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“Do you think the joke reflex you use as a defense mechanism is why you have so much trouble keeping a man?” “You know—” “I’m saying, we’re 44 hours from the State of the Union and he doesn’t look so good.” (1x12 - He Shall, From Time to Time)

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Evidence of Things Not Seen (4.20)

  • CJ: At the exact moment of the equinox. At the exact moment of the equinox.
  • Josh: It doesn't work.
  • CJ: It does work. It has to be the exact moment of the equinox.
  • Josh: It doesn't work.
  • CJ: I've seen it.
  • Josh: I've tried it.
  • CJ: And?
  • Josh: It doesn't work.
  • CJ: I don't think you did it at the exact moment.
  • Josh: I did.
  • CJ: When?
  • Josh: Last September.
  • CJ: That was the Autumnal equinox.
  • Josh: It only works for the Vernal equinox?
  • CJ: Yeah.
  • Josh: You know what's more likely?
  • CJ: That it doesn't work at all?

Favorite West Wing Moments: “The Two Bartlets”

“I have a phone call waiting that’s being relayed through four satellites.”

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The Stackhouse Filibuster (2.17)

  • CJ: Guys, I'm sorry, but you know what? Listen, seriously, you're looking at democracy at work. It's a beautiful thing.
  • Reporter: And how much more beauty can we be expecting tonight, CJ?
  • CJ: Well, I wouldn't think it would be that much longer.
  • Reporter 2: He's got a recipe book, CJ.
  • CJ: Yeah, but how many recipes can there be? 20? 30?

He Shall, From Time To Time (1.12)

  • Bartlet: "And how do we make the American dream of opportunity a reality for all? I came to this hallowed chamber one year ago" - and I see we're spelling 'hallowed' with a pound sign in the middle of it.
  • Sam: We'll fix that.
  • Bartlet: The pound sign's silent?
  • Leo: Move on, Mr. President.
  • Bartlet: "I came to this hallowed chamber one year ago on a mission: to restore the American dream for all our people, as we gaze at the vast horizon of possibilities open to us in the 321st century." - Wow, that was ambitious of me, wasn't it?
  • Sam: Leo.
  • Leo: Let's take a break.
  • Bartlet: We meant 'stronger' here, right?
  • Sam: What's it say?
  • Bartlet: "I'm proud to report our country's stranger than it was a year ago?"
  • Sam: That's a typo.
  • Bartlet: Could go either way.

Bartlet's Third State of the Union (2.13)

  • Mrs. Landingham: The President was balancing his checkbook and came across an outstanding check for $500 that was never cashed. A check was written by the First Lady to a woman the President has never heard of and he would like you to ask her about it.
  • Charlie: The President was balancing his checkbook?
  • Mrs. Landingham: Yeah.
  • Charlie: Why?
  • Mrs. Landingham: He does it to relax.
  • Charlie: Okay.
  • Mrs. Landingham: Yeah.
  • Charlie: And why doesn't he ask the First lady about the $500 check himself in the normal course of, you know, being married to her.
  • Mrs. Landingham: When the President inquires into the First Lady's personal bookkeeping, the First Lady gets angry at him and yells.
  • Charlie: Well, she's gonna get angry and yell when I inquire too.
  • Mrs. Landingham: Well, the President doesn't care so much about that.

H. Con 172 (3.10)

  • Donna: You know if it has started snowing yet?
  • Carol: It hasn't.
  • Donna: How's it supposed to be 18 inches by morning if it hasn't started yet?
  • Carol: Accumulates by a magnitude, does a thing, I don't know.