Minister Chen: If I were to offer some suggestions to my President as to how we might deescalate, what might they be?
Elizabeth: Well, for starters, we've looked into it, and we're not giving the pandas back.

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Matt: Wait. You're a Panda-Cammer too?
Russell: Shut up. It's relaxing. [pause] It's good for my blood pressure.

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So, on top of all the other humiliations that China is visiting upon our heads, those millions of *voters* are about to watch us surrender their favorite charismatic megafauna -- the very crown jewels of our National Zoo -- without a single damn shot! Not on my watch, lady. It is not happening!

Russell

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Elizabeth: You know you don't have to say "ma'am" after every time, Captain.
Ronnie: Yes, ma'am.

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I sense your disrespectful tone is meant to goad me into asking, "What do you mean by that?"

Elizabeth

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Elizabeth: What can I help you with?
Daisy: I'm hearing things.
Elizabeth: Inside or outside you head?

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Allison: What's going on? Why are all the lights on?
Jason: It's like a Stephen King novel up there.

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I honestly can't tell you why I didn't pull the trigger. It sure wasn't wisdom, or heroism, or leadership. It was luck. Flash of a feeling at best. And that's the difference between me living in the White House instead of on the street, like so many guys.

Dalton [to Elizabeth]

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C'mon, Ming. We've worked closely together on a range of incredibly complex issues. I think we can handle some hippies on a raft.

Elizabeth [to the Chinese Foreign Minister]

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Elizabeth: Fine. You want to talk to the FBI, you can talk to the FBI. On one condition.
Henry: Name it.
Elizabeth: You have to put the shams on the big pillows.

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