They Shoot Horses, Don't They? - Questioning Motives in a Difficult Situation
Policeman #1:
Let's go.
Policeman #2:
Why did you do it, kid?
Robert Syverton:
She asked me to.
Policeman #2: [smirking]
Obliging bastard. Is that the only reason you got, kid?
Robert Syverton:
They shoot horses, don't they?
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They Shoot Horses, Don't They? - Disillusionment with Dreams and Reality
Robert Syverton: [standing outside looking at the ocean]
I used to love to look at he ocean, walk by it, just sit and listen to it. Now I don't care if I ever see it again.
Gloria Beatty:
That, or anything else.
Robert Syverton:
What are you gonna do know? Try in the movies again?
Gloria Beatty:
No. I'd never make it. And maybe it wouldn't make no difference, even if I did. Maybe it's just the whole damn world is like central casting: They got it all rigged before you ever show up.
Robert Syverton:
I know what you mean. I know just what you mean.
Gloria Beatty:
Do you?
Robert Syverton:
What are you gonna do?
Gloria Beatty:
I'm gonna get off this merry-go-round. I'm so sick of all sticky things.
Robert Syverton:
What thing?
Gloria Beatty:
Life. And don't give me no sunshine lectures!
Robert Syverton:
I wasn't going to.
Gloria Beatty:
Then what were you looking at me that way for?
Robert Syverton:
I wasn't, I was just tryin to see you face.
Gloria Beatty:
Well keep looking. And stick around for the end.
Gloria Beatty:
Help me! Oh please, please!
Robert Syverton: [He takes the gun]
Tell me when.
Gloria Beatty:
I'm ready.
Robert Syverton: [He holds the gun to her temple]
Now?
Gloria Beatty:
Now.
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They Shoot Horses, Don't They? - Debate Over Lillian's Health in Marathon
Rocky Graver:
The doctor's decision is: Lillian Kramer stays on in the marathon! The doctor's assured me Lillian just has a slight sinus headache.
Gloria Beatty:
Headache. For all that quack knows she's... she's got a brain tumor.
Robert Syverton:
No, I don't think so. Only I'm not exactly sure, but I think it's different with a brain tumor. Different symptoms.
Gloria Beatty:
Yeah? How do you know?
Robert Syverton: [[w:Anita Louise|Anita Louise; [w:Richard Cromwell|Richard Cromwell]
I saw it in a movie. ] and ]. That's what she died of. Anita Louise. A brain tumor. But it was different. Everything just suddenly got dim for her one day until finally she couldn't see at all. She couldn't even see Richard Cromwell when she kissed him goodbye.
Gloria Beatty:
Yeah? And well then she just died?
Robert Syverton:
Kind of. She just drifted off listening to her favorite tune. And then she was dead.
Gloria Beatty:
No pain or anything? They probably lied.
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They Shoot Horses, Don't They? - Contemplating the Value of Victory
Robert Syverton:
Suppose we did win? What would you do with it?
Gloria Beatty:
What, what, what?
Robert Syverton:
The money.
Gloria Beatty:
Maybe I'd buy some good rat poison.
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They Shoot Horses, Don't They? - The Nature of Entertainment and Suffering
Rocky Graver:
That's what you were all interested in, isn't it? The show?
Robert Syverton:
No, it's a contest. Isn't that what it's supposed to be? Isn't that what you advertised? A contest?
Rocky Graver:
Not for them. For you maybe, but not for them. Do you think they're laying out two bits a throw just to watch you poke your head up into the sunlight or Alice look like she just stepped out of a beauty parlor? They don't give a damn whether you win or James and Ruby or Mario and Jackie or the Man in the Moon and Little Miss Muffet. They just want to see a little misery out there so they can feel a little better maybe. They're entitled to that.
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