“The trouble is, you're trying to buy love from those kids and it...” – Albert "Bert" Pierce, Mildred Pierce ... Movie Quotes Database

The trouble is, you're trying to buy love from those kids and it won't work. I'm no bargain, but I make enough to get by. But no, that isn't good enough. Veda has to have a piano and lessons and fancy dresses so she can sit up on a platform smirking her way through a piece any five-year-old with talent could play.

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