Madam Secretary (TV Series)
The Call (2014)
Téa Leoni: Elizabeth McCord
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Quotes
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Ambassador Odilon Bokassa : The Beko, like wayward children, scream at even the slightest discipline. But such whining is to be expected as our nation purifies itself of decadent and poisonous outside influences.
Elizabeth McCord : By that, do you mean educated women, or expensive watches?
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Elizabeth McCord : [about evidence on Nadine] Where'd you get this?
Blake Moran : Harvard Assistants' Mafia.
Elizabeth McCord : Three words you rarely hear strung together.
Blake Moran : Yet they constitute a thing.
Elizabeth McCord : Nice work.
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Stephanie 'Stevie' McCord : Do you remember in the fifth grade when I almost quit that school backpacking trip because I was afraid of heights, and I really didn't want to go rock-climbing?
Elizabeth McCord : You would be amazed how much parents block out.
Stephanie 'Stevie' McCord : And do you remember what you said to me when I called you in a panic?
Elizabeth McCord : No, but I feel like I'm about to be embarrassed.
Stephanie 'Stevie' McCord : You said, "Honey, you are the descendent of some of the greatest heroes and scoundrels that the Commonwealth of Virginia has ever seen. If you've got one thing "running through your veins, it's guts. Now, don't call me back until you're at the top of that mountain, little girl."
Elizabeth McCord : I actually said that?
Stephanie 'Stevie' McCord : Yup.
Elizabeth McCord : Oh, what a pain in the ass I am.
[laughing]
Elizabeth McCord : And why did I sound like Dolly Parton?
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Ambassador Odilon Bokassa : [about her human rights assertions] Madam Secretary, I found your speech most distressing.
Elizabeth McCord : I'm very pleased to hear that.