the United States."
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Leslie Knope: [aside to camera] I'm going to see my mom. She's a big mucky-muck in the county school system. She's my hero. How do I explain her? She's as respected as Mother Teresa. She's as powerful as Stalin, and she's as beautiful as Margaret Thatcher.
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Woman: Well, look, I think this is a great idea, but I can't make any forum. I would have to get a babysitter.
Leslie Knope: How old are your kids?
Woman: Four and two.
Leslie Knope: Could the 4-year-old watch the 2-year-old?