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Educating Rita
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"Educating Rita" Quotes

A young hairdresser seeks personal growth and education by enrolling in an Open University course, challenging traditional social constructs.

Quotes

Do you know what I'd like to be able to do? I'd like to be able to go into a pub and have a drink and just talk.

Willy Russell

aspirationcommunication

I'm comin' in, aren't I? It's that stupid bleeding handle on the door. You wanna get it fixed!

Willy Russell

frustration

I'm still me. An' that's what's been bothering me. I'm still Rita.

Willy Russell

self-identity

He's a good tutor, isn't he? I mean, he's dead good, isn't he?

Willy Russell

admiration

See, y' don't do things by halves, do y'? When I'm with you I feel like a fake.

Willy Russell

self-doubt

I don't want to be funny. I wanna talk seriously.

Willy Russell

communication

I'm gonna get a room upstairs. It's got a bathroom, y' know.

Willy Russell

determination

I'm gonna open that bleeding door, no matter what!

Willy Russell

determination

I'm not gonna have a baby. I'm not going to.

Willy Russell

I don't want to be one of those women who have babies every year.

Willy Russell

ambition