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Movie-Sounds.org › Classic Movie Quotes › Mr. Topaze (1961)

And where I come from, people boil mashed corn and eat it day after day, all their lives. And to forget their hunger, they dream.

— Suzy (Nadia Gray)

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14 seconds sound clip from the Mr. Topaze (1961) movie soundboard.

You can hear this line at 01:14:59 in the Blu-ray version of the movie.

Quote context

[...]

- Because I had such a manly face.

- Because you are so kind. Because I saw you were poor.

- Why should a poor man interest you?

- Because I've known poverty myself.

- You see, my real name is Magda Németh...

- And where I come from, people boil mashed corn and eat it day after day, all their lives. And to forget their hunger, they dream.

- My dream was Paris.

- So was mine.

- So here we are.

- Only when I arrived, I had one pair of stockings.

[...]

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Quotes from the movie Mr. Topaze (1961), based on Marcel Pagnol's play, featuring short sound clips with voice, which you can use as ringtones or for sharing them with friends.

Actors: Peter Sellers (Auguste Topaze), Nadia Gray (Suzy), Herbert Lom (Castel Benac), Billie Whitelaw (Ernestine)

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