Look, I don't mind the action, it's the waiting. I wasn't made to wait. I've been waiting all my life.

— Earl Slater (Robert Ryan)

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5 seconds sound clip from the Odds Against Tomorrow (1959) movie soundboard.

You can hear this line at 01:07:07.411 in the Blu-ray version of the movie.

Quote context

[...]

- Take it easy. We got to give him time.

- I sure hope he doesn't screw it up.

- Did you go over the roads?

- Twice.

- You kept your gloves on all the time?

- Quit mothering me, Dave.

- Doing all right.

- Look, I don't mind the action, it's the waiting. I wasn't made to wait. I've been waiting all my life.

- It won't be long now.

- The sooner the better.

- When I gassed up, that dumb kid in the station opened the hood and saw the motor.

- What of it?

- He surely admired it and me.

- You worried about it?

- Not yet, but I'm working on it.

- I hope that business with the chain works.

[...]

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