Maude (TV Series)
Maude's Dilemma: Part 1 (1972)
Adrienne Barbeau: Carol Traynor
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Quotes
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Carol Traynor : [Carol is trying to convince Maude to have an abortion] Mother, I don't understand your hesitancy. When they made it a law you were for it.
Maude Findlay : Of course! I wasn't pregnant then!
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Carol Traynor : Look, there's only one sensible way out of this. You don't have to have the baby.
Maude Findlay : Oh? What'll I do... trade it in for a volleyball on Let's Make a Deal?
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Vivian Cavender : Maude. One thing I don't understand about all this. Weren't you using the pill?
Maude Findlay : No. It gives me migraines.
Carol Traynor : What did you do, Mother--cross your fingers?
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Carol Traynor : [to Arthur] Look, the way things are going, if even older people like my mother and Walter start behaving like rabbits, well we're all gonna end up living like sardines!
Maude Findlay : Beautifully put, Carol. I mean it's not every mother that gets to be called a rabbit.
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Carol Traynor : [to Maude] You're just scared.
Maude Findlay : I am NOT scared!
Carol Traynor : [Referring to the abortion process] You are, and it's as simple as going to the dentist.
Maude Findlay : NOW I'm scared!
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Carol Traynor : [Discussing abortion] Mother, listen to me. It's a simple operation now, but when you were growing up it was illegal and it was dangerous and it was sinister, and you've never gotten over that. Now, you tell me that's not true.
Maude Findlay : It's not true. And you're right. I've never gotten over it.
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Carol Traynor : [Maude is scribbling on a piece of paper] Mother, what are you doing?
Maude Findlay : I'm just figuring how many yards of tubing it'll take from the exhaust pipe to the rear window on a '69 Corvair.
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[Maude enters the house and slams the front door]
Vivian Cavender : [Cheerfully] Hi, Maude!
[Maude shoots Vivian a fierce glare]
Carol Traynor : Mother, it's past 8:00.
Maude Findlay : Carol, I'm proud of you. Only 27 years old and already you tell time.
