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Quotes
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Pa Cox : You're not half the boy Nate was. You're not even half the boy that the top half of Nate was after you cut him in half.
Dewey - Age 8 : So you're saying I'm less than a quarter of the boy Nate was?
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[singing while moving hay]
Pa Cox : The wrong kid died / The wrong kid died...
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[while Dewey's in and out of conscience in rehab]
Pa Cox : Dewey, I don't know if you can hear me in there... but the wrong kid died!
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Dewey Cox : What happened?
Pa Cox : I'll tell you what happened. We were readying for bed when your song comes on the radio.
[the scene switches to the Cox's house with "Walk Hard" playing on the radio]
Ma Cox : It's Dewey! Your son is talented. You should be proud.
Pa Cox : Well, I must admit, it is kind of... catchy.
Ma Cox : Dance with me Pa.
[the two begin dancing]
Pa Cox : It does make you kind of want to move, doesn't it?
Ma Cox : It sure does.
Pa Cox : Maybe I have been kind of hard on little Dewey.
Ma Cox : Maybe you have.
[Pa twists Ma, accidentally causing her to lose her balance and fall out the window]
Pa Cox : You alright, ma?
Ma Cox : I'm alright!
[the radio falls out of the window and hits Ma in the head, killing her]
Dewey Cox : [starting to cry] She lost her balance... and fell out the window... and then the radio crushed her head?
Pa Cox : While she was dancing to your song. I thought you should know what your music does. It kills people. You made her happy, and it killed her. If Nate was alive this never would've happened.
[Pa begins to leave. As he turns the hall, he comes back around]
Pa Cox : Wrong kid died!