Country Town (1971)
Gerard Maguire: Phil Henderson
Quotes
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Phil Henderson : There's something contagious about Bellbird. Knowing everybody...
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Max Pearson : Press are interested, are they?
Phil Henderson : Yeah. Drought makes a damn good story.
Max Pearson : Something for them to read over their morning cornflakes.
Phil Henderson : No, not quite.
Max Pearson : Show them a picture of lambs after the crows've been at them. That'll open the tear ducts.
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Phil Henderson : Look, I don't particularly like these assignments - especially when most of the time it's the farmers' own fault.
Rhoda Wilson : Hey, now, come on!
Phil Henderson : Well, look, they run far too many sheep to the acre, they won't use modern methods, they refuse to try communal farming. They're the last of the world's great individualists.
Rhoda Wilson : Can't wait to see you matched against Colonel Emerson.
Phil Henderson : Emerson. I've heard that name before.
Rhoda Wilson : Well, his grandson calls him Squire.
Phil Henderson : Well, that's exactly what I mean! Feudal, old-fashioned, out of touch with the times.
Rhoda Wilson : Just patient. My husband always said, "You can't fight the land. You can't thrash it, knock it down. You have to move with its beat, with its music."