The Gambler (1980 TV Movie)
Kenny Rogers: Brady Hawkes
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Quotes
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Brady Hawkes : I've gambled a lotta towns. I've read a lotta faces. Gambling can take hold of a man. You gotta be able to walk away from it.
Billy Montana : I done pretty good so far. I've been around.
Brady Hawkes : But not along enought to see what I've seen. Kid, I've seen cowboys gamble their saddles, loggers a winter's wages. Seen men put up the deeds to their homes and their businesses and their futures. Seen those same men blow their brains out after losing everything they own.
Billy Montana : And heaven on Earth is a Mississippi riverboat.
[laughs]
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Brady Hawkes : Poker's a trade, son. And an honest one. It's fellows like you that give gambling a bad name. Like drunks give drinking.
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Brady Hawkes : Kid, I'll tell you what: if you don't make it as a gambler, you'll real good spreading fertilizer.
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Brady Hawkes : The question is... which two of you are willing to take the bullets? So the other two can do the cutting.
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Brady Hawkes : He's not strong on brains. But he's not short on guts, either. He'll learn.