“So, can I ask you a hypothetical question?” – Ben Bradlee, The Post ... Movie Quotes Database

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Ben Bradlee

[behind closed doors]

So, can I ask you a hypothetical question?

Katharine Graham

Oh, dear. I don't like hypothetical questions.

Ben Bradlee

Well, I don't think you're gonna like the real one, either.

Katharine Graham

[pause]

Do you have the Papers?

Ben Bradlee

[pause]

Not yet.

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