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Walter Burns:
You can get married all you want, Hildy, but you can't quit the newspaper business. Hildy Johnson:
Well, why not? Walter Burns:
I know you, Hildy. I know what quitting would mean to you! Hildy Johnson:
What would it mean? Walter Burns:
It would kill ya! Hildy Johnson:
You can't sell me that, Walter Burns. Walter Burns:
Who says I can't? You're a newspaper man! Hildy Johnson:
That's why I'm quitting! I want to go someplace where I can be a woman
You can get married all you want, Hildy, but you can't quit the newspaper business. Hildy Johnson:
Well, why not? Walter Burns:
I know you, Hildy. I know what quitting would mean to you! Hildy Johnson:
What would it mean? Walter Burns:
It would kill ya! Hildy Johnson:
You can't sell me that, Walter Burns. Walter Burns:
Who says I can't? You're a newspaper man! Hildy Johnson:
That's why I'm quitting! I want to go someplace where I can be a woman
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Get married all you want but you can't quit the newspaper business
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Why not I know what quitting would mean to you
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What would it mean It would kill you
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You can't sell me that Walter Burns Who says I can't
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You're a newspaperman That's why I'm quitting
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I want to go someplace where I can be a woman You mean be a traitor
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Movie Summary
A newspaper editor uses every trick in the book to keep his ace reporter ex-wife from remarrying.

