Fame (1980)
Gene Anthony Ray: Leroy
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Quotes
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Leroy Johnson : I's young, I's single, and I loves to mingle!
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Mrs. Sherwood : Speak English.
Leroy Johnson : I speak like I likes.
Mrs. Sherwood : This is my home room. You'll speak as I like. I teach English. Now, if that's a foreign language, you're going to learn it.
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Leroy Johnson : I told you I done it and I forgot it.
Mrs. Sherwood : My hearing is fine. Its your homework that's missing. And these couple of pages I have are unintelligible.
Leroy Johnson : Its a secret language, all right? It ain't meant for whiteys to understand!
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Mrs. Sherwood : This is no Mickey Mouse school. You're not getting off easy. Because you're talented, you'll work twice as hard. Now, I don't care how well you dance or how many colored tutus you have. If you don't give your academic subjects equal time, you're out.
Leroy Johnson : Bull sh*t!
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Mrs. Sherwood : What about your book report?
Leroy Johnson : I done it!
Mrs. Sherwood : You did it.
Leroy Johnson : Yeah, one thousand words and I counted 'em too.
Mrs. Sherwood : "The Best of Playboy" is not a book report.
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Leroy Johnson : Where I come from, it don't pay to read and speak white!
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Mrs. Sherwood : Read
Leroy Johnson : No
Mrs. Sherwood : Read!
Leroy Johnson : No!
Mrs. Sherwood : Read!
Leroy Johnson : No you fucking bitch! What the fuck you want me to do, asking me to read all the fucking time. I hate your guys. You read, you fucking bitch.