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I've learned to read some. Took me four years to read the Bible. I reckon I understand a great deal of it. Wasn't what I expected in some places.

14 seconds sound clip from the Sling Blade (1996) movie soundboard.

You can hear this line at 00:14:54 in the Blu-ray version of the movie.

Quote context

[...]

- I reckon that made me madder than what Jesse had made me.

- So I taken the Kaiser blade, some folks call it a sling blade, I call it a Kaiser blade, and I hit my mother upside the head with it.

- Killed her.

- Some folks has asked me: If you had it to do over again, would you do it the same way? Well, I reckon I would.

- Anyhow, they seen fit to put me in here, and here I've been for a great long while.

- I've learned to read some. Took me four years to read the Bible. I reckon I understand a great deal of it. Wasn't what I expected in some places.

- I've slept in a good bed for a great long while.

- Now they've seen fit to put me out of here. They say they're setting me free today.

- Anyhow, I reckon that's all you'd need to know.

- If you wanna hear about more details, I reckon I can tell 'em to you.

- I don't know whether or not that's enough for your newspaper or not. Mm-hm.

[...]

Sling Blade (1996) Sound Clip

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Actors: Billy Bob Thornton (Karl Childers), Dwight Yoakam (Doyle Hargraves), J. T. Walsh (Charles Bushman)

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