Quotes
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Laurel Gough : Ray didn't tell me that you were coming. I hope the guard in the lobby didn't give you trouble?
Billie Newman : Hm, no, I always look like I know where I'm going, even when I don't.
[smiles]
Laurel Gough : I'll tell Ray you're here. I'll tell the guard you're here, too.
Billie Newman : Maybe you'd also better tell Ray that I write for the Tribune.
Laurel Gough : [catches on] Oh... I'll see if he's in.
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Billie Newman : [having identified a bunch of names as baseball players] Well, they all have their signatures on a baseball at K.D.F. properties offices. And I have a hunch that they all have something to do with Horsehide Enterprises.
Lou Grant : They certainly do. Horsehide is a slang expression for baseball.
Billie Newman : Yeah?
Art Donovan : That's what baseballs are made out of.
Billie Newman : [sadly] Horses?
Art Donovan : No, probably old, unhappy horses.
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Billie Newman : Would you at least let me get an interview out of this?
Ted McCovey : Sure, if you drive me back to my hotel.
Billie Newman : They make you Man of the Year and they don't give you a ride?
Ted McCovey : I tell 'em I only need a car one way. Ballplayers can always get a lift back.
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Art Donovan : [Billie is telling Art she broke up with Ted] Billie, you got a lot of friends out there.
Billie Newman : I know.
Art Donovan : Don't pick me to tell this to. I'm the least good person to be listening to how some no-neck's got you tied up in knots.