Community (TV Series)
Beginner Pottery (2010)
Yvette Nicole Brown: Shirley Bennett
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Quotes
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Shirley Bennett : Kind people are always kind, not just when it's easy.
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Admiral Slaughter : Welcome aboard the S.S. Nose Candy, recently purchased through government auction.
Shirley Bennett : Oh, that's nice.
Admiral Slaughter : It's not nice, it's your only weapon against the raging sea. You don't know how to use her, you're dead. Together, you will work as one crew. You will succeed or fail as one crew. You will consider this parking lot the ocean. Whatever you drop, you lose. Mishandle the sails, you capsize and die.
Shirley Bennett : Oh.
Admiral Slaughter : Now, does little miss nice have a name?
Shirley Bennett : Sh... Shirley Bennett.
Admiral Slaughter : Well, now you're Captain Shirley Bennett.
Shirley Bennett : Oh!
Pierce Hawthorne : Aw, man!
Admiral Slaughter : You will follow her every order.
Shirley Bennett : Oh.
[cut to classroom]
Shirley Bennett : I've never been a captain before.
Pierce Hawthorne : I have. I commanded a jet ski through an electrical storm And only had one casualty.
Troy Barnes : Jet skis only hold two people.
Pierce Hawthorne : Exactly. Saved half the crew.
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Admiral Slaughter : You just steered your boat into a storm. Any last words?
Shirley Bennett : The sea may be cold and unforgiving, but I'm not. The ship might go down, but, uh... at least she'll go down with honor.
Admiral Slaughter : I'll take your captain's hat 'cause I'm promoting you to admiral. You all get an "A."
Shirley Bennett : Ohh! Admiral Shirley. I like that.
Admiral Slaughter : Well, it means nothing, really the class is over, but you deserve it.
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Shirley Bennett : Reef the mainsail and furl the jib!
Pierce Hawthorne : Is that nautical talk or urban speak?
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Jeff Winger : Hey!
Shirley Bennett : Hmm?
Jeff Winger : Cuckoo birds, do you mind? This is important.
Abed Nadir : College is where most mental health problems are activated.
Troy Barnes : I hope I get multiple personalities. I get lonely in long showers.
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Britta Perry : You don't have to do this.
Shirley Bennett : I know, but I'd rather be kind and get stepped on every once in a while than be a hard-ass and turn my back on a friend.