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Major Kendall: I don't understand a man like Miles giving up that easily.
Col. John Marlowe: Maybe losing that arm took some of the fight out of him.
Major Kendall: No... the man I knew could lose both arms and still try to kick you to death.
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Miss Hannah Hunter: They'll catch up to you and cut you to pieces, you nameless, fatherless scum. I just wish I could be there to see it.
Col. John Marlowe: If it happens, Miss Hunter, you will be.
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Col. John Marlowe: Kirby, you tangle with me, I'll have your hide.
Sgt. Maj. Kirby: You're welcome to that too sir, if it's in the line of duty.
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Col. John Marlowe: How many men does it take to look after one lone female?
Union Soldier: We was respectful, real respectful, Colonel.
Soldier: You told us it was all right as long as we could see the top of her head.
Miss Hannah Hunter: You said that?
Col. John Marlowe: Well, uh...
Miss Hannah Hunter: Then there's one more thing...
[slaps Marlow hard]
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Miss Hannah Hunter: [military cadets have opened fire] What are you going to do now *Mister* Col. Marlowe?
Col. John Marlowe: With all due respect, m'am, I'm gonna get the hell outta here.
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Miss Hannah Hunter: Major Gray, an actor... and Colonel Secord almost a senator... but Colonel Marlowe, you must be a professional soldier.
Col. John Marlowe: No, prior to this current insanity I was a railroad engineer.
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Miss Hannah Hunter: [bending over with a plate of chicken, revealing ample cleavage] Do you prefer the leg... or the breast?
Col. John Marlowe: I've had quite enough of both, thank you.
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Col. John Marlowe: Where did you pick up that Reb colonel?
Maj. Richard Gray: In the telegraph office, sir.
Col. John Marlowe: The telegraph office?
[officers begin to scramble]
Col. John Marlowe: Alright, Secord, you know what to do.
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Col. John Marlowe: [during firefight] I didn't want this. I tried to avoid a fight!
Major Kendall: That's why I took up medicine.
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Col. John Marlowe: [after knocking out the deserters and giving Goodbody a pistol. Bows low] Compliments of Miss Hannah Hunter of Greenbriar.
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Col. John Marlowe: [entering the hospital] Kendall, what's Mitchell's name doing on the sick list?
Otis 'Hoppy' Hopkins: Please wait your turn - the doctor will be with you shortly.
Col. John Marlowe: [indicating Hopkins] What's this?
Major Kendall: Hopkins, my assistant.
Col. John Marlowe: Is he going along?
Major Kendall: He's a good man, I need him.
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Col. John Marlowe: [grabbing Sgt. Mitchell by the arm] Come on, Mitch, I've got some whiskey in my locker...
Major Kendall: [forces Sgt. Mitchell back on the bed] He's staying here and those are my orders!
Col. John Marlowe: You've read the whole book, haven't you?
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Gen. Ulysses S. Grant: Have you thought about how you're going to get back?
Col. John Marlowe: Have you, sir?
Gen. Ulysses S. Grant: Well, I guess I asked for that. I just hate to think of you spending the rest of the war in Andersonville; it's a hell-hole.
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Major Kendall: That's a pretty primitive outlook; medically speaking, that is.
Col. John Marlowe: Well, doctor, war isn't exactly a civilized business.
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Major Kendall: [preparing to fight] What are the rules gonna be, Colonel?
Col. John Marlowe: Make up your own.
Major Kendall: [hits Marlow in the jaw as he is taking off his blouse] You said no rules.
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Matthew Brady: Roses are red, violets are blue, the camera is looking right at you... oh, I simply must have another; that man in the white coat moved.
Col. John Marlowe: That's not all he's gonna be moving.
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Col. John Marlowe: The Major seems to be out of uniform. Where are your sidearms, Kendall?
Major Kendall: If you check the book, Colonel, you'll see that a Regimental Surgeon doesn't wear one.
Col. John Marlowe: [Angrily, to Gen Hurlburt] First you cut out our artillery, then the wagons, and now you want to saddle us with a medical unit!
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Col. John Marlowe: [immediately after Dunker's death] If, if, maybe, perhaps... what's the matter, Medicine Man...
Major Kendall: [throws whiskey in Marlowe's face] Alright, section hand, I've had you! Strip your blouse.
Col. John Marlowe: [Wipes his face] I think you're right.
[Calls out]
Col. John Marlowe: Orderly! Horses!
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Col. John Marlowe: [offers his hand to Kendall] I don't blame you if you... slap it away. Shake hands?
[they shake]
Col. John Marlowe: So long, Croaker.
Major Kendall: Take care, Section Hand. And if you should run into another doctor...
Col. John Marlowe: Yeah, I know... tree moss.
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