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- You know, like you could look just about anywhere and see land. I mean, with nothing set down on it.
- Yeah, it's great. I'm a real sucker for dirt and cactus. That's how come I left.

12 seconds sound clip from the They Shoot Horses, Don't They? movie soundboard.

You can hear this line at 00:17:18 in the Blu-ray version of the movie.

Quote context

[...]

- You okay?

- Hope I don't start lugging' on ya.

- You ain't never lugged on me.

- Just keep thinkin' about the seven meals a day they gonna be feeding us.

- Can you feel that?

- What?

- The ocean. The waves... you can feel them right through the floor. Even when you're long ways away from it, you can still feel it sometimes.

- Not where I'm from.

- Where's that?

- Around. Kansas. Texas mostly-Dallas.

- That must've been nice.

- Nice?

- Well, I've never actually been through there, but that's the way it always seemed to me.

- You know, like you could look just about anywhere and see land. I mean, with nothing set down on it.

- Yeah, it's great. I'm a real sucker for dirt and cactus. That's how come I left.

- Well, why did you leave?

- You ever been to bed with a Syrian who chewed tobacco? Well, if anybody ever asks you, you can tell 'em there's no future in it.

- What do you want... The whole floor?

- I'm terribly sorry.

- The way she's throwing it around, her feet will last longer than her rear end.

- He was a butcher.

- Who was?

- The Syrian.

[...]

They Shoot Horses, Don't They? Sound Clip

They Shoot Horses, Don't They? poster

Memorable quotes from the classic Depression-era film, featuring short sound clips and sfx.

Actors: Jane Fonda (Gloria Beatty), Gig Young (Rocky Gravo), Michael Sarrazin (Robert Syverton), Susannah York (Alice LeBlanc), Red Buttons ("Sailor" Harry Kline), Michael Conrad (Rollo), Al Lewis (Turkey)

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