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J.D. Vance: Whatever better life my grandparents had chased up Route 23, they never caught it.
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Mamaw: Everyone in this world is one of three kinds: a good terminator, a bad terminator and neutral.
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Mamaw: Cause family is the only thing that means a goddamn. You'll learn that.
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Lindsay: Don't make us your excuse, J.D.
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Young J.D. Vance: All you do is yell at me!
Mamaw: If you didn't act like a shit-for-brains, I wouldn't have to.
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Mamaw: Now get out before I cancel your birth certificate.
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Mamaw: I don't care you hate me. I ain't in it for popularity. You gotta take care of business, go to school, get good grades to even have a chance.
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Mamaw: I coulda done better. But you, you got to decide, you want to be somebody or not?
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Mamaw: Kiss my ruby-red asshole!
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J.D. Vance: Where we come from is who we are but we choose every day who we become.
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Mamaw: You know what's interesting about the Poles? They bury their dead with their asses sticking out of the ground. That way they got a place to park their bikes.
Hillbilly Elegy Quotes
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