Band of Brothers (2001)
Frank John Hughes: William J. Guarnere
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Quotes
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Alex Penkala : Joe got hit in the arm? New Year's Eve gift from the Luftwaffe.
Ken Webb : Have a lot of you guys been injured?
Sgt. Martin : It's called "wounded," Peanut. "Injured" is when you fall out of a tree or something.
Warren Muck : Don't worry, there so much crap flying around, you're bound to get dinged sometime. Almost every one of these guys got hit at least once. Except for Ally, he's a two-timer. He landed on broken glass in Normandy, and got peppered by a potato masher. Now, Bull... he got a piece of exploding tank in Holland. Now George Luz here... has never been hit. You're one lucky bastard.
George Luz : Takes one to know one, Skip.
Warren Muck : Huh, considered us blessed. Now Leibgott, the skinny little guy? He got pinged in the neck in Holland. And right next to him, the other skinny little guy, that's Popeye. He got shot in his scrawny little butt in Normandy. And, uh, Buck got shot in his rather large butt in Holland.
Alex Penkala : Yeah, kind of an Easy Company tradition, getting shot in the ass.
Warren Muck : Hey, even First Sergeant Lipton there, he got a couple of pieces of a tank shell burst in Carentan. One chunk in the face, the other chunk nearly took out his nuts.
Bill Guarnere : How are those nuts, Sarge?
Carwood Lipton : They're doing fine, Bill. Nice of you to ask.
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Guarnere : Jesus Christ, we gotta do all this with a C.O. who has his head so far up his fuckin' ass, that lump in his throat is his goddamn nose.
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Bill Guarnere : I don't know whether to slap you, kiss you, or salute you. I told these scallywags you was okay.
Sgt. Denver 'Bull' Randleman : And they didn't listen?
Bill Guarnere : Naw, these salty bastards, they wanted to go on a suicide run to drag your ass back.
Sgt. Denver 'Bull' Randleman : Is that right?
Bill Guarnere : Yeah, I told 'em don't bother.
Sgt. Denver 'Bull' Randleman : Never did like this company none.
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Bill Guarnere : My brother's in North Africa. He says it's hot.
Donald Malarkey : Really? It's hot in Africa?
Bill Guarnere : Shut up!
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Bill Guarnere : I like Winters, he's a good man. But when the bullets start flying, I don't know if I want a Quaker doing my fighting for me.
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Bill Guarnere : [Guarnere and Toye have both lost a leg during a brutal shelling]
[the medics pick up Guarnere first]
Bill Guarnere : Hey, Joe, I told you I'd beat you back to the States!
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'Buck' Compton : [Compton is looking at a picture of himself and his girlfriend on Christmas Eve 1944] Bill.
[he nudges Guarnere and shows him the photo]
'Buck' Compton : Picture of my girl.
Bill Guarnere : Good-lookin' broad, Buck.
'Buck' Compton : She's, uh...
[he hands the photo to Guarnere and looks away]
'Buck' Compton : ... she's finished with me.
Bill Guarnere : [sympathetically] Really?
'Buck' Compton : Yeah. Yeah, it's uh...
[he looks at Guarnere, then at the photo, then back at Guarnere, and laughs desparately]
Bill Guarnere : Just in time for Christmas, huh?
'Buck' Compton : [Compton's laughter trails away into silence and he gets a despondent look on his face] Just in time for Christmas.
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Guarnere : Hey, Joe. Good to see you, pal.
Toye : You too.
Guarnere : What the hell are you doing back here?
Toye : I had to make sure you were on top of things.
Guarnere : Yeah, we're on top of things. I even tied me own boots last week, all by meself. Hey fellas, look who I found!
Warren Muck : Hey, Joe Toye, back for more!
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Bill Guarnere : Once we get into combat, they only people you can trust is yourself and the fella next to you.
Joe Toye : Hey, as long as he's a paratrooper.
