Quotations

00:39:56 ***** 00:18:05 I mean I'm not insolent. It's just the first thing you do is start doggin' on ... criticizing the way I speak. I thought this was just about spelling words. Well then, fine. You know what? When I put my mind to it, I can memorize anything. And I don't need help from a dictatorial, truculent, supercilious gardener. I'm sorry to be so insolent.
 * Akeelah and the Bee (2006)**
 * __Dr. Larabee__****:** Have you . . . have you got any goals?
 * __Akeelah:__** Hmm? Goals...
 * __Dr. Larabee__**: What would you like to be when you grow up? A doctor, a lawyer, a stand-up comic?
 * __Akeelah__**: I don't know. The only thing I'm good at is spelling.
 * __Dr. Larabee__**: Go over there and read the quotation that's on the wall. Read it aloud, please.
 * __Akeelah__**: [//quoting Marianne Williamson//]: „Our deepest fear is not that we are inadequate. Our deepest fear is that we are powerful beyond measure. We ask ourselves, Who am I to be brilliant, gorgeous, talented, fabulous? Actually, who are you not to be? We were born to make manifest the glory of God that is within us. And as we let our own light shine, we unconsciously give other people permission to do the same”.
 * __Dr. Larabee__**: Does that mean anything to you?
 * __Akeelah__**: I don't know.
 * __Dr. Larabee__**: It's written in plain English. What does it mean?
 * __Akeelah__**: That I'm not supposed to be afraid?
 * __Dr. Larabee__**: Afraid of what?
 * __Akeelah__**: Afraid of... me?
 * 00:52:56**
 * __Akeelah__****:** So why do you got all these toys for?
 * __Dr. Larabee__**: They belonged to my niece.
 * __Akeelah__**: Oh. So you’ve got any kids of your own?
 * __Dr. Larabee__**: You ask a lot of questions, don't you?
 * __Akeelah__**: I'm naturally inquisitive.
 * __Dr. Larabee__**: Yes, which is also sometimes confused with being naturally obnoxious.
 * __Dr. Larabee__****:** The first thing most serious spellers do is learn all of the winning words and their origins.
 * __Akeelah__**: Well, maybe I ain't that serious.
 * __Dr. Larabee__****:** Maybe neither am I.
 * __Akeelah__**: So why are you home during the day? Ain't you got a job?
 * __Dr. Larabee__****:** Do me a favor, leave the ghetto talk outside, all right?
 * __Akeelah:__** Ghetto talk? I don't talk ghetto.
 * __Dr. Larabee__**: Hm, "ain't you got no job?" You use that language to fit in with your friends. Here you will speak properly or you won't speak at all. Understood?
 * __Akeelah:__** Yeah. Whatever.
 * __Dr. Larabee__**: You can leave now.
 * __Akeelah__**: Excuse me?
 * __Dr. Larabee__**: I said you can leave.
 * __Akeelah:__** How come?
 * __Dr. Larabee__**: Because I don't have time to waste on insolent little girls.
 * __Akeelah__**: Insolent? I ain't insol ...