I was partial to tragedy in my youth. Before experience taught me that life is quite tragic enough without my writing about it.

— Ammon (Burgess Meredith)

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13 seconds sound clip from the Clash of the Titans (1981) movie soundboard.

You can hear this line at 01:14:02 in the Blu-ray version of the movie.

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[...]

- Here, catch.

- Oh! Where is it? I want it! It's my turn! Where'd it go? Give it to me! One of you has it! Give it to me!

- The sands of time are running like quicksilver.

- We'll be across these mountains tomorrow, by nightfall, nearing the Isle of the Dead.

- And then, Medusa. I wrote a play about her long ago.

- I was partial to tragedy in my youth. Before experience taught me that life is quite tragic enough without my writing about it.

- Medusa. She was priestess to Aphrodite.

- Yes, and a most beautiful woman by all accounts.

- She was seduced by Poseidon. They made love in the temple of Aphrodite. And that goddess was so jealous that she punished Medusa.

- She transformed her into an apparition so horrible that one look from her will turn any living creature into stone.

- I'm so afraid for you.

- It must be done. We've no other choice.

[...]

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Find and fulfill your destiny.
A divine gift should never be questioned... simply accepted.
No pity, no mercy. Why?
Oh, impetuous... foolish. Ah, dear, the young. Why do they never listen? When will they ever learn?
Time your eyes were opened to grim reality.
Clash of the Titans (1981) Sound Clip

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Movie quotes from Clash of the Titans (1981), with voice samples.

Actors: Laurence Olivier (Zeus), Harry Hamlin (Perseus), Maggie Smith (Thetis), Burgess Meredith (Ammon), Judi Bowker (Andromeda), Susan Fleetwood (Athena)

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