Walking Tall (1973)
Elizabeth Hartman: Pauline
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Quotes
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Pauline Pusser : Is your pride worth those children's safety?... Of all of us?
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Buford : [after arguing with Sheriff Thurman] There it is again.
Pauline Pusser : What?
Buford : The system... You gotta live my way or you don't live.
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Pauline Pusser : [to Michael after he picks up his Christmas gift] Michael, put it down.
Mike Pusser : I wonder what it is.
Pauline Pusser : Yes, I wonder.
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Pauline Pusser : [Pauline is angry at Buford's decision to run for sheriff] No more fighting you said!... You gave your word!... Wild Bull Buford's word, on that you can bank!
Buford : I didn't know this was gonna happen!
Pauline Pusser : Oh well, you're turning this into some kind of life and death grudge fight!
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Pauline Pusser : [after Doc stitches up Buford] Three years in the Marines, five years in the ring... And he has to come home to get half killed.
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Thurman : [Sheriff Thurman is investigating Beaufort's stabbing] Pauline, did Beaufort mention where it happened?
Pauline Pusser : Someplace called the Lucky Spot... I'd laugh if it weren't so awful.
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Pauline Pusser : [to Buford as they are having a picnic] We could have a lot more days like this if you weren't sheriff.
Buford : Well, maybe in a small way, my being sheriff lets a lot of people have days like this.
Pauline Pusser : Small way?... You gambled your life... And no one has come to say thank you.
Buford : Well, maybe I'm wrong... Maybe nobody really does give a damn.
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Pauline Pusser : I'm proud of you, Buford... and I'm not so scared anymore.
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Pauline Pusser : [to Buford] I think it's time I found out how my husband earns his living.