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Learning, studying, working like a dog. And what does it get me? First chance I have to be somebody, I'm beaten out of it by an ignorant cowhand who can't even write his own name.

11 seconds sound clip from the Dark Command (1940) movie soundboard.

You can hear this line at 00:31:36 in the Blu-ray version of the movie.

Quote context

[...]

- Oh, there I go again. There's something I should've done before that.

- What, for instance?

- This.

- Now that's the right order in which things are done in Texas.

- Don't do it, Will. Don't do it. It ain't right.

- Well, I'm sick of doing what's right. I'm sick of teaching school getting nowhere.

- Will, listen to me. If it's Mary McCloud you're thinkin' of, she'll like you if you ain't got a penny.

- Learning, studying, working like a dog. And what does it get me? First chance I have to be somebody, I'm beaten out of it by an ignorant cowhand who can't even write his own name.

- Well, I can write my name, and I'm gonna write it across this territory in fire and blood if I have to.

- I'm going to be somebody in this country, somebody big.

- Stop it, Will! Stop it! You ain't gonna take that road.

- That's why we come here from Ohio, Away from the rottenness of your brothers.

- I taught you different. There's good in ya. And it's stronger than the bad that's in your blood.

[...]

Dark Command (1940) Sound Clip

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Actors: Claire Trevor (Mary McCloud), John Wayne (Bob Seton), Walter Pidgeon (Will Cantrell), George "Gabby" Hayes (Doc), Marjorie Main (Mrs. Cantrell), Roy Rogers (Fletch)

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