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Secondhand Lions (2003) More at IMDbPro »

Hub: What do ya want me to do? Die of old age?

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Walter: I'm going to go inside and watch television.
Garth: Ain't got one.
Walter: No television?

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Walter: You bought a used lion?

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Adult Walter: [reading his uncles' will] The kid gets it all. Just plant us in the damn garden, next to the stupid lion.

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Sheik's Grandson: [looking at a large yacht in a small pond] I see they spent my grandfather's gold well.
Adult Walter: [laughing] Well, there was this one travelling salesman...

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Hub: Sometimes the things that may or may not be true are the things a man needs to believe in the most. That people are basically good; that honor, courage, and virtue mean everything; that power and money, money and power mean nothing; that good always triumphs over evil; and I want you to remember this, that love... true love never dies. You remember that, boy. You remember that. Doesn't matter if it's true or not. You see, a man should believe in those things, because those are the things worth believing in.

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Hood 1: Hey, who do you think you are, huh?
Garth: Just a dumb kid, Hub. Don't kill him.
Hub: [to Garth] Right.
[Grabs Hood 1 by the throat]
Hub: I'm Hub McCann. I've fought in two World Wars and countless smaller ones on three continents. I led thousands of men into battle with everything from horses and swords to artillery and tanks. I've seen the headwaters of the Nile, and tribes of natives no white man had ever seen before. I've won and lost a dozen fortunes, KILLED MANY MEN and loved only one woman with a passion a FLEA like you could never begin to understand. That's who I am. NOW, GO HOME, BOY!

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Garth: [after Walter leaves] Salesman should be by in about three, four hours.
Hub: Whoop-de-do.

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Stan: It's up to you, kid. We can be friends, or we can be enemies. What's it gonna be?
Walter: [looks down, thinking, then looks up] Defend yourself!
Stan: What?

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Walter: What's wrong with him?
Garth: Well, a man's body may grow old, but inside his spirit can still be as young and as restless as ever.
Garth: And him - in his day, he had more spirit than twenty men.

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[Hub and Garth are getting ready to shoot at a traveling salesman]
Walter: Why not see what he's sellin'?
Hub: What the hell for?
Walter: Well what's the good of having all that money if you're never gonna spend it?
Garth: Could be the kid has a point.
Hub: Well. We'll see what the man's sellin'. THEN we'll shoot him.
Garth: Good plan.

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Walter: Those stories about Africa... They're true aren't they?

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Walter: I've been to the orphan home before. I don't wanna go back.

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Hub: WE'RE OLD, DAMNIT! LEAVE US ALONE!
Garth: The last thing we need is some little sissy boy hanging around all summer

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Helen: You take him to the orphanage right this minute
Hub: Whether we take him to the orphanage or tie him up and throw him in the lake, that's OUR business, not yours

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Hub: We're fix'in to die anytime, so if we kick off in the middle of the night, you're on your own

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Mae: Show 'em your friendly, Honey! Let 'em sniff your hand

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Walter: If I'm gonna live here, there's gonna be some conditions
Hub: conditions?
Walter: No more dangerous stuff. No more fighting teenagers. No airplanes. More vegetables, less meat

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Hub: You know what I don't like 'bout houseguests?
[slams fist on table]
Hub: Dinner table Chit-Chat Chit-Chat

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Walter: Has he hit YOU yet?
Mae: MIND YOUR OWN BUSINESS!

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Walter: So, you two were away for 40 years... Where'd you go?

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Hub: [to Stan] You're lucky the lion got to you before *we* did.

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Sheik's Great Grandson: [speaking of Hub and Garth] So... they lived?
Adult Walter: They lived.

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Garth: The Sheik *knew* that he would sure die now, without even the right to beg for mercy... But Hub just said "Twice I have held your life in my hands. And twice I have given it back to you. The next time..."
Young Hub: Your life is mine!

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