- You must have been engaged, though.
- No.
- Why not? What's the matter with the guys around here?
- I guess the best of them are already married.

— Fred Derry (Dana Andrews), Peggy Stephenson (Teresa Wright)

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10 seconds sound clip from the The Best Years of Our Lives (1946) movie soundboard.

You can hear this line at 00:59:03.470 in the Blu-ray version of the movie.

Quote context

[...]

- Don't you remember Al?

- Oh, Al. Yeah, good old Al. Where is he?

- Still asleep, I guess.

- So you're Al's daughter.

- Heh. You've got it all straight now.

- I feel a lot better.

- That's good.

- Are you married, Peggy?

- No.

- I guess you've hardly had time.

- You must have been engaged, though.

- No.

- Why not? What's the matter with the guys around here?

- I guess the best of them are already married.

- Good morning, Fred.

- Oh, good morning, Mrs., uh...

- Milly's the name.

- Thanks, Milly.

- When Al wakes up, tell him how much I appreciate...

- You're not going. You haven't even finished your breakfast.

- I'm afraid I haven't got much of an appetite this morning.

[...]

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