The Texan (TV Series)
The Lord Will Provide (1958)
Rory Calhoun: Bill Longley
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Quotes
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[the shot fired at Reverend Kilgore strikes the Bible in his vest pocket]
Reverend Kilgore : The bullet went all the way from Genesis to Proverbs... Chapter 29, the second verse.
Bill Longley : All I can say is the Lord provided a special shield for you, Reverend.
[reading the Bible passage under the bullet]
Reverend Kilgore : "When the righteous are in authority, the people rejoice."
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[first lines]
[Bill rescues a man from a pair of bushwhackers]
Reverend Kilgore : Thanks for your help.
Bill Longley : Don't you do any of your own fighting? Why didn't you pitch in? Where's your gun?
[Kilgore reaches into his coat and pulls out a Bible]
Bill Longley : ...Sorry, Reverend.
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Bill Longley : Phillipsburg? Isn't that the town where they shoot preachers?
Doctor : Yeah. Seems to be a local custom.
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Bill Longley : Why is Phillipsburg so tough on preachers?
Sheriff : I wouldn't know.
Bill Longley : Aren't you curious?
Sheriff : I'm a married man. That kind of curiosity is a luxury that only a single man should indulge in.
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[Bill grabs the sheriff's badge]
Bill Longley : Well, what about this?
Sheriff : Don't rub all the shine off, son. Besides, Phillipsburg's outside my jurisdiction. Just pay a little attention to the Junction City Museum of Art and Culture.
[the sheriff hands Bill a stack of wanted posters]
Sheriff : See any friends... or enemies?
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[Bill dons Reverend Kilgore's clothes]
Doctor : You're a fine-lookin' reverend!
Bill Longley : Thank you.
Reverend Kilgore : Except for one thing.
Bill Longley : What?
[pointing to Bill's gunbelt]
Reverend Kilgore : That.
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Reverend Kilgore : I'll pray for God to ride with you.
Bill Longley : I'll be very happy to have his company, but I think I'll ride the back trails just the same.
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[Phillips slaps Longley on both cheeks]
Bill Longley : I follow the teachings of the man who said, "Love they neighbor". He's also the man who ran the moneychangers out of the temple with his own hands - and this seems like a good example.
[Bill slugs Phillips]
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Bill Longley : I'm curious, Mr. Anderson. Why do they shoot ministers in Phillipsburg?
Katy Clayton : Because the men in this town got chicken soup in their veins instead of blood.
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Bill Longley : You saw what happened in the Oriental Palace last night, yet you didn't do anything about it. Why?
Judge Hawks : I'm the judge here, not the sheriff. I don't go to work till after there's been a shootin'.
Bill Longley : Ohh. Well, who's the sheriff?
Judge Hawks : At the moment the position is vacant.
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Bill Longley : Just in case somebody's outside waiting for us, you go first.
[Bill shoves Phillips out the door]
Pete Phillips : Don't shoot! Don't...
[the crack of a rifle shot is heard]
Bill Longley : Well, Judge, you can go to work now. I think there's been a shootin'.
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Bill Longley : Well, we can raise a thousand at least. Maybe we can get the rest.
Anderson : But where? Unless the Lord will provide, we're beat.
Bill Longley : Well, we have to have faith.
Katy Clayton : It isn't faith we need; it's money.
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Judge Hawks : I thought you were Reverend Kilgore.
Bill Longley : Appearances are deceiving. I thought you were an honest man.
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Bill Longley : I had a favorite uncle who was a school teacher, and a minister of the Lord.