Didn't pay my daddy too much of a wage. Just barely enough to get by on, I reckon. But I reckon he got by all right.
11 seconds sound clip from the Sling Blade (1996) movie soundboard.
You can hear this line at 00:11:03 in the Blu-ray version of the movie.
Quote context
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- Made quite a bit of sport of me. Made fun of me quite a bit.
- So mostly, I just sat around out there in the shed.
- My daddy worked down there at the saw mill, down at the planer mill for an old man named Dixon.
- Old man Dixon was a very cruel fella.
- Didn't treat his employees very well. Didn't pay 'em too much of a wage.
- They used to come out, one or the other of 'em, usually my mother, feed me pretty regular.
- Though I know he made enough to where I could have mustard and biscuits three or four times a week.
- But old man Dixon, he had a boy. His name was Jesse Dixon.
- Jesse was really more cruel than his daddy was.
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