The West Wing (TV Series)
The State Dinner (1999)
Bradley Whitford: Josh Lyman
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Quotes
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Leo McGarry : You got to work with Toby on the toast.
Toby Ziegler : Don't need him.
Leo McGarry : Yes, you do.
Sam Seaborn : It takes two people to write a toast?
Leo McGarry : The State Department is very particular about these toasts.
Josh Lyman : I'll assign someone from my office.
Mandy Hampton : I can do it.
Josh Lyman : No, you can't.
Mandy Hampton : Why not?
Josh Lyman : Because you're a political consultant and this is an actual, you know, thing.
Mandy Hampton : Leo, please tell Josh that I can play a role in issues and it's not going to be the end to this administration.
Josh Lyman : I don't think it will be the end of this administration, Leo. I think it's going to be the end of this republic.
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Mandy Hampton : It really bugs you that the President listens to me sometimes.
Josh Lyman : Yes, but you shouldn't take it personally. It bugs me when the President listens to anyone who isn't me.
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[after the briefing about a state dinner]
C.J. Cregg : Man alive, do I love it when "In Style" magazine is issued press credentials.
Josh Lyman : Yeah.
C.J. Cregg : "Mirabella" needed to know what wine was being served with the fish course. So it's a good thing I went to school for 22 years.
Josh Lyman : What wine are we...?
C.J. Cregg : It's wine, you'll drink it.
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Mandy Hampton : The FBI guy has been in there a couple of hours.
Josh Lyman : Yeah?
Mandy Hampton : You think it's a good sign?
Josh Lyman : I really don't know.
Mandy Hampton : I'm asking you what you think.
Josh Lyman : I... I don't have any thoughts on it one way or the other.
Mandy Hampton : Then what's happening with the Teamsters?
Josh Lyman : I don't know.
Mandy Hampton : Any news on the hurricane?
Josh Lyman : Not that I'm aware of.
Mandy Hampton : What is it you do here exactly?
Josh Lyman : It's never really been made clear to me.
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Donna Moss : I'm not wild about this whole Indonesian business.
Josh Lyman : What's the problem?
Donna Moss : I've been doing some reading on my own.
Josh Lyman : Oh, I wish you wouldn't do that.
Donna Moss : Why?
Josh Lyman : Because you tend to call some bizarre factoid from a less-than-reputable source and then you blow it all out of proportion.
Donna Moss : I do not.
Josh Lyman : Donna...
Donna Moss : I just thought you might like to know that in certain parts of Indonesia, they summarily execute people they suspect of being sorcerers.
Josh Lyman : What?
Donna Moss : I read it.
Josh Lyman : They... summarily execute people they suspect of being sorcerers?
Donna Moss : They behead them.
Josh Lyman : Sorcerers.
Donna Moss : Gangs of roving people. Beheading those they suspect of being sorcerers. With, you know... what's that thing that Death carries?
Josh Lyman : A scythe.
Donna Moss : They're doing it with a scythe.
Josh Lyman : Well, thanks for the head's up.
Donna Moss : I just thought you might like to know who's coming over for dinner.
Josh Lyman : You bet.
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Josh Lyman : Don't worry about it. Donna, call FEMA, use my name. When that doesn't work, use Leo's name.