Room for One More (1952)
Clifford Tatum Jr.: Jimmy John Wilson
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Quotes
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Jimmy : [about being bounced between school and the hospital so much] The only thing I ever learned to read was a thermometer.
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Anna Perrott Rose : [asked what she's doing as she's spanking Jimmy John] Something I should've done a long time ago.
[lets him up]
Jimmy : I'M GETTING OUT OF HERE!
Anna Perrott Rose : Go right ahead.
Jimmy : I NEVER SHOULD'VE ASKED YOU TO LET ME STAY HERE, I'M GETTING OUT OF HERE AND GOING SOMEWHERE I CAN DO WHAT I WANT.
Anna Perrott Rose : [stands up] Go right ahead, but leave behind everything we've EVER given you.
[to the dog]
Anna Perrott Rose : And you get out of the way.
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Jimmy : Can I get my bike before he breaks my chain? OWWAH!
[Dad drops Jimmy John's leg brace on Jimmy shins & feet]
George 'Poppy' Rose : Heavy, Isn't It. Give it to your mother.
[when his parents asked who was taking Jimmy for a ride with his family and friends, Timmy canceled the ride. Dad dropped the brace in a most passive-aggressive way]
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Tim : So, What's The Verdict?
[three of the four children voted on whether Jimmy will Stay or Leave for the foster care. Tim gave Jimmy the ballots to read]
Jimmy : Ah, I have been in them lousy hospital so much I never even learned to read.
Grace Roberts : But, you were in school, weren't you?
Jimmy : Ah, they put me in school for a couple weeks then they throw me back in the hospital. The only thing I ever learn to read was a thermometer.
Tim : I'll read them for you... . STAY. STAY. STAY.
[the paper strips say LEAVE. LEAVE. LEAVE]
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Jimmy : What I've been trying to find out is how babies get born.
George 'Poppy' Rose : Oh, this is an advanced class, huh? Well, you know how chickens and birds lay eggs?
Jimmy : No.
George 'Poppy' Rose : Well, they lay them in a nest and they keep them warm with their feathers until the babies peck open the eggshells and hop out.
Jimmy : I didn't hop out of no eggshell.
George 'Poppy' Rose : Well, of course not. It wouldn't work with people. Now, what would happen if people sat down on their eggs and tried to keep them warm enough to hatch?
Jimmy : They'd bust.
George 'Poppy' Rose : Certainly.
Jimmy : And besides, who's got feathers?
George 'Poppy' Rose : Well, no one in our set. So, instead, women keep a nest inside of them where the eggs are warm and safe. Then when the babies old enough, he's born readymade.
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Anna Perrott Rose : You little brat. Come here!
[pulls Jimmy-John over her knee and starts to spank him]
Jimmy : Ow! Hey, cut it out! Cut it out!
Jane Miller : Stop it! Mother, what are you doing to him?
Anna Perrott Rose : Something I should have done long ago.
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Jimmy : Who wants to read?
Anna Perrott Rose : Don't you want to know as much as the other children in your class?
Jimmy : They don't know from nuttin'.
Anna Perrott Rose : Well, believe me, if you don't learn how to read you won't know form nuttin' either.
