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(having a "heart to heart" talk with John) "John, that day you flew to Nebraska, when you suddenly just ditched work, my God, I thought you lost it. You scared me but once we rolled up our sleeves and started fundraising and meeting other Pompe families it made me feel like - I mean do we just accept our fate and do what we are told by all the well meaning doctors and wait for the worst to happen or do we fight it?"
- Aileen Crowley,
Extraordinary Measures
(meeting with John and Aileen Crowley when John asks him if it is ok to call him Bob) "If you've got a check for me for a half million dollars you can call me Peggy Sue."
- Dr. Robert Stonehill,
Extraordinary Measures
(the first time he meets Megan Crowley she asks him if he has a wife. He tells her ex wives and she says how come?) "Because I'm so easy to get along with. Any other questions?"
- Dr. Robert Stonehill,
Extraordinary Measures
(John Crowley trying to convince Dr. Stonehill that if they work around the clock they can accomplish the time line they are under) "I already work around the clock. Why don't you just give them my balls in a jelly jar?."
- Dr. Robert Stonehill,
Extraordinary Measures
(the doctor had told him that his daughter's death could be considered a blessing. After a near death experience the doctor tells John that the girl is stable. John replies) "I expect you could say we dodged that blessing, huh?"
- John Crowley,
Extraordinary Measures
(telling his wife that he has promised to raise money for Dr. Stonehill's research. His wife asks if it is five hundred or a thousand?) "It's five hundred thousand by next month."
- John Crowley,
Extraordinary Measures
(his boss is trying to talk him into keeping his job) "You're right, this is crazy. I'm chasing the wind but I can't just sit around and wait for my kids to die. I can't do that."
- John Crowley,
Extraordinary Measures
(talking with Dr. Stonehill after an argument) "Fine, spend the rest of your life dreaming up great ideas that don't get funded. Draw your diagrams on the wall that cure diseases in theory but never help a single human being in reality."
- John Crowley,
Extraordinary Measures
(arguing with a corporate executive about drug research) "This is not about a return on an investment, it's about kids. Kids with names, dreams, families that love them."
- John Crowley,
Extraordinary Measures