I hope this powder ain't damp.

1 seconds sound clip from the The Alamo (1960) movie soundboard.

You can hear this line at 00:19:54.183 in the Blu-ray version of the movie.

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[...]

- Are you gonna pray, sir? But why, sir?

- I mean, there wasn't no doubt we'd find her.

- The colonel just wasn't sure which one of these here creeks was the shortest cut.

- He ain't been here in nigh 15 years.

- Better make the signal, boy.

- Yes, sir.

- I hope this powder ain't damp.

- You don't take it wrong I ask you all these questions, Parson? No, boy, that's how you learn. Asking.

- Yes, sir.

- So many times every day you stop and give thanks. Mostly I can't catch on to what you're thanking the Lord for. I mean, there's nothin' special.

- I give thanks for the time and the place.

- The time and place, Parson? A time to live and a place to die. That's all any man gets. No more, no less.

- Fire the signal, boy.

- Yes, sir.

[...]

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