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...could not comprehend the idea of different pay rates for different jobs. Argued one: "H'it h'ain't fair. They's not payin' me for no job. They's payin' me for one man's time. My time's wuth as much to me as h'anybody h'else...
...handlers laid out fresh clothes as Fats mopped his face and clambered out of his tan silk suit (he owns 51 such rigs). The band got a quick dressing-down: "You guys ain't playin' wuth a cotton picker's wages-a real crummy beat." Then, turning to reporters, Fats philosophized about his wearying one-night stands: "Gold all the way, but man, they get old." Fats's gold standards are high: he estimates that he will make $600,000 to $700,000 this year, spend $60,000 on a house in New Orleans...
...says no to everything. Josh Birdwell (Anthony Perkins), the elder son. is otherwise inclined: "Would you stand by while, others die to protect you?'' Father (Gary Cooper) doesn't rightly know his own mind, but this he does allow: "Man's life ain't wuth a hill uh beans, less'n he lives up ta his own conshunce." He lets the boy go fight for his country, for his manhood; but Father decides to fight "for a better way uh settlin' things." The climax hammers home,a truth that is plainly just...
...dropped to 75?. Old Man Towne hung on: "Hit's wuth a dollar and I aim to git a dollar." He mortgaged his crop, his next year's crop, his 20,000 acres of lien-free land. Next year the Delta went broke. Towne's banker wired that he would have to sell. Towne wired back "NO." "I ain't aiming to sell hit fer less'n hit's wuth," he said. "But," said the banker, "all it's worth is what the market says it is." "The market is them New York...
...Memphis an automobile salesman walked into the factor's office. "Why don't you get yourself an automobile?" the factor said. "Well, I never thought about one," said Old Man Town. "Whut they wuth?" "We've got a nice little job here for five thousand that ought to get you over your place ail right," said the salesman...