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First Sunday (2008) More at IMDb Pro »

Durell: Promise me somethin. Promise me you'll be better than me.
Durell Jr.: OK. You promise me somethin. Promise me you won't let mom take me to Atlanta. Please

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Rickey: I'm not infectin the community. I got papers to prove Im not infected...

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LeeJohn: [after he and Durell find the church safe empty] Who robs a church?

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LeeJohn: The white Jesus keeps starin at me!

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Durell: I'm not gonna lose my son!

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LeeJohn: [sees pictures of JFK and Dr. King] Yo, Durell! They starin at me too!
[LeeJohn clearly uneasy, keeps looking at picture of Dr. King]
LeeJohn: [yelling defensively] I didn't kill the dream!

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Pastor Arthur Mitchell: [to the congregation] You have to ask yourself: Would a man rob God?

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Officer Eddie King: Did it look like he was winkin at us?
Officer D'Agostino: [shrugs] He is the choir director.

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Rickey: What kinda name is LeeJohn anyway?
LeeJohn: My mom had two boyfriends, Lee and John. She didn't know who my daddy was, so she named me LeeJohn.
Rickey: [after a pause] I dunno if I would have shared that.

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LeeJohn: [to Judge] If I go back to jail they gonna make me a woman!

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Mordecai: Do you want to know my name?
LeeJohn: I don't just want to know your name, I want you to whisper it in my ear.
Mordecai: MORDECAI!

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LeeJohn: They using big words now. Sanctuary, congested... that means umm, ghetto.

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Pastor Arthur Mitchell: Actually, your honor, we have a lot of witnesses here that are willing to testify to a lot of things... like embezzlement.
Tianna: Misappropriation of funds.
Sister Doris: Falsifying documents.
Rickey: Not to mention, wearing an easter suit with a halloween shirt and tie set!

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Rickey: I'm not infected. I have papers to prove I'm not infected.

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LeeJohn: I'm gettin' my money on!

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Judge B. Bennet Galloway: Mr. Jackson, six months ago you were caught shoplifting at a Stop 'N Shop, with a box full of Ding Dongs and a six pack of Banana Strawberry Boone's Farm.
LeeJohn: Uh, your honor, it was Goober Grape.
Judge B. Bennet Galloway: When the arresting officer searched you, he found a twenty dollar bill in your pocket. Why didn't you just pay for it?
LeeJohn: Because this dude named Bo-Peep was on my ass about twenty dollars and I...

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Sister Doris: Do you like birthday parties, Leonard... I mean, LeeJohn?
LeeJohn: I don't know. I never had one.
Sister Doris: You never had a birthday party?
LeeJohn: When they took me to my foster home, they lost my birth certificate. So, nobody never knew when my birthday was.
Sister Doris: Aww... I know when it is.
LeeJohn: You do? When?
Sister Doris: Today!

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Durell: Um, excuse me?
Rickey: Excuse you? Don't nobody even know you!

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Choir Member #3: I'm hungry, too!
Rickey: When are you not hungry?

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Assistant D.A.: These miscreants...
Rickey: Miscreants? We are African-Americans!

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Timmy: What's a hostage?
Rickey: Hostage is what we were down in that basement for 4 1/2 hours. I'ma need therapy or something.

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Deacon: I object!
Rickey: We all object. Answer the question.

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LeeJohn: I'm gonna construct some construction that needs to be constructed.

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Durell: You need to worry about getting your hair burnt.
Omunique's Client: You need to be worrying about burning yourself out a job.

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