Ride, Vaquero! (1953)
Ava Gardner: Cordelia Cameron
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Quotes
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Jose Esqueda : The strong will fight the strong, Señora, for possession of the weak. You see, it's not a personal matter at all.
Cordelia Cameron : And the meek shall never inherit the earth.
Jose Esqueda : Only six feet of it, Señora.
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Cordelia Cameron : It's too much and too long and I'm sick of it. Men killing each other for somebody's land or somebody's crop or dream! Does it all end in a killing? And then begin again with another killing? Is that all we are? Is that all there is?
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Sheriff Parker : [to King] I told you when you first came here what kind of country this was and what kind of men were loose in it. I told you what kind of a gamble it was. But, you still wanted to play. Well, you lost. But, you still got a Mexican standoff.
Cordelia Cameron : And what is that?
Sheriff Parker : He's alive.
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Jose Esqueda : I understand him, Señora. He likes to be insolent. He likes to be insolent. He hides behind his contempt like some women do behind their beauty.
[laughs]
Jose Esqueda : But, I understand him. I do not understand you.
Cordelia Cameron : I wish you would try, Señor.
Jose Esqueda : I'm finding it irresistible.
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Cordelia Cameron : You're not a man who takes a job to brand another man's cattle. You're not a Vaquero someone hires for a round up.
Rio : What am I?
Cordelia Cameron : I don't know what you are.
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[last lines]
Cordelia Cameron : Let me take you home.