They ain't afraid to die. What seems most important to me is that they ain't afraid to live.

— Jim Bowie (Richard Widmark)

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

You can hear this line at 00:46:03.578 in the Blu-ray version of the movie.

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[...]

- I gather you like it.

- Oh, Davy! If you only knew Mexico! It's wonderful!

- I thought she was a burnt-over desert most of the time.

- Nah... Most northerners think that. It ain't so.

- Big valleys between high mountains. Just everything a man could want in the way of country. For looking at or... or for growing on.

- But mostly... Mostly it's the people, Davy. They got... This is kinda hard to explain, but... they got courage and they got dignity.

- They ain't afraid to die. What seems most important to me is that they ain't afraid to live.

- Today is important to them, not the dollar tomorrow might bring.

- I suppose the Yankee says that's lazy. Me? I say it's a way of livin'.

- And the womenfolk! Whew! Well, Davy...

- I figured you favoured the Mexican ladies. They tell me you married one. Yeah, I... I did. I...

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