- When did you take your first drink?
- It was on the occasion of my first broken heart. And my last.
— Jebediah Nightlinger (Roscoe Lee Browne)
11 seconds sound clip from the The Cowboys (1972) movie soundboard.
You can hear this line at 01:13:42 in the Blu-ray version of the movie.
Quote context
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- That black son of a bitch cooks better than my ma.
- Come on, you, we oughta be goin' before the old man finds out we're gone.
- Did ya ever notice how pink Mr. Nightlinger's palms are? They're kinda pretty.
- Shit.
- Shall we join 'em, Mr. Nightlinger?
- When did you take your first drink?
- It was on the occasion of my first broken heart. And my last.
- She was an older woman and wise. Vastly experienced.
- I've been drinking sour mash ever since. I was 17.
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