𝐎𝐧𝐜𝐞 𝐔𝐩𝐨𝐧 𝐀 𝐓𝐢𝐦𝐞 𝐈𝐧 𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐖𝐞𝐬𝐭 sentence starters taken from Sergio Leone’s Once Upon a Time in the West (1969). Adjust as needed.
❛ what the hell am i doing here if they walk in an do as they damn please ? ❜ ❛ water ? that word is poison around these parts ever since the days of the Great Flood. ❜ ❛ do you only know how to play, or do you know how to shoot ? ❜ ❛ it’s alright. you’re right on time… to bury my escort. if i’d waited for you i’d be in jail by now. ❜ ❛ inside the dusters there were three men. inside the men there were three bullets. ❜ ❛ well, you know music, & you can count… all the way up to two. ❜ ❛ you know, I’m kind of mad at you. ❜ ❛ did you make coffee ? ❜ ❛ did you bring a horse for me? ❜ ❛ he’s whittling on a piece of wood… i’ve got a feeling when he stops whittling, somethings going to happen. ❜ ❛ i didn’t let them kill him & that’s not the same thing. ❜ ❛ you only know how to shoot ? or you know how to cut, too ? ❜ ❛ it’s easy to find you, bastard. i don’t have to kill you now. you leave a slime behind you, like a snail. ❜ ❛ i don’t know him. i’ve never heard of him. i have my own worries and i want to be left in peace. ❜ ❛ your friends have a high mortality rate. first three then two. ❜ ❛ it’s almost like holding a gun… only much more powerful. ❜ ❛ so here’s where i was supposed to do all the killing, huh? don’t seem a place that’s worth a shit. ❜ ❛ see i ain’t the mean bastard people make out. course, if somebody had the mind to kill me… fires me up. ❜ ❛ they want to hang me, the big black crows. ❜ ❛ when you hear a strange sound, drop to the ground. ❜ ❛ i’ve had enough of your butcher tactics. ❜ ❛ judas was content with $4,970 less. ❜ ❛ you don’t look at all like a noble defender. ❜ ❛ they were all alive until they met you. ❜ ❛ which deal ? we have more than one, you & me. ❜ ❛ whoever my father was, for an hour or for a month, he must have been a happy man. ❜ ❛ can you tell me what good was your stupid massacre? ❜ ❛ any normal man would put a bullet in his brain, but you- you just got a little more hasty. ❜ ❛ what are we going to do with this one? ❜ ❛ i saw three of these dusters a short time ago waiting for a train. inside the dusters there were three men. inside the men there were three bullets. ❜ ❛ i’d say you’ve changed, a lot. you used to take care of certain things personally. ❜ ❛ my weapons might look simple to you, but they can still shoot holes big enough for our little problems. ❜ ❛ the last man who told me that is buried out there. ❜ ❛ tell me, was it necessary that you kill all of them ? i only told you to scare them. ❜ ❛ i watch that dry rot rise a little more every day. ❜ ❛ i can count all the way up to six if i have to, and maybe faster than you. ❜ ❛ play so you can’t bullshit. only watch those false notes. ❜ ❛ if somebody gets dressed up to look like me… so they can hang this thing around my neck, i don’t like it none. but i can understand it. what i don’t understand is the why. ❜ ❛ didn’t sleep a wink. pack of turd dressed in black rode herd on me the whole damn night. ❜ ❛ you know when you’ve killed four it’s easy to make it five. ❜ ❛ people scare better when they’re dyin’. ❜ ❛ i’m sorry for you. you’re doing your best. but you’ll never succeed in becoming like me. ❜ ❛ you were told not to come here for any reason. ❜ ❛ you should learn to live as if you didn’t exist. ❜ ❛ how can you trust a man that wears both a belt and suspenders ? a man can’t even trust his own pants. ❜ ❛ i’m here to make a deal. i dont have time to compete with you. ❜ ❛ the reward for this man is $5,000, that right ? ❜ ❛ easy, easy. you got to learn not to push things. taking it easy is the first thing a businessman should do. ❜ ❛ people like that have something inside… something to do with death. ❜ ❛ when they do you in, pray it’s someone who knows where to shoot. ❜ ❛ is that sufficient to make you feel stronger? ❜ ❛ you ought to know, better than anyone. you killed him. ❜ ❛ that’s the first thing i learned working for you- to listen unseen and to watch unheard. ❜ ❛ do you only know how to play, or do you know how to shoot ? do you know how to blow music from that ? ❜ ❛ we’ll make them tell us before we hang them. ❜ ❛ what the hell ? i’ll kill anything. but never a kid. ❜ ❛ you’re going to need somebody more and more every day to stay near you, like a friend. ❜ ❛ there are many kinds of weapons, and the only one that can stop that is this. ❜ ❛ he not only plays, he can shoot, too. ❜ ❛ tell him i want to negotiate with him personally. ❜ ❛ i’m mighty careful, no one could have followed me. ❜ ❛ you know me a long time. you know you can trust me. ❜ ❛ so you’re the one who makes appointments. ❜ ❛ wait a minute. let’s have a good look at you. ❜ ❛ i could squash you like a wormy apple. ❜ ❛ you don’t sell the dream of a lifetime. ❜ ❛ there were no dollars in them days. ❜ ❛ you’re a remarkable man. but you have something on your mind. ❜ ❛ more dead men. ❜ ❛ future don’t matter to us. nothing matters now. i came here to see you, cause i know that now you’ll tell me what you’re after. ❜ ❛ go away. i don’t want you to see me die. ❜ ❛ look at the filth on your boots. clean them. ❜ ❛ looks like we’re shy one horse. ❜ ❛ if i’d waited for you i’d be in jail by now. ❜ ❛ it seems to me you ain’t caught the idea. ❜ ❛ so this is the way i can trust you ? ❜ ❛ there’s another bastard. & he’s getting further away every minute. ❜ ❛ you got something on your mind. ❜ ❛ you got yourself into something that’s bigger than you are. you got a chance to get out easy, you better take it. ❜ ❛ time sure flies. it’s already past twelve. ❜ ❛ man. an ancient race. other mortals will be along & they’ll kill it off. ❜ ❛ i came here to see you, cause now i know you’ll tell me what you’re after. ❜ ❛ i don’t want anymore useless killing. ❜
