The Substitute (1996)
Ernie Hudson: Rolle
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Quotes
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Principal Claude Rolle : Two of your students are in the nurse's office talking a lawsuit right now.
Shale : Why, is the nurse a lawyer?
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Principal Claude Rolle : Power perceived is power achieved.
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Mr. Darrell Sherman : You're sellin' out your own people, motherfucker!
Principal Claude Rolle : Sell out? You know what I see when I look at you, Darrell? I see me. I see me when I was young and stupid. Young man, I'm just doing you a favor.
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Principal Claude Rolle : You don't teach history anymore Smith. You ARE history!
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Mr. Darrell Sherman : You're a liar!
Principal Claude Rolle : [calmly] I know. It upset me too.
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Principal Claude Rolle : [Holding Shale at gunpoint] Who you working for, Shale? Who you working for?
Shale : Myself.
Principal Claude Rolle : Yeah, right! A great teacher. You're a mercenary. You're in it for the money like everybody else!
Shale : It was never about the money.
Principal Claude Rolle : It's always about the money! If it's not about the money, what the hell else is there?
Shale : I'd try to explain it to you Claude, but there's just some things that can't be taught.
[Shale overpowers Rolle and kills him]