Terms of Endearment (1983)

John Lithgow: Sam Burns

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• Sam Burns : You're a very rude young woman. I know Douglas from the Rotary and I can't believe he'd want you treating customers so badly.

  Checkout Girl : I don't think I was treating her badly.

  Sam Burns : Then you must be from New York.

• Operator : I have an emergency phone call from Mrs. Aurora Greenway in Houston, Texas for Mrs. Emma Horton.

  Sam Burns : Oh no!

  Emma Horton : No, she always does this when the lines busy. It's fine.

  Operator : Will you release?

  Sam Burns : Oh, uh, of course, operator... uh... it's alright... we were just talking.