Lonesome Dove (1989)
Ricky Schroder: Newt Dobbs
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Quotes
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Woodrow Call : You ever get tired o' loafin' I reckon you can get a job waitin' on tables.
Gus McCrae : Oh, I had a job waitin' tables once. S' on a riverboat. I wasn't no older than Newt, there, but I hadda give it up.
Newt : How come?
Gus McCrae : Well I was, too young and pretty and the whores wouldn't let me alone.
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Newt : Gus, are you sure the Captain is my father?
Gus McCrae : Yep, he is.
Newt : He ain't never mentioned it.
Gus McCrae : Well, Woodrow ain't much of a mentioner.
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Newt : Captain, can I go with you down to the river next time you go? I believe I'm gettin' old enough.
Woodrow Call : You get old quick, sittin' out here on the porch, talkin'. Best go on to bed.
Newt : It's still early, Captain.
Woodrow Call : You go on to bed now, like I told you to.
Gus McCrae : Now, why did you do that? Best chance the boy's got at a education is listenin' to me talk.
Woodrow Call : What kinda education is that?
Gus McCrae : You think he'll learn more shovelin' horse poop for you?
Woodrow Call : I shoveled my share of it, it ain't hurt me none.
Gus McCrae : Well, it's fine with me if that's how you wanna make your fortune.
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Gus McCrae : [Coming upon the sodbusters killed by Dan Suggs] I'god, a man could get rich in the grave digging business around here. Pea, you ought to get a long shovel.
Pea Eye Parker : I don't think I'd want to do that.
Woodrow Call : This is a bad bunch we're after.
Newt : Gus, Jake wouldn't have nothin' to do with something like this!
Gus McCrae : Jake's always been a drifter Newt. Any wind can blow him.
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Joshua Deets : [laughing] Done put a gun on you. Reckon you'll be boss of this outfit before too much longer.
Newt : [Going along with the joke] You better hope not, Deets. First thing I'll do is cut your wages for all them times you been joshin' me.
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Newt : Jake wasn't a killer.
Gus McCrae : Jake liked to joke. He didn't like to work. I have exactly those same failings myself.
