Quantum Leap (TV Series)
Black on White on Fire - August 11, 1965 (1990)
Corie Henninger: Susan Brewster
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Quotes
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[Sam is embodying Ray, a black medical student whose girlfriend, Susan, is white]
Mama Harper : Raising your children is gonna be hard, no matter where you do it.
Susan Brewster : Why?
Mama Harper : Because wherever you go, they won't fit in. They won't be black and they won't be white.
Dr. Sam Beckett : They'll be human.
Mama Harper : Of course they'll be human, child. I'm talking about race!
Dr. Sam Beckett : I know, but, maybe, if we teach our kids to say that they're human, instead of black or white or red or yellow, maybe race won't matter.
Mama Harper : Huh. Not in my lifetime.
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[Lonnie has taken Susan hostage, but after releasing her, he is shot by a police sniper]
Susan Brewster : No! He let me go! He let me go!
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Susan Brewster : I love Ray, Mama Harper. And I don't wanna see him lose his chance to be someone great.
Mama Harper : He can be great right here.
Susan Brewster : No, he can't. He can do good here, but he can't be great.
Dr. Sam Beckett : You know, um... sometimes... sometimes doing good is more important.
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[Sam and Susan are working non-stop to help riot victims]
Dr. Sam Beckett : You OK?
Susan Brewster : No sleep, no food - I feel like a doctor. It's great!
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Dr. Sam Beckett : Susan. You helped a lot of people today who appreciated it.
Susan Brewster : Did they, Ray? That's not what I saw in their eyes. I saw anger, and hatred. They tolerated me only because they were hurting and needed help.
Dr. Sam Beckett : That's not true.
Susan Brewster : How would you know? You're one of them!
Dr. Sam Beckett : You're tired, or you wouldn't be talking like this.
Susan Brewster : Maybe that's when the truth comes out. I can't go through life fighting people who hate me for the color of my skin.
Dr. Sam Beckett : I think that's how everybody in Watts must feel tonight.
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Susan Brewster : [of Lonnie] He doesn't wanna be stopped, Ray. He wants to die.
Admiral Al Calavicci : I think she's right, Sam, I think he wants to be a martyr.
Dr. Sam Beckett : Is that right, Lonnie? You want to be a martyr?
Lonnie Harper : Me, a martyr? Oh, hell, man, Watts is full of martyrs. They don't need me to join 'em.
Dr. Sam Beckett : Then why?
Lonnie Harper : I'm tired of talkin' about 'why'.
Dr. Sam Beckett : Tired or scared?
Lonnie Harper : I ain't afraid o' nothing.
Dr. Sam Beckett : Except living.