- Leadhead Kane: Some strike! It was lead! Yeah, and that's when they started calling me Leadhead. And it stuck to me. Oh, say, now, I've been jawing away to a fare thee well, ain't I. Somebody should have stuck a boot in my mouth.
- Jess Hagen: You take that look off your face.
- Vance Crawford: There's no look on my face, you're just seeing things.
- Paladin: I don't know anything about you. But in each of you I see something of Leadhead Kane. A loneliness that comes from the dream of the big strike. He never had time for companionship, warmth, laughter, and now it's too late. You're too old. That same look was in Leadhead Kane's eyes.
- Paladin: Now, Mr Hagen, if I were you, I would sit very still. Your friends are gonna be looking for a target when they get back.
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- Paladin: There it is, Hagen. You can't get into this mine and we can't get out. Stalemate.