Will Varner: Can't teach an old dog new tricks, but you sure can teach a young willing puppy just about anything. - Orson Welles (as Will Varner) in The Long, Hot Summer (1958)

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Will Varner: Do you know what Quick means in this county? Hellfire. Ashes and char. Flame follows that man around like a dog. He's a barn burner. - Orson Welles (as Will Varner) in The Long, Hot Summer (1958)

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Will Varner: Give him time. A penny on the waters pays interest when the flood turns. - Orson Welles (as Will Varner) in The Long, Hot Summer (1958)

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Will Varner: I get preached to on Sundays Ben: I know, and you don't listen, and neither did I. - Paul Newman (as Ben Quick) in The Long, Hot Summer (1958)

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Will Varner: I got influence. I'll dog you, boy, wherever you go. I'll break you. Ben: No, you won't. You'll miss me. - Paul Newman (as Ben Quick) in The Long, Hot Summer (1958)

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Will Varner: I was young myself once. I used to hide in the greenery and hoot and bellow. Clara: I'll bet you did. I'll bet you stayed longest and yelled loudest. Will Varner: Your mama listened. - Orson Welles (as Will Varner) in The Long, Hot Summer (1958)

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Will Varner: I'm gonna crawl over them books like an old fly over flypaper. - Orson Welles (as Will Varner) in The Long, Hot Summer (1958)

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Will Varner: I've been watching you. I like your push, yes. I like your style. I like your brass. It ain't too dissimilar from the way I operate. - Orson Welles (as Will Varner) in The Long, Hot Summer (1958)

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Will Varner: Listen, I'm gonna get me some man in the Varner family, some good strong strappin' man Varners. That's what I want, Varners and more Varners. Yeah, more Varners still. Enough Varners to infest the countryside. I'm gonna see that happen, sister, before I die. I'm gonna accomplish that, yes ma'am, by means of that Quick, that big stud horse. - Orson Welles (as Will Varner) in The Long, Hot Summer (1958)

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Will Varner: She has quality, quality. Which is as close as you and me will ever get to it. - Orson Welles (as Will Varner) in The Long, Hot Summer (1958)

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