John L. Sullivan:  What do you mean , what do I know about hard luck ? Do n't you think I 've ...
Hadrian: No .
John L. Sullivan: What ?
Hadrian: You have not .
Hadrian: I sold newspapers till I was 20 , then I worked in a shoe store and put myself through law school at night . Where were you at 20 ?
John L. Sullivan: I was in college .
LeBrand: When I was 13 I supported three sisters , two brothers and a widowed mother . Where were you at 13 ?
John L. Sullivan: I was in boarding school . I 'm sorry !
LeBrand: Well , you do n't have to be ashamed of it , Sully . That 's the reason your pictures have been so light , so cheerful , so inspiring .
Hadrian: They do n't stink with messages .
LeBrand: That 's why I paid you five hundred a week when you were _ 24 _ .
Hadrian: Seven hundred and fifty when you were 25 .
LeBrand: A thousand when you were 26 .
Hadrian: When I was 26 , I was getting 18 .
LeBrand: Two thousand at 27 !
Hadrian: I was getting 25 then !
LeBrand: I had just opened my shooting gallery then . Three thousand after Thanks for Yesterday .
Hadrian: Four thousand after Ants in Your Plants !
John L. Sullivan: I suppose you 're trying to tell me I do n't know what trouble is .
Hadrian: Yes !
LeBrand: In a nice way , Sully .
John L. Sullivan: You 're absolutely right . I haven't any idea what it is .
Hadrian: People always like what they do n't know anything about .
John L. Sullivan: I had a lot of nerve wanting to make a picture about human suffering .
LeBrand: You 're a gentleman to admit it , Sully , but then , you are anyway .