“I just do things. I let other people figure them out. That's what...” – Eleanor Abbott, Inventing the Abbotts ... Movie Quotes Database

Eleanor Abbott

[to Jacey]

I just do things. I let other people figure them out. That's what parents are for; they're really good at doing all the thinking, so why should I? I think this is what they called the silent treatment. I get enough of it from my father, I don't need it from you. So good luck at Penn.

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