Fences

Cory: How come you ain't never liked me? Troy: Like you? Who the hell said I got to like you? What law is there say I got to like you? Wanna stand up in front of my face and ask a damn fool-ass question like that, talkin' 'bout likin' somebody? Come here, boy, when I talk to you. Straighten up, goddammit. I asked you a question: what law is there say I got to like you? Cory: None. Troy: All right then. Don't you eat every day? Answer me when I talk to you! Don't you eat every day? Cory: Yeah... Troy: Nigga, as long as you're in my house you put a "Sir" on the end of it when you talk to me. Cory: Yes, Sir. Troy: You eat every day? Cory: Yes, Sir. Troy: You got a roof over you head? Cory: Yes, Sir. Troy: Got clothes on your back? Cory: Yes, Sir. Troy: Why you think that is? Cory: 'Cause of you? Troy: [chuckles] Hell, I know it's 'cause of me. But why do you think that is? Cory: 'Cause you like me? Troy: Like you? I go outta here every morning, I bust my butt, puttin' up with them cracker

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Rose: Why don't you go ahead and let the boy play football, Troy? He just wants to be like you with the sports. Troy: I don't want him to be like me. I want him to get as far away from my life as he possibly can get. You the only decent thing that ever happened to me, Rose. I wish him that. But I don't wish him nothin' else from my life. I decided seventeen years ago that boy wasn't gonna get involved in no sports - not after what they did to me in the sports. Rose: Why don't you just admit you were too old for the major leagues - for once, why don't you just admit that? Troy: Stop tellin' me I was too old. I just wasn't the right color. Hell, I'm 53 years old and do better than Selkirk .269 right now. Rose: How are you gonna play ball when you are over 40? Sometimes I can't get no sense outta you. Troy: I got good sense, woman, I got sense enough not to let that boy get hurt playin' no sports. You're motherin' the boy too much. worryin' about whether people like him or not. Rose: Ever

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Troy: It's not easy for me to admit that I've been standin' in the same place for eighteen years! Rose: Well, I've been standin' with you! I've been right here with you, Troy! I've got a life too! I gave eighteen years of my life to stand in the same spot as you! Don't you think I ever wanted other things? Don't you think I had dreams and hopes? What about my life? What about me? Don't you think it ever crossed my mind to want to know other men, that I wanted to lay up somewhere, forget about my responsibilities, that I wanted someone to make me laugh so I could feel good? You're not the only one who's got wants and needs! But I held on to you, Troy. I took all my feelings, my wants and needs and dreams, and I buried them inside you. I planted a seed and watched and prayed over it. I planted myself inside you, and I waited for it to bloom. It didn't take me no eighteen years to realize the soil was hard and rocky, and it wasn't never gonna bloom! But I held on to you, Troy. I held you

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