This may seem a lonesome place to leave him. But he's not alone. Because many of his kind rest here with him.

— Jebediah Nightlinger (Roscoe Lee Browne)

19 seconds sound clip from the The Cowboys (1972) movie soundboard.

You can hear this line at 01:53:35 in the Blu-ray version of the movie.

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[...]

- Could you drink some whisky?

- No.

- Is there anything...?

- I want you to see that these boys all get home.

- I will.

- Summer's over.

- Just about.

- I'm proud of ya. All of ya. Every man wants his children to be better than he was. You are.

- This may seem a lonesome place to leave him. But he's not alone. Because many of his kind rest here with him.

- The prairie was like a mother to Mr. Andersen. He belonged to her.

- She cared for him while he lived and she's nursing him while he sleeps.

- What?

- What are you doing?

- We didn't want to do it this way, but we knew you wouldn't give 'em to us.

[...]

The Cowboys (1972) Sound Clip

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The best quotes from The Cowboys (1972), as voted by the site's visitors, featuring short sound bites.

Actors: John Wayne (Wil Andersen), Roscoe Lee Browne (Jebediah Nightlinger), Bruce Dern (Asa Watts)

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