Proximity to power deludes some into believing they wield it.
“Unfinished Business” · Season 1, Episode 15
In this episode: Dean Winchester (940), Damon Salvatore (715), Sam Winchester (665), Olivia Benson (637), Stephen Fry (608), Narrator (554), Clark Kent (523), Nate (486)
A great man once said that everything in life is about sex…except sex. Sex is about power.
SUShipyard Union Leader
Let me show you what's really going on. Here are the Democrats eating up all of their soft science, "organically homegrown" propaganda that the eco-fanatics are force-feeding them. And over here, at the tail end of all those jackasses, are middle-class Americans people who just want to work hard and rely on jobs in the drilling industry. And what about the hypocrisy, folks? Does Peter Russo honestly have the gall to lecture us on the purity of our rivers when he has been polluting himself with chemicals for years? He's not just been eating grass, he's been smoking it.
I'm not going to lie: I despise children. [pause] There. I said it.
I have zero tolerance for betrayal, which they will soon indelibly learn.
I don't eat pork.
When did that happen?
When we started lobbying for the meat packing industry.
You don't understand, I'm not afraid of you anymore, Frank.
Then you're misguided.
Such a shame, how naive you are.
I'm not naive.
No? I've known everything from the beginning, Zoe. My husband and I tell each other everything. Don't you believe me? Is there a spider I can trap? I'm not here to punish you or to tell you to stop. I just thought I should open those big bright eyes.
We never played chess before, have we?
I don't know how.
You want me to teach you?
AGAdam Galloway
What were you interested in?
Being more than an observer.
AGAdam Galloway
You wanted to be seen.
Not just seen. I wanted to be significant.
Are you entirely certain he's going to keep you on the ticket? I mean, it's no secret the two of you don't exactly get along.
VMVP Matthews
Ok, what has he said?
Oh, you're putting me in a very awkward position, Mr. Vice President.
VMVP Matthews
Has he been bad-mouthing me? Please tell me the exact words he used.
Well, there were a few variations, but the exact phrase he used was "pain in the ass".
VMVP Matthews
That sucker.
I envy your free spirit, and I'm attracted to it, but not all of us have that luxury.
AGAdam Galloway
Which is what I find so frustrating about you, Claire. You-you had a choice. You chose not to be free.
No. What I chose was a man I could love for more than a week.
[to Frank] When did your help ever help me? You can live your life the way you want to. I'm done being told how to live mine.
Failed. I failed myself. I failed my family. I failed the campaign.
Can I ask why you do that?
Do what?
Tap your ring like that. I've seen you do it on TV. Two taps every time you get up from a table or leave a lectern.
Something my father taught me. It's meant to harden your knuckles so you don't break them if you get into a fight. It also has the added benefit of knocking on wood. My father believed that success is a mixture of preparation and luck. Tapping the table kills both birds with one stone.
Your father was a peach farmer?
Yes, he was. Not a very successful one.
Lack of preparation or lack of luck?
Lack of both. He was better at giving advice than following it.
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