Plain Truth (2004 TV Movie)
David Christoffel: Steven
Quotes
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Steven : Ah, congratulations. The firm is psyched. They want to meet with you tomorrow. We're talking partner here, Ellie; senior partner.
[she sighs]
Steven : Ellie?
Ellie Harrison : Whitmore sent me two dozen roses.
Steven : Well, he should send you to Barbados, first-class for a month.
Ellie Harrison : I threw them in the trash.
Steven : What? Why?
Ellie Harrison : Steve, this guy was accused of embezzling $300 million from people's retirement funds. I got him off.
Steven : Well, it's your job, which you do damn well.
Ellie Harrison : He was guilty.
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Ellie Harrison : Doesn't it ever bother you?
Steven : What? That everyone has a right to a defense, and that by defending them, we preserve not only our legal system, but our Constitution.
Ellie Harrison : Why don't you tell that to the old man who was sitting in the courtroom with tears streaming down his face when the verdict was read?
Steven : What happened to winning, and making good money doing it?
Ellie Harrison : I don't remember taking that class at law school.
Steven : When did you become such a bleeding heart?
Ellie Harrison : I'm not. I just have a conscience.