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Homer Bannon: Don't do that, Hud; they help keep the country clean. Besides, it's against the law. Hud Bannon: Well, I've always thought the law was meant to be interpreted in a lenient manner. Sometimes I lean one way and sometimes I lean the other.

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Hud Bannon: Well, it looks like we're losing a good cook. [He smiles] Maybe we should've boosted your salary. [She gazes at him but doesn't say anything] You're not letting that little ruckus we had run you off, are you? Alma: [evenly] So far as I can get on a bus ticket. Hud Bannon: Are you claiming I'm the first guy who ever put his foot in your door? [She shakes her head negatively] But I'm the first one who ever got rough, huh...? Well, I'm sorry. That wasn't my style. I don't usually get rough with my women. [He smiles again] I generally don't have to. Alma: You're rough on everybody. Hud Bannon: [unruffled] So they tell me. Alma: You want to know something funny? It would have happened eventually, without the roughhousing. You look pretty good without your shirt on, you know...The sight of that through the kitchen window made me put my dish towel down more than once. Hud Bannon: [wry] Why didn't you speak up sooner? Hud Bannon: I'll remember you, honey. You're the one that got aw

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Homer Bannon: That's your solution for getting out of a tight fix? To pass bad beef on to my neighbors who wouldn't know what they was getting? Or risk starting an epidemic in the entire country? Hud Bannon: This country is run on epidemics; where you been? Price-fixing, crooked TV shows, inflated expense accounts...How many honest men you know? Why, if you separate the saints from the sinners, you're lucky to wind up with Abraham Lincoln. Now I want out of this spread what I put into it, so let's dip our bread into that gravy while it's still hot! Homer Bannon: You're an unprincipled man, Hud. Hud Bannon: Don't let that worry you none. You got enough for both of us.

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Lonnie Bannon: I wouldn't mind driving her the long way home. Hud Bannon: You ought to take a crack at that. Get all the good you can out of seventeen 'cause it sure wears out in one hell of a hurry.

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Hud Bannon: ...Where's my Jack Daniels? Alma Brown: I'd say you already drank it. Alma Brown: I don't like sudden passes. Hud Bannon: Well, there's another coming up on your right. Alma Brown: Don't you ever ask? Hud Bannon: The only question I ever ask any woman is, "What time is your husband coming home?" Now come on, let's get our shoelaces untied. Alma Brown: I've been asked with more finesse in my day. Hud Bannon: I wouldn't want to come off crude. Want some perfume? Alma Brown: Sure; how about some colored beads and wampum, while you're at it? Hud Bannon: Whatever I need to make you trade. Alma Brown: Thanks, but I've done my time with one cold-blooded bastard; I'm not looking for another. Hud Bannon: It's too late, honey. You've already found him.

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Alma Brown: Why do you ALWAYS park that thing in my flowers!? Hud Bannon: Because you keep planting them where I park, that's why.

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Alma Brown: You and your car smell like Chanel #5. You weren't riding the range this afternoon, were you? Hud Bannon: I sure wasn't. Alma Brown: How does Truman Peters's wife make time for you, in the middle of the day? Hud Bannon: She just drops everything for me, honey. Alma Brown: I guess it beats housework, doesn't it?

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Hud Bannon: You're a fine housekeeper, a fine cook, and a fine laundress. What else are you good at? Alma Brown: Taking care of myself. Hud Bannon: A piece of corn-silk like you shouldn't need to. Alma Brown: That's what my first husband used to tell me. Then he took my wallet and my gasoline card, left me stranded at a hotel in downtown Albuquerque. Hud Bannon: What did you do, wear your curlers to bed? Is that why he made for the hills? Alma Brown: He was a gambler. He's probably up at Vegas right now, dealing all night and losing it back in the daytime. Hud Bannon: Man like that sounds no better than a heel. Alma Brown: Aren't you all? Hud Bannon: Honey, don't go shooting all the dogs just because one of them's got fleas. Alma Brown: I was married to Ed for six years. Only thing he was ever good for was scratching my back where I couldn't reach it. Hud Bannon: You still got that itch? Alma Brown: Off and on. Hud Bannon: Well, let me know when it gets to bothering you.

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Hud Bannon: Give me a clean white shirt. Alma Brown: Boy, you're real big with the "please" and "thank you," aren't you? Hud Bannon: Please get up off your lazy butt and get me a clean white shirt. Thank you.