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I can't wish the circumstances of the thing away
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Fences

I can't wish the circumstancesof the thing away

Fences • 2016
I can't wish the circumstances
of the thing away

Full Transcript

00:00:01.000 --> 00:00:05.069
I can't wish the circumstances of the thing away.
Duration
6 seconds
Views
25
Timestamp in Movie
01:18:01
Uploaded
Oct 31, 2025
Genres
drama
Production
Paramount Pictures,Scott Rudin Productions,MACRO,Bron Studios,Escape Artists

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Movie Summary

A working-class African-American father tries to raise his family in the 1950s, while coming to terms with the events of his life.
All of a sudden it's "we." - Fences 00:06
All of a sudden it's "we."
Rose, it's just that she gives me a different idea. - Fences 00:08
Rose, it's just that she gives me a different idea.
A different understanding about myself. - Fences 00:05
A different understanding about myself.
I can step out of this house and get away from the pressures - Fences 00:07
I can step out of this house and get away from the pressures
I ain't got to worry about how I'll get the roof fixed, - Fences 00:05
I ain't got to worry about how I'll get the roof f...
I can just - Fences 00:08
I can just
What I want to know - Fences 00:07
What I want to know
Well, maybe you ought to go on and stay down there with her, - Fences 00:06
Well, maybe you ought to go on and stay down there with her,
A man couldn't ask for a better wife than you've been. - Fences 00:06
A man couldn't ask for a better wife than you've b...
I done locked myself into a pattern, - Fences 00:06
I done locked myself into a pattern,
Rose, listen to me. I done tried all my life to live decent. - Fences 00:05
Rose, listen to me. I done tried all my life to live decent.
To live a clean, hard, useful life. - Fences 00:05
To live a clean, hard, useful life.
I try to be a good husband to you, in every way I know how. - Fences 00:05
I try to be a good husband to you, in every way I know how.
Maybe I come into the world backwards, I don't know, - Fences 00:08
Maybe I come into the world backwards, I don't know,
You got to guard it closely, - Fences 00:06
You got to guard it closely,
When I found you and Cory and a halfway decent job, I was safe. - Fences 00:06
When I found you and Cory and a halfway decent job, I was sa...
I was safe. I had me a family, a job. - Fences 00:06
I was safe. I had me a family, a job.
I was standing on first base, - Fences 00:07
I was standing on first base,
I got to thinkin' that if I tried, maybe I could steal second. - Fences 00:06
I got to thinkin' that if I tried, maybe I could steal ...
I stood on first base for 18 years, - Fences 00:07
I stood on first base for 18 years,