The Good Wife

The Good Wife Season 1 Quotes

Season 1 Episode 23: "Running"

Peter: I want to be a great [state's attorney] and I can't be without you.
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Alicia: Poetry is easy; it's the parent-teacher conferences that are hard.
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Alicia: At what point is our job wrong?
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Season 1 Episode 22: "Hybristophilia"

Julius: You think he's innocent?
Alicia: No, I think he's innocent of this.
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Diane: You dancing a jig inside?
Will: Like Rose on the Titanic.
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Cary: This was not fair. And I was stupid; I acted like it would be.
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Cary: You like to think you're a good person. Maybe that used to be the case. But we both know you'll do whatever it takes.
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Alicia: Are you gay?
Kalinda: I'm private.
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Kalinda: You won. He lost. So you're gonna turn this into some morbid thing because that's who you are. So, let's go.
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Season 1 Episode 21: "Unplugged"

Diane: Who would have thought our firm would be worth more without us than with us?
Will: Really undermines one's confidence.
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Eli: I know I don't seem like the warm and understanding type. But this is my warm and understanding face.
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Alicia: You want me to use my connections.
Diane: I want you to want the job.
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Alicia: I'm just so tired of this.
Kalinda: That's what people like Cary count on.
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Diane: We're like ghouls.
Will: As long as we've solvent ghouls.
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Eli: If I could be so bold.
Alicia: You can't.
Eli: Right. Got it.
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Alicia: I'm not this person.
Eli: Mrs. Florrick, everybody is that person.
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Season 1 Episode 20: "Mock"

Will: Court is a lesson in humility.
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Kalinda: That's the problem with good deeds. They multiply.
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Alicia: What are you doing?
Grace: Keeping dad.
 • Rating: 5.0 / 5.0

Peter: I love you. Please, don't leave me.
 • Rating: 4.0 / 5.0

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