When the great god Zeus, father of Achilles, gave him his choice between a long life of obscurity and a short one filled with glory, he chose glory. So did I.

— Alexander The Great (Richard Burton)

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14 seconds sound clip from the Alexander the Great (1956) movie soundboard.

You can hear this line at 00:16:03 in the Blu-ray version of the movie.

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[...]

- I know their customs and their gods.

- Yes. For this is more than an empire, this is Colossus. To rule it would take a man as great as you can be.

- That is why I say patience.

- Patience? My time is short.

- Short?

- When the great god Zeus, father of Achilles, gave him his choice between a long life of obscurity and a short one filled with glory, he chose glory. So did I.

- Achilles died young.

- Your friends are waiting for you on the field. It's your turn to throw.

- We Greeks are the chosen, the elect. Our culture is the best, our civilization the best, our men the best.

- All others are barbarians, and it is our moral duty to conquer them, enslave them, and, if necessary, destroy them.

[...]

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