Arena (1953)
Gig Young: Hob Danvers
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Quotes
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Hob Danvers : [to Sylvia] Don't start advising me, honey. You're not built for it.
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Bucky Hillberry : Hi there, Hob!
Hob Danvers : Bucky! It's been a long time.
Bucky Hillberry : Hey, haven't you found a better way to make a living?
Hob Danvers : You know me. Brave and lazy. How's the ranching business?
Bucky Hillberry : It's easy on the old bones that's for sure. You've been on the circuit a long time now. I'll bet you don't bounce as you used to either.
Sylvia Lorgan : He's learned a secret. Don't fall off.
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Sylvia Lorgan : Show 'em who's boss for me, Hob.
Hob Danvers : You know I could get killed out there too.
Sylvia Lorgan : No, you feel too alive.
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Sylvia Lorgan : On that horse you could've walked away with the calf roping money.
Hob Danvers : I'm not entered.
Sylvia Lorgan : Why aren't you?
Hob Danvers : We got a seven-day rodeo in Texas next week. Why wear myself out?
Sylvia Lorgan : I remember when you used to enter exhibition events just for the kick of it.
Hob Danvers : Maybe I traded in some of that muscle on a few brains. Look, Sylvia, if you got something pinching you, shake it loose.
Sylvia Lorgan : All of a sudden anything I say sets you off, dosen't it?
Hob Danvers : I got things on my mind. You know that.
Sylvia Lorgan : What's on your mind went home. We said goodbye.
Hob Danvers : I'm not talking about her.
Sylvia Lorgan : Well, I am!
Hob Danvers : I'm here, ain't I?
Sylvia Lorgan : I wanna keep it that way.
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Lew Hutchins : [Referring to his young son] He forgets I'm alive when he sees you out there.
Hob Danvers : Too bad he wasn't big enough a couple years ago. He would have jumped out of his skin to see you take a bronc.
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Ruth Danvers : Hob, I'm here to find out where I belong. It hasn't been fun these past two years. There's nothing special about me. I get lonely.
Hob Danvers : Separation was your idea.
Ruth Danvers : You're leaving something out, aren't you?
Hob Danvers : Nothing that counts.
Ruth Danvers : When you hit big money, you were supposed to buy us a big ranch or a business. Some kind of future. All it brought us was more rodeo and nothing to show for it.
Hob Danvers : I'm still doing what I know best, and better than most.
Ruth Danvers : How long do you think you'll last?