The West Wing (TV Series)
In Excelsis Deo (1999)
Richard Schiff: Toby Ziegler
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Quotes
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President Josiah "Jed" Bartlet : [Toby has just arranged for an honor guard at the funeral of a homeless vet] Toby, If we start pulling strings like this don't you think every homeless veteran will come out of the woodwork?
Toby Ziegler : I can only hope so, sir.
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Mandy Hampton : This might seem trivial under the circumstances...
Toby Ziegler : What?
Mandy Hampton : The Santa hats do clash with the Dickensian costumes.
Toby Ziegler : It *might* seem trivial?
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Toby Ziegler : It's not the new millennium, but I'll just let it drop.
Sam Seaborn : It is.
Toby Ziegler : It is not the new millennium. The year 2000 is the last year of the millennium, it's not the first year of the next one.
Sam Seaborn : But the common sensibility, to quote Stephen Jay Gould...
Toby Ziegler : Stephen Jay Gould needs to look at a calendar.
Sam Seaborn : Gould says this is a largely unresolvable issue.
Toby Ziegler : Yes, it's tough to resolve. You have to look at a calendar.
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Sam Seaborn : You've got to ask yourself which is more exciting - watching your car roll over from 99,999 to 100,000 or watching it go from one hundred to a hundred and one.
C.J. Cregg : So technically the millennium is still a year away.
Sam Seaborn : Yeah, but... we've made all these plans.