Ron Swanson Quote #92
Quote from Ron Swanson in Woman of the Year
Elise Yarktin: Hi, I'm Elise Yarktin, I'm with the IOW.
Ron Swanson: I'm Woman of the Year, Ron Swanson.
Elise Yarktin: Yes, I know. We are very excited to be presenting you with the Smythe Award.
Ron Swanson: That's what I called you to talk about. I don't know if I can take all of the excitement. So, I think the award should go to Miss Knope, here.
Leslie Knope: Hello.
Ron Swanson: She's the one who really deserves it. Camp Athena was her idea. She did all the work. You made a mistake.
Elise Yarktin: We didn't make a mistake. We made a very conscious decision this year to choose a man.
Leslie Knope: Why?
Elise Yarktin: Well, every year, we give it to a woman, and, frankly, nobody cares. Yeah, the media has all but written us off as a niche interest group. But if you give a women's award to a mustachioed, masculine man, such as yourself, well, then, eventually, people take notice.
Ron Swanson: I don't want the damn thing.
Elise Yarktin: Well, we're giving it to you. So, you're gonna take it, like a man. So congratulations.
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Quote from Leslie Knope
Leslie Knope: Oh, my God. It's an envelope from the IOW Awards Office! Nobody freak out! [silence] Do you know what this means? I am Pawnee's Woman of the Year!
[aside to camera:]
Leslie Knope: The IOW is the Indiana Organization of Women. I have been a dues-paying member since I was nine. And every year, they choose one woman to win the Dorothy Everton Smythe Female Empowerment Award. Winning is every girl's dream. But it's my destiny. And my dream.