Alex Jurel Quotes in Teachers (1984)
Alex Jurel Quotes:
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Lisa: [Lisa has just handed Alex a subpoena while he is in the men's room]
Lisa: It really is good to see you, Mr. Jurel.
Alex Jurel: Considering how much you've seen, who don't you call me Alex?
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Alex Jurel: [determined] I'm not going to resign, Roger.
Dr. Donna Burke: [angry] You're finished! You're out!
Alex Jurel: Ah hell, Burke! I'm going to tell you something. I haven't even started! If you try and fire me, I'm going to be suing you.
Roger Rubell: What's that going to solve, Alex?
Alex Jurel: I don't know, Roger - let's try and find out. The damn school wasn't built for us, Roger. I wasn't built for your unions, your lawyers and all your other institutions. It was built for the kids! They're not here for us, we're here for them. That's what it's about: kids!
Roger Rubell: Alex, half of them aren't even coming back after the alarm.
Alex Jurel: But half will. I think they're worth it.
[kids cheer him]
Dr. Donna Burke: Jurel! You're crazy, you know that?
Alex Jurel: What can I say? I'm a teacher!
[grins at the kids]
Alex Jurel: I'm a teacher!
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Dr. Donna Burke: We, the board members present, think that you should tender your resignation.
Alex Jurel: My resignation? What for?
Dr. Donna Burke: Because, Mr. Jurel, no one here wants to go through the pain of firing you.
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Alex Jurel: [to his class] All right, if you're not here, speak up.
[the class laughs]
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Diane: [Jurel has taken Diane to have an abortion] Listen, can I bum a cigarette?
Alex Jurel: Diane, look, I don't think...
Diane: [interrupting] Mr. Jurel, I just had an abortion. I think I'm old enough to smoke.
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Alex Jurel: There's nothing worse than a female lawyer with a cause.
Lisa: Except a male teacher without one.
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Roger Revel: You're not gonna betray ol' JFK, are ya?
Alex Jurel: Aw, come on, for Christ's sake, Roger! That'd be like shitting on the Peace Corps! You haven't lived 'till you see them try to serve me with a subpoena.
-- Alex Jurel
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