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Buster Scruggs (segment "The Ballad of Buster Scruggs"): I'd like me a splash of whiskey to wash the trail dust off my gullet and keep my singing voice in fettle.
Cantina Bartender (segment "The Ballad of Buster Scruggs"): Whiskey's illegal. This is a dry country.
Buster Scruggs (segment "The Ballad of Buster Scruggs"): [points to the other customers] Well, what are they drinking?
Cantina Bartender (segment "The Ballad of Buster Scruggs"): ...whiskey. They's outlaws.
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Englishman (segment "The Mortal Remains"): They're so easily taken when they are distracted, people are. So I'm the distractor, with a little story, a little conversation, a song, a sparkle... and Clarence does the thumping while their attention is on me.
Irishman (segment "The Mortal Remains"): He is very good, this one. You should see him.
Englishman (segment "The Mortal Remains"): No, *he* is good!
Irishman (segment "The Mortal Remains"): [shrugs] I *can* thump.
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The Ballad of Buster Scruggs quotes
