"When my kids were real little I used to play a game with them. I'd give each one of them a stick and I'd say, 'You break that.' Of course they could real easy. Then I'd say, 'Tie them sticks in a bundle and try to break that.' Of course, they couldn't. Then I'd say, 'That bundle...that's family."--Alvin Straight (Richard Farnsworth) to a runaway girl
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"I couldn't help but notice the rather unusal mode of transport."--Priest (John Lordan)
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"How long have you been on the road?"--Bud (Joseph A. Carpenter)
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"Five weeks."--Alvin
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"Haven't you been scared being alone?"--Dorothy (Jane Heitz)
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"I fought in the trenches in World War II. Why should I be scared of an Iowa cornfield?"--Alvin
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"My eyes are bad. I can't drive. I don't like someone else driving. And I've got to get out to my brother's."--Alvin
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Alvin Straight: You don't think about getting old when you're young... you shouldn't. Cyclist #1: Must be something good about gettin' old? Alvin Straight: Well I can't imagine anything good about being blind and lame at the same time but, still at my age I've seen about all that life has to dish out. I know to separate the wheat from the chaff, and let the small stuff fall away. Cyclist #2: So, uh, what's the worst part about being old, Alvin? Alvin Straight: Well, the worst part of being old is rememberin' when you was young.
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Sig: What do you need that grabber for, Alvin? Alvin: Grabbin'.
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Dorothy: What's the number for 911?
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Alvin: I'd give each one of 'em a stick and, one for each one of 'em, then I'd say, 'You break that.' Course they could real easy. Then I'd say, 'Tie them sticks in a bundle and try to break that.' Course they couldn't. Then I'd say, "That bundle... that's family."
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Alvin Straight: There's no one knows your life better than a brother that's near your age. He knows who you are and what you are better than anyone on earth. My brother and I said some unforgivable things the last time we met, but, I'm trying to put that behind me... and this trip is a hard swallow of my pride. I just hope I'm not too late... a brother's a brother.
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Alvin Straight: Anger, vanity, you mix that together with liquor, you've got two brothers that haven't spoken in ten years. Ah, whatever it was that made me and Lyle so mad... don't matter anymore. I want to make peace, I want to sit with him, look up at the stars... like we used to do, so long ago.
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