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23 Cards in this Set
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Some day - we're gonna get the jack together and we're gonna have a little house and a couple of acres an' a cow and some pigs
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George to Lennie
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Everybody wants a little bit of land, not much. Just som'thin' that was his
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Candy to George and Lennie
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I remember when I was a little kid on my old man's chicken ranch
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Crooks
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I could make somethin' of myself; He says he was gonna put me in the movies |
Curley's wife
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I tell ya a guy gets too lonely, and he gets sick |
Crooks
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Guys like us, that work on the ranches, are the loneliest guys in the world. They got no family. They don't belong no place
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George to Lennie
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A guy on a ranch don't never listen nor he don't ask questions
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Candy to George and Lennie
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After a long time they get mean
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George about lonely migrant workers
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Funny how you an' him [Lennie] string along together |
Slim to George
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"I get lonely; what's the matter with me?" she cried. "Ain't I got a right to talk to nobody?"
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Curley's wife to Lennie
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Just a n*gger talkin'... So it don't mean nothing
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Crooks to Lennie
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I could get you strung up on a tree so easy it ain't even funny
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Curley's wife to Crooks
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I seen 'em poison before, but I never seen no piece of jail-bait worse than her
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George about Curley's wife
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Maybe ever'body in the whole damn world is scared of each other
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Slim
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Ever'one of you's scared the rest is going to get something on you
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Curley's wife
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They left all the weak ones here
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Curley's wife to Lennie, Candy and Crooks
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I was just foolin', Lennie. 'Cause I want you to stay with me
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George
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I shouldn't ought to of let no stranger shoot my dog
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Candy to George
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He ain't a nice fella; Swell guy ain't he? Sometimes I'd like to bust him myself
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Curley's wife about Curley
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Well I guess we got to get him
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Slim about Lennie
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I swear you hadda, George
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Slim
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We'll be bucking grain bags, bustin' a gut
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George to Lennie
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I planted crops for damn near ever'body in this state, but they wasn't my crops
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Candy
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