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Bishop Gardner:
[to Skeffington]
Aren't you being a bit too Irish? Certainly what you said may have been true once - the jealousy, the resentment we old-time Yankees had for your people when you first began crowding in. I'd say it was natural enough. But look at what's been happening. Our boys and girls are going to the same schools and colleges. They're intermarrying, raising families. Amos Force:
No child of mine will ever marry one of them. Bishop Gardner:
That's not surprising Amos, considering that you're a bachelor
[to Skeffington]
Aren't you being a bit too Irish? Certainly what you said may have been true once - the jealousy, the resentment we old-time Yankees had for your people when you first began crowding in. I'd say it was natural enough. But look at what's been happening. Our boys and girls are going to the same schools and colleges. They're intermarrying, raising families. Amos Force:
No child of mine will ever marry one of them. Bishop Gardner:
That's not surprising Amos, considering that you're a bachelor
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Aren't you being a bit too Irish
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Certainly what you said may have been true once
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The jealousy the resentment we old time Yankees had for your people
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when you first began crowding in
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I'd say it was natural enough but look at what's been happening
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Our boys and girls are going to same schools and colleges
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They're intermarrying raising families
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No child of mine will ever marry one of them
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That's not surprising Amos considering that you're a bachelor
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Movie Summary
Frank Skeffington is an old Irish-American political boss, running for re-election as mayor of a U.S. town for the last time.

