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The more of my words, the fewer of yours, the better off we'll both be.
If I didn't think you were such a liability to yourself, Congressman, I might even like you.
If your circulation was as high as the Wall Street Journal, I might like you back.
[to Zoe] So, a piece of advice as far as career strategies go: It's not worth fucking your way to the middle.
Proximity to power deludes some into believing they wield it.
A great man once said that everything in life is about sex…except sex. Sex is about power.
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?
What were you interested in?
Being more than an observer.
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.
Ok, what has he said?
Oh, you're putting me in a very awkward position, Mr. Vice President.
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".
That sucker.
I envy your free spirit, and I'm attracted to it, but not all of us have that luxury.
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.
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