Office Romance

"As everyone knows, labor ennobles man, and that's why people go to work with pleasure."

"This is Shoura - nice but, unfortunately, active. At some point she was promoted to public work and there's been no way to discharge her from it ever since."

"I have children - a boy and... a boy. Two boys."

"(to Shoura, angrily): Go to... the accounting department!!! And even farther!"

"I won't live that long, I have a hazardous job!"

"That's all for you, Novoseltsev... Wash-out! My old woman is interested in you. Exploring your personal records!"

"Footwear is what makes woman."

"What distinguishes a businesswoman from a Woman? A gait! Just look how you walk! ....Huddle yourself up, tie yourself in a knot, shrivel like an old torn boot and here you are dashing to work as if hammering in polings! But look how we do. My head is up... eyes are down a little... everything is relaxed here... shoulders pulled back... I move freely from my hip... a spring-relaxed style of a panther ready for leap."

"Lyudmila Prokofyevna, where did you pick up this vulgarity? You wag your hips like a loose woman!"

"As a matter of fact, one could even teach a hare to smoke. There's nothing impossible for a person with intellect."

"Ryzhova, the bottle blond that always walks with string bags. Look, here she sits, all in terrible roses."

"In a woman, there should be mystery."

"Ryzhova: When a woman is told that she is a good girl, does it mean that she's an utter fool?"

"Kalougina: I have such an unstained reputation, it's high time to compromise me."

"Andrey Myagkov — Anatoly Yefremovich Novoseltsev"

"Alisa Freindlich — Lyudmila Prokofyevna Kalougina"

"Svetlana Nemolyayeva — Olga Petrovna Ryzhova"

"Oleg Basilashvili — Yuri Grigoryevich Samokhvalov"

"Liya Akhedzhakova — Verochka"

"Georgi Burkov — Zavkhoz (Logistics manager)"

"Lyudmila Ivanova — Activist Shoura"

"Pyotr Shcherbakov — Pyotr Ivanovich Boublikov"

"Nelly Pshennaya — Samokhvalov's wife"