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Need help with a line from a movie or TV (television, not The Villages) show. It's half stuck in my mind and I can remember neither the exact quote nor the source. The set up is that the protagonist is an orphan. He is introduced to relatives of his lady love. An elderly lady (mother, grandmother, aunt, whatever) responds more of less: “To lose one parent might be considered unfortunate. To lose both is certainly careless.”
Anyway, that‘s surely not the exact quote, but it’s close. Can anyone attribute it and correct my misrememberance. This is kinda like an old melody that gets stuck in your head and will not leave until identified. And I've always loved, not the quote exactly, but the sense of certitude behind it.???
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An aside in that the snobbery of the old lady reminded me of the young Bostonian girl who returned home with her beau from college (Harvard, of course). Upon being introduced to the grande dame of the family, the boy explains that "his people" are from Des Moines, Iowa. The dear old lady is somewhat taken aback but recovers quickly enough to explain to the young man that "in Boston, we pronounce it "Ohio". But I digress. What's the quote and where's it from???
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