Dr. Frank Napier
"[to Joe] Its like youre a Big Bird with radar. And Im tired of getting hit!"

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Dr. Frank Napier
"[speaking to Clark] Brother, I will go through the... fire with you! But you are not taking over. This shit youre pulling now, youve just gone plain loco!"

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Joe Clark
"The Lord said, do whatever you have to do. And he didnt say Joe, be polite."

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Joe Clark
"[With a baseball bat in his hand] They used to call me Crazy Joe. Well now they can call me Batman!"

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Joe Clark
"I dont have to do nothin but stay black and die!"

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Joe Clark
"[after refusing admittance to the Fire Chief] You know what hes saying right now? Black bastard cant throw me out! You know where hes saying it? Out in the parking lot."

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Joe Clark
"Get off welfare!"

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Joe Clark
"[Addressing students] They said this school was dead. Like the cemetery its built on. But we call our Eastside teams Ghosts, dont we? And what are ghosts? Ghosts are spirits that rise from the dead. I want you to be my ghosts."

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Joe Clark
"The problem with teenagers today is you dont know nothing. The problem with being a teenager is you think you know better than those who have been down that road youre traveling."

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Joe Clark
"Forget about the way it used to be. This is not a damn democracy! We are in a state of emergency and my word is law!"

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Joe Clark
"I want all of you to take a good look at these people on the risers behind me. These people have been here up to five years and done absolutely nothing. These people are drug dealers and drug users. They have taken up space. They have disrupted this school. They have harassed your teachers. And they have intimidated you. Well, times are about to change. You will not be bothered in Joe Clarks school. These people are incorrigible. And since none of them could graduate anyway, [Turns to the troublemakers on stage] you are all expurgated. You are dismissed! You are out of here, forever. I wish you well!"

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Joe Clark
"Discipline is not the enemy of enthusiasm."

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Joe Clark
"[addressing teachers] You think you can run this school? If you could, then I wouldnt be here, would I? No one talks at my meetings. NO ONE! You take out your pencils and write. I want the names... of every hoodlum, drug dealer, and miscreant whos done nothing but take this place apart on my desk by noon today."

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Joe Clark
"[at teachers meeting] You know why youre being demoted, Mr. Darnell? Because Im sick and tired of our football team getting pushed all over the field. Thank you, sit down. I want PRECISION. I want a weight program. And if you dont like it, Mr. Darnell, you can quit. Same goes for the rest of you. Youve tried it your way for years. And your students cant even get past the minimum basic skills test. That means they can HARDLY READ!"

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Joe Clark
"[after asking teachers to put up their hands] Because you are failing to educate them, this is the posture that many of our students will wind up in. Only theyll be staring down the barrel of a gun!"

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