A Prairie Home Companion (2006)
Meryl Streep: Yolanda Johnson
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Quotes
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Yolanda Johnson : How about just a moment of silence?
Garrison Keillor : Silence on the radio... I don't know how that works.
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Yolanda Johnson : It's an old Carter family song, right?
Lola Johnson : A what?
Yolanda Johnson : Carter family, sweetheart. Just like us, only famous.
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Yolanda Johnson : Duct tape will not make an honest man out of you.
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Rhonda Johnson : Hey, that was a terrific eulogy you gave old man Soderbergh at his memorial service.
Garrison Keillor : Thank you.
Guy Noir : Too bad the old coot couldn't have been there to hear it.
Yolanda Johnson : Yeah... and to have missed it by just a few days.
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Yolanda Johnson : What are you writin'?
Lola Johnson : A poem.
Yolanda Johnson : Oh, a poem. What's it about?
Lola Johnson : Suicide..
Rhonda Johnson : Oh, my God.
Yolanda Johnson : Oh. Okay. Well, you know what my philosophy is.
Lola Johnson : Yes, I do, so don't tell me.
Yolanda Johnson : I think that you gotta be grateful for everything that happens to you because that's what got you here, you know? And if you hadn't gone through all the things that you went through, why, you know, you wouldn't have wound up where you are now. So, I don't know. Disappointment doesn't get you anywhere.
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Yolanda Johnson : Well, one door closes and another one opens and - you know, everything is a step along the way and it all leads to something else.
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Rhonda Johnson , Yolanda Johnson : [singing] All the world, Is so sad and dreary, Everywhere I roam...
Yolanda Johnson : Oh, oh, oh
Rhonda Johnson , Yolanda Johnson : Oh, Mama, How I missed the prairie...
Yolanda Johnson : E-e-e-e!
Rhonda Johnson : Ha ha.
Yolanda Johnson : Ha ha.
Rhonda Johnson , Yolanda Johnson : And my Minnesota - home...
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Yolanda Johnson : [singing] You have left me and gone to another, All my hopes and bridges are burned,
Yolanda Johnson , Garrison Keillor : But I will pawn you my gold watch and chain, love, And I will pawn you my gold wedding ring, I will pawn you this heart in my bosom, Only say that you'll love me again, Only say that you'll love me again
Yolanda Johnson : Only say that you'll love me again
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Garrison Keillor : That's our show. Remember to keep your feet on the ground, your hopes up high, pray for rain, keep the humor dry. And eat those Powdermilk Biscuits. Thank you, everybody.
Garrison Keillor , Rhonda Johnson , Yolanda Johnson , Lola Johnson , Dusty , Lefty , Jearlyn Steele : [singing] Come and sit by my side if you love me, Do not hasten to bid me adieu, But remember the Red River Valley, And the one who has loved you so true...
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Lola Johnson : Sign there.
Yolanda Johnson : What is this?
Lola Johnson : I have to get your assets working again.
Yolanda Johnson : My what?
Lola Johnson : Your assets.
Yolanda Johnson : Oh. Oh!