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A Knife Returned with Disdain
Two Bob
Here's your knife back, you dog.
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Confrontation and Control in The Proposition
Jellon Lamb
Good boy! Nice and tight, eh? Right. Up we get. Oh, no, I wouldn't try that if I were you. Ligatures and knots are one of my many talents. Right. And it appears that you are singularly bereft of any talents whatsoever, Mr. Burns. To be speared by a savage? How extraordinarily quaint. Easy, Mr. Burns. I was drunk. You only got me because I was drunk. Well, I'm not drunk now. I'm on the job now. Not a bad day's work, either. For what is an Irishman, but a nigger turned inside out? Now, we're gonna sit down on this log. Nice and easy, Mr. Burns. There.
[capturing Charlie Burns; Charlie struggles]
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A Warning About Brotherly Loyalty
Charlie Burns
You touch my brother again, I'll kill you.
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Completion of the Task
Two Bob
I think the job's fucking done.
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Dismissive Remark About Molly O'Boyle
Arthur Burns
Molly O'Boyle, my arse.
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Acknowledgment of Racial Identity and Privilege
Jellon Lamb
No, no need for that. No need for that. We are white men, you and I!
[Motions for Charlie to put his gun away]
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A Traveler's Disappointment in a Harsh Land
Jellon Lamb
Mr. Murphy, Russia, China, the Congo. Oh, I have traveled among unknown people in lands beyond the sea. But nothing, nothing could've prepared me for this godforsaken hole.
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Civilizing the Land's Frontier Ambitions
Captain Stanley
I will civilize this land.
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Threatening Warning from Charlie Burns
Charlie Burns
One more crack about the Irish, Mr. Lamb, and I'll shoot you. Am I clear?
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Fortune Hunter's Perspective on Life
Jellon Lamb
You see, My Dude, I am something of a fortune hunter.
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Common Ancestry and Chilling Insights
Jellon Lamb
Charles, eh? Perhaps you've read On the Origin of the Species by Means of Natural Selection by Charles Darwin? Oh, don't be thrown by the title, he had some most fascinating things to say. Chilling things! Mr. Darwin spent time studying Aboriginals. He claims we are, at bottom … one and the same! He infers, Mr. Murphy, that we a share a common ancestry with monkeys! Monkeys!
[Laughs]
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A Calculated Plan for Revenge
Captain Stanley
I wish to present you with a proposition. I know where Arthur Burns is. It is is a godforsaken place. The blacks won't go there, nor the trackers. Not even my own men. I suppose, in time, the bounty hunters will get him. But I have other plans. I aim to bring him down. I aim to show that he is a man like any other. I aim to hurt him. And what will most hurt him? Well, I've thought long and hard about that. And I've realized, Mr. Burns, that I must become a little more inventive in my methods.
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Brotherly Loyalty in The Proposition
Charlie Burns
I'm going to be with my brother
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A Moral Dilemma of Family Loyalty
Captain Stanley
Now, suppose I told you there was a way to save your little brother Mikey from the noose. Suppose I gave you a horse and a gun. Suppose, Mr. Burns, I was to give both you and your young brother Mikey, here, a pardon. Suppose I said that I could give you the chance to expunge the guilt beneath which you so clearly labor. Suppose I gave you till Christmas. Now, suppose you tell me what it is I want from you.
Charlie Burns
You want me to kill me brother.
Captain Stanley
I want you to kill your brother.
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A Deadline for Mr. Burns
Captain Stanley
You have nine days, Mr. Burns.
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A Moment of Distress in The Proposition
Arthur Burns
Oh, not the gut, Charlie. Shit.
[After being shot]
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Misidentification and Racial Tension
Two Bob
You've got the wrong fucking black man.
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The Depths We Face Together
Arthur Burns
Mikey's not the same stuff as us. We will be flung to the depths, you and I.
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Confrontation and Uncertainty in Action
Arthur Burns
You got me, Charlie. What are you gonna do now?
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Survival and Violence in Harsh Realities
Samuel Stote
Without me and my crack shootin', you'd be fucking dingo dinner. 30 yards away, I was. And, pchoo! Blew that black bastard's head right off. It was beautiful.
Martha Stanley
She was my friend!
Soldiers
On the fifth day of Christmas, my true love gave to me: five cats a-floggin, four nooses swinging, three crows a-pecking, two dogs a-pissing, and little Mikey hanging from a pear tree!
[singing]
Eden Fletcher
If you have to kill one, make sure you bloody well kill them all.
Jacko
Fellow in the picture, he live in a cave. Dog man. Big fella. He said Dog Man never sleep. He sit there all day. Sit down, in the cave. Way up. He live with small fella and black fella. Cannot catch him. Cannot kill him.
Jacko
Strange mob, you whities.
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Accountability in Relationships
Two Bob
It's all your fault, Charlie. You should never have left us.
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Disdain for Constant Presence
Charlie Burns
You know, Samuel, the thing I relished the most while I was away? Was not having to see your fucking face all the time.
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The Horror of Arthur Burns Revealed
Captain Stanley
Arthur Burns is a monster. An abomination. You were right to break company with him. What happened at the Hopkins place was unforgivable. I have never seen such a sickening sight. Did you know that that poor woman, Eliza Hopkins, had a child in her belly?
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Confronting Harsh Realities in Australia
Captain Stanley
Australia. What fresh hell is this?
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A Warning of Pain
Arthur Burns
This may hurt.
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The Importance of Love and Family
Arthur Burns
Love. Love is the key. Love and family. For what are night and day, the sun, the moon, the stars without love and those you love around you? What could more hollow than to die alone, unloved?
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Introduction of Jellon Lamb's Character
Jellon Lamb
Permit me to introduce myself. My name is Jellon Lamb. Citizen of the world, you might say, an adventurer, and, if I may be so bold, a man of no little education.
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A Bird's Song Captivates the Listener
Arthur Burns
Listen to that. He sings just like a bird.
[As Samuel tries to rape Martha]
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Questioning the Limits of Control
Arthur Burns
Why can't you ever just … stop me?
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Reflection on Life Choices and Companionship
Captain Stanley
I've kept company with bad men all my life.
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The Importance of Family and Humility
Arthur Burns
Look at that. Be humble of heart, Charlie. This is the end of things. You're my brother. You belong with me. We are a family. All of us.
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A Lost Belief in a Forgotten God
Jellon Lamb
I was, in days gone by, a believer. But, alas, I came to this beleaguered land and the God in me just … evaporated. Let us change our toast, then, to the God that has forgotten us.
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