Yes Minister (TV Series)
Equal Opportunities (1982)
Paul Eddington: James Hacker
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Quotes
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James Hacker : That is the last interview I give for a school magazine; she asked some very difficult questions.
Annie Hacker : Not difficult, just innocent. She was assuming there was some moral basis to your activities.
James Hacker : Well, there is.
Annie Hacker : Oh Jim, don't be silly.
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Sir Humphrey Appleby : Minister, it takes time to do things 'now'.
James Hacker : The three articles of civil service faith: it takes longer to do things quickly; it's more expensive to do them cheaply; it's more democratic to do them in secret.
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[about Hacker's plan to promote more women in the civil service]
Sir Humphrey Appleby : Minister. I have come to the conclusion that you were right.
James Hacker : Are you being serious, Humphrey?
Sir Humphrey Appleby : Yes indeed, Minister. I am fully-seized of your ideas and have taken them on board and I am now positively against discrimination against women and positively in favour of positive discrimination in their favour - discriminating discrimination of course.
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Bernard Woolley : Remember that letter you wrote "round objects" on? Sir Humphrey has commented on it.
James Hacker : What's he say?
Bernard Woolley : "Who is Round and to what does he object?"
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James Hacker : Sarah tells me this complaint is nonsense.
Bernard Woolley : Oh, fine. So we can CGSM it.
James Hacker : CGSM?
Bernard Woolley : Civil service code. It stands for Consignment of Geriatric Shoe Manufacturers. Load of old cobblers, Minister.
James Hacker : I'm not a civil servant. I shall use my own code. I shall write "round objects".
