Little girls! I am in the business of putting old heads on young shoulders, and all my pupils are the crème de la crème. Give me a girl at an impressionable age and she is mine for life.
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Deep in most of us is the potential for greatness or the potential to inspire greatness.
-from The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie (1969), Jean Brodie addressing her class
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Sandy, please try to do as I say and not as I do. Remember, you are a child, Sandy, and far from your prime.
JEAN BRODIE: It was you who betrayed me!
SANDY: I didn't betray you - I put a stop to you!
-spoken by Miss Brodie
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A man with a wife and six children plus a schoolgirl for a mistress can be called any number of rude names, but "coward" is not one of them. -spoken by Teddy Lloyd
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JEAN BRODIE: It was you who betrayed me!
SANDY: I didn't betray you - I put a stop to you!
1970: Best Actress in a Leading Role
Maggie Smith in The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie
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