The Ghost & Mrs. Muir (TV Series)
Jonathan Tells It Like It Was (1969)
Harlen Carraher: Jonathan Muir
Quotes
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Jonathan Muir : [at home, trying to follow family advice while reading his essay aloud] I can't.
Carolyn Muir : Can't what?
Jonathan Muir : Hold my head up, relax, smile, use my hands AND talk.
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Rutledge Adams : Stop. Is this the composition that won first place?
Jonathan Muir : I changed it a little just to make it truer.
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Jonathan Muir : You know, when I was young I thought an encyclopedia was something you could ride.
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Jonathan Muir : Do you like my new composition, Mom?
Carolyn Muir : Uh, yes, I do Jonathan.
Jonathan Muir : Then why don't other people like it.
Carolyn Muir : Well, some people like to picture the great men of history as being perfect, and when you showed that John Adams wasn't exactly perfect, I guess they got upset.
Jonathan Muir : But nobody let me get to the good part, the part where I tell everybody when Franklin and Adams worked together for the good of our country. They didn't like each other, but they put our country first.