The Ultimate Leslie Knope Dossier: Favorite Foods, Quotes, and Lore

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Leslie Knope’s dialogue combined breathless civic optimism with bizarre, deadpan non-sequiturs. These lines encapsulate her worldview:

1. "We need to remember what's important in life: friends, waffles, work. Or waffles, friends, work. Doesn't matter, but work is third."

2. "I am big, and I have many binders."

3. "I took a shower, so I'm practically an athlete."

4. "No one achieves anything alone."

5. "There is nothing we can't do if we work hard, never sleep, and shirk all other responsibilities in our lives."

6. "You know my code: hoes before bros. Uteruses before duderuses. Ovaries before brovaries."

7. "What I hear when I'm being yelled at is people caring loudly at me."

8. "If I had to summarize our friendship in one word, it would be: AnnPerkinsIsTheBestPersonEver."

9. "I'm ready. I've been ready for this my whole life. I have an 800-page binder right here that says I'm ready."

10. "I love you and I like you."