When a fire burns itself out, all you have left is ashes.
6 seconds sound clip from the Johnny Guitar (1954) movie soundboard.
You can hear this line at 00:37:10.060 in the Blu-ray version of the movie.
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- They should have lived happily ever after.
- They didn't, they broke up. He couldn't see himself being tied down to a home.
- Looks like the girl did a smart thing in getting rid of him.
- She was smart, all right. She learned not to love anybody again.
- Five years is a long time. There must have been quite a few men in between.
- Enough.
- What do you suppose would happen if this man was to come back?
- When a fire burns itself out, all you have left is ashes.
- Why don't you try and figure out who held up the stage.
- There must be a hundred gangs hiding out in Mexico. They hit and run and we get the blame.
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