Mike Quote #1019
Quote from Mike in Clear and Present Danger
Mike: Look, growing up in my family, we didn't, you know, talk or, you know, express things on birthdays or holidays or... Even when my mom died, I came home from basketball practice one day, and my dad said, "Your mom passed." Then he told me to go do my homework. The next morning, I went to school. We never talked about it again.
Sue: Really? Oh, my gosh, that's horrible.
Mike: It's just the way it was.
Sue: Well, you're not like that, you know. I mean, you're way better than Grandpa. When I try to hug him, he just says, "Oh, you don't want to hug an old man." But you tolerate my hugs all the time.
Mike: Well, he cares about you. He's just not real comfortable saying it. We all do. Care about you.
Sue: I know. How did she die again?
Mike: Lung cancer. She was young, just 42. But the way she used to dance around the house, you'd have thought she was 20. She was always singing, always moving. I can still see her at the kitchen sink doing dishes and humming to herself. When I'd be playing in the kitchen, she'd call me over and scoop some soap suds in her hands and bend down and let me blow the bubbles.
Sue: Aww. I wish I had met her.
Mike: Yeah. Well, you'd have liked her. She was nice.
Sue: She was a teacher, right?
Mike: Mm-hmm. Third grade and then fifth. Once, when she was working as a substitute, she actually taught my class. [Sue gasps] I was sitting there and in walks my mom.
Sue: [laughs] Classic.
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‘Clear and Present Danger’ Quotes
Quote from Axl
Axl: Look, Brick, you don't need a book. You got me as your trainer.
Brick: No offense, Axl, but things weren't really going that well in the garage. It's been two days, and I think I might have actually lost muscle mass.
Axl: That's just all part of the workout program I've created specifically for your body. Right now you're like a lump of clay, but you give me some time, I'm gonna mold you into a work of fine art. It's like the statue of David. You think Michael and Angelo sculpted that thing overnight? No. Took those guys years.
Brick: Yeah... I just don't think someone who's on the decline physically should be teaching me.
Axl: Whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa. Decline? [laughs] Decli... Wha...? Who said I'm declining? I'm not declining.
Brick: Look, it's perfectly natural. In my research, I found that men hit their physical peak at age 25, then slowly decline. You're just a little ahead of schedule. From here on out, you're pretty much just gonna atrophy.
Axl: Got enough trophies, Brick. And, yeah, maybe I let myself go a little bit, but I just got to do a few push-ups, I'll be back in shape like that. [snaps fingers] Ow, cramp.
Quote from Brick
Brick: I remember the time Dad took me to play tennis. He got mad 'cause I brought my books, which the veins in his neck start popping out, but...
Sue: Cut. Brick, these are supposed to be nice memories.
Brick: Uh, that is a nice memory. Dad and I don't do a lot together.
Sue: Okay, well, it doesn't sound so nice. Now I want heartfelt, so step it up. Okay, make me feel something. And... action.
Brick: Here's a fond memory with Dad... the time he tried to teach me how to drive. The veins were really popping out of his neck then.
Sue: Brick, stop talking about veins.
Quote from Brick
Brick: What are you doing?
Axl: Nothing, nothing. Just admiring the view. How are those workouts coming?
Brick: Well, I know I need to get in shape, so I did the only thing that made sense to me. I went to the library and checked out a book. Jack Lalanne's Live Young Forever.
Axl: Oh, okay. What's he doing now?
Brick: He's dead. But before that, he was really cool. He could lift all these heavy things. He once pulled 70 boats. My goal is 15. That should be enough to impress Cindy.