The West Wing (TV Series)
Transition (2006)
Bradley Whitford: Josh Lyman
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Quotes
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Louise Thornton : Rough day?
Josh Lyman : Nuh, typical.
Louise Thornton : You love it, you live for it, you were born to do it, I'm the same way. Everybody tells me to get a life, although I don't know why... I find life to be terribly overrated. It's actually quite boring when it's not disappointing. Say what you will about what we do, but boring it is not.
Josh Lyman : I know that you can parlay the Santos win into a doubling of your fee.
Louise Thornton : Tripling, if it figures into your memoirs.
Josh Lyman : Nothing is going to top this. Everything else's going to be a letdown.
Louise Thornton : Letdowns that make me semi-rich, that's a tradeoff I'm willing to endure.
Josh Lyman : You don't care about money.
Louise Thornton : Who doesn't?
Josh Lyman : You!
Louise Thornton : Not as such.
Josh Lyman : As what?
Louise Thornton : Scorekeeping. Quantitative evidence that I'm smarter than you. Not *you*.
Josh Lyman : Who?
Louise Thornton : Everybody else.
Josh Lyman : Come on board as communications director.
Louise Thornton : Thank you, but no.
Josh Lyman : Finish what you started.
Louise Thornton : I'm not interested in governing.
Josh Lyman : Campaigning's about promise; governing's about achievement. It's, it's tougher and a lot less romantic, but it's not boring. I already think you're smarter than everyone, that's why I want you down the hall. Come on, it's not like getting a life!
Louise Thornton : That's true, look at you.