Sergeant York

Ain't nobody ever cut 5 centers, lessen' it were Dan'l Boone.

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[at the target range] Remember, guys, you're usin' real live ammunition! A bullet hasn't got any brains! It'll hit whatever you're aimin' at, so don't start murdering each other!

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Pastor Rosier Pile: See that rock, Alvin? You've been plowin' around that rock a heap o' years. Alvin: Sure have! Pastor Rosier Pile: Did you ever think when you start plowin' yer furrows crooked, it's mighty hard to get 'em straight again? Alvin: I never thought on it much. Pastor Rosier Pile: It's that-a-way, I reckon, with other things 'sides plowin'. Satan's got ya by the shirt tail, Alvin!

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Alvin: The way I figure, there ain't no use for a fellow going out looking for religion. It's well… it's just got to come to a fellow. Pastor Rosier Pile: It'll come my boy, you'll see. Maybe slow-like the way daylight comes, and maybe in flash like a bolt of lightning. Alvin: When? Pastor Rosier Pile: When you ain't even expecting it. Alvin: Well, I hope so.

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Pastor Rosier Pile: War's way to the other side of the ocean, Alvin. Lots of things can happen before you get there. You put your trust in the Lord, and He'll look out for you. Alvin: I done forgot the Lord! I ain't never gonna forget him again!

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Sergeant: Where did ya learn to shoot York? Alvin: Well I ain't never learned Sergeant! Folks back home used to say I could shoot a rifle before I was weaned, but they was exaggeratin' some.

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