[flashback:]
Dorothy: Ma, I've got news for you. I don't think it would have been any easier for you to break into the ballet at 48.
Sophia: That's not the point. I'd still have two more years to dream. I can't believe it. I'm 50! I'm an old lady who hasn't accomplished a thing in life.
Dorothy: You haven't accomplished a thing? You raised three kids during the Depression and always managed to have food on the table. You held down two jobs as far back as I can remember, but somehow you were always there when we needed you. You got me through four years of college, by helping pay for it, but also by encouraging me when I felt like giving up. Do you want me to go on, Ma? Because we could be here all night.
Sophia: Enough, already. Ralph Edwards makes less of a fuss over people.