A Man Called Adam (1966)
Ja'net DuBois: Martha
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Quotes
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Martha : I understand you were involved in sit-ins, demonstrations and all of that down there.
Claudia Ferguson : Yes.
Martha : Fantastic. You mean you sit on stools. A cat comes along and knocks you off and you just get back on it.
Claudia Ferguson : Well... I...
Martha : Messy cats! I hear they have special classes where they teach you how to take abuse. Why don't you teach me some of that damn abuse, you dirty, black bitch!
[She slaps Claudia across the face]
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Martha : You're Sweet Daddy's granddaughter?
Claudia Ferguson : Yes.
Martha : How nice. I read about him today in Winchell's column. He said the only thing old about him was his clothes.
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Claudia Ferguson : Its hard to love a man like that, isn't it.
Martha : No. We fit. He's got rocks in his head and I got holes in mine.
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Claudia Ferguson : I think you're a very nice person.
Martha : Basically.